They are a right royal pain in the arse ain’t they? 
Got up at 4:00 to do a load to Ipswich for 10:00 which one of our night drivers bought up on Friday. It was down as CS94 to take but it wasn’t in our yard so I’m driving around our othe 2 yards to see if it’s there.
I find CS94 in one of the other yards to find a VOR on it and it’s empty 
go back down to our main yard and have a look in the trailers that’s still in there. I find the load in taking on CS97 The night driver never informed anybody that it wasn’t CS94 I wanted but CS97 and to cap it all off when I get hooked up under it I find that I’ve got no trailer marker lights down my o/s and it needs a re-wire, hence why I’m still sat in our yard at 9:40 when I should be down Ipswich!
Why do drivers sorry I mean pricks not bother defecting something that’s wrong on a trailer or unit and just think it’s fine leave it for some other poor sod to sort out? It boils my ■■■■ it does
If he had defected the trailer then the garage could’ve sorted it on Saturday and if he informed someone of the correct trailer number then I could’ve been down the road at half 4 and not still sat in a yard ■■■■■■ off that I’ve got up at 4 for ■■■■ all.
I feel and share your pain!!! Too much of it about, “the attitude of sod it somebody else can deal with that, I’m off home!!!” too many people out there who only give a ■■■■ about themselves!!
When I do trailer swaps I will let the other driver know any quirks my trailer has, my current one has a couple of very minor faults at the moment, not enough for a VOR but enough for them to be reported daily and fixed next time at the workshop.
Doing a trailer swap thogh can open up a can of worms for the other driver as I was once presented with a trailer by another driver that had two almost bald tyres, one had cord showing and mudguards with massive holes in them.
Rang office to inform them I was going nowhere till fixed and watched as other driver got a phone call and bollocking… 
People on job & knock don’t like wasting “their” time defecting and filling in other paperwork, when they could be chucking some keys in, and buggering off home early.
Jobs where you’re paid by the hour don’t have this problem with drivers not defecting when they should. The only exception would be when an agency driver is on 14hr50 as he parks up the wagon to chuck the keys in, and doesn’t want to be arsed with paperwork that may well have him still in the yard ■■■■■■■ about by the 16hr mark… 
Couldn’t agree more with the above comment. On shift pay your always trying to do the minimum, my last job like that based our pay on 10hrs so if your already over that before getting back to the yard your not in the mood for what you consider extra work. Im on hourly now (Inc breaks paid) so i don’t mind that little extra time in the day doing something myself or stopping at the fitters.
Seem to recall I defected 1 unit and 3 trailers in under an hour when I was doing a bit of end of shift shunting last year 
just because people hadn’t bothered their arris to defect them. As irritating as 5th wheel grease slavered all over the suzies
Actrosman:
We had a driver (left now) who was a bit OTT when writing out his ‘defects’!!
Thats amusing because he has ticked yes to vehicle washed internally!!!
would anyone defect a unit with the radio not working?
carryfast-yeti:
would anyone defect a unit with the radio not working?
I have done… The speakers were broke. WIthout the entire radio system working, the bluetooth won’t be any good either - meaning if anyone calls you on the road - you’d have to either pull over to answer the now pick-up handset, or ignore it and get bollocked by TM for ignoring the call…
Easier to defect it - “communication breakdown”.
It’s always the same… Having a nervous breakdown. Drive me insane.
Winseer:
carryfast-yeti:
would anyone defect a unit with the radio not working?I have done… The speakers were broke. WIthout the entire radio system working, the bluetooth won’t be any good either - meaning if anyone calls you on the road - you’d have to either pull over to answer the now pick-up handset, or ignore it and get bollocked by TM for ignoring the call…
Easier to defect it - “communication breakdown”.
It’s always the same… Having a nervous breakdown. Drive me insane.
like it! 
Totally agree Steve, I was in at a local dairy today and what a total tishtip of a place. Unit was a 55 plate,not too bad I thought till I got in it. No working interior lights ( bearing in mind it’s 03.30 ),no radio,no heating and just a general piece of kak and top it off it was an analogue tacho which I didn’t have any. Had to rifle through their office for a spare one
Hooked up to trailer and straight away red warning on dash for ABS and EBS. Ain’t taking that out so eventually managed to find another trailer,and this one had run out of diesel for the fridge. Took it out anyway it was cold enough this morning and couldn’t wait to get out of the dump but it was nearly 2 hours ■■■■■■ about. I don’t mind being told there’s your keys,unit and trailer see ya later but not when all the kit is twank and nobody around to sort things out
Drivers who don’t defect things… Should be shot. Immediately… Regardless of any excuse they have.
Had to do a quick run in the firms transit the other day, quick 2hr drive up and back again. got a flat on the way back and found the spare had a nail in it once I’d gotten it out from the cage underneath the chassis, after struggling with a worn out tyre wrench that wouldn’t quite grip the wheel nuts. A previous driver got a flat, changed the tyre and put it back underneath and declined to mention it needed sorting.
I know checking the spare would be part of the daily checks, but when it’s under the van, without undoing a bolt (that’s rusted and seized tight) then unwinding the cage mechanism (also clogged full of crap) crawling underneath to unhook the tyre itself, the only check I’d do before is if its in good visual nick, i.e. visible tread/wear.
Turned a short 5hr trip into almost an unplanned night out, in a transit…
As well as unreported defects, other drivers treating the cab like their own personal dustbin is my biggest gripe. I eat as much and create as much rubbish as the next person, but I always take my rubbish with me and put it in the bin at work when I finish my shift. Other drivers just leave the cab full of crisp packets, drinks bottles, cigarette packets, apple cores, banana skins and various other assorted rubbish. Even found a nice dried-out, hardened chewing gum perched on top of the dash last week. What do these people’s houses look like? It seems that the concept of ‘internal customer’ is long dead.
Sprinter Si:
Even found a nice dried-out, hardened chewing gum perched on top of the dash last week. .
that’s prob mine, what flavour was it and do you still have it?
Sprinter Si:
As well as unreported defects, other drivers treating the cab like their own personal dustbin is my biggest gripe. I eat as much and create as much rubbish as the next person, but I always take my rubbish with me and put it in the bin at work when I finish my shift. Other drivers just leave the cab full of crisp packets, drinks bottles, cigarette packets, apple cores, banana skins and various other assorted rubbish. Even found a nice dried-out, hardened chewing gum perched on top of the dash last week. What do these people’s houses look like? It seems that the concept of ‘internal customer’ is long dead.
When I was on agency, if I found the cab in a tidy fashion I left it in a tidy fashion. If I found it looking like a pig stye then I left it as such.
Some drivers do a defect for anything that is not as per the way it came from the dealer. Not fussed with that tbh it just makes sure what the motor was like when taken over so the ■■■■ don’t come back on them
It’s a pet hate of mine too, although nothing winds me up more than being told to pick up a trailer that’s ready to go only to find it’s loaded up (sometimes two pallets high) and the internal straps are buried, and it always seems to be on a crap old trailer where the straps are in sections with one pole down the middle so they have to be alternated side to side. What should be a 10 minute couple up turns into over an hour sorting it out.
carryfast-yeti:
would anyone defect a unit with the radio not working?
VOR 