The Highway Man:
From my own personal experience, a large percentage of LGV’s that speed past me do tend to have Irish plates, but there are also a large number of English and Scottish ones as well. I put it down to more work, more pay. We all have families to keep.
that could be a fair view on it .
glenman:
not all jocks are miserable penny pinching bearded kilt wearers
Aren’t they? 
i dont know what you mean !
How is Belfast these days anyway? It’ll be a lot quieter than when I was last there in the late 80’s
always been quiet where i am.
enit mentioned the 70s, nearly 40 years ago, everyone did things differently.
These days the ministry men also do things differently and target companies known for dodgy practices, of any nationality. So now most companies are more responsible. Even Boyles have calmed down considerably now 
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Simon as you know I used to work for the above company but I was under the impression naming and shaming a company was not allowed on this forum and you as a Moderator should be fully aware of this
glenman:
always been quiet where i am.
I wasn’t made to feel welcome last time I was there, it must have been something to do the army uniform I was wearing!!
do you think so ? doubt you were out my way,as i said it was always quiet.
must say i have been places 
where i was not made very welcome,it must have been the accent.
glenman:
do you think so ? doubt you were out my way,as i said it was always quiet.
must say i have been places
It’s the same with me, having a scouse accent with an Irish name, that’s what I get for being second generation English! 
enit?:
Coming from Ireland says it all.
Hi enit, that comment might not be entirely fair mate…
It’s perfectly possible that the haulier/driver were duped by an unscrupulous consignor (of any nationality) and misled as to the contents or amounts.
To be fair to those concerned, there are two sets of Regs at work in this case.
1.) The Transfrontier Shipment of Wastes Regs - and 2.) ADR.
From the report, both sets of Regs do appear to have been quite seriously breached. 
i have driven plenty of irish trucks since the law required speed limiters.
i havnt had one that went over the 90 ks.
how long are the speed limiters with us now.15 years?i cant remember.
i also have never delivered a load of steel from a fridge either.
how would it be loaded or offloaded?
the meat wholesalers mightnt be too happy with fragments of metal in the fridge either along woth their meat.
i am just wondering where all these rumours come from
greg50:
i also have never delivered a load of steel from a fridge either.
how would it be loaded or offloaded?
the meat wholesalers mightnt be too happy with fragments of metal in the fridge either along woth their meat.
i am just wondering where all these rumours come from
Hi Gregg, hows it going mate??
We’ve all heard the stories of the full load of “swinging beef” with 20 tons of steel on the floor!! you mention getting it on & off, but whatabout the damage to the floor■■? Imagine an old ‘top hat’ floor having had sheet steel or RSJ’s pushed along it:(
Ross.
Try getting hold of some old headlight mags, from around
the late 1970.s --1980.s , and read the posts that were published
they had stopped a wagon from Ireland which had steel plates
loaded and on top tractors it took Three lorry,s to move the load
as well he had no "“O”"licence7permit and also defects on tractor
and trailer or The Turkish driver who did 90 days behind bars because
he could not pay the fine and they scrapped his complete outfit,
these are just two of the reports it was a great mag to read as
it also had loads of good info for every one in it,AND there was lots
of firms mentioned in the bad boys section,
brit pete:
Try getting hold of some old headlight mags, from around
the late 1970.s --1980.s , and read the posts that were published
they had stopped a wagon from Ireland which had steel plates
loaded and on top tractors it took Three lorry,s to move the load
as well he had no "“O”"licence7permit and also defects on tractor
and trailer or The Turkish driver who did 90 days behind bars because
he could not pay the fine and they scrapped his complete outfit,
these are just two of the reports it was a great mag to read as
it also had loads of good info for every one in it,AND there was lots
of firms mentioned in the bad boys section,
Pete, I’ve no doubt that there are lots of true stories about Irish haulires, (no smoke without fire) but so many people talk about these ‘Chinese Whispers’ as if from personal experience, like “this wagon got off the boat in front of me…” The two tone overweight load of groupage becomes yet another Irish 40 ton load!! (Eh Gregg?)
