Just wondering is there any others on here that do as much driving as well as help maintain the fleet ?
i kind of do slightly more repaires than driving. work for a specialized transport company in sakatoon, long wide heavy loads trailers and combos up to 13 axles. when it gets busy summertimes i go out quite often its a nice change, but the maintanance side of it keeps me and the other mechanic pretty busy.
ppc25:
i kind of do slightly more repaires than driving. work for a specialized transport company in sakatoon, long wide heavy loads trailers and combos up to 13 axles. when it gets busy summertimes i go out quite often its a nice change, but the maintanance side of it keeps me and the other mechanic pretty busy.
I’m not the only one then
How long have you been out in Canada? Me and the mrs have been thinking of moving to Canada or Oz before we are to old, got 12 years to go before it’s to late we have been accepted for Oz on my job title but we can’t move at the moment down to other things holding us back ,decision decisions
Yep! 
cons77:
Just wondering is there any others on here that do as much driving as well as help maintain the fleet ?
I think that was the way the old haulage men worked, it certainly worked with me. I was in the workshops helping the mechanic, when a big job like a difficult MOT or engine rebuild was needed the boss took Stuart another driver, off the road for a couple of days.
Between the three of us we would get the vehicle back on the road as quick as possible. When I was 16 my main task apart from keeping the kettle full, was going to Hull on my motorbike to collect parts and clean all the parts in a drum of petrol/diesel mix while sat by the salamander!!!
I always remember trying to bungee strap a full set of F88 brake shoes onto the pillion of a Honda SS50 
hi wheelnut,
i used to have to go and fetch parts on an old butchers bike with the basket on the front , it was powered by one of those 50cc engines that rubbed on the rear tyre, i remember once collecting a aec cylinder head, the front wheel was grossly overloaded and we started off weaving allover the road, then it started raining, the combination of wet tyre and overload the friction between tyre and engine was lost, with a loud bang and the smell of burnt rubber the tyre blew, we came to a crashing stop, the cyl head crashed to the floor bending the valves, then i had to get it loaded up again and push it back to the workshop,which nearly killed me, where a smack around the earhole awaited me lol ,happy days eh
cheers diesel
Wheel Nut:
cons77:
Just wondering is there any others on here that do as much driving as well as help maintain the fleet ?I think that was the way the old haulage men worked, it certainly worked with me. I was in the workshops helping the mechanic, when a big job like a difficult MOT or engine rebuild was needed the boss took Stuart another driver, off the road for a couple of days.
Between the three of us we would get the vehicle back on the road as quick as possible. When I was 16 my main task apart from keeping the kettle full, was going to Hull on my motorbike to collect parts and clean all the parts in a drum of petrol/diesel mix while sat by the salamander!!!
I always remember trying to bungee strap a full set of F88 brake shoes onto the pillion of a Honda SS50
Giving your age away here mate,i had a Malaguttti Cavalcone most of the lads around here had Garrelli Tigers !I also used to pick up spares for the workshops and they would fill the tank up for me after, oh Happy Days !!
DUFFMAN:
Wheel Nut:
cons77:
Just wondering is there any others on here that do as much driving as well as help maintain the fleet ?I think that was the way the old haulage men worked, it certainly worked with me. I was in the workshops helping the mechanic, when a big job like a difficult MOT or engine rebuild was needed the boss took Stuart another driver, off the road for a couple of days.
Between the three of us we would get the vehicle back on the road as quick as possible. When I was 16 my main task apart from keeping the kettle full, was going to Hull on my motorbike to collect parts and clean all the parts in a drum of petrol/diesel mix while sat by the salamander!!!
I always remember trying to bungee strap a full set of F88 brake shoes onto the pillion of a Honda SS50
Giving your age away here mate,i had a Malaguttti Cavalcone most of the lads around here had Garrelli Tigers !I also used to pick up spares for the workshops and they would fill the tank up for me after, oh Happy Days !!
My mate had a Garelli Rekord and I wanted to kill him to get hold of it, it caught pigeons compared to my 4 stroke
So there is a few on here then,it makes a change to get out of the garage and on the road but i only do day runs or localish multidrop runs never had a night out in 11 years of holding my class 1 though ive been close to my daily driving a few times but always got back.