Irish wagons on M4 Services

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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brit pete:
someone can correct me if i am wrong but i haveheard that NOLANS
taken on a lot of new drivers, and the new nickname is NOLAN -BETZ

Known as Nolan-Betz because practically every one you’ll see now will have a Polish driver, its years since I’ve seen a Nolan truck with an Irish driver. Infact it seems that more often than not, any Irish truck parked at Dover or Calais will have a Polish/Czech driver rather than an Irishman, this doesn’t just go for Nolan-Betz.

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We have regular early morning drops from Nolans, and this morning I actually met the driver*. He was Welsh!!

  • I’m usually back before or after him!
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I have been wanting to say something about Nolans for a while.Obviously they have no restrictors,but I think even if they did they would still manage to drive like ■■■■ s :unamused: :unamused:

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TNT Trucker:
What’s going on??
This is not a new thing… “Paddy’s” have always drove like muppets… I don’t like to generalise normally.

Forgive me all you respectable Irish Drivers?

:laughing: :laughing: coming from an englishman

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only coz the paddys dare do it!!

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TNT Trucker:
“Paddy’s” have always drove like muppets… I don’t like to generalise normally.

cos we all know how safe and law abiding a lot of parcel drivers are. :unamused:

kettle-pot-black-arse :laughing: :laughing:

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Paddy Betz dont have many Irish drivers now, but what is the world coming to, employing Welsh drivers, they will take all our jobs and eat our kids :stuck_out_tongue:

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jd_123:

TNT Trucker:
“Paddy’s” have always drove like muppets… I don’t like to generalise normally.

cos we all know how safe and law abiding a lot of parcel drivers are. :unamused:

kettle-pot-black-arse :laughing: :laughing:

:laughing: Nice come-back ! And true too ! :smiley:

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Wheel Nut:
Paddy Betz dont have many Irish drivers now, but what is the world coming to, employing Welsh drivers, they will take all our jobs and eat our kids :stuck_out_tongue:

is the fine the same for illegally importing sheep as it is for immigrants? :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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Paddy betz only has a hand full of (english speaking ) drivers and they recon he has at lest one truck a week wrote off.
when i was pullin for p&o i loaded after a pole in a peat moss plant who had to rope and sheet his load. we all took bets on how far he would get no one would bet over 10 mile

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So how far did he get Antony? Or where you all wrong?

I take it no-one offered to help rope n sheet his load with him? Its not a pleasant job on a good day, if you are pushed for time at all.

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Antony:
Paddy betz only has a hand full of (english speaking ) drivers and they recon he has at lest one truck a week wrote off.
when i was pullin for p&o i loaded after a pole in a peat moss plant who had to rope and sheet his load. we all took bets on how far he would get no one would bet over 10 mile

Wasn’t it Nolan Betz some time ago that had some of their loads stolen by Polish drivers who just disapeared with it, never to be seen again? I seem to remember something along those lines anyway.

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never found out how far he got he was leaving when i came in he was heading for rosslare and i for dublin and no i wouldnt have thought anyone would help well no one ever offered to help me i had to learn from a diagram in a book i got when i was back in birmingham once.
apart from when i was tipping a load in munster joinery on a flat and two of pilkingtons drivers came to help fold the sheets up with me never had that sort of help from irish drivers.