used to get tight places like that when I was doing the generators , didnt have much choice as when the powers off and the transfomers in the middle of a fiel you have no choice . used to have to put my 8 wheeler in some right tight spots out,in the sticks, had to reverse for a mile in the pics below, as the other way there was low tree that would of taken the windscreen out, and then I didnt have enough room to get the crane out, so spent 13 hours watching the wildlife and hearing a scanny v8 whirring away in the gennie
What annoys me is that its not damage caused through reckless driving , its just 20+ times having to the nudge the hedge has taken its toll , to look at it you’d never think it was £1000 worth, but this morning I have found out that this figure includes a new front tyre, repair to the side runners that were damaged by the driver that covered me for holiday , he’s now left, & they’re finally going to fix the engine break that I’ve been asking to be fixed for past 3years ,
With management like this lot join a union fast. Go for one with some balls - like the RMT, who do have a transport section.
Meanwhile keep a diary and note in it who you told the access was likely to cause damage to the vehicle and what their reply was. Make sure you do this every time.
Make sure that this really is a case that you can’t get in unscathed and not just that to avoid damage would require six shunts and you are doing it in one. If it needs six, ten, or however many then that is what you will have to do.
Next time you go take some pictures and save them.
I am a skip driver and the amount of times I’ve heard. Had a concrete waggon an bin wagons down this lane loads of times… Do not believe anyone. Look for yourself …
Boris1971:
I am a skip driver and the amount of times I’ve heard. Had a concrete waggon an bin wagons down this lane loads of times… Do not believe anyone. Look for yourself …
“Had bin wagons down here mate” after much ■■■■■■■ around they declare its the councils 7.5 tonne bin lorrys ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ We’ve all heard that one I’m sure or it’s the loud mouths who’ve driven bigger and better across Europe than when you offer the keys they forgot how they used to do it though!. These people are my personal favourites.
Karl86:
We’ve all heard that one I’m sure or it’s the loud mouths who’ve driven bigger and better across Europe than when you offer the keys they forgot how they used to do it though!. These people are my personal favourites.
When I was a TM in a Birmingham factory, we had a warehouse entrance that was a right pig to reverse into. When I saw an unfamiliar driver I would let him have a couple of goes, and then offer to help. Most times I got turned down, sometime less than politely. We had an artic that was at least as long as the one they were driving, and I could get that in with one shunt.
Karl86:
We’ve all heard that one I’m sure or it’s the loud mouths who’ve driven bigger and better across Europe than when you offer the keys they forgot how they used to do it though!. These people are my personal favourites.
When I was a TM in a Birmingham factory, we had a warehouse entrance that was a right pig to reverse into. When I saw an unfamiliar driver I would let him have a couple of goes, and then offer to help. Most times I got turned down, sometime less than politely. We had an artic that was at least as long as the one they were driving, and I could get that in with one shunt.
The prat in a suit may not always be a prat.
True, although sometimes he is.
There used to be a guy at Parcel Net in Portbury who’d come out and offer the drivers advice while we were reversing in. Fair enough, it was a bit of a cow to get into, being a blindside reverse with limited space and some inch long metal studs poking out of the ground just ready to rip your tyres to shreds, but he’d stand by the cab and say "left hand down a bit, drive. Ok, now straight back … right hand down, more, more … " while all the while you’d try to close your ears and concentrate on reversing. One night I got so fed up with his “help” that I did exactly what he told me, to the letter, and ended up miles off the bay with the trailer at a funny angle to the cab. When he asked what I was playing at, I smiled at him and said I was following his directions. He left me to it after that.
A bloke local to here was killed delivering plant to a builder I the arse end of nowhere.
Driving is more than turning a steering wheel it seems you know that. Perhaps your employer needs a lesson. Take photos or else say you’re not doing the drop unless someone is with you so they can see the abortion you’re talking about
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