4aaaa4dd:
It’s only like it is because we have let it become that way if we stuck up for our selfs like the French it would be a lot better job■■?
exactly.
Driveroneuk:
4aaaa4dd:
It’s only like it is because we have let it become that way if we stuck up for our selfs like the French it would be a lot better job■■?exactly.
I thought it was the Russians who stuck up for themselves, and the French who merely had effective Unions? 
Heres a few pointers; Drive across northern Turkey at minus 25, having to get in/out to chain up…no night heaters…wake up in the morning with freezing ice on all metal parts + the windscreen.
Having to wait to tip in the uk, engines not allowed to run, no drivers rooms back then, and lucky to have a heater, let alone a night one.
Complain to the boss the heaters not working, only to be told, your lucky to have a heater…how times change eh !
When out in America, the bosses dont like to buy night heaters, because theyre a unneccessary expense, with no return, yet, will run their trucks 24/7…?
And unfortunately, Rikki is right, there is no law that gives drivers the right to a minimum temperature in their workplace, only in workshops and offices, hence, no testing of the equipment on an MOT, but then, even the truck heaters are not tested, and that should be a legal requirement.
At least our forefathers had the horses to keep them warm. 
Got soaked to the skin today, cab blower blowing out cold air but fortunately Mr night heater was there to help and in the daytime too 
I lived in tents for weeks at a time in the army in the snow and slept in puddles then climbed mountains for a hobby, cant say not having a night heater would kill me but on the other side of the coin if your doing the night out the correct equipment should be supplied and serviceable.
As a driver I did my first night out last night and the joke/bet at our yard was I would never figure the night heater control out (53 plate Scania rigid) like a remote, I sussed it but it was too warm, I like it a bit cooler so a wide sleeping bag and a quilt, cosy for me. That said firing up the night heater in the morning was nice 
Big Man:
Huktra UK driver told me today they had a text today of transport explaining they expected to not use the night heater in the night or kept to minimum .Sure this must not be right or morally wrong after hard days graft they to tight to heat you up to have a good night sleep .
things like that I just snigger and agree then do as I please.
my gaffer phoned me up and told me not to use the Volvo tilt steering wheel as one of the trucks wire in it had broke and cost him a boat load… that was a case of agreeing and then carrying on.
When its -10 next month and cab is froze up in morning, what will use more diesel, running night heater for a few mins each night or running truck for 20-30 min in morning to defrost it ?
I guess we don’t get paid to think TM & MD no best.
jessicas dad:
Big Man:
Huktra UK driver told me today they had a text today of transport explaining they expected to not use the night heater in the night or kept to minimum .Sure this must not be right or morally wrong after hard days graft they to tight to heat you up to have a good night sleep .
things like that I just snigger and agree then do as I please.
Sounds good to me
Thetaff2:
If that was me they would get a reply with the second word being “off”
Eerrrrr, same here. With the addittion of TOSSERS.
That would virtually guarantee that I’d have the night heater going full chat even if I had to leave the windows open for comfort 
Muckaway:
Mrgee1956:
listen Son a quick chuff wie Pamela done us for a night in the cab.Do Ceefax still do subtitles?
haha, just what I was thinking
Here in Germany, a night heater is more appropriately referred to as a “Standheizung” or “standing heater”.
It’s on whenever I see fit, night or day. Particularly when tipping in sub zero temperatures. Nowt like a nice toasty cab to jump into after a spot of Moffetting.
As others have mentioned, I am also not a fan of running the heater all night. I have a chunky duvet and if it gets particularly parky, an additional thick woolen blanket to lob over the top.
The heater gets programmed to fire up half an hour before getty up time and at weekends half an hour before start time Monday morning.
Any fault with the heater and it’s straight into the workshop as our boss has the common sense to realise that he’s not going to get owt done if he has drivers off sick.
Of course I am going soft in my advancing years. Those halcyon days back in the “Desolate North”, where as gay blades we would sally forth for our evening’s entertainment disinclined to wear more than a t shirt on a winter’s night have long gone. These days it’s wooly hat, coat and gloves before rocking up to the local Christmas market for copious amounts of hot mulled wine.
To paraphrase Gene Hunt: “Fire up the Webasto” 
I change the duvet TOG factor for summer use then to winter use.So two duvets to keep the Tobester toasted up plus the night heater.Used while waiting around in the day.
If parked in a noisy layby they muffle the traffic noise.
Dave the Renegade:
HSE Guidelines are-
The temperature in workrooms should provide reasonable comfort without the need for special clothing. Where such a temperature is impractical because of hot or cold processes, all reasonable steps should be taken to achieve a temperature which is as close as possible to comfortable. ‘Workroom’ means a room where people normally work for more than short periods.
The temperature in workrooms should normally be at least 16 degrees Celsius unless much of the work involves severe physical effort in which case the temperature should be at least 13 degrees Celsius. These temperatures may not, however, ensure reasonable comfort, depending on other factors such as air movement and relative humidity.’A vehicle is your workplace,so the above guidelines should apply.
iM AFRAID NOT - i was a H & S rep for a few years and unless the rules have chaned in the last 12 months then you are not covered by these regulations whist out in your truck, i only know this as ive tried to fight a few similar cases in the past. A vehicle is only classed as a place of work if you are a mechanic/fitter and you are repairing/working on that vehicle.
Its a rubbish rule i know and also frustrating when trying to fight for peoples rights - all in all a rubbish loophole
Lusk:
JAKEY:
Told my dad once that the night heater had packed up and went out in to the yard to check we still had about 100 blankets folded in the back and then asked what was wrong with them ?
Yeah but that generation was when men were men…this younger generation are mostly nancies
Wide bunks, central heating, what more do you want?. Grand in winter, may be a bit warm in summer. 
Bet it’s nice and warm in there with that boiler chuffing away.
Thetaff2:
Lusk:
JAKEY:
Told my dad once that the night heater had packed up and went out in to the yard to check we still had about 100 blankets folded in the back and then asked what was wrong with them ?Yeah but that generation was when men were men…this younger generation are mostly nancies
Now that’s Proper Tramping !
The guy on the top bunk is Toby!
Thetaff2:
The guy on the top bunk is Toby!
It must be the local Mayor on the bottom then!
I have been rumbled.That indeed is me on the top bunk.