Anybody on here done trunking work for AO.com. Just the usual, what’s the work like, hours etc. Seen they are looking for a nightshift trunker running Larkhall to Crewe and back.
Is it doubled manned.?.as be pushing it to get there and back in your 9hrs driving esp on nights with road closures
You’ve kinda answered your own question there. That work is very straightforward, one road there one road back.. maybe 220 miles. Any diversions or hold ups and you’re likely going into a 10hr drive.
Nice gig in Summer but come Winter I wouldn’t fancy it every night… all in darkness and crappy weather. Bit monotonous too.
Hours wise probably depend if you’re tipping and reload or just trailer swaps. Can only give it a go mate 
Sounds like a golden-route to me, not a single route with my firm is that long and straightforward. Here’s why — Scotland is quieter roads, as is Northern England (especially north of Manchester / Liverpool and to a lesser extent Preston) and you aren’t going into Birmingham or past it, so the big bottleneck there isn’t even touched. The only downside, if you can call it that is you will get into a groove of only being in that and when something unexpected or challenging comes up you might be stuck in that groove.
We have lads that tip at one site who travel down from Scotland. Golden Route boys by the nature of their geographic location. It’s one shot down and back. BUT a majority of them can’t reverse to save their lives in challenging locales. All they drive is forwards, even into the bays at their home yard.
Some might say it’s boring but it’s better than the horrendous roads of N. Wales, Manc. Birmingham bottleneck etc. I one had a job into Glasgow Scotland and back down. It was what trucking was all about imho.
My firm lost all its golden-route jobs like that due to incompetance and misering owners.
Am in Manchester happy with job am at now
But last place worked at had regular runs to Aberdeen drive up deliver night out onto where ever was sent next day.
If ever wanted another job Id try find another job that has regular or even permanent upto scotland.
Once get past Bolton way not to much traffic radio on and enjoy the drive. And enjoy the view
Foot down all the way.