Most firms with specialist trailers will cut them up rather than sell them to a competitor .
the new trailers granted are a bit on the heavy side and as I’m sure you know have been modified to reduce their weight and the next batch (if they come) have had this adressed .no one is saying C&H are perfect and don’t ■■■■ up and drivers every where question planning and have had arguments myself but we don’t always see the full picture . The new owners are saying carry on as normal and even if the new mercs do go that’s no great loss they will just get replaced with the mark the new owners already run . It’s already been said on here that C&H are making reasonable profit so no matter what ■■■■ ups they may have made as long as they are making a £ more than they are spending there’s no great problem is their
switchlogic:
Well personally I blame the idiot cyclists for the whole sorry fandango. Always the cyclists fault…
Oh dear you been having probs with that lot Luke ? I have in good old London some twerp hanging on to my trailer got to set of multi traffic lights got of my truck and give what for he soon let go when i told him he could die.
Back on topic, lets hope you keep your job with you ever takes over, no doubt there will be changes in terms and conditions there always is when a new broom comes in and sweeps clean, if there is a bit of a pay cut just roll with it, thats as long as it ain,t to severe, just thank your lucky stars you,ve still got a job to keep the roof over your head.
Good luck to lot of your chaps, the last thing you need is to be shafted at this time of the year cause there ain,t jack all about.
Downtons only want the work !steve mercer (appointed director) went to charles gee with cap in hand for the re structure,in a resetion,spend spend spend !! by the way didnt steve mercer work for adams moray at southampton where all those new shiny dafs came from? anyone remember christian salvestons? he was their to ,just before they went under! john robson his side kick came from dodds just before they went under remember ? and the plot thickens !! anyone told the drivers being paid by the administrators you get 14pence for every pound owed !of course the new people will say carry on as normal ! they will have to pick up the pieces , and then the clean up , then the cherry picking will begin ! lol
So… The word was supposed to be out as of last night wtf is going on here.
Enough speculation - C&H hasn’t gone bust, but it’s owned by a firm that has. This means that the whole process of “does it close” or “does it stay open as normal” is based upon what contracts C&H continue to hold right now (eg News International) which with those specialist trailers is NOT going to get jumped into by another firm in a hurry - regardless of weather C&H are running that as a “loss leader” which I doubt too somehow.
I can’t see how “selling it off to pay Charles Gee’s Creditors” is viable, if the firm has a net value close to zero, as has been suggested on this thread.
“Too close to break-even to muck about selling it or closing it” because every time you make a move one way or the other, you spend and lose even more money…
That’s why second hand car dealers don’t sell the type of cars I buy for example (good ones at cheap prices!)
The value of anything these days is either (1) how much money it can make for YOU in which case, you might not bother selling it at all, or (2) How USEFUL it is to you, ie. saves you money on your other businesses in some way… Buy and hold in other words. “Buy and break up” is only viable as a loss leader for some giant like Nobby Dressingtables who might want to buy (and overpay!) for the trailers - just to take them away from their competitors! 
…A bit like Oil Giants paying to squash research into fusion power, hydrogen fuel cells, and bringing new oil fields fully on-line… 
Sounds to me like there are some people on here with sour grape syndrome perhaps an ex employee that wants to get back but is not wanted.
they are still going so its going to be a time of wait and see what happens.
its all good fun ! some know more than others !..lol
barry07921:
its all good fun ! some know more than others !..lol
I don’t know what you know mate I’m just a driver there and 90% of what goes on we don’t see and have no need to see . But any ■■■■ ups or cover ups will have been for Charles gee to deal with not the new owners weather it is who’s been mentioned or not .all we know it’s been purchased to run separately from the parent companies with the existing management that all we’ve been told. I just hope the people at Charles gee that lost their jobs find something soon
If downtowns get the work believe me the 3brothers will have done their home work they won’t touch it if it ain’t profitable that’s why they are one of the biggest private hauliers in the uk and growing year on year
So much speculation “the MB tractors will go, all on contract hire”, that’s incorrect for a start.
