windrush:
kr79:
Tarmac tipper done one night never again.You really stuck at that then didnt you!
Cant beat it, plenty of breaks, plenty of hours in plus no rushing about.
Couldnt do the animal job, or bus/taxi driving, tipperās are all I know.Pete.
Ironically Iāve been a tipper driver for 11 years but one night getting pushed down a hill by a tarmac machine in a Clapped out ERF was enough to scar me 
when times are hard i wouldnāt say no to anything, wouldnt be over keen on livestock job seen a couple off beast kick off and it looks nasty but if it pays then why not. 
offall truck wouldnt be problem for the driver its everyone behind
Dave the Renegade:
Driving a lorry with offal would be a no no for me.
Driving a lorry BEHIND a lorry carrying offal
Muckaway:
Continental work ((zb) sleeping in a lorry cab all week)
You will never get to see Istanbul if you insist on being home every night 
Bin wagon driving is actually a good craic. Done it for both the local authority and Onyx and enjoyed it both times.
kr79:
windrush:
kr79:
Tarmac tipper done one night never again.You really stuck at that then didnt you!
Couldnt do the animal job, or bus/taxi driving, tipperās are all I know.Pete.
Ironically Iāve been a tipper driver for 11 years but one night getting pushed down a hill by a tarmac machine in a Clapped out ERF was enough to scar me
Ha ha! I know what you mean, you think that you will roll off it and deposit 20 ton in a heap (or was the machine trying to pass you ) Can be a little scary, I will give you that one.
Pete.
Put it this way the bloke driving it done his training at brands hatch
Harry Monk:
Muckaway:
Continental work ((zb) sleeping in a lorry cab all week)You will never get to see Istanbul if you insist on being home every night
Fine by me
Taxi
Bus
Muckaway:
Continental work ((zb) sleeping in a lorry cab all week)
This week I went to Marseille, then drove along the French Riviera past Cannes, Nice and Monaco, and into Italy for my back load before returning through Mont Blanc. The scenery, to say the least, has been spectacular. Are you saying thatās not worth a week in a lorry cab?
Harry Monk:
I love steam engines of all types and I think the reason is that you can actually hear them breathing, you can hear them labouring under a heavy load. They have a heart (the boiler) and lungs (the cylinders).
Yes! Yes!
Steam engines are briliant!
Iāve been lucky to drive one of these:
and it was amazing, even despite the driver was still telling me what to do and I could not find my way trought all that levers and valvesā¦
Iāve been also driving one of these:
(Actually itās the very one, I remember the number, altough it looked much better back then) it was pulling a heavy train. The feeling that you have all that 1000+ tons at your finger is amazing. Yet there is no soul in it.
I would really like to try driving one of that steam lorries one dayā¦
DaiDap:
Muckaway:
Continental work ((zb) sleeping in a lorry cab all week)This week I went to Marseille, then drove along the French Riviera past Cannes, Nice and Monaco, and into Italy for my back load before returning through Mont Blanc. The scenery, to say the least, has been spectacular. Are you saying thatās not worth a week in a lorry cab?
Some of the places are worth even a week in a van cabā¦
Norway, for example. I would go there even in Fiesta Van!
DaiDap:
Muckaway:
Continental work ((zb) sleeping in a lorry cab all week)This week I went to Marseille, then drove along the French Riviera past Cannes, Nice and Monaco, and into Italy for my back load before returning through Mont Blanc. The scenery, to say the least, has been spectacular. Are you saying thatās not worth a week in a lorry cab?
I just canāt be done with what I see as hassle; ferries/trains, border control, immigrants, driving on the wrong side
A lot of people find it below them to do my job; horses for courses, itās the tyoe of driving job I was brought up with, and I get some interesting jobsā¦
Muckaway:
driving on the wrong side
So what are you doing in Britain? 
As to meritum: My two worst driving jobs are:
I canāt make my mind, which one would be worse.
And as for continental work, I doubt you would find anyone who has done UK work and continental work who would ever prefer UK work.
[/quote]
True completely prefered continent to UK driving
Saaamon:
Bus, taxi, livestock, multi drop, bin lorry, skip work, tipper work, probably loads more.
Whatās up with bins, skips and tippers?
I really enjoy doing skips
Those Playbus things (knackered double deckers turned into portable nurseries); A bloke wanting to drive around in a bus loaded with toys sounds a bit ānonceyā to me
orys:
Yes! Yes!Steam engines are briliant!
Iāve been lucky to drive one of these:
What a lovely piece of machinery.
I love driving a truck but the simple fact is that when you climb a hill, the only thing that changes is the pitch of the engine note. A steam engine will approach an incline enthusiastically and when it reaches the summit will sound like a marathon runner who has just completed 26 miles. They are living creatures.
Steam engines are like mechanical dragons, absolutely wondrous to behold whether from the footplate or the lineside.
Harry Monk:
What a lovely piece of machinery.I love driving a truck but the simple fact is that when you climb a hill, the only thing that changes is the pitch of the engine note. A steam engine will approach an incline enthusiastically and when it reaches the summit will sound like a marathon runner who has just completed 26 miles. They are living creatures.
Steam engines are like mechanical dragons, absolutely wondrous to behold whether from the footplate or the lineside.
Couldnāt agree more.
Somebody should take Muckaway to Europe and āconvertā him.
Easy, any job where the vehicles are operated for profit and shunting.
