I’m not a member of any other forum so i was wondering how TNUK ranks against other driving/trucking forums or for that matter any forum full stop.
bald bloke:
I’m not a member of any other forum so i was wondering how TNUK ranks against other driving/trucking forums or for that matter any forum full stop.
I occasionally look on other drivers forums but they don’t compare with TN in my opinion, having said that every forum has to start somewhere and this place has been going a few years now.
As far as comparing TN with any sort of forum is concerned, that would be like comparing pears with chips, a driving forum is a bit of a speciality forum and can’t really be compared with other forums,
For instance DIYnot has had over 3,000 users on-line at the same time (probably within a short period of time to be exact) and regularly has 400/700 users on-line, but there are far more DIYers around than professional drivers so the 2 types of forum can’t be compared.
I see from m1cks post on this forum (Grrr!), that he is less than enamoured of the facebook “driving” contributors.
Never looked on there myself, and on the strength of his observations, I won`t be bothering!
TruckNet wasn’t the first drivers forum, It became the biggest because it managed to persuade a few poorly used forums to unite in one place- they all closed and we created one place on the web for drivers. There was no investment to create what we have now apart from time and huge mobile data bills - all the major growth in this site came before we ■■■■■■■ with RBI (now RTM)- the current owners have invested a lot of time and money in the forums, and do reap a return on that investment- TruckNet is one of a very few niche user generated content forums that makes a profit- no-ones going to become a millionaire from TruckNet but we more than cover the costs of providing the site
There is a good choice of other websites out there that also cater for HGV drivers- each with their own style and some with their own agenda- we welcome that diversity and that there are places where content we would not welcome here you can go to and post.
But the reason we remain the biggest(and in my view) the best is that we are rigid in focusing on what this website is about- to talk about trucks and truck driving- and keeping the site on topic - we are not perfect but I think a ■■■■ sight better than any other offering out there
tachograph:
As far as comparing TN with any sort of forum is concerned, that would be like comparing pears with chips, a driving forum is a bit of a speciality forum and can’t really be compared with other forums,
For instance DIYnot has had over 3,000 users on-line at the same time (probably within a short period of time to be exact) and regularly has 400/700 users on-line, but there are far more DIYers around than professional drivers so the 2 types of forum can’t be compared.
I realise that i was meaning how it compares with regards to ■■■■■■■■ or friendliness.
there’s other truck drivers forums? 
carryfast-yeti:
there’s other truck drivers forums?
Yes and I am sure that via private message folks will be willing to pass on the web addresses to you
Pm me too Rikki-UK 
for me it compares better than the Canadian /USA forum i am a member o …
TNUK has more varied topics etc .
jimmy.
Bald bloke you can say sweary words on most forums that’s about the only difference. Some have more features like being able to like posts etc
The spelling and grammar is generally better on other forums… 
were generally polite on here
no fffing and blinding you can let the kids
loose to read stuff
For anybody who has been on a motoring forum -This was on pistonheads & I think it’s funny;
Borrowed from another forum:
Petrolhead
by RICHARD PORTER
Porter provides a withering snapshot of a typical day in the life of a motoring internet forum
A newcomer says they are about to buy a BMW 320d but wonders if there are any alternatives they may not have considered. One person gives a useful answer based on experience. Seven people don’t. A further nine people make in-jokes an outsider simply wouldn’t understand. The newcomer doesn’t come back.
Someone boasts about beating another car, making unsubtle references to driving at 120mph on a public road. Seven people aren’t impressed. One person uses the word ‘****’. Someone gets banned, but not from driving. An argument breaks out.
A Nissan GT-R owner lists all the ways in which he considers that the vast engineering department at Nissan did not do an adequate job and the ways in which he, the owner of a building company in Rochdale, has remedied this.
Someone with a highly tuned car posts an unreadable graph taken from a rolling road session, along with an outlandish, Veyron-withering claim about how much power they have. A patently quite clever person delivers a short lecture about frictional losses. Three patently quite stupid people try to argue with him.
A person with a pseudonym that seemed funny six years ago draws attention to a car for sale. Five people pooh-pooh this car. One person says they ‘quite like it’.
