Think I’m in a similar place beaver. 2 years in. I’ve tried supermarket delivery, general haulage and I’m now doing bulk powder tank delivery. This is probably the best I’ve tried but I’m now thinking about getting out. I see all firms as lying ■■■■ taking ■■■■■■■■ and don’t wanna listen to any more ■■■■■■■■ from these firm’s and there planners.
I like being out and about but finding this job harder to tolerate. Maybe it is just the big firms as many point out on here. Hope so as I won’t carry on doing this ■■■■ with the big firms. Good luck with it.
Its not only working for big companies that ruin the working atmosphere in this job, the ridiculous amount of rules and regs/ H&S ■■■■■■■■/ loading bay antics/ yard security knobs ect that seem prevalent in the UK will also play their part in ruining morale. Just from what i read on this very forum is enough for me to never want to come back to drive in the UK…
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.
Don’t forget the 2crates of Red Bull and 40 Regal per trip DD99!!![emoji6]
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cant be me then…i tried red bull once and cant stand the taste,and i dont smoke,but it kinda goes with the stereotype…the dafties take so much red bull and pro plus that once they eventually stop,they cant sleep,and that just makes them more wrecked when they hop back in the saddle again.
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
i agree there…the truckies over here still have a lot of the cameraderi that prevailed in the 80s uk…the only greif we get is running in and out of the uk,its fine in the rest of europe,and fine over here,its the uk bit in the middle that just totaly ■■■■■ for the obvious variety of reasons.
dieseldog999:
i agree there…the truckies over here still have a lot of the cameraderi that prevailed in the 80s uk…the only greif we get is running in and out of the uk,its fine in the rest of europe,and fine over here,its the uk bit in the middle that just totaly ■■■■■ for the obvious variety of reasons.
Stay in Ireland then…
If it’s so dreadful here, don’t get on the boat.
Advocating the style of driving that you do, I’d rather you performed it in another country anyway.
dieseldog999:
i agree there…the truckies over here still have a lot of the cameraderi that prevailed in the 80s uk…the only greif we get is running in and out of the uk,its fine in the rest of europe,and fine over here,its the uk bit in the middle that just totaly ■■■■■ for the obvious variety of reasons.
Stay in Ireland then…
If it’s so dreadful here, don’t get on the boat.
Advocating the style of driving that you do, I’d rather you performed it in another country anyway.
thats the entire point that myself and others are making about driving in the uk…from the roads,to the parking,to the general attitude of the drivers/beancounters/steering wheel attendants,then the profession as a whole in the uk has gone right down the pan.nobody wants you anywhere ner them,you can park nowhere,and you are treaded with contempt and indifference almost everywhere you go.
when your abroad as well as in ireland then theres more respect shown in a lot of ways as well as less crap in general…you can park up mostly anywhere without paying,and just have a job that your not looked upon as dung on someones shoe.
100kph would be well normal for a lot.and not everyone has been downtrodden and brainwashed into the uk plobber type stobrat/tesco beancounter attitude…running to and from,as well as transiting the uk is now a necessary evil for most.
theres always uk work here in ireland if anyone wants it.
if your living there and happy with your lot,then good luck to you,but it wouldnt be for me anymore which is 1 of the reasons i abandoned the sinking ship years ago.the style of driving that i would be doing is just the same as every other paddy that take your elbows off when your plobbing down the road at 56,brain dead on the cruise…wheres the fun in that.
welcome to being a minority in your own country with all the bureaucracy that accompanies it.
I earn good money, drive good kit, don’t get my hands dirty and I’m home every night. FYI, I don’t plob down the road at 56. I plob down the road at 53…ish. I agree the facilities in the UK are way behind Europe and I enjoyed the many years I worked over the water but, if you do nights out here then you’ll have to put up with it, cos it sure as hell isn’t gonna change.
