I have got a job on next week night shunting
at cadburys and could do with some advice
on hours and those shunt tug vehicles and
anything you can think of which is important
when do night shunting.
cant help u m8 but good luck and all that bendy?? practise
convoy:
I have got a job on next week night shunting
at cadburys and could do with some advice
on hours and those shunt tug vehicles and
anything you can think of which is important
when do night shunting.
I dont know about the hours, but make sure you drive it flat out in every gear, when you get out of it park it in the most awkward place you can find, and if there is a driver tipping on a bay, make sure you leave the tug running so he cannot get any peace.
If you see a driver struggling to back on a bay, you have to make sure that you put a trailer close to him as well. If there is an overnight lorry park, leave the tug running and always blow the horn as you pass sleeping drivers.
Its quite simple really, be as awkward as you can 
And if you do what Malc (Wheelnut) has just said,i have one suggestion 4 u …RUN. 
The tug’s are great,no hard work reverse under trailer put red line in and you have a leaver to lift the turntable(5th wheel) up.Select D for drive and away u go.Once parked use the same leaver to lower the legs,remove air line put trl brake on.Once this has been done get back in select D again,there is a button that you press down to release 5th wheel from trl,release handbrake pull forward slowly ensuring 5th wheel is completly home.Once you done all that move on to next job.It’s very simple really.
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Wheel Nut:
convoy:
I have got a job on next week night shunting
at cadburys and could do with some advice
on hours and those shunt tug vehicles and
anything you can think of which is important
when do night shunting.I dont know about the hours, but make sure you drive it flat out in every gear, when you get out of it park it in the most awkward place you can find, and if there is a driver tipping on a bay, make sure you leave the tug running so he cannot get any peace.
If you see a driver struggling to back on a bay, you have to make sure that you put a trailer close to him as well. If there is an overnight lorry park, leave the tug running and always blow the horn as you pass sleeping drivers.
Its quite simple really, be as awkward as you can
■■■■ it. You beat me to it, word for word Malc 
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So bloody true as well .
You missed a couple of items though :
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Slam under the trailer you’re about to pick up as hard and as fast as you can, in attempt to snap off the pin.
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Don’t just gently “tug” the trailer to ensure the pin has locked. Instead you must select forward gear and plant your right foot to the metal, thus lifting the front of the tug 5 feet off the ground plus nearly snapping the legs off with the strain and also leave 10 mill of trailer tyre rubber on the ground because you’ve just dragged in 10ft across the yard whilst completing the “tug” test.
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Completely ignore any site health and safety rules, especially the one-way system rule…
Cheers for the reply’s and advice .
Should be fun putting the trailers on
the bays
Dont forget you must have your flashing amber beacon on at all time, especially as rob has said, when you have no regard whatsoever for any site rules especially going the wrong way.
The flashing beacon makes you invinsible.
Gurner:
The flashing beacon makes you invinsible.
Invincible or invisible? 
Probably both
Ignore all these old cynics. Tip toe round all cabs with closed curtains, wind legs very slowly just enough to clear then pull forward before completing. If any handles squeak, stop the job until you have obtained and applied grease. Don’t go slamming and straining at pins, instead take your torch and crawl in the mud to make sure the jaws are engaged (learned that trick from Rob 
). At the end of your shift take the teas and coffees to those drivers whose orders you took before starting.
On a serious note. Take your time and be methodical. Ignore ‘hurry up’ blandishments, you’ll get far worse abuse if you drop one on its knees. Use the opportunity to get the feel of artic reversing.
Salut, David.
I often do the shunting at work and, whilst not claiming to be an expert, would offer the following tips that I have found useful.
1 ALWAYS USE THE YELLOW LINE IF FITTED. Some older shunt tugs don’t have very good brakes, and trying to stop can be ‘fun’ with a loaded trailer
2 When going under a trailer, make sure you lift the trailer off the ground with the 5th wheel as you go. This will make sure that any muck on the 5th wheel gets scraped off keeps the jaws free of muck. I’ve seen a trailer dropped through a false coupling due to this. 
Not too high though, or you’ll break something. You’ll get to feel what seems the right height.