Someone makes reference to their girlfriend for no real reason except to tell the world that they have a girlfriend.
A Nissan GT-R owner lists all the supercars they believe to be inferior to and slower than the Nissan GT-R.
Someone mentions Top Gear. Three other people say it’s an entertainment show and not a car show, as if they are the very first people ever to think of this.
Someone describes Rovers as rubbish. Someone else vehemently defends them.
Someone makes a cack-handed attempt to boast about how much they earn.
A Nissan GT-R owner declares that the Nissan GT-R is the best supercar money can buy. Eighteen people take issue with the use of the word ‘supercar’. An argument breaks out.
‘Another person prods at their keyboard to tell the world in acronym form that they “laughed out loud”’
A British person who lives abroad tries to make their new home country sound brilliant.
Someone refers to their car using an inexplicable capitalised abbreviation.
Someone starts a discussion about home electronics. Someone else makes an artless reference to the size of his own television as if actually and needlessly comparing penises. Someone smugly provides unrequested evidence of the speed of their home internet connection. A lone voice asks if we can get back to cars.
Someone makes a whimsical remark. Another person moves their mouse a couple of times, prods at their keyboard, moves their mouse again and devotes a total of 79 seconds of their time to tell the world in acronym form that they ‘laughed out loud’. They did not actually laugh out loud.
A man with a pair of breasts pictured under his username accuses someone else of being childish.
Someone refers to a car only by its obscure factory codename.
Someone asks an innocent question about wiper blades. A man whose auto-signature styles them as ‘no-nonsense’ immediately crushes them with passive-aggressive disdain before their mum tells them to get off the computer and come down for their dinner.
A man whose username is a car he hasn’t owned for six years asks for advice about practical small cars for his wife, ideally costing around £12,000.
Someone immediately suggests a second-hand Boxster ‘like mine’.
A contributor confirms that yes, they are a girl. Seven male contributors make inept attempts to be charming.
Someone posts a photograph of a moderately famous actress and asks if she is hot or not. Five people immediately answer emphatically in the negative as if each of them is Brad Pitt. None of them is Brad Pitt. A lone voice asks if we can keep this to cars.
Ten pages later, the debate is still rolling. It is no longer safe to view at work.
Someone asks a question that, with a little effort, could be answered by a search engine. Three people leap to point this out. One of them is a total ■■■■ about it. An argument breaks out.
Someone accuses a magazine of unfair bias towards BMW/Porsche/Jaguar.
Someone makes a claim based on no information whatsoever. Two more people claim to have ‘heard that too’. Someone asks for proof. No proof is forthcoming. An argument breaks out.
The world keeps turning.
lol… Oh, S**T!! 
I’ve looked in on a couple of other driver forums and not been impressed. Sometimes.I look at some stuff on here and think wtf is this clown on but it takes all sorts I guess.
Sometimes I look and see nothing of interest but other times lots of intresting stuff that’s down to us users and on the whole I think the mods get it right between letting a disagreement go on a bit to get a debate going and not tolerating to much abuse and gossip that could lead to legal action and suchlike.
I go on a few lorry driver groups on Facebook the old time and middle east ones are good with lots of pictures but the we are lorry drivers.we should be respected.and go on strike etc are full of idiots.
Someone makes a claim based on no information whatsoever. Two more people claim to have ‘heard that too’. Someone asks for proof. No proof is forthcoming. An argument breaks out.
^^^^^ LOL ^^^^^
I joined another truck forum, got accused of being a bully on TNUK and decided to come back to “my sandbox”. Have a look in there now and then - still seems very “clique-y” and worthy.
I like it here, and will probably stick around (sorry, Guys 
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ADR 1:
For anybody who has been on a motoring forum -This was on pistonheads & I think it’s funny;
Borrowed from another forum:Petrolhead
by RICHARD PORTER
Porter provides a withering snapshot of a typical day in the life of a motoring internet forumA newcomer says they are about to buy a BMW 320d but wonders if there are any alternatives they may not have considered. One person gives a useful answer based on experience. Seven people don’t. A further nine people make in-jokes an outsider simply wouldn’t understand. The newcomer doesn’t come back.