Your ‘fun’ involves risking other peoples lives when it goes wrong and I’ve seen the results after it’s gone wrong many times.
dieseldog999:
100kph would be well normal for a lot.and not everyone has been downtrodden and brainwashed into the uk plobber
Ironically we’d probably still be doing those types of speeds if it hadn’t have been for us joining the Euro truck speed regime.On that note the typical 65 mph environment with log books not tachos is more associated with the Anglo Saxon outlook not the Euro one.While tachos and plodding 50 mph type speeds are all about what Euroland wanted and got here.
I earn good money, drive good kit, don’t get my hands dirty and I’m home every night. FYI, I don’t plob down the road at 56. I plob down the road at 53…ish. I agree the facilities in the UK are way behind Europe and I enjoyed the many years I worked over the water but, if you do nights out here then you’ll have to put up with it, cos it sure as hell isn’t gonna change.
Your ‘fun’ involves risking other peoples lives when it goes wrong and I’ve seen the results after it’s gone wrong many times.
You have some growing up to do.
il worry about it when i grow up then.
how safe is it sitting braindead on the limiter nose to tail then? …your less likely to wreck it if your motoring on and looking about you to see whos about…
and you just confirmed my point about the uk…53mph,ad crap uk facilities for overnighting which either meand msa ripoffs and bedlam,or none whatsoever.
Keen Rodent, have you considered own account work? I’ve seen trucks liveried for a much loved coffee retailer, looks a cushy number, and with the odd freebie as a bonus…
dieseldog999:
i agree there…the truckies over here still have a lot of the cameraderi that prevailed in the 80s uk…the only greif we get is running in and out of the uk,its fine in the rest of europe,and fine over here,its the uk bit in the middle that just totaly ■■■■■ for the obvious variety of reasons.
Stay in Ireland then…
If it’s so dreadful here, don’t get on the boat.
Advocating the style of driving that you do, I’d rather you performed it in another country anyway.
DD isnt advocating that sort of driving, those videos are posted tongue in cheek.
Driving in the UK does ■■■■ balls and although i dont need to i wouldnt get on the boat at Calais for any kind of money. Ridiculously enforced average speed limit motorway sections, ■■■■■■■■ DVSA checks, ■■■■■ parking awash with p1ss, cr@p food at so called truck stops, having to pay for parking, bellend RDC workers, Hi Viz/ hat/ boots obsession and total ball ■■■■■ enforced with vengeance 56mph limit…no thanks to all of that…
i bet the dudes on the video go home at night more satisfied than the stobrat type plobber in the pc correct h&s up its ■■■ company.( i know that i do,and thats without kicking the ■■■ out of it)…like in most aspects of driving.50 might be thrifty,but the ton is more fun…
the fisticuffs on the A75 last night is a prime example of someone just wanting to get where their going to without some fanny hanging about in front of them…
dieseldog999:
i bet the dudes on the video go home at night more satisfied than the stobrat type plobber in the pc correct h&s up its ass company.( i know that i do,and thats without kicking the ass out of it)…like in most aspects of driving.50 might be thrifty,but the ton is more fun…
the fisticuffs on the A75 last night is a prime example of someone just wanting to get where their going to without some fanny hanging about in front of them…
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Exactly.
Surprised anything gets done in the UK with all the bull ■■■■ restrictions in place, would imagine it must give some drivers a right headache.
Over here, drive sensibly and even with the variable interpretation of the limiters youre just left alone to get on with it, how it should be. 50-53mph limiters are dangerous imo, they dont let you keep up with the flow of traffic and plobber can quite easily fall asleep with boredom…
AndrewG:
Surprised anything gets done in the UK with all the bull [zb] restrictions in place, would imagine it must give some drivers a right headache.
Over here, drive sensibly and even with the variable interpretation of the limiters youre just left alone to get on with it, how it should be. 50-53mph limiters are dangerous imo, they dont let you keep up with the flow of traffic and plobber can quite easily fall asleep with boredom…
To be fair the risk of falling asleep through boredom applies as much at 90 kmh as 80 kmh.Both being a long term term historic established Euro thing not UK.We were quite happy with our,let’s say relaxed,interpretation of 60 mph.Remind us again why that still existing limit can’t be applied and why and on whose orders trucks are limited to 90 kmh.
