Can you or not? Spoke to a few tanker man some do some don,t. 
dunno but i sometimes blowoff on a break
Technically no you cant as you are working, but some do :wink: Its a case of do you want to spend 1hr plus blowing then have a break outside the gate or just bang it on a break when blowing. You will find a lot of it depends on how people are payed, hourly or percentage and how much they have to do, one load or two.
Technically a break is defined as being able to dispose of your time as you choose.
Now correct me if I’m wrong but I reckon you are monitoring the blower during the process so therefore you are working.
Depends on how much she charges or if she a classy chick,she might get a bit ■■■■■ if you ask her to stop halfway through giving you oral. 
dar1976:
Technically a break is defined as being able to dispose of your time as you choose.Now correct me if I’m wrong but I reckon you are monitoring the blower during the process so therefore you are working.
Technically break is for recouperation - disposing of time as you choose is for rest
IMO that means both the body and mind must be recouperating
Title is very misleading 
Legend_Scania:
Title is very misleading
That’s what I thought!!!
dar1976:
Technically a break is defined as being able to dispose of your time as you choose.
incorrect as Rog said ( advice read up on the regulation )
Now correct me if I’m wrong but I reckon you are monitoring the blower during the process so therefore you are working.
correct but you could set blower go back to cab put on BREAK for 15 min back to work Go check on blower Back to cab then Break for a further 15 or so, this way by having a 15 you would only require a 30 at a later date if you didn’t get a whole un-interrupted 30 also would count as WTD breaks if wanted
In theory you could though it wouldn’t be right, you wouldn’t set the blower going then bugger off up the road to the caff for a 45, you’re on duty keeping an eye on stuff adjusting pressures and tipping angle if necessary.
An employed driver that books break whilst tipping could find himself in hot water once the company cottoned on, obviously depending on whether the company runs straight.
Juddian:
In theory you could though it wouldn’t be right, you wouldn’t set the blower going then bugger off up the road to the caff for a 45, you’re on duty keeping an eye on stuff adjusting pressures and tipping angle if necessary.An employed driver that books break whilst tipping could find himself in hot water once the company cottoned on, obviously depending on whether the company runs straight.
I don’t do blower work . Explain why it wouldn’t be right …If by experience the driver knows it takes an hour to tip why cant he book break for some or all of this time …
If your a paid by the hour ‘‘Proffesional Driver’’ then no way, on the other hand if your an O/D, or salaried and/or paid on performance, or even just have the viability of the business you work for formost in your mind then take an educated guess…
nick2008:
Juddian:
.I don’t do blower work . Explain why it wouldn’t be right …If by experience the driver knows it takes an hour to tip why cant he book break for some or all of this time …
Because the blower pressures will vary during the unloading, if you have a tipping tank it will need to be raised and some adjustments made to the pressures as the level of load around the feed pipe varies.
If you have a compartmented non tipping pressure tank the feed will need to be switched over during the blow.
It would be a brave or soon to be unemployed man who set his tank up and went for a 45…
I suppose you could book a 15 off if you know your tank/product, however the sensible driver still wouldn’t ignore what was going on at the R send.
I don’t know how other companies view this, the one i work for rightly doesn’t allow breaks during tipping, our trackers can tell if PTO is engaged and we are well paid for doing the job right, i expect most blower drivers work for sizeable operations so i expect this is the norm.
Juddian:
nick2008:
Juddian:
.I don’t do blower work . Explain why it wouldn’t be right …If by experience the driver knows it takes an hour to tip why cant he book break for some or all of this time …
Because the blower pressures will vary during the unloading, if you have a tipping tank it will need to be raised and some adjustments made to the pressures as the level of load around the feed pipe varies.
If you have a compartmented non tipping pressure tank the feed will need to be switched over during the blow.
It would be a brave or soon to be unemployed man who set his tank up and went for a 45…
I suppose you could book a 15 off if you know your tank/product, however the sensible driver still wouldn’t ignore what was going on at the R send.
I don’t know how other companies view this, the one i work for rightly doesn’t allow breaks during tipping, our trackers can tell if PTO is engaged and we are well paid for doing the job right, i expect most blower drivers work for sizeable operations so i expect this is the norm.
see been driving 30+ years an just learnt something… thanks 
i reckon VOSA would take a dim view of tacho on break while tipping…
same as fuelling up and setting the pump on its slowest setting so you can get a 15 in…
you are still on duty.
Never put it on break 
whilst tipping 
pull outside, and have a 45min and another one when I get tired up the m40, M6! 
don’t drive tired people, think of the children!
nick2008:
Juddian:
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Juddian:
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see been driving 30+ years an just learnt something… thanks
I’ve been driving (badly) a long time too and still know bugger all, you never stop learning, i’m always picking up tips from other drivers which when you think about them were blindingly obvious yet just never twigged.
It’s not the same as having a break while some forkie unloads 26 pallets, one at a time, and taking five minutes to take each one to the back of the warehouse.
All depends on what you’re blowing and where! Some places you can get 30ton off in 20 minutes, others it can take 2 1/2 hours! Some customers expect you to be at the controls throughout the blowing process, so I wouldn’t book a break. I would imagine vosa would take a dim view blowing on a break. Some do it, others don’t. It’s a bit like speeding, you know it’s wrong but some still do it! How often do you get caught? Just my opinion.
Stick it on break, somebody else is at the controls,I’ll have a rest in the deck chair.
Only fool would walk away and leave it alone, Pipe bursts and 28ton of plastic or powder blows everywhere lol. Some stuff is very expensive.