AS Roadcommander and others said we use them at work mainly for the shovel operators to talk to Lorry drivers ie what they’re loading how much more weight they can take, doesn’t always work out right lol, drivers use them the other end to talk to machine operators on tips too!
This does seem to be the main kind of use nowadays i’d say waste and aggregate type work.
RB84:
AS Roadcommander and others said we use them at work mainly for the shovel operators to talk to Lorry drivers ie what they’re loading how much more weight they can take, doesn’t always work out right lol…
That works fine until some carrot cruncher cuts over the driver who needs to speak to the shovel…
“A load of …”
“…ooh arrgh Swindon Town, nice carrot, tossers in the office, I hate cyclists…”
“What do you want loading with??”
“King ■■■■■■■■ on site keeps making us wait, how much bonus did you get last week (chomps on another carrot)…”
Whether I got 'round to having it fitted in any given wagon was entirely a matter of whether I happened to wind up having a break at the Golden Fleece at Carlisle when the bloke who did the deed had his little shack open in the corner of the lorry park, and I very rarely missed the thing when it was living in a locker awaiting said opportunity.
Didn’t that bloke used to have a old bus at The Golden Fleece before it went all upmarket and had tarmac?
roadcommander2:
Still use them on tipper work.Do a lot of asphalt and they are very useful for getting directions on site and when running with other drivers to and from the job.
Oddly a coupe of the major aggregate firms have banned CB use in their pits.
Used to be a very handy and safe way of communicating with the shovel driver and used to save a bit of time when loading.
Presumably H&S has deemed them a hazard!
They were banned from use in our quarry (Ballidon, near Ashbourne) twenty + years ago on the grounds that they could trigger premature explosions, however at other quarries I worked from like Bardon Hill and Shining Bank the loaders, weighbridge staff and plant operators used them all the time! 
As said they were usefull on surfacing jobs for finding which works access you needed on Motorway jobs, plus in the ‘old days’ you could tell the next driver to get his sheet off as you were nearly tipped. Plenty of ■■■■■ on channel even in those days though, the ‘Dummy Brummies’ got on your nerves for starters. 
Pete.
I’m agency and have driven tippers in the past but the only time I’ve seen CB radios fitted in a vehicle was in vans I once drove for a parcel/document courier company in London. Never seen them anywhere else.
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Now you mention it Pete, I do remember that some of the pits banned them years ago in case of triggering explosions.
I think these days its more likely H&S.
Still use them to call wagons back to the paver.
roadcommander2:
Now you mention it Pete, I do remember that some of the pits banned them years ago in case of triggering explosions.I think these days its more likely H&S.
Still use them to call wagons back to the paver.
The stone pits around here used to put up a red flag on a post near the gates, switch off CBs. Then when you reached another red flag you weren’t allowed past it. Very simple and no need to sit in a classroom for a day to understand it either.
HAA haa Muckaway your not wrong there! When there’s a good few drivers on site they soon seem to find something to rant and moan about.
Had one early 80’s, too many idiots on it so I binned it.
Muckaway:
roadcommander2:
Now you mention it Pete, I do remember that some of the pits banned them years ago in case of triggering explosions.I think these days its more likely H&S.
Still use them to call wagons back to the paver.
The stone pits around here used to put up a red flag on a post near the gates, switch off CBs. Then when you reached another red flag you weren’t allowed past it. Very simple and no need to sit in a classroom for a day to understand it either.
Surely that would only be while the actual blasting took place though? What about the rest of the time, were CB’s allowed to be used then as our quarry didn’t although we did sneakily use them when nobody in charge was visible. CB’s were handy when loading tarmac to let the guy loading after you know wether you had a full load on or needed to come back for some more before he backed under the plant, if he got his load right first time he would then pass you haha! 
Pete.
Only when they were shot firing, Pete. No flags, no blasting.
One (of many ) of my ex employers have banned CB and two way radio usage on the move, and also handfree use in one quarry. I’ve been told after being spotted talking to myself. I used to find talking to ones’ self or to the stockpiles’ achieved more action.
Darkside:
Whether I got 'round to having it fitted in any given wagon was entirely a matter of whether I happened to wind up having a break at the Golden Fleece at Carlisle when the bloke who did the deed had his little shack open in the corner of the lorry park, and I very rarely missed the thing when it was living in a locker awaiting said opportunity.
Didn’t that bloke used to have a old bus at The Golden Fleece before it went all upmarket and had tarmac?
AFAIK know, yes, though that was before my time running that way. 
I got a mention in the magazine article but Lucy “forgot” to mention the “Wiltshire Carrot Crunchers” part of my post.