Ross.
@bigr250 , these are no made up stories as i used to get this mag regularly
and all ways turned to the bad boys page, , as for being overweight the only
way to combat this is make the trucks go over the weighbridge in Dover
with vosa on hand, I have no problems as in germany it is near impossible
now, to get out of a factory over loaded,I did know of a german who used to
load steel coils and then drive over to load groupage for a second customer in Spain, or a food tanker firm that all ways left a customer in Duisburg with
42tns fully loaded when doing trips into BELGIAN Holland,& France,in the 1980-1990.by thethey were also German,
So it is not all ways the Irish,
Try the Dutch either the livestock or foodtankers they are caught in germany nearly every week being overweight, and that is now 2009
With drivers at 2 a penny nothing is likely to change. The authorities need to do the companies. The haulier and the sender.
bigr250:
brit pete:
Try getting hold of some old headlight mags, from around
the late 1970.s --1980.s , and read the posts that were published
they had stopped a wagon from Ireland which had steel plates
loaded and on top tractors it took Three lorry,s to move the load
as well he had no "“O”"licence7permit and also defects on tractor
and trailer or The Turkish driver who did 90 days behind bars because
he could not pay the fine and they scrapped his complete outfit,
these are just two of the reports it was a great mag to read as
it also had loads of good info for every one in it,AND there was lots
of firms mentioned in the bad boys section,Pete, I’ve no doubt that there are lots of true stories about Irish haulires, (no smoke without fire) but so many people talk about these ‘Chinese Whispers’ as if from personal experience, like “this wagon got off the boat in front of me…” The two tone overweight load of groupage becomes yet another Irish 40 ton load!! (Eh Gregg?)
Ross.
dont know what your smoking brit pete,i would sure love some of it.
fantastic imagination.
you would do well to secure a load or tractors on top of plate steel.
i wouldnt like to have to pull it anyway.
moreover i never seen it happen and i was doing the job from about 1974 and still do it now when work is available.
i too read headlight mag over the years and i never saw any thing like that printed.
ros…all we had were hinos.
they were great truck i must say…but 30 tonne loads.
no chance.
If there is one thing i am not that is a person who speaks
falsely, This did happenand was reported , and if i can get the copy from
out of the cellar and its still readable then i will try to
scan it ,and it did happen greg 50,
bigr250:
dont know what your smoking brit pete,i would sure love some of it.
fantastic imagination.
you would do well to secure a load or tractors on top of plate steel.
i wouldnt like to have to pull it anyway.
moreover i never seen it happen and i was doing the job from about 1974 and still do it now when work is available.
i too read headlight mag over the years and i never saw any thing like that printed.
ros…all we had were hinos.
they were great truck i must say…but 30 tonne loads.
no chance.
They used to secure the tractors on top of the steel by putting rolls of Broadloom carpets in the gaps I read Headlight from a very early age too, and to be truthful didn’t see anything much worse than is reported today on trucknet, rt.com or the general media. Irish or otherwise.
Wheel Nut:
bigr250:
dont know what your smoking brit pete,i would sure love some of it.
fantastic imagination.
you would do well to secure a load or tractors on top of plate steel.
i wouldnt like to have to pull it anyway.
moreover i never seen it happen and i was doing the job from about 1974 and still do it now when work is available.
i too read headlight mag over the years and i never saw any thing like that printed.
ros…all we had were hinos.
they were great truck i must say…but 30 tonne loads.
no chance.They used to secure the tractors on top of the steel by putting rolls of Broadloom carpets in the gaps
brilliant wn.
brit do us a favour.
please.
i been at the job since i was a kid.
since 1970 when i did pass my driving test to drive a truck.
in 1978 i began the international transport.
first run…dublin to runcorn in a big hino 336.
in all those years,i never saw anything of these things happen.
how could you put steel in a fridge…
load tractors on a bed of steel…
wheelnut has the answer.
keep it steady with carpet.
that was magic wheelnut.
suppose we could could put a few sheets on it and a flysheet as well.then it wont fall off.
i wish ii could get some of that weed