raymundo:
It’s on a par with ‘Only Fools & Horses’,
Pure comedy gold !
dont be so silly only fools and horses is brilliant
Evil8Beezle:
Well I’m speechless…3rd hottest? Who the are 1 & 2…
Ive just finished ’ greasing ’ an old girls 5th wheel .
She makes a great roast dinner on sundays , so feel morally obligated to make her No1 .
No2 is definately Cheryl Tweedy . knocked her up alot of times in my yoof . She was always calling me , mad for my hot bod . But i didnt want a relationship . Think she started going out wiv some sleezball footballer on the rebound from me .
Oh look theres santa and rudolf flying by . hes early .
robinswh. Stobart’s only employ the finest ’ premier ’ driver’s. It is a calling that only the elite can answer.
What summed up Stobart , the series and pompous industry/media pricks in general was an incident early on in the series.
Filming in Liverpool, one of the drivers was at a junction near the city centre where there are three lanes. Inside one is for straight ahead into Old Hall Street, and two to turn right for through traffic. Clearly marked on the road and signage. There is also a small clue on the inside lane …it has ‘Old Hall Street Only’ written on the road surface.
Driver selects inside lane to turn right, and does so oblivious to the contravention. There are other HGV’s turning right who have to deal with being overtaken on the inside as they do so.
At the next set of lights, the commentator comments that other drivers are looking at the Stobarts’ lad because of his age/truck or something or other, rather than the fact he is driving like a git, and has local knowledge, so should know better. Maybe a bit petty, but to me it sums up the perceived ‘style over substance’ superiority of this type of company…stobarts, maritime etc.
eagerbeaver:
robinswh. Stobart’s only employ the finest ’ premier ’ driver’s. It is a calling that only the elite can answer.
True. Very true young sir.
But when you have hundreds or possibly thousands of trucks to utilize (as per Stobrats) how can they afford to be picky ? gotta keep the wheels turning no matter what springs to mind !!
raymundo:
how can they afford to be picky ?
Because they have an image to protect, they are very picky & they can afford to because they have loads of applicants knocking on their door.
PaulNowak:
My daughter has just texted me back, apparently she seems to think that Dixon’s current motor is Olivia May, although she’s not certain. She follows him on Twitter Terwatter. She never asks where I am though!!!
He’s not in Phoebe Grace anymore thats for sure, I past it last week and it was been driven by a lad with glasses plus it had none of the tat that Dicko had.
robinswh:
Also I cant believe how big the company has grown must have taken over a lot of other companies.
Looks like they have started using MAN TGXs again, last lot were 08/58s…
the nodding donkey:
" In tonights episode, Mark (not his real name) is collecting an urgent load for Bristol from the depot in Dagenham. He is booked in for 0700 next morning. He arrived in Dagenham at 1330. Will the warehouse be able to load him in time? Any delay could mean that he arrives late for his crucial delivery. ""After waiting for 3 hours the tension is becoming unbearable. If he doesn’t get loaded soon, he may run out of time. Bristol may run out of soft drinks if he does not arrive on time. So Mark has decided to cook a meal, and is contemplating shutting his curtains. "
Don’t miss the next hilarious episode, where Mark (not his real name) reacts with total indifference, when he arrives late at his delivery tomorrow.
eagerbeaver:
robinswh. Stobart’s only employ the finest ’ premier ’ driver’s. It is a calling that only the elite can answer.
I know a guy who was recently offered a job at Stobarts, passed the assessment etc, but turned it down. So what does that make him? 
DAF95XF:
PaulNowak:
But the bit where Dixon had a hissy fit when all by himself, got stuck in some snow was comedy gold. Proper mard arse, demanded for the cameras to be switched off. Even told the film crew to dig him out. KnobThe one where he could have turned around at a roundabout but chose to carry on, funny as flip…
Wasn’t that the one where he was was in planners office saying to camera “these are what we call idiot maps giving directions to stores” and then left them cos he doesn’t need them,as said before on here reap what you sow
Wow !1 I got more than I expected from my post…don’t anticipate I ll be returning home to start a career with Mr Stobart…I don’t think they would be interested in a 66 year old miled out ex trucker who is not particularly photogenic …I would nt mind trying the fuel tanker side because that’s what I did here for many years …again thanks everybody for their input Wayne Robinson (originally from coalville leics .)
What you have to take on board is that it’s a tv show about driving trucks, it’s supposed to appeal to the general public that know very little, if anything, about the job. As your well aware the job can be a little tedious at times, 200 miles of motorway driving would not usually get many viewers now would it, so they try to make the job appear more exciting than it is for the majority of the time.
For some reason the chosen company, Stobarts, seems to attract a great deal of dislike on this forum so take what’s said about them with a large pinch of salt, whoever they used would get the same treatment.
robinswh:
.I would nt mind trying the fuel tanker side
I salute you Sir, you are a far braver man than me to contemplate that as we all know now “this is quite literally a bomb on wheels” seriously scary.
the maoster:
robinswh:
.I would nt mind trying the fuel tanker sideI salute you Sir, you are a far braver man than me to contemplate that as we all know now “this is quite literally a bomb on wheels” seriously scary.
If it was that bad they wouldn’t be paying £10-13/hour to do it lol
All these programs are the same. There the one with Kings Haulage tat was on recently too. Ive used their services before and they seem to be a good company, but the program made them look like dicks.
A bloke approached my company asking to make a series involving us. All because we have a few women working here and they wanted to make a program about women working in the waste industry. We told them to stick it, as I knew exactly what it would end up being…
Women dressed up in pink hi vis and heels making ■■■■■■ innuendos about the size of my gear stick… Trash tv
All these programs are a bit tongue in cheek and your average driver can spot the fake, just for telly dramas a mile off.
Just watched this weeks ice road truckers and trying to work out why in snowy conditions with double drive axles these daft buggers only have chains on one of them. Poor Art who is useless found himself stuck for 24 hours because he must have lost his shovel then choose to attach a strap to the weakest part of another blokes trailer, que predictable drama.
I reckon from scratch I could do it better.
What this programme needs is a handsome Uk trucker to be flown over and paid a fortune to show em how its done, ideally one thats given it the big un on a tinternet forum.
Dipper_Dave:
What this programme needs is a handsome Uk trucker to be flown over and paid a fortune to show em how its done, ideally one thats given it the big un on a tinternet forum.
Think Dozy is in Full Time employment so he turned it down
The Beaver is the man for the job. Devastatingly handsome, and modest with it.
Ice roads? Pfft. I once drove on a muddy road with no diff lock engaged. Ave it!!