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UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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Beau Nydel:
Did a bit of shunting today off and on the dock. Spent more time moving curtains back off side windows and tucking frilly pelmets into sunvisors. Didn’t realise we had so many gays working for us. So yes I agree with the original post.

I suppose if you aint a tramper you don’t get it., so I’ll attempt to explain.
You live in that space all week, in some jobs for weeks on end without going home, work, rest, and if your luck is in one weekend…‘play’ :wink: :smiley:
It’s a ■■■■ steel box lined with plastic, So you try and make a silk ■■■■■ out of a pig’s lug, personalise it, and make it as ‘homely’ as possible to whatever your idea of a nice home is.

For example, if you are a rough arsed unwashed dirty 2at, you may choose to go for the ‘Stig of the dump’Beast pit’ option, aka a total ■■■■ hole, enhanced with the odd used ■■■■ bottle under the seats, and ‘soiled’ copies of Razzle magazine lying around the half inch of dust, general crap, and dirty undercrackers, complete with the fragrance akin to a dead buffalo’s arse to enhance the ambiance.

If you are more refined, and slightly in touch with your feminine side, but at the same time a raging heterosexual (unlike your interpretation) there is the ‘Paris brothel’ tableaux theme (a bit like mine :blush: :smiley: ) complete with tassels, pelmets, and Olde English rope tie backs, accessorised with a constant burst of automatic air freshner (preferably iced citrus) to serve the same purpose of Stig’s ‘Eau de buffalorectum’ but a more pleasant fragrant version.

Or if you have minimal imagination or flair, or simply can’t be arsed, there is always some happy medium in between the two extremes.

Hope that explains things and broadens your stereotype ‘agency/day man’ perspective, and gives an insight into the mind of a seasoned tramper. :wink: :smiley:

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Im with Rob on this although im yet to embrace frillys and tassled curtains but its only a matter of time, I like the minimalistic clean look with all unnecessary clutter in me lockers.

The airfreshener fragrance of choice for me is ‘clean linen’ (for irony purposes), will try ‘iced citrus’ flavour when my current cartridge runs out and my cab returns to its default fragrance of ‘dried ■■■’.

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As much as drivers like their "own "motor,at the end of the day its not “their” motor its the Companies and they have the right to dictate who drives it when and to where.
Its an inconvenience that most dont like because not all Drivers have the same standards of cleanliness or respect for someone elses allocated vehicle.hazard of not working for yourself.

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I drive the same truck all week, but share it with the morning driver (factory driver so factory shifts). We take our rubbish out at the end of the day. He leaves his sunglasses in, that’s fine.

But if I was tramping all over the country I’d want my own vehicle.

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Sorry robroy but have tramped virtually all my 44 year working life just never felt the need to pimp my ride! Even the ones I’ve owned. Clean and tidy, everything in it’s place yes but covering the side windows and top of the front screen with frillies so you can’t see the cleavage mirrors, no. Do what you want but be sensible. Keep it legal.

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Beau Nydel:
Sorry robroy but have tramped virtually all my 44 year working life just never felt the need to pimp my ride! Even the ones I’ve owned. Clean and tidy, everything in it’s place yes but covering the side windows and top of the front screen with frillies so you can’t see the cleavage mirrors, no. Do what you want but be sensible. Keep it legal.

A classic case of each to his own, and live and let live bud. :bulb:
What is sensible or not is down to the individual’s opinion.

If it is deemed illegal and I get nicked, then it’s MY arse on the line.

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I also don’t see the point of naff looking frilly and pelmet curtains, and the tassles .
Tarts boudoir or Indian restaurant ?

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Fair dues Rob. Exactly how I feel but was meaning what a pain it is( going back to the OP)having to use someone else’s truck. The other problem which I didn’t mention is the lack of hygiene of some drivers which I know has been mentioned. Would much prefer to shunt using my own unit but we don’t drop trailers so shunting would take too long.

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toby1234abc:
I also don’t see the point of naff looking frilly and pelmet curtains, and the tassles .
Tarts boudoir or Indian restaurant ?

I’ve already explained ‘the point’ Tobes…do try and keep up. :unamused:

I fully understand the ‘co motor not yours’ thing, but I go absolutely ape ■■■■ if someone has used ‘my motor’ and it comes back a ■■■■ tip, …and if someone smokes in it I get disproportional murderous tendencies.
To be fair the guvnor knows this and is selective who he puts on it, so everybody’s happy at my end.

