nice replies guys.what about the middle east guys,surely they`ve had the odd encounter
commonrail:
nice replies guys.what about the middle east guys,surely they`ve had the odd encounter
Mmmmhh!!! Yeah!! Those lads were really hard!! 
Lorry drivers have always had a tale to tell when they see another one who is gullible enough to believe it!!
Made the voyage a bit more interesting eh KW!
Grayham:
Closest I got to a fight was a pushing and shoving match between me and a container driver at the dartford tolls, after he decided to pull into my lane just as I was passing him, luckily I was only going slow so managed to brake and swerve before he tore off the side of my cab.We both got out and a short spat of argy bargy ensued, both sides exchanging threats and insults before we realised how stupid we were being, shook hands, got back in and carried on
yep.
have always a few spare mirrors with you when you go close to dartford container terminals
Silver_Surfer:
Made the voyage a bit more interesting eh KW!
Yeah,usually it’s 14 hrs of boredom on that crossing,those Swedish ships were basic to say the least.
Though another time I was on there and I got chatting to a dutchman from Getru transport.
You used to get on the ship in the afternoon,get your (shared) cabin,have a shower then dinner and then they’d call you down to put the trucks on just before the ship sailed.
Anyway,I went down to get half a bottle of Bacardi that I had in the cab,and you used to get six cans of coke,or six beers with your dinner,so we got coke and finished the half bottle.Just after we’d sailed the tax free shop opened,so we both got a bottle of Bacardi each and continued drinking well into the evening.
I don’t remember anything after that until one of the crew was shaking me awake to inform me that the dockers were waiting to reload the ship,my truck was parked in the middle of the top deck,on it’s own.
I crawled out of bed and staggered to the truck and drove off onto the quayside.
You had to get a gate-pass from the Torline office,and just next to that was the canteen,so I thought,‘coffee’!
Sitting there with his head in his hands was the Getru driver,I remember his name was Wout,and he looked worse than me!
But,I thought I’d get loaded,get back to the yard in Barneveld and take an easy drive back to the Hook for the ferry to Harwich that evening.
Only,when I phoned the office I was told there was no load for the UK,so I had to go straight to Weert,change trailers and drive through the night to clear customs the next morning (Saturday) in Novara,Italy.
I spent the rest of the weekend at Carisio,in bed!
Two guys I used to work with had a punch up over who was going to drive the firms new T cab scania ironically someone else got it.
I wasn’t going to post BUT after reading Coffies and Wheel Nuts post, I changed my mind.
Some of you might remember The Phoenix Bar in 1980 in Dover Eastern Docks which was in the same building as the Les Routiers Shop (get your Chrome wheel trims here lads) and the news agents shop. The bar would open at 9 a.m. and would close about midnight and this was when pubs were only open between midday and two p.m. on a Sunday. So it was a perk of the job if you were weekending in Dover to stroll over to The Phoenix and get a Sunday paper and a pint of Tennents Lager.
Ken Singleton and myself did this one Sunday morning at about 11a.m. and sat away from a group of drivers from Dumfries who drove yellow and red lorries and sounded like they were already well oiled. The girls behind the bar had asked them to keep the swearing down a couple of times but eventually they kicked off. A couple of women screamed as this was also the building where the foot passengers waited to board the ferries.
Ken and I stood up to have a look at what was going on and we were both horrified to see a bloke lying on the floor and the guy who was stood next to him lept off the ground and with both feet landed on his face.
A couple of drivers nearby grabbed the assailant and dragged him away. The Portcullis on the bar was slammed down with the barmaids screaming we are closed and one of them phoned the police. We were too far away to do anything as the drivers who were nearer the incident crowded around the man on the floor although I seem to think that he did get up. I went to the toilet as I wanted to spew as it’s the worst thing that I had seen or I have ever seen. When I arrived back the police were there and the attacker was taken away but it was a horrific experience for everyone
I wonder if anybody remembers this happenning, maybe Capt Marvel might know something about it.
Regards Steve.
Anyone who stamps on a fellow’s head when he’s already on the floor & the fight has been won is scum in my book and has a major screw loose.
Silver_Surfer:
Anyone who stamps on a fellow’s head when he’s already on the floor & the fight has been won is scum in my book and has a major screw loose.
Perhaps it was the Scottish bloke from Hargrave 
He deffo had a screw loose,and,later on after talking to some of the Spalding Haulage guys,him and his brother were quite well known around the Spalding area as headcases,and even more well known by the local constabulary.
I got threatened last year in Trafford Park by a guy from Saints, he said he was gonna put me on my arse, he walked off muttering when I just stood my ground and stared him out
Seen a driver at Smithfield market in Manchester shake hands with a managers windpipe , to be expected when your employing some of Manchesters nightime finest.
I think rucking is back to caveman times, much more ways to solve a disagreement than having to Riverdance on a fellow man’s head,
Thumb wrestle anyone 
Urban myth alert
Just cos you weigh 30 stone from eating 12 ecoli burgers a day it dont make you Rocky.
but it seems to make you a babe magnet or so it would seem listening to quite a lot of boys when talking about the opposite ■■■. 
bubsy06:
Urban myth alert
Just cos you weigh 30 stone from eating 12 ecoli burgers a day it dont make you Rocky.
WHAT?? so ive been piling on weight with 30 mcds a day for nothing?
FML
I need to hit the 15’s and get my guns up to scratch so people are feart of me 
gogzy:
bubsy06:
Urban myth alert
Just cos you weigh 30 stone from eating 12 ecoli burgers a day it dont make you Rocky.WHAT?? so ive been piling on weight with 30 mcds a day for nothing?
FML
A few shots of whiskey will do the same job
i rememer a good fight on the norstar one sunday night in the ninetys drivers from the newport gilberdyke involved with some newcastle people
Denis F:
commonrail:
what with all the hard men u hear about in this game its a wonder u dont come across the odd truckstop brawl or rdc punch up,but i`ve never seen nothing.has anyone else seen or been involved in anything.surely the continental drivers have seen a bit of action.most of the tales of hard men are pure bull !!!
Wrong! All tales of hard men anywhere are always bull 