adr:
Now I’m all for a bit of personalisation myself, I’ve done it a lot in the past & still do but I’ve toned it down a bit now, but when does enough become a little too much
He’ll get another half a ton payload if he strips that down a bit. 
I was never an extra lights and fringed curtain man.
grumpy old man:
adr:
Now I’m all for a bit of personalisation myself, I’ve done it a lot in the past & still do but I’ve toned it down a bit now, but when does enough become a little too muchHe’ll get another half a ton payload if he strips that down a bit.
I was never an extra lights and fringed curtain man.
Me neither, though we did have a couple of drivers who had dangly things and stickers across the windscreen! Each year they all had to be removed for the MOT test.
Pete.
I have curtains in my semi sleeper sprinter !!! , and a rebel flag does mean i am a tool 
, ■■■■■■■ me off to be knocked " we are all diffrent" I would never ever knock any one who is diffrent in any way . 
.
JAKEY:
I have curtains in my semi sleeper sprinter !!! , and a rebel flag does mean i am a tool
Ah, but you do sleep in it, and you are a rebel.
HI Windrush , I once took an Albion 4 wheel flat for MOT ,the driver had stuck a interior mirrow on the windscreen so he could watch for the cops ,all went ok then the tester said all ok exept for the mirror ,he said the edge has no protection on it take it off or i will fail it ,off it came in my tool box never to be seen again ,speak to u soon Pete , Cheers Barry
Happydaze:
I don’t understand this frilly curtain craze. Lorries are big butch vehicles, (Volvo FL’s excepted) some with big butch look at me paintjobs and spotlights, slogans about how much power you have etc etcThen Johnny Driver sticks a set of curtains (and a pelmet ffs!) around the cab!
It’s like putting a bow on an Alsatian’s head
I’m starting a campaign: Truckers Against Frills - Slogan: Only a Helmet has a Pelmet.
So there.
Hahahahaha! Brilliant!
DieselSmoke:
Come on drivers…'fes up. Who had a Mr Bibedum(?) Michelin Tyreman …and worse, who had a light inside it too !I never was one for flags and ‘stick to the windscreen’ note pads. I never even ran a number plate on the trailer. You’ll learn why later.
Being as I usually ran night’s, ( Over weight, over time and ‘over there’. ) I invested in 100watt spot lamps on the top of the cab. It all started when I was running Italy.
Over there the cars coming towards you on the stradiali sported CIBE driving lamps and extra fogs all blazing into your eyes because sitting higher in the cab you didn’t get the benefit of the anti dazzle sticks on the center median. The cars couldn’t see you was a truck so they kept the brights on.
With two of the 100 watt spots pointing slightly to the left, you could peel the retina off oncoming drivers eyes over the central barrier. Very effective.
Another bonus was running Mont Blanc, Chamonix by the river at Bonneville on the old road before the super slab was built.
Early morning mist would form a 6 to 8 foot deep fog off the fields and river rolling across the road… The roof spots allowed you to see real well over the fog.
One night in 1987, coming north from Rheims I was running around 105 to 115mph all alone on the auto-route coming up to the junction with the Paris road. Truck was a Tempo Freight IVECO 190-38 with the pump turned up to 2700 rpm.
As the Paris road joined mine there were two Happy Days coaches approaching the merge so I flashed the spots to let them know I was there. There was no response so I flashed them again, but nothing . I passed them in the left lane, I then saw why they may not have responded.
There was a green police Renault 4 wagon with 4 flat cap cops leading them. The “Oh s***t” expression was never used so much in earnest before. I knew then I was bound to go to jail. The ‘gate’ was about 20 miles or so further on and I just knew the cops would radio ahead and have me stopped…what to do?
If you want to find out what happened to me, let me know.
regards
dk
.
115 mph my arse
I didn’t take the shot to get the TWIN Michelin Men in !! The driver was a Scotsman,and he was a great driver !! Cheers Bewick.
Hi, Chris Webb,
Your story about the Barworth’s driver who 's runs took longer because he kept stopping to listen to the radio reminded of a driver I once worked with who had two sets of waterproofs. One set was in good condition and the other was about knackered , full of holes. When asked why he didn’t dispose of the worn out set he said he wore them when it wasn’t raining!!
Cheers Bassman
Only ever had a plate with my name on It In the front window. So people could ‘call me up’ on the CB…
THere’s a driver I see regular who has a numberplate in his windscreen with ‘lead foot’ on it wouuld you employ him Dennis?
we used to have brickhead and jet legs in our area , and it was true in both cases . one i like is a mixer truck with schumixer on the plate in the window
Well my old chap was asked the other day as he eyed up his new Scania unit “are you buying anything for it?” to which he replied “no as he didn’t for the TM, Constructor or the 4 Fodens…”
He’s like me, comes to work to earn money, not spend it.
picture for Muckaway , "i let you tell the driver to take them down " I deare you ? not bad for a 02 plate
You should get the matching curtains Jakey, buy a couple of gas bbqs and become a mobile crematorium
Seriously, pride in your wagons appearance must beat an add in the paper.
Muckaway:
You should get the matching curtains Jakey, buy a couple of gas bbqs and become a mobile crematorium
Seriously, pride in your wagons appearance must beat an add in the paper.
On Removals your wagons are a 24/7 rolling or parked advert. Parked outside people’s houses for however many hours a day, especially (don’t tell him cos he’ll get big-headed) when they look like Steve’s 
. I doubt very much if all the people that see it parked there go home & look in Yellow Pages that night!
Lets not forget the teddies stuck in the door pull.Half the bloody trucks on the road now look like Hansel and soddin Gretel live in em.And dont start me on the "bay window"bloody curtains.Had a tow rag nearly side swipe me the other day at a roundabout cos his wendy house bloody curtains obstructed his view.Felt like draggin the nance out the cab and beating him to death with one of his bloody teddies.Where do they get em from?
I have to confess to liking retro add ons; If I had a Daf CF I’d love to rebadge it as a Leyland…
Happydaze:
Bewick:
Bewick:
Bewick:
Believe it or not these were two of our finest drivers at the time,Duncan McMinn on the Bewick 111 and Frank Russell on the K. Fell 111.Immaculate at the craft of sheeting and roping as well as very sensible drivers of the old school.Cheers Dennis.
I don’t doubt it, your guys look like they take pride in their jobs. People like that don’t worry me at all.
The scary ones are the “look at me in my big truck” types, with all the gee-gaws all the aggression and none of the ability. You know, the ones who think watching a DVD whilst driving is acceptable. That kind of fool.
Maybe so Dennis,but one of your drivers couldnt afford a shirt…spent all his wages on flags I suppose!!
David 