If it’s all announced on Monday I would wait until then.
Does anyone on here actually know anyone who directly works for Charles Gee, as opposed to one of their subsidiaries… 
Yes,
Winseer:
Does anyone on here actually know anyone who directly works for Charles Gee, as opposed to one of their subsidiaries…
Yes I do .I’ve had dealings with a few of the Charles gee people (not the money men although they made an appearance on the departure on one of their high profile movements) but the people that made contracts happen and work and also their man in Russia and I promise you I would not want different people on my side when heading a load with a combined value of over £100 million to Russia by road .I am sure these people will be snapped up by another forwarder very quickly that’s if C&H don’t eventually find them a role in the future
know wonder this is called knobnet ! you have so many ■■■■■ that love to coment , and havnt a frickin clue ! charles gee are currently paying port along side fees , for frieght they have in a russian port that they cant get the importer to pay the taxes on ! and are stuffed with it, first hand from the fella whos dealing with it !!! charles gee took on some get rich quick work into russia !!! while the russian people that droped it new the real deal !!! and sat back and watched ! combined value on the SONY trailer that went to russian for goods in transit makes it look good on paper !! make a claim and see what happens !
You can’t call people “■■■■■” and “knobs” when you can’t spell to save your life. 
Also, ten posts isn’t going to get as much attention, even if you’re our man in Marrakech either. 
Barry either put up or shut up- you have registered and posted with a single agenda- made lots of spurious comments without an ounce verifable facts to back them them up, tell you what mate either stop spouting the vitriol from your personal agenda Or stop usung Knobnet as you call it, because so far you are only adding the the negative- don’t like getting called out for being a one trick pony with an agenda? can I refer you to our complaints department who will I am sure work very hard to help you with your obvious issues… in the mean time to help with your anger problem may I suggest you don’t post on Knob.net as part of your therapy.
My intray awaits your complaint which will be dealt with accordingly
Regardless of if CL go under, lets hope that as many jobs as possible are saved fingers crossed for all affected! you may get 10p an hour less than normal or whatever but hey you will still have a job good luck all staff affected!!!
barry07921:
know wonder this is called knobnet ! you have so many ■■■■■ that love to coment , and havnt a frickin clue ! charles gee are currently paying port along side fees , for frieght they have in a russian port that they cant get the importer to pay the taxes on ! and are stuffed with it, first hand from the fella whos dealing with it !!! charles gee took on some get rich quick work into russia !!! while the russian people that droped it new the real deal !!! and sat back and watched ! combined value on the SONY trailer that went to russian for goods in transit makes it look good on paper !! make a claim and see what happens !
The value of the trailers that went to Russia is freely available on the people who built the trailers and the people that brought the trailers websites and obviously will not have been insured for that value prob only for the cost of the build hence the heavy security that went with each load. what is sat on a quay somewhere in Russia will have had sweet f.a so do with C&H .Typed from my home iPad on my home I.p address lol
wrong person winser but i know who you mean ! as for spelling ,you know what i mean dont you ? ricki happy to have a chat if your not shore about any of the facts as for IP home or work makes no odds to me !!! and chester watch your blood pressure when your writing that fiction , as for C&H i hope all the drivers get a good deal,and the staff some good people in their,but not all ,time for me meds rikki,gotta think up some more tricks for the pony !
barry07921:
wrong person winser but i know who you mean ! as for spelling ,you know what i mean dont you ? ricki happy to have a chat if your not shore about any of the facts as for IP home or work makes no odds to me !!! and chester watch your blood pressure when your writing that fiction , as for C&H i hope all the drivers get a good deal,and the staff some good people in their,but not all ,time for me meds rikki,gotta think up some more tricks for the pony !
No blood pressure here pal quite the opposite laughing at you biggin up your part And as for fiction point it out
Am I missing something here?..