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robroy:

toby1234abc:
I also don’t see the point of naff looking frilly and pelmet curtains, and the tassles .
Tarts boudoir or Indian restaurant ?

I’ve already explained ‘the point’ Tobes…do try and keep up. :unamused:

I fully understand the ‘co motor not yours’ thing, but I go absolutely ape [zb] if someone has used ‘my motor’ and it comes back a [zb] tip, …and if someone smokes in it I get disproportional murderous tendencies.
To be fair the guvnor knows this and is selective who he puts on it, so everybody’s happy at my end.

Rob and I are in agreement, this may be a doomsday event :laughing:

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OVLOV JAY:

robroy:

toby1234abc:
I also don’t see the point of naff looking frilly and pelmet curtains, and the tassles .
Tarts boudoir or Indian restaurant ?

I’ve already explained ‘the point’ Tobes…do try and keep up. :unamused:

I fully understand the ‘co motor not yours’ thing, but I go absolutely ape [zb] if someone has used ‘my motor’ and it comes back a [zb] tip, …and if someone smokes in it I get disproportional murderous tendencies.
To be fair the guvnor knows this and is selective who he puts on it, so everybody’s happy at my end.

Rob and I are in agreement, this may be a doomsday event :laughing:

Nah, it’s a bit like Brian Clough said Jay.
If me and you have an argument we discuss it for a few minutes before both of us decide that I am right. :sunglasses: :laughing:

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Haha I think we both know we’ll still differ outside the cab

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I had an agency guy in mine for a week. I left it clean and fueled up. It came back with coffee stains on the bed, centre console and in the footwell. Rolling backie everywhere, hardly any fuel or ad-blue. Does my nut in, do they do the same if they visit someone else’s house?

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Radar19:
I had an agency guy in mine for a week. I left it clean and fueled up. It came back with coffee stains on the bed, centre console and in the footwell. Rolling backie everywhere, hardly any fuel or ad-blue. Does my nut in, do they do the same if they visit someone else’s house?

Thing to do in that situation mate.
Pick up trailer.
Park in full view of transport office.
Proceed to start cleaning cab out.
When somebody comes out to investigate, and ultimately tell you the load will be late, (as they invariably will) tell them tough ■■■■, you will be leaving when you get the cab back as you left it…Result, they think twice next time, your cab is clean and tidy again AND you will be getting paid for it, …job sorted. :sunglasses:

It worked for me, boss came out, saw I was serious and severely ■■■■■■ about the situation, and just went off back in his office muttering, left an hour and quarter later.

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You could also take pictures on your phone of how you have left the vehicle ,or have the boss see how you have left it ,then when you come back and it is in a state ,point it out to your boss,and he can hen take it up with the agency …

Hopefully in the future the agency /your boss ,can explain that they expect the vehicle to be left in the condition they got it in …Then again is your boss hat bothered ,even though you are …

Though I only road test vehicles ,as I fix them , I still wipe it down ,or if a engine /gearbox rebuild it gets a complete steam clean,which I do personally ,the boss gave up saying a lad should clean it( something to do with my experience and what hey charge for me :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: ) as it is my job and I want it done my way :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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The office don’t care. We’ve had agency smash up the newest trucks on the fleet. The office just shrug.

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I don’t understand that attitude …Some don’t give a ■■■■ ,and some like ourselves do ,and we are the ones who get wound up

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As a serial agency driver I leave truck as I find it if possible, take any litter, mostly sneeze and spit out of window.

I tend to leave vehicle with same amount of fuel in it as I get it but I did get chinned one day by a proper driver because I hadn’t filled it up. I had great fun dragging him over the yard by the neck to point out that fuel pumps were accessed on route into yard and he had to drive past them to give it to me. But he had proper driver stuff to do not agency knob like me.

I very rarely tea bag his pillow when I have his unit, only once a shift.

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‘My’ truck is literally mine so no one else drives it, a company vehicle can be given to any driver, not much you can do about it. Steering wheel and gear lever are the main carrier of germs and bacteria with anything from j1zz to ar5e scratchings and streptococcus being the main culprits and if ive ever had to drive something else have always disinfected these thoroughly, nothing worse eating a sandwich complete with some one elses ball sweat over your hands…