Someone boasts about beating another car, making unsubtle references to driving at 120mph on a public road. Seven people aren’t impressed. One person uses the word ‘****’. Someone gets banned, but not from driving. An argument breaks out.
A Nissan GT-R owner lists all the ways in which he considers that the vast engineering department at Nissan did not do an adequate job and the ways in which he, the owner of a building company in Rochdale, has remedied this.
Someone with a highly tuned car posts an unreadable graph taken from a rolling road session, along with an outlandish, Veyron-withering claim about how much power they have. A patently quite clever person delivers a short lecture about frictional losses. Three patently quite stupid people try to argue with him.
A person with a pseudonym that seemed funny six years ago draws attention to a car for sale. Five people pooh-pooh this car. One person says they ‘quite like it’.
Someone makes reference to their girlfriend for no real reason except to tell the world that they have a girlfriend.
A Nissan GT-R owner lists all the supercars they believe to be inferior to and slower than the Nissan GT-R.
Someone mentions Top Gear. Three other people say it’s an entertainment show and not a car show, as if they are the very first people ever to think of this.
Someone describes Rovers as rubbish. Someone else vehemently defends them.
Someone makes a cack-handed attempt to boast about how much they earn.
A Nissan GT-R owner declares that the Nissan GT-R is the best supercar money can buy. Eighteen people take issue with the use of the word ‘supercar’. An argument breaks out.
‘Another person prods at their keyboard to tell the world in acronym form that they “laughed out loud”’A British person who lives abroad tries to make their new home country sound brilliant.
Someone refers to their car using an inexplicable capitalised abbreviation.
Someone starts a discussion about home electronics. Someone else makes an artless reference to the size of his own television as if actually and needlessly comparing penises. Someone smugly provides unrequested evidence of the speed of their home internet connection. A lone voice asks if we can get back to cars.
Someone makes a whimsical remark. Another person moves their mouse a couple of times, prods at their keyboard, moves their mouse again and devotes a total of 79 seconds of their time to tell the world in acronym form that they ‘laughed out loud’. They did not actually laugh out loud.
A man with a pair of breasts pictured under his username accuses someone else of being childish.
Someone refers to a car only by its obscure factory codename.
Someone asks an innocent question about wiper blades. A man whose auto-signature styles them as ‘no-nonsense’ immediately crushes them with passive-aggressive disdain before their mum tells them to get off the computer and come down for their dinner.
A man whose username is a car he hasn’t owned for six years asks for advice about practical small cars for his wife, ideally costing around £12,000.
Someone immediately suggests a second-hand Boxster ‘like mine’.A contributor confirms that yes, they are a girl. Seven male contributors make inept attempts to be charming.
Someone posts a photograph of a moderately famous actress and asks if she is hot or not. Five people immediately answer emphatically in the negative as if each of them is Brad Pitt. None of them is Brad Pitt. A lone voice asks if we can keep this to cars.
Ten pages later, the debate is still rolling. It is no longer safe to view at work.
Someone asks a question that, with a little effort, could be answered by a search engine. Three people leap to point this out. One of them is a total ■■■■ about it. An argument breaks out.
Someone accuses a magazine of unfair bias towards BMW/Porsche/Jaguar.
Someone makes a claim based on no information whatsoever. Two more people claim to have ‘heard that too’. Someone asks for proof. No proof is forthcoming. An argument breaks out.
Someone called Richard Porter attempts a detached, ironic deconstruction of the forum and just comes across as much of a smug bell end as the intended targets of his attempted satire.
The world keeps turning.
I’ve finished it properly for him
There is one run by a hitler type leader who deletes your posts if it doesn’t fit in with his ideas and disagrees with what you say and bans you when you complain as such.
The other one I’m on well you can say what you want and get the ■■■■ taken out of you but I’ve made some of the best friends I could ever wish for… They are the salt of the earth and most have gone more miles backwards than most on here.
I m a member of many forums as I have many interests.
I have to say that this is the most moderated/Socialist/communist forum on the net.
But saying that the contributors are usually a bit lacking in education, so do not rock the boat too much.
Shame really, as if the drivers became one, they could make such a difference…But as history dictates, fear is a great divider of people…And lorry drivers are usually a fearful bunch 