If the driver who rang my office today is a member on here, i just want to say a big thankyou , you noticed my brakes where binding (didn’t feel a thing and no smoke only a single axle) you sir are a gentleman, pulled in to the services and altered the slack adjuster to get me back to the yard.
if you ever see me on the road again i’ll get you a coffee , once again a big thanks drive safe .
tattooed:
If the driver who rang my office today i just want to say a big thankyou , you noticed my brakes where binding (didn’t feel a thing and no smoke only a single axle) you sir are a gentleman, pulled in to the services and altered the slack adjuster to get me back to the yard.
if you ever see me on the road again i’ll get you a coffee , once again a big thanks drive safe .
Nice post, and from a driver that actually knows how to slacken off brake adjusters, and had the tools to do it, one of the old school… 
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tattooed:
If the driver who rang my office today is a member on here, i just want to say a big thankyou , you noticed my brakes where binding (didn’t feel a thing and no smoke only a single axle) you sir are a gentleman, pulled in to the services and altered the slack adjuster to get me back to the yard.
if you ever see me on the road again i’ll get you a coffee , once again a big thanks drive safe .
Did you get clearance from your planner to carry out that repair.
If you have not got the required certificates you are not qualified to carry out a technical repair on a heavy goods vehicle.
Also did you consult your office, and liase together on a full H&S risk assesment (before even attempting to diagnose the situation)
An MSA is not a suitable place again on H&S grounds, so assuming you got full clearance, you should have fully coned off your vehicle at 2.121 metre intervals, wear full ppe, visual and prevetitive, including hard hat.(with chinstrap) and safety glasses within BS standard 6752.
Also inform the MSA manager that a repair to a heavy vehicle was being performed on his premises, and get clearance from him also…IN WRITING.
If in doubt next time, refer to page 347 subsection 1 of the Govt Health and Safety manual (vol 1) Road Haulage section.
Hope that helps as I’m a big believer in doing these dangerous tasks by the book.
If you need any more info pm me.
If in doubt next time, refer to page 347 subsection 1 of the Govt Health and Safety manual (vol 1) Road Haulage section.
Robroy
I have just referred to my copy & am having trouble finding this paragraph,
Perhaps you can cut & paste a copy on here for the benefit of all the trucknet members who are at this moment trying to find it for future reference 
Toddy2:
If in doubt next time, refer to page 347 subsection 1 of the Govt Health and Safety manual (vol 1) Road Haulage section.Robroy
I have just referred to my copy & am having trouble finding this paragraph,
Perhaps you can cut & paste a copy on here for the benefit of all the trucknet members who are at this moment trying to find it for future reference
You must be looking at the older copy, it was revised on the 9 Dec, so there are not widely available yet even on line. Sorry
Mornington Crescent.
Fergie47:
tattooed:
If the driver who rang my office today i just want to say a big thankyou , you noticed my brakes where binding (didn’t feel a thing and no smoke only a single axle) you sir are a gentleman, pulled in to the services and altered the slack adjuster to get me back to the yard.
if you ever see me on the road again i’ll get you a coffee , once again a big thanks drive safe .Nice post, and from a driver that actually knows how to slacken off brake adjusters, and had the tools to do it, one of the old school…
real question, did they have the 9/16 combination ,hammer,screwdriver tool in the UK ? as it was one o the things the company I was with gave me in Manitoba,well after they checked my licence to see if I had an S stamped on it (passed the brake adjustment part o the test). Could not think if I had seen one back in the uk over the years.
It was our resident braking system analyst inspection officer Carryfast, who spotted the problem while following in his Austin Allegro Vanden Plus with a square steering wheel .
He would have carried out a temporary repair but left his imperial sizes tool box at home and needed metric .
Nice to see a driver actually doing someone a favour like this, doesnt often happen. Far better to help someone rather than report to the authorities defects they see and actually get satisfaction out of seeing someone nicked for minor things…
Fergie47:
tattooed:
If the driver who rang my office today i just want to say a big thankyou , you noticed my brakes where binding (didn’t feel a thing and no smoke only a single axle) you sir are a gentleman, pulled in to the services and altered the slack adjuster to get me back to the yard.
if you ever see me on the road again i’ll get you a coffee , once again a big thanks drive safe .Nice post, and from a driver that actually knows how to slacken off brake adjusters, and had the tools to do it, one of the old school…
I reckon if every new driver was shown how to do minor stuff like this and various other small repairs like fixing an air line or blocking off a brake chamber ect and was supplied with a basic tool kit there wouldnt be half the call out to breakdowns which could other wise be fixed at the side of the road saving hours of sitting around…
tattooed:
If the driver who rang my office today is a member on here, i just want to say a big thankyou , you noticed my brakes where binding (didn’t feel a thing and no smoke only a single axle) you sir are a gentleman, pulled in to the services and altered the slack adjuster to get me back to the yard.
if you ever see me on the road again i’ll get you a coffee , once again a big thanks drive safe .