I know where those orders came from its just that here it isnt enforced like it is in the UK. My limiters on 100kph as have all my previous trucks and have NEVER been pulled or had any kind of problem with it. Im hardly alone, there are thousands of other Euro drivers on the same (some much higher) inc many big name hauliers, Bakkavor Iberica and Willi Betz being just a couple i could name along with some Irish . The point is, drive sensibly and there isnt an issue. With the UK there doesnt seem to be any leeway on anything, the authorities just see everything black and white and what with the other mountain of red tape can see why some UK drivers are totally disillusioned with the job as is the case with Eagerbeaver…
AndrewG:
I know where those orders came from its just that here it isnt enforced like it is in the UK. My limiters on 100kph as have all my previous trucks and have NEVER been pulled or had any kind of problem with it. Im hardly alone, there are thousands of other Euro drivers on the same (some much higher) inc many big name hauliers, Bakkavor Iberica and Willi Betz being just a couple i could name. The point is, drive sensibly and there isnt an issue. With the UK there doesnt seem to be any leeway on anything, the authorities just see everything black and white and what with the other mountain of red tape can see why some UK drivers are totally disillusioned with the job as is the case with Eagerbeaver…
Nah, the Keen Rodent isn’t disillusioned with the job. It’s just that with his current lot, he doesn’t get to detour for a coffee.
AndrewG:
I know where those orders came from its just that here it isnt enforced like it is in the UK. My limiters on 100kph as have all my previous trucks and have NEVER been pulled or had any kind of problem with it. Im hardly alone, there are thousands of other Euro drivers on the same (some much higher) inc many big name hauliers, Bakkavor Iberica and Willi Betz being just a couple i could name along with some Irish . The point is, drive sensibly and there isnt an issue. With the UK there doesnt seem to be any leeway on anything, the authorities just see everything black and white and what with the other mountain of red tape can see why some UK drivers are totally disillusioned with the job as is the case with Eagerbeaver…
I’d agree up to a point that Euroland can ‘sometimes’ be a case of it making the rules but us enforcing them more enthusiastically than others.
However I think you can also take that for granted to the point of a false sense of freedom over there.Which is then just a case of meeting the wrong copper in the wrong place at the wrong time.On that note it’s well known that the continentals often imposed heavy fines in the case of just tacho evidence alone showing exceeding the speed limits even pre limiters.It’s anyone’s guess what they’d do in the case of dodgy limiter calibration added to that in the case of exceeding their silly truck motorway limits which were/are the real issue and the cause of the problem.
AndrewG:
I know where those orders came from its just that here it isnt enforced like it is in the UK. My limiters on 100kph as have all my previous trucks and have NEVER been pulled or had any kind of problem with it. Im hardly alone, there are thousands of other Euro drivers on the same (some much higher) inc many big name hauliers, Bakkavor Iberica and Willi Betz being just a couple i could name along with some Irish . The point is, drive sensibly and there isnt an issue. With the UK there doesnt seem to be any leeway on anything, the authorities just see everything black and white and what with the other mountain of red tape can see why some UK drivers are totally disillusioned with the job as is the case with Eagerbeaver…
I’d agree up to a point that Euroland can ‘sometimes’ be a case of it making the rules but us enforcing them more enthusiastically than others.
However I think you can also take that for granted to the point of a false sense of freedom over there.Which is then just a case of meeting the wrong copper in the wrong place at the wrong time.On that note it’s well known that the continentals often imposed heavy fines in the case of just tacho evidence alone showing exceeding the speed limits even pre limiters.It’s anyone’s guess what they’d do in the case of dodgy limiter calibration added to that in the case of exceeding their silly truck motorway limits which were/are the real issue and the cause of the problem.
If it wasn’t for them pesky Federalists, I would have got away with it.
@ ‘must make the boat button’…
