chester1:
blue estate:
Don’t fancy a move down south ?
I have the same truck every day and been there 1 year 2 months and just moved up to a 26t as the driver of that got his big boy licence , I will be in this one for 2 months then get a new 26t Actros with the big cab
P/s No I won’t go for my cat 1 as I can’t get my head around the opposite lock thingy [emoji12]
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Opposite lock thingy
It’s truck driving not rally driving lol
The way some drive gets you thinking it’s rally driving [emoji6]
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muckles:
Have you tried working for smaller haulage companies, like a family run one.
I know they’re not all wonderful places, but maybe you’d be better somewhere where you can deal direct with the boss instead of dealing with another tier of management. Of course not as easy to hide and skive in these companies as the boss has normally been there himself so know the stunts drivers pull.
It worked for a Freind of mine, he tried the big logistics companies, just couldn’t get on with the impersonal nature, he now works for a bloke with a few trucks, the boss shouts and swears with the best of them, but he soon calms down he talks straight and he pretty much leaves my mate to get on with his job.
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THIS
Big companies are horrible unfiendly places to work, the smaller family run ones with just a few trucks are the ones to go for.
Either that or throw the boat out and and work for yourself and then do exactly as you please. When i started out i bought an old F7 from Leggets with a loan and rented a tri axle on the cheap, work wasnt great to start but within a year was actually subbing out my own work to other trusted hauliers. Started doing some work for a Spanish haulier and bought another LHD F7 and with some parts off my old Leggets 7 (inc the ‘Lucky 7’ visor 
) had the wheelbase lenthened and on air to get under long pin tilts. All this was done on a budget until i could afford a decent F10. I now sub for another spanish co. and clear near on 70k eur pa. Yes, for that i have to put the hours in and lots of distance but would never ever work for another employer again…
Your says are not numbered wee man you are just like me.You want left alone get on with it and dont want to deal with the ■■■■■■■■■ that are now in the job.
My days are numbered is a bit dramatic
“Goodbye cruel world!!” 
If you’re annoyed at your job again eager maybe look at retraining for something else. Get researching. If you want to stay in haulage write down what is getting to you so much, assess if it’s realistic to find a better fit. You seem perpetually unhappy in haulage.
TheYoungTrucker:
dieseldog999:
go and work elsewhere…simple as that…theres masses of jobs around…just go and get one that isnt a plobber beancounter co…i like doing trips for tangytype companies…bent as bananas and wired to the moon…do what makes the job interesting and dare i say satisfying and fun? it still has its moments though the uk cameradrie has long gone with the beancounter co`s and 24/7 timed deliverys.i like working for cowboys,i tried tosco types with an agency for a couple of years and detested it as the lack of input required made me feel like i was demeaning myself to being a cabbage with a hiviz and couldnt stand the lack of self respect.away and think of a decent job you think you may like,and away and do it.if that dont work,then the entire profession aint for you…if your ex cannonfodder/services though,id have thought a stobrat type co would be right up your street being paid from the neck down?
Very well said, infact beaver might actually find it very liberating, i normally stick a marty mone cd in an just keep er lit, sod them all worry about nothing.
sure the videos are better than the cd… 
youtube.com/watch?v=stjIjkduN40
youtube.com/watch?v=IePdIoXhvIU
now all we need is some tosco type to tell us how narrow the roads are to be flat to the mat… 
just dial into 2 mins 08 on the 2nd one to see the normal paddy total disregard for double white lines AND EVEN MORE DISREGARD FOR THE CYCLISTS going uphill to a blind bend as the tanker overtakes…pure class…lets you see how your average uk truckie has been brainwashed and beaten down to drive sensibly .it used to be so much fun…
dieseldog999:
TheYoungTrucker:
dieseldog999:
go and work elsewhere…simple as that…theres masses of jobs around…just go and get one that isnt a plobber beancounter co…i like doing trips for tangytype companies…bent as bananas and wired to the moon…do what makes the job interesting and dare i say satisfying and fun? it still has its moments though the uk cameradrie has long gone with the beancounter co`s and 24/7 timed deliverys.i like working for cowboys,i tried tosco types with an agency for a couple of years and detested it as the lack of input required made me feel like i was demeaning myself to being a cabbage with a hiviz and couldnt stand the lack of self respect.away and think of a decent job you think you may like,and away and do it.if that dont work,then the entire profession aint for you…if your ex cannonfodder/services though,id have thought a stobrat type co would be right up your street being paid from the neck down?
Very well said, infact beaver might actually find it very liberating, i normally stick a marty mone cd in an just keep er lit, sod them all worry about nothing.
sure the videos are better than the cd…
youtube.com/watch?v=stjIjkduN40
youtube.com/watch?v=IePdIoXhvIU
now all we need is some tosco type to tell us how narrow the roads are to be flat to the mat…
just dial into 2 mins 08 on the 2nd one to see the normal paddy total disregard for double white lines going uphill to a blind bend as the tanker overtakes…pure class…lets you see how your average uk truckie has been brainwashed and beaten down to drive sensibly .it used to be so much fun…
Ha very good. I like the bird driving the Scania in the first one. Are tangs always slightly annoyed they’re not In Texas and find themselves in Dorking?
nah…if we start feeling like that,we just get on the bus to nashville tandragee.though there was a bit of a riot there the other week when the big night out that was advertised as country and western turned out to be some cxxt from preston. 
