robroy:
He took a wrong turning and decided to try and turn back around by backing into …wait for it…A field through a gate…38 tonne gross full load of steel, guess the outcome
Sorry Rob, I’m confused, what did happen with a heavy load in a field? Does he now drive for Jenkinsons?
robinhood_1984:
Dieseldog66:
And there you have it, why lorry driving is such a crap job , because our own just like to stick the knife in, never hear any other profession do this.Its a crap job because we have idiots doing things like driving loaded trucks on to grass verges because they haven’t got the common sense to appreciate that the weight of their vehicle spread over the very small area of their tyres is going to sink in to the ground. Its not rocket science, its not even basic primary school science, its blatantly bloody obvious.
I must admit, pulling onto the grass verge on a road I’m not familiar with, probably in the dark, after weeks of wet weather = no bloody way! I’d be reluctant to do that in my car letalone a truck!
Evil8Beezle:
robinhood_1984:
Dieseldog66:
And there you have it, why lorry driving is such a crap job , because our own just like to stick the knife in, never hear any other profession do this.Its a crap job because we have idiots doing things like driving loaded trucks on to grass verges because they haven’t got the common sense to appreciate that the weight of their vehicle spread over the very small area of their tyres is going to sink in to the ground. Its not rocket science, its not even basic primary school science, its blatantly bloody obvious.
You may as well be saying that YOU have never ever made a mistake or done something silly, which we both know wouldn’t be true…
I’ve done a few things in my time and thought afterwards, that was rather stupid!
It’s life and we all screw up from time to time…Yes it appears that driver made a silly mistake, but I can assure you that warnings about not parking on soft verges isn’t in the HGV driver training! Yes it’s common sense, and I’d reserve judgment on that driver until the phone rings and he tells his boss he’s done it again!
A driver at a place I’ve worked made a drop to a horse riding stables, and to get out, decided to reverse onto the riding arena area. let’s just say it didn’t go well and his truck had to be recovered!
Now that driver (a full timer) didn’t appear stupid to me & had done the job for 4 years, plus his old man drove for the firm as well.
But he still made the mistake, which I’d suggest was down to complacency!
We all make mistakes obviously but in my mind there is no defence for the driver in this incident.
Its not a mistake, its negligence, pure and simple!
robroy:
I remember putting a casual driver on one of my motors on a run down to South Wales years ago… He took a wrong turning and decided to try and turn back around by backing into …wait for it…A field through a gate…38 tonne gross full load of steel, guess the outcome
Probably not beer round your place I’m guessing.
P45?
