We used to get £2.50 per car damage free bonus, any thing that was your fault you lost that days bonus plus the previous two days
Edited didn’t read properly first time lol
Smoggie89:
mutley:
We used to get £2.50 per car damage free bonus, any thing that was your fault you lost that days bonus plus the previous two dayswhat happens if damage isn’t your fault
Damage is always your fault, as it is difficult to prove when the damage happened the rules are simple. If you do not note it down as damaged before loading then you are liable for the cost of repair regardless of weather you did it or not.
I was a relief man covering the UK depot network for one firm, nobody else would touch the job as it meant using different artics and drawbars when the regular man went on holiday or sick. Another major headache was navigating to the different dealers, artics might not be able to take the same route as a drawbar and runs were never the same twice on the trot, add in that I might not go to a depot for a few months and you tend to forget where places are, (explains my well thumbed collection of A-Z street plans with notes on most pages).
Bonus wise they paid a car bonus but nothing extra for non damage, on the plus side they didn’t ask for anything back if there was a bump.
First firm I worked for paid car bonus and a monthly non damage bonus, (auction cars) if you lost the non damage early in the month then just throw everything on for the rest of the month and make it up that way, car bonus was nearly double the non damage anyway so not many took it as an incentive to be careful.
Stanley Knife:
I’ve driven the 9-car peak transporters . . . some serious thought needs to go into it at all times. As with the usual problems you deal with in an artic you have to plan for the overhang at traffic lights/lamp posts/buildings after you take the corner. Really enjoyed it and learned a lot about planning ahead, being able to see problems I would never before had a thought for.Stan
That’s not that much of an issue to me, I drove coaches where the wheels are 10’ behind the front of the coach and the nearside mirror 2’ infront, and managed fine - although though it was a ■■■■■ deisign.
waynedl:
Stanley Knife:
I’ve driven the 9-car peak transporters . . . some serious thought needs to go into it at all times. As with the usual problems you deal with in an artic you have to plan for the overhang at traffic lights/lamp posts/buildings after you take the corner. Really enjoyed it and learned a lot about planning ahead, being able to see problems I would never before had a thought for.Stan
That’s not that much of an issue to me, I drove coaches where the wheels are 10’ behind the front of the coach and the nearside mirror 2’ infront, and managed fine - although though it was a [zb] deisign.
Stanley Knife’s referring to the older full semi trailer with over-cab peak fixed to trailer (not a fixed over the cab peak like new designs), so when you turned the trailer was still going straight on, they were a work of art to thread through towns and traffic and really worrying when on twisty narrow roads when you met a double decker bus, your trailer peak might be in his lane even though your cab was 8 feet away in your lane…and the car reversed over the peak sticking out another 4ft…
((…as in Bowsermans pic below…my favourite transporter body of all time that…van carrier too by the looks of it, very useful and the quickest of all to load/unload…my record for unloading one of those was 9 minutes from arriving at rental office to last (9th) car on deck, and every car strapped on.))
Even the later designs catch new drivers out, a substantial car flipped up over the peak will still be 4 to 6 feet in front of the cab, though at least it follows the cab turn unlike the artics.
I followed a transporter full of scrap cars from Scotland down by Tebay once and I swear to god it was so so close to clipping almost every bridge it came to. Not that it would have mattered the damage to the car but you know lol.
FarnboroughBoy11:
I like the old school transporters with the massive over hang over the front of the cab. Would love to drive one of them.
Like this?
My old one.
that’s impressive, you really need a skills to drive this 
Typical week for me might mean one truck or as many as five including artics, 8,9,10 and 11 car drawbars, van carriers…always used to ■■■■ left after loading to see if the peak swung into view 
3401715394_d419df965a_b by Glen TK2, on Flickr
3400948713_280958660b_b by Glen TK2, on Flickr
3399099849_a5dc918aed_b by Glen TK2, on Flickr
3399664016_8d41e75a55_b by Glen TK2, on Flickr
Gouls:
Typical week for me might mean one truck or as many as five including artics, 8,9,10 and 11 car drawbars, van carriers…always used to ■■■■ left after loading to see if the peak swung into viewLooking at these it seems the Picasso was mostly one colour too!!
3401715394_d419df965a_b by Glen TK2, on Flickr
3400948713_280958660b_b by Glen TK2, on Flickr
3399099849_a5dc918aed_b by Glen TK2, on Flickr
3399664016_8d41e75a55_b by Glen TK2, on Flickr
Take me hat off to you Ghouls, i used to hate using someone to else’s motor if mine was off the road, doubt i could have coped with your daily or weekly swapping, especially getting a full artic when out of practice.
It would take a day simply to sort out the straps the state some of them left them, twisted up scraps it was like being back on roping and sheeting, and why oh why didn’t some ever oil their ratchets or grease sliders, mine always ran and worked smoothly, a bit of looking after the kit made the job easier in droves.
A couple more, dealer drop with an artic and ferrying into the railhead with a drag
C & C Ipswich by Glen TK2, on Flickr
3400895965_3326fb4d30_b by Glen TK2, on Flickr
bowserman:
FarnboroughBoy11:
I like the old school transporters with the massive over hang over the front of the cab. Would love to drive one of them.0
Like this?
My old one.
Yes Bowser, serious over hang dude. I would have loaded all the fords and rovers on the peak and kept the audis and BMWs in the middle lol
The modern ones where they’re effectively a wag and drag with a wag that’s just a standard unit. Are they ok with no vehicles loaded on the wag or are they very choppy, in tramlines, downhill etc.?
I wouldnt want to drive the cars on, let alone drive the truck!
Ive always wondered, when i see a transporter with a load of damaged cars, why is half the numberplate of each car covered in black tape? 
Own Account Driver:
The modern ones where they’re effectively a wag and drag with a wag that’s just a standard unit. Are they ok with no vehicles loaded on the wag or are they very choppy, in tramlines, downhill etc.?
4x2’s tend to be choppy especially with 385’s on the front, but they are controlable, however loaded with the weights wrong and its a different story.You do notice every load drives different whereas old school 50/50 drags were alot more stable.
Gembo:
Ive always wondered, when i see a transporter with a load of damaged cars, why is half the numberplate of each car covered in black tape?
So that the cars ID can’t be used whilst that one is off the road.
bowserman:
FarnboroughBoy11:
I like the old school transporters with the massive over hang over the front of the cab. Would love to drive one of them.0
Like this?
My old one.
You must be nuts, FarnboroughBoy 