Driveroneuk:
Noticed a local skip wagon on the road today - I thought odd for a skip lorry that probably never gets more than 30 miles at most from base - all blinged up. Bottom light bar, top bar and more spot lights than I could count.
Hmmm, local skip work. Parked up for the day before dark most of the year aren’t they?
Scrap metal dealers near me, wagons blinged to the eyeballs, more lights than Blackpool, right down to a Mercedes sprinter with frilly curtains…longest journey Liverpool docks, 40 miles!
Ian58:
It’s quite simple.
The more bling on a truck then the smaller the ■■■■■■■■ of the driver. It’s a medical condition called “micro ■■■■■”.
Scania drivers suffer from this more than most; just ask their girlfriends.
The wife agrees 100%! She said the same applies to EVO drivers and anyone with an ordinary car with a bodykit.
Your wife appears to have carried out a fair bit of research,or (1) does she believe everything you tell her,or (2) read it somewhere.
I’ve been out drinking with her mates…Loose Women got nothing on their discussions!
Driveroneuk:
Noticed a local skip wagon on the road today - I thought odd for a skip lorry that probably never gets more than 30 miles at most from base - all blinged up. Bottom light bar, top bar and more spot lights than I could count.
Hmmm, local skip work. Parked up for the day before dark most of the year aren’t they?
Scrap metal dealers near me, wagons blinged to the eyeballs, more lights than Blackpool, right down to a Mercedes sprinter with frilly curtains…longest journey Liverpool docks, 40 miles!
there’s a 4 wheeler tipper around the south west, blinged up (although in Hanson colours) with " The Mutz Nutz " on the sunvisor
BIGRIG:
How many peeps on here have met The King Of The Road on their travels You will know him when you meet him,his cab is festooned with pretty lights.Hes got a nice big colourful lit up badge on the bulkhead over his bunk.Hes also got pretty curtains pulled across so when he passes you he cant be seen cos your not worthy to look upon his godlike form.If your overtaking someone else he comes teararsin behind you flashing his spotlights at you because hes got no limiter (have magnet will travel)When he does pass you he asks you if you would like a coffee.If you flash him in he ignores you because3 you are not worthy of being acknowledged you are inferior to him.So have you met this icon on your travels,if not you soon will,hes everywhere.
Muckaway:
If the firm pay for it then it’s ok but why the hell pay £500+ for spotlights and an alloy lightbar One of the reasons I don’t bother going to Truckfest anymore, all the emphassis on people who waste their low wages and what spare time they have bullsh…
Try asking for a pay raise, and telling the guvnor you cant afford to live off your £7.50per hr , then he looks out the window and points at the Kelsa bars and Hellas paid for by these knobs then you just turn around and walk
You try and point this out to them and its like pulling teeth.
Ive had blinged up motors before, difference being the firms paid for it all, (since changing jobs the stuff Ive bought has been for my own benefits like fridge, microwave, tv etc) while driving these motors I don,t remember once feeling the urge to drive like a ■■■■, am I missing something.
I saw a truck last week, covered in all the lights and chrome, with all the ‘toys’ in the cab; I think it was a DAF XF… On the front was the ubiquitous name plate with the name ‘Lone Wolf’… I imagined the driver to be a Hugh Jackman or Russell Crowe type of bloke… Tall, built like the proverbial brick outhouse and wild hair with wisps of grey… The bloke that got into the cab was a short fat bloke with a beer gut, stained vest with dinner medals and sporting a flat cap! PMSL!
Lumpygreenpoo wrote:
I saw a truck last week, covered in all the lights and chrome, with all the ‘toys’ in the cab; I think it was a DAF XF… On the front was the ubiquitous name plate with the name ‘Lone Wolf’… I imagined the driver to be a Hugh Jackman or Russell Crowe type of bloke… Tall, built like the proverbial brick outhouse and wild hair with wisps of grey… The bloke that got into the cab was a short fat bloke with a beer gut, stained vest with dinner medals and sporting a flat cap! PMSL!
lumpygreenpoo:
I saw a truck last week, covered in all the lights and chrome, with all the ‘toys’ in the cab; I think it was a DAF XF… On the front was the ubiquitous name plate with the name ‘Lone Wolf’… I imagined the driver to be a Hugh Jackman or Russell Crowe type of bloke… Tall, built like the proverbial brick outhouse and wild hair with wisps of grey… The bloke that got into the cab was a short fat bloke with a beer gut, stained vest with dinner medals and sporting a flat cap! PMSL!
Do FG Bonds/MJ Church drivers seriously buy all the stuff they’ve got on their trucks? I can understand Bonds getting time to polish their wagons (on tarmac you’d get time while the council do risk assessments/stand around looking at one another/wolf whistle at passing fanny/drink tea) but why would you bling up a tipper on muck shifting/demolition? Do you increase your chances of getting another new truck the more you spend on the one you have now?
lumpygreenpoo:
I saw a truck last week, covered in all the lights and chrome, with all the ‘toys’ in the cab; I think it was a DAF XF… On the front was the ubiquitous name plate with the name ‘Lone Wolf’… I imagined the driver to be a Hugh Jackman or Russell Crowe type of bloke… Tall, built like the proverbial brick outhouse and wild hair with wisps of grey… The bloke that got into the cab was a short fat bloke with a beer gut, stained vest with dinner medals and sporting a flat cap! PMSL!
