I remember a few years ago one of our drivers left to go work for Royal Mail. He came back in yard a few weeks later proud as punch telling me how it was the best job ever and they could do what they like as they can’t be stopped for anything by anyone as their approved by royalty am holding up the post is an offence.
the maoster:
Winseer, why do you consider split coupling to be wrong? Is that from your point of view, or is it company policy to not allow it?Not having a pop, but as a close coupled fridge pilot I’m simply curious.
Yeah - I wondered that too.
loopyjuice:
FarnboroughBoy11:
shuttlespanker:
FarnboroughBoy11:
shuttlespanker:
you should see the tesco trucks that run out of the RDC at Hinckley, they regular have no lights at all on the trailersI would expect nothing less from dummy brummys
go straight back to your yard, and give the boss the keys to your truck!!!
since when was Hinckley in Birmingham?
Yam yams are from dudley and the black country. not Birmingham
If this yam yam had a quid for every time I was called a brummie I wouldn’t need to drive for a living 
Contraflow:
What you must remember though is that Royal Mail drivers are on important royal business and can therefore do whatever the [zb] they want.
A driver in an RDC told me that he heard from a bloke dodgy dave that when RM drivers get speeding tickets the Queen pays out her own pocket.
Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Brum… All yam yams 
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Typical remark from a cockney
Why is it everyone on here talks with a funny accent?
I agree 100% with the op
I have seen stupid and arrogant driving on occasion by many drivers , from many firms , as we all have , and I’m not saying I’m the best driver in the world by a long stretch BUT… RM drivers god awful driving standards repeatedly amaze me . The amount of times I’ve been cut up by RM " drivers " ( esp around the LHR horseshoe area ) is mind blowing !!
I’ve seen them reading newspapers and doing paperwork on cruise control , including one guy actually who had his notes spread on the steering wheel whilst he did some maths on his calculator as if he was working at his desk 
, as I was trying to overtake on the M6 . He kept speeding up and slowing down , so I let him know I was there , and got the abuse I’ve come to expect from brain dead morons who live in there own little bubble .
I have zero respect for RM drivers and use extra caution when I encounter them on the move .
Winseer:
They all seem to be Wincanton or Agency, the agencies in turn being Mainstream and TRG.
Wincanton/tesco more or less same thing, both are no good, neither is Snod…!
shuttlespanker:
you should see the tesco trucks that run out of the RDC at Hinckley, they regular have no lights at all on the trailers
followed one out of there the other day faffed about at 36 mph all the way to the atherstone bypass then put his foot down till he hit the limiter …oh yer and he had no trailer plate on
RM?
Simples - yer can’t get fired.
I was told this a while back whilst doing driver assessment for them - sure if you sock your manager on the jaw or run off down the road with a laptop but generally the jobs fire proof.
All postie vans are bashed to bits because nobody gives a crap - take a look at one and there won’t be a straight panel on it.
I was at a massive sorting centre, shall we say in the southwest and I watched as an artic driver crashed a trailer into another, he simply drove to another part of the site, glanced at the mess, shrugged his shoulders and casually walked away
I was there for another two hours and nobody looked at the damage.
Exempt from any VOSA controls on the roads/motorways.
Aahhh so that’s y my 1st class stamp is so expensive…
Pimpdaddy:
Aahhh so that’s y my 1st class stamp is so expensive…
Paying for all the mirrors they rip off!
I ■■■■■■■ hate them all and the company. You know last year this dolly government took over their pension plan because it was a shambles. That gave the uk a 38billion debt which equates to £365 of new debt for every household in Britain!!
Their days are numbered the internet will be their downfall and they will never compete with private companies in regards to parcels. Because they dont actually deliver parcels they stick a ‘‘sorry we missed you card’’ though the door and when you question them when you open the door, the parcel is in the depot - they dont even have it on them!!!
Ive lost a o/s mirror to 7.5tonner in kirkaldy and i nearly lost my entire cab to a complete ■■■■■■ on a roundabout on the kingsway.
Their driving standards are disgusting! And your better off giving them a wide birth in any sort of road incident because they ovbioulsy get away with murder in regards to damage.
Santa:
the maoster:
Winseer, why do you consider split coupling to be wrong? Is that from your point of view, or is it company policy to not allow it?Not having a pop, but as a close coupled fridge pilot I’m simply curious.
Yeah - I wondered that too.
I once had a near miss incident split coupling a close-couple nagel trailer.
Some time after that, I did the Tesco induction where the whole concept of split coupling was described as dangerous, and “no one should be doing it”.
That teaching rubbed off on me, and now I avoid it at all costs, although I appreciate that it’s still legal to do.
(The incident I described is connecting the red air line, and having the trailer slide suddenly towards me still on the catwalk. As it happens, I had the suspension jacked right up, and the trailer coupled into the 5th wheel by itself, so I wasn’t crushed against the A frame.)
Still scared the crap out of me though. 
The first thing I’d check if split coupling would be to make sure the trailer brake was applied?
I deliver regular to mail centres, and I agree, some of them are mad.
Did you know that the start rate class 1 is £27k pa !!!
Snarley:
I deliver regular to mail centres, and I agree, some of them are mad.Did you know that the start rate class 1 is £27k pa !!!
You say that as if you think it’s something wonderful?
merc0447:
Their days are numbered the internet will be their downfall and they will never compete with private companies in regards to parcels. Because they dont actually deliver parcels they stick a ‘‘sorry we missed you card’’ though the door and when you question them when you open the door, the parcel is in the depot - they dont even have it on them!!!
Funny you should say that, I get least amount of grief with my parcel deliveries using RM as opposed to things like FedEx who made my blood boil just yesterday…!
@snarley £27k C+E is nothing special, supermarket trolley dollies are in more than that aren’t they!? Good wage though, I wouldn’t mind working for them…
sapper:
Winseer, why do you assume Agency drivers for Royal Mail, it doesn’t matter who you work for, but some people on here assume all agency drivers are [zb], I am currently an agency driver, 1, because it suits my lifestyle and 2, because all the eastern european barstewards have undercut the rate for my job and all agencies are [zb] if anyone wants to give a highly experienced hgv driver a job, please mail me. ■■■■ it open a bottle of wine.Sapper
The reason that you need the dots is because you were trying to use a banned word.
The rule is that you type it, then leave it to the auto censor. dd.
wages undercut not Eastern Europian,wages underut present time.Eastern Europian fill this driving possition because somebody must do this job,.
Andy_GTI:
The first thing I’d check if split coupling would be to make sure the trailer brake was applied?
Aye, done that, but I had failed to check if the trailer brake WORKED. The shunt button was jammed in (buttons underneath, not near the air connections), and I’d failed to notice… The previous driver I was swapping with had only just dropped it on deceptively inclined ground a few minutes previously, you know that darkest place in the MSA next to the caravans that have been ■■■■■■ up before some smartarse wonders why the air reservoir hadn’t run out already. Enough air had leeched out for the brake to be only just holding with red and blue both pushed in. Stick the red airline back on, and WOOSH the whole thing starts to roll down the slope!.. Still, it’s my balls-up nonetheless. Never assume the other guy won’t leave you in a situation that’s an accident liability. 