3 When backing on to a bay, lower the trailer most of the way first, before you hit the buffers.
And when pulling off a bay move, lift the trailer up a few inches, go forward a foot or so, then raise the trailer to full height.
(If you think about it, when a trailer is lifted to the maximum height on the tug, the top of the trailer will be nearer the building than the back bumper.)
By doing it this way, you won’t damage the trailer, and the bay ramp will reach without problems.
4 Some tugs I have driven have the 5th wheel release button right next to the gear buttons (our Vallely ones are like this). It is very easy to hit the fifth wheel release by accident when you’re busy.
And you will be busy. Not only will you be doing the job of shifting trailers, you’ll probably be watching for trailers that are returning that you need, listening to the radio so you can update your clipboard, assisting drivers with problems, and generally supervising the yard.
Point is, if you even half think you’ve hit release instead of drive or reverse. STOP EVERYTHING and start a fresh 
You really don’t want to drop a trailer if you can help it.
And 5. (And this is my top tip ) identify early on a bit of kerb or something similar in the yard that could be used to bend trailer legs back into a straight condition, if you catch them on the ground and bend them, because you didn’t lift them high enough.
Not that I’ve ever done this, you understand… 
Good luck mate, I hope you really enjoy it.
Thanks everyone for the tips and I will let you
know tomorrow how the first night went
did my only working shift shunting this week
you’ll proberbly get the luxury of a tug we get this.
the way it works on the ark is to lift trailers, back under and give it a couple of tugs to make sure the jaws lock. then push red switch forward to engage the pto, making sure its out of gear and the handbrakes on.
then push the black handle forward.this then lifts the trailer up
to about 4 or 5 inches off the ground, then put the black handle to the middle
and flick the pto to the off postion
get out the cab and put the airlines on and if need be the electrics
then push the trailer park brake and away you go . put it on the required bay and pull the handle back to lower the trailer
and then press the button to release the jaws and pull away
thats the way it works on our shed
jon
Thanks for the pics and info Jon
Enjoy Convoy
It’s ‘bloody hard’ work… only kidding
I got to cadburys last night at 21:00 hours to be
shown the sites induction power point presentation
and then was given a radio and a big bunch of keys
for all the 18 Ton class 2 volvo trucks and some paper
to mark them off when done.
I dont think I will be moving trailers as that job is covered
all this week with another agency driver and to be honest
I am quite glad as he was quite busy at times. Last night
I was done by 01:10 hours as some of the trucks had
already been done but I have been told some nights they
load them late so I will have to do all 11 trucks. This job
is so easy and there is a lot of sitting around waiting or
drinking hot chocolate. They want someone to do this
job up to christmas but will have to see what the next few
nights go like first.
Sounds like you’ve fallen on a good 'un there mate. Do you think you’ll miss being on the road?
I have worked for one of the major dairies as a shunter. We had 19 class 2s, 5 artics and 4 loading bays.
And FOUR shunters. And most of the office staff had been ‘assessed to move lorries in the yard’, so they were out there shunting as well. 
It was ridiculous to be honest. There were nights I never even got in a truck at all. I just used to get four pints of milk to drink, find a quiet corner and read a book.
How that firm makes a profit is something I’ll never understand.
Keep us informed on how it’s going!
It is a very good job flying_fenman but does
get boring with all the waiting. I would miss
being on the road and cannot see myself
doing it up to christmas.
Jonboy, do you work at Wincanton on the littlewooods contract?
The shunting vehicle seems very familiar and the yard.
Jonboy, do you work at Wincanton on the littlewooods contract?
The shunting vehicle seems very familiar and the yard.
did do mate up until 2 weeks ago ,gone to pastures new. you been in there on agency or employed
jon
I worked there for a week until I found out the contract may not last until Jan, so I left, your man mike and the lovely lady in the office was none to pleased.
I had high hopes at Wincanton
Are you the guy on nights or days with a bolding head?
Are you the guy on nights or days with a bolding head?
cheeky [zb]
no i used to do the store deliveries for them i did the sunday shunt some times when it suited me. yer mick wern’t to keen when i hmmm hhmmm left. and i mean left
jon