Muckaway:
Do FG Bonds/MJ Church drivers seriously buy all the stuff they’ve got on their trucks? I can understand Bonds getting time to polish their wagons (on tarmac you’d get time while the council do risk assessments/stand around looking at one another/wolf whistle at passing fanny/drink tea) but why would you bling up a tipper on muck shifting/demolition? Do you increase your chances of getting another new truck the more you spend on the one you have now?
I have no idea about Mike Church’s drivers but I do know that Bonds provide all the goodies for their trucks because they want too!! It does help company image to have tidy and clean kit trundling around, local or not…
I always liked a little bling but not too much, especially on the tippers. As you quite rightly say, Muckaway, it does appear to be a waste of time when you’re spending half of your life on a building site or tip but, hey, each to their own…
Muckaway:
Do FG Bonds/MJ Church drivers seriously buy all the stuff they’ve got on their trucks? I can understand Bonds getting time to polish their wagons (on tarmac you’d get time while the council do risk assessments/stand around looking at one another/wolf whistle at passing fanny/drink tea) but why would you bling up a tipper on muck shifting/demolition? Do you increase your chances of getting another new truck the more you spend on the one you have now?
I have no idea about Mike Church’s drivers but I do know that Bonds provide all the goodies for their trucks because they want too!! It does help company image to have tidy and clean kit trundling around, local or not…
I always liked a little bling but not too much, especially on the tippers. As you quite rightly say, Muckaway, it does appear to be a waste of time when you’re spending half of your life on a building site or tip but, hey, each to their own…
The less spotlights, the less chance of VOSTAPO finding a defect!
Driveroneuk:
Noticed a local skip wagon on the road today - I thought odd for a skip lorry that probably never gets more than 30 miles at most from base - all blinged up. Bottom light bar, top bar and more spot lights than I could count.
Hmmm, local skip work. Parked up for the day before dark most of the year aren’t they?
Scrap metal dealers near me, wagons blinged to the eyeballs, more lights than Blackpool, right down to a Mercedes sprinter with frilly curtains…longest journey Liverpool docks, 40 miles!
j davidson by any chance hah !before ya ask i dont work for them just seen them about !
lumpygreenpoo:
I saw a truck last week, covered in all the lights and chrome, with all the ‘toys’ in the cab; I think it was a DAF XF… On the front was the ubiquitous name plate with the name ‘Lone Wolf’… I imagined the driver to be a Hugh Jackman or Russell Crowe type of bloke… Tall, built like the proverbial brick outhouse and wild hair with wisps of grey… The bloke that got into the cab was a short fat bloke with a beer gut, stained vest with dinner medals and sporting a flat cap! PMSL!
Bob
Lone Wolf is a member
Serious…? He obviously won’t be sending me a Christmas card this year!
lumpygreenpoo:
I saw a truck last week, covered in all the lights and chrome, with all the ‘toys’ in the cab; I think it was a DAF XF… On the front was the ubiquitous name plate with the name ‘Lone Wolf’… I imagined the driver to be a Hugh Jackman or Russell Crowe type of bloke… Tall, built like the proverbial brick outhouse and wild hair with wisps of grey… The bloke that got into the cab was a short fat bloke with a beer gut, stained vest with dinner medals and sporting a flat cap! PMSL!
Bob
Lone Wolf is a member
Serious…? He obviously won’t be sending me a Christmas card this year!
Bob
Oh yes indeedy. Go take a peek in the “where am I” section, they’re all solved by Lonewolf. Obviously under the food stains and flat cap there lurks a brain as sharp as a razor blade! A regular mystic Meg he is.
Lycanthrope:
There seems to be hundreds of these “King of the Road”'s speeding round the motorway network at night pulling Citylink trailers and other similar parcel companies. All the companies seem to have subbies with tons of bling pulling their trailers these days.
I go in citylink on a very regular basis at night, and there are some really nice looking lorrys in there. If they’re running them 24 hours then I’m sure they can afford all the shiney bits for them. If someone could pay for my lorry to be done, I’m not complaining! Lol
Lots of lights? Yeah got them.
Shiny bits? Yeah got them too.
Frilly curtains? Yep!
Do I own my own motor? Yep!
Is my motor paid for? Yep!
Do I feel the need to justify the way I run my world to anyone? Nope!
Do I think I’m king of the road? No. But I do run a clean motor, I work hard and play hard and I do it under my own terms and conditions within the perameters of he law.
Do I think you have a chip on yr shoulder? Who knows. Yr the one asking daft questions!!!
Did I bite? Yeah it looks that way. But I’ve had my say, I’m happy!
You will know him when you meet him,his cab is festooned with pretty lights.Hes got a nice big colourful lit up badge on the bulkhead over his bunk.Hes also got pretty curtains pulled across so when he passes you he cant be seen cos your not worthy to look upon his godlike form.If your overtaking someone else he comes teararsin behind you flashing his spotlights at you because hes got no limiter (have magnet will travel)When he does pass you he asks you if you would like a coffee.If you flash him in he ignores you because3 you are not worthy of being acknowledged you are inferior to him.So have you met this icon on your travels,if not you soon will,hes everywhere. 
, then he looks out the window and points at the Kelsa bars and Hellas paid for by these knobs 