That was a pleasant surprise, not at-all what I was expecting to read when I saw the title 
Well done to whoever the driver was 
AndrewG:
Fergie47:
tattooed:
If the driver who rang my office today i just want to say a big thankyou , you noticed my brakes where binding (didn’t feel a thing and no smoke only a single axle) you sir are a gentleman, pulled in to the services and altered the slack adjuster to get me back to the yard.
if you ever see me on the road again i’ll get you a coffee , once again a big thanks drive safe .Nice post, and from a driver that actually knows how to slacken off brake adjusters, and had the tools to do it, one of the old school…
I reckon if every new driver was shown how to do minor stuff like this and various other small repairs like fixing an air line or blocking off a brake chamber ect and was supplied with a basic tool kit there wouldnt be half the call out to breakdowns which could other wise be fixed at the side of the road saving hours of sitting around…
Not sure about that…
I thnk results would be very hit and miss even with training. If it’s a small firm you can deliberately hire drivers who are doers but with big firms with a lot of jobsworths, on the payroll, and a revolving door of agency dregs it’s easy to see why they end up with the policy they do. Usually it will be a response to someone causing great expense attempting a repair.
tachograph:
tattooed:
If the driver who rang my office today is a member on here, i just want to say a big thankyou , you noticed my brakes where binding (didn’t feel a thing and no smoke only a single axle) you sir are a gentleman, pulled in to the services and altered the slack adjuster to get me back to the yard.
if you ever see me on the road again i’ll get you a coffee , once again a big thanks drive safe .That was a pleasant surprise, not at-all what I was expecting to read when I saw the title
Well done to whoever the driver was
I bet you were thinking it was actually someone sticking the boot in like i was thinking… 
AndrewG:
tachograph:
That was a pleasant surprise, not at-all what I was expecting to read when I saw the titleWell done to whoever the driver was
I bet you were thinking it was actually someone sticking the boot in like i was thinking…
That’s exactly what I was expecting 
Own Account Driver:
AndrewG:
Fergie47:
tattooed:
If the driver who rang my office today i just want to say a big thankyou , you noticed my brakes where binding (didn’t feel a thing and no smoke only a single axle) you sir are a gentleman, pulled in to the services and altered the slack adjuster to get me back to the yard.
if you ever see me on the road again i’ll get you a coffee , once again a big thanks drive safe .Nice post, and from a driver that actually knows how to slacken off brake adjusters, and had the tools to do it, one of the old school…
I reckon if every new driver was shown how to do minor stuff like this and various other small repairs like fixing an air line or blocking off a brake chamber ect and was supplied with a basic tool kit there wouldnt be half the call out to breakdowns which could other wise be fixed at the side of the road saving hours of sitting around…
Not sure about that…
I thnk results would be very hit and miss even with training. If it’s a small firm you can deliberately hire drivers who are doers but with big firms with a lot of jobsworths, on the payroll, and a revolving door of agency dregs it’s easy to see why they end up with the policy they do. Usually it will be a response to someone causing great expense attempting a repair.
I agree, wouldnt likely work with very big co.'s with the jobsworths which invariably inhabit these types of places or firms which employ a lot of agency but smaller ones with old school thinking it works well. I keep my own unit top notch no expense spared but some of the old tilts i hook up too have to be seen to be believed (mainly from Hungary) and quite often have to do repairs before leaving. I find a screwdriver/socket set, electrical cable/scotch locks, cable ties and of course the obligatory big sledge hammer can save me hours waiting for the fitters to come out
robroy:
tattooed:
If the driver who rang my office today is a member on here, i just want to say a big thankyou , you noticed my brakes where binding (didn’t feel a thing and no smoke only a single axle) you sir are a gentleman, pulled in to the services and altered the slack adjuster to get me back to the yard.
if you ever see me on the road again i’ll get you a coffee , once again a big thanks drive safe .Did you get clearance from your planner to carry out that repair.
If you have not got the required certificates you are not qualified to carry out a technical repair on a heavy goods vehicle.Also did you consult your office, and liase together on a full H&S risk assesment (before even attempting to diagnose the situation)
An MSA is not a suitable place again on H&S grounds, so assuming you got full clearance, you should have fully coned off your vehicle at 2.121 metre intervals, wear full ppe, visual and prevetitive, including hard hat.(with chinstrap) and safety glasses within BS standard 6752.
Also inform the MSA manager that a repair to a heavy vehicle was being performed on his premises, and get clearance from him also…IN WRITING.
If in doubt next time, refer to page 347 subsection 1 of the Govt Health and Safety manual (vol 1) Road Haulage section.
How long before someone takes this seriously ?
Hope that helps as I’m a big believer in doing these dangerous tasks by the book.
If you need any more info pm me.
Robroy, you have forgotten the two week residential course, titled " Maintain three points of contact to enter and exit the cab ".
An intensive course not for the faint hearted or fear of heights .
There are exams and written tests.
Also you have forgotten working by water, the driver must be trained in water rescue, this course explains how to wear a harness and rope systems and pulleys in case the mechanic or driver is washed away down the drains at the Msa, the storm drains and sewage pit is dangerous .
What if there was a Tsunami at Clacket Lane?
You must be looking at the older copy, it was revised on the 9 Dec, so there are not widely available yet even on line. Sorry
I have not been able to get hold of the updated version, because I am not in the ‘Inner Circle’ 
What’s this forum coming to eh?
You can’t spin a wind up on here nowadays, all the gullible ones that were once on here must have done a runner.
2 days and …Not one ■■■■ bite!!. 
I miss that sort of hands on maintenance back in the 80’s… you can’t tip the cab unless you’re trained to now.