It’s always best to plan for an unplanned night out,if the agency say you will definitely be home after the shift, as a caution I would always pack a small bag with a wash bag,towel soap, and a razor just in case you have to sleep in the truck.
A military style sleeping bag that is rolled up and compressed is so handy and light to take with you.
Nothing worse waking up in the morning without feeling fresh and clean.
The permanent driver of the lorry the company issued you for day may have completely removed everything from his cab as some get very funny if an agency driver is using his allocated vehicle.
So there will be no pillow, sleeping bag or duvet in his cab, if all that was there, has been taken out including any cooking equipment to make a meal in the cab, the food in the lockers would have been removed.
If you run out of driving time you can drive the van (under 3.5T) back to the yard. That is duty not driving unedr the law.
If you run out of working hours (you need to be on daily rest) then you cannot even be a passenger in the van because you are not on daily rest.
He’s the guru of everything, lives in an alternative world where all his failures were superhuman acts of conquest.
All of course, according to him.
His family motto is FIGJAM.
He had a brief interaction in the transport industry, performing an entry level role until the 1990s. Since then he hasn’t had a proper job. He avoids physical effort at all costs.
That’s right franglais, and thanks for clarifying what is permitted.
A few years ago a large coach company get in to big trouble for driving long distances after finishing their continental or UK trips, once they had parked up their coach.
To try it out just ask CF about A frame trailer configuration, engine braking capacity and capabilities, hub to hub runs and unloading your own trailer by hand ball, as in your hands and not use a forklift.
If my driving time had run out the office would say how much working time I had left , if there was adequate working time left over they would send out the van with another driver then he would drive my lorry back and I drive the van to the yard.
On those occasions they could say they didn’t have anyone available as the regular drivers have already gone home or get a mechanic with a licence to do it.
When the working time has expired the planner would just say run in the next morning.( A potential issue was if they needed some pallets on my trailer to be transshipped to someone else’s trailer with the driver waiting for that back in the yard so he can complete his groupage load to leave the yard and do a few hours driving on a long run for the next day )
The issue in another situation was when doing a day run to the pallet hub and back and got delayed at the loading point, a road closure or heavy congestion,the trailer was needed back at the yard for the pallets to come off to go on other trailers that are due out on the night runs to other pallet hubs.
Or they need my unit for a MOT or repairs for the garage overnight.
Or the trailer was booked in for repairs or so on.
So young Aidan, you’re new to the business. Have you read these two very important driving manuals by Karl Marx, one is on driving hours, and the other on pay and conditions…