It’s cool the tangs have an identity. Clearly proud of what they do. Some of the tackle they run is stunning. I like watching the lit up scanias get off the boat at Cairnryan for the A75 when I’m driving my car over for my reserve standby month I have to do. I also like it that non of them do 50 along it so we’re all making decent progress . Not a huge fan of that overtaking on the doubles in the video myself, seems a bit chav corsa style driving. Bet they’d say that even in Texas .
Just a question. If tangs usually start on tractors on the hay. Does that mean more than most come from Ballymena? “ballymena hey”’
be fair…the tanker is just lighting it up because of a pack of cyclist fannys and showing them the contempt they deserve for holding up the traffic,and as for the tangs,their all over but county armagh would be the epicenter or ground zero for lots,that way there all handy to work for the renowned mushroom brigade even though they can now drive legal if they prefer.north and south is really all the same…a cl seasons on the grass,then its on with the super hamptons,open the buttons of the ben sherman check shirt to show off the gold belcher round the neck,don the scania jacket(even if your driving a daf volvo or actros) get shown where the must make the boat button is situated,light er up and heavy pedal for the boat.
im from glasgow and over here over 10 years,its just timewarp to 1980 (or 1965 if your rural eire) pure class.
if you now who adolf is referring to in this then your a tang at heart.
youtube.com/watch?v=XAEZU50976E&t=6s
whilst these may help your vernacular
youtube.com/watch?v=zuY3uy3YCJs&t=5s
youtube.com/watch?v=8HqayP0aN2A&t=1s
dieseldog999:
be fair…the tanker is just lighting it up because of a pack of cyclist fannys and showing them the contempt they deserve for holding up the traffic,and as for the tangs,their all over but county armagh would be the epicenter or ground zero for lots,that way there all handy to work for the renowned mushroom brigade even though they can now drive legal if they prefer.north and south is really all the same…a cl seasons on the grass,then its on with the super hamptons,open the buttons of the ben sherman check shirt to show off the gold belcher round the neck,don the scania jacket(even if your driving a daf volvo or actros) get shown where the must make the boat button is situated,light er up and heavy pedal for the boat.
im from glasgow and over here over 10 years,its just timewarp to 1980 (or 1965 if your rural eire) pure class.
if you now who adolf is referring to in this then your a tang at heart.
youtube.com/watch?v=XAEZU50976E&t=6s
whilst these may help your vernacular
youtube.com/watch?v=zuY3uy3YCJs&t=5s
youtube.com/watch?v=8HqayP0aN2A&t=1s
Don’t forget the 2crates of Red Bull and 40 Regal per trip DD99!!![emoji6]
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eagerbeaver:
2.5 years into this game and already fed up to the ■■■■ with it.
I get the fact that transport is unpredictable. Accidents can happen, congestion etc. But it’s the complete and utter pish that is starting to ■■■■ me off. The pig ignorant attitudes and selfish nature of people within this transport industry are something to behold indeed.
A driver seems to be on a hiding to nothing. Supposed colleagues grassing each other up. The public grassing you up. Mouth almighty 10 men security tools. The whole industry seems to riddled with bellends and spineless ■■■■.
Trying to get holidays booked is a feat in itself, sick of getting in trucks that I made spotless 2 days prior that are now fit for rats.
What a pile of dung.
Bulk tippers on days maybe!!!
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My days are numbered…Jesus get a grip princess.
If every bloke on this site came on here crying everytime they thought of leaving the site would be broken.
I hope you’ve got the attention you clearly needed
Carryfast:
While for the authentic 1980’s East Euro experience you’ll need a Turkish coach trying to overtake the tanker.
Nah… a Spanish coach overtaking the tanker whilst swopping drivers seat to seat on the move…
Family I think is the way to go. Remember everything you do makes or loses him money.
I find if your on the level play the game they look after you.
Good happy drivers are hard to find but worth their weight in gold.
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dieseldog999:
get shown where the must make the boat button is situated,light er up and heavy pedal for the boat.
@ ‘must make the boat button’…
Much like it can still be like over here in some ways, not so red taped and dumbed down as the UK mainland is, much too sterile an environment…
Can always tell what nationality a lit Scanny is coming the other way on the autoroutes…ive got a light bar and some markers but the Irish put mine and everyone everyone elses efforts to shame…the Belgians are a near contender though
blue estate:
eagerbeaver:
It is the season of miracles though Harry.
Yep Evil may get a full time job
I liked that, almost spat my beer!
Well Beaver, when you told me who’s paying for your coffee breaks now I did pretty much tell you that corporate wasn’t for you and a smaller firm may be the way forward. Let’s face it, (like me) you’ve a bolshie combative nature and that’s just by going by the comments on here! 
Although I think there are also a few whoosh’s…
As Juddian says, you have to have the lobotomy to work corporate, and that’s easier for some more than others…
Try something different mate!
As for nightline, just pop yourself up here mate!
I still haven’t found what’s right for me, so thanks for pointing that out Blue But I believe I’m homing in on it and currently weighing up which way I go. It will either be tramping with a small firm doing something specific, or specialist corporate work like fuel where you accept the lobotomy as a means to an end…
Best of luck with which way you go!
Hmmnnn…some more interesting replies. Isn’t it funny how you can even tell who is worth saving from a fire by their internet posting?
There are some cracking fella’s on here, and I won’t insult their intelligence by naming them. They know who they are!! And we also have the worms… which is quite ironic really because worms are used for bait
Gotta say though, I do LOVE the drama. You should see what happens when I ■■■■ on our 18k gold toilet seat.
Our butler goes hysterical. (On that note, I need a couple more servants, grass cutting, car washer-any takers?)
Some people are so full of themselves 
You have had more jobs in 2 years than most people have had. And the way I read some of your posts you are almost unemployable 