Here’s my ‘wee’ motor…last week
I’m based out of Linwood delivering cleaning products(Not really trucking i know but…
)But i do the Stirling run so if ya see me… give us a flash
I’m based out of Linwood delivering cleaning products(Not really trucking i know but…
)But i do the Stirling run so if ya see me… give us a flash
bullitt:
SamIam:
Well you’ve showed me yours, so I’ll show you mine.10 Lets hope I don’t curb them!Hi Sam, what a fantastic vehicle. My fantasy" retirement plan is to buy one of those and go island hopping around the Greek Islands for a whole summer.
What size engine has it got and is it diesel or petrol!!
Any chance of you posting some interior shots please?..once again, a lovely looking motor!
PS…not sure what happened with the quote!!. the pics have dissapeared!!..anybody■■?
Hi Bullitt, thanks for your comments, Engine V10, petrol with LPG conversion I have’nt got any decent shots of interior will take some sometime and PM you.
yes would be ideal for travelling abroad in, but I have’nt got the nerve to go abroad on my own 
I know it would be alot easier finding places to park abroad than it is here in lovely blighty 
Sam.x
igadam:
I’m based out of Linwood delivering cleaning products(Not really trucking i know but…
But i do the Stirling run so if ya see me… give us a flash
I’ll have a look out for you, im in stirling now and again. I thought all bunzel done was vending? i deliver into your vending place at bellshill. I often see a bunzel artic on the A80 with his windscreen covered in crap Spanish spears, dream catchers etc - its like a truckers tat paradise
SamIam:
Hi Bullitt, thanks for your comments, Engine V10, petrol with LPG conversion I have’nt got any decent shots of interior will take some sometime and PM you.
yes would be ideal for travelling abroad in, but I have’nt got the nerve to go abroad on my own
A V10 PETROL engine Jesus, guess you must be rather well off then■■?..that really would be like driving down the road throwing £10 notes out the window every 20 miles or so!!!
How much does that thing way, 5 tonne??
And doent worry about travelling abroad alone, thats what alot of us here do anyway (or used to!! ), and its great fun…especially in a beast like that!!
If i drove off the ferry in Calais in that you wouldnt see me again for years!!
Sort some pics out and put them on here, I reckon quite a few would be interested.
I realise most of you hate Stobarts with a passion but you know what… I dont care! lol
They pay me a wage every week (every fortnight actually).
Its an easy job
The equipment is all decent
I`m paid for weekends away
I know my wages will be in the bank
A phonecall sorts any tyres/breakdown problems
bullitt:
SamIam:
Hi Bullitt, thanks for your comments, Engine V10, petrol with LPG conversion I have’nt got any decent shots of interior will take some sometime and PM you.
yes would be ideal for travelling abroad in, but I have’nt got the nerve to go abroad on my ownA V10 PETROL engine
How much does that thing way, 5 tonne??
And doent worry about travelling abroad alone, thats what alot of us here do anyway, and its great fun…especially in a beast like that!!
If i drove off the ferry in Calais in that you wouldnt see me again for years!!
Sort some pics out and put them on here, I reckon quite a few would be interested.
Well I was till I bought this! LPG makes up for it thou, been told weighs about 13ton especially with all my shoes on-board 
have been told quite few scary storys of being hi-jacked abroad in these things as you can’t quite sneek around in them you kinda stick out a bit, and like you said they think you must be minted so thats why we are hit on 
sorry guys I’m not!!! so keep looking
Here’s what i drive MAN 26-440 TGS
Pic taken last year dont normally pull flats but on this occasion i did had 17 straps on this load each crate weighed in at 3 tonnes each.
merc0447:
igadam:
I’m based out of Linwood delivering cleaning products(Not really trucking i know but…
But i do the Stirling run so if ya see me… give us a flashI’ll have a look out for you, im in stirling now and again. I thought all bunzel done was vending? i deliver into your vending place at bellshill. I often see a bunzel artic on the A80 with his windscreen covered in crap Spanish spears, dream catchers etc - its like a truckers tat paradise
Yeah mate they do cleaning supplies and a seperate unit does catering and healthcare supplies as well as the vending
I think that wagon you are taking about comes up to the catering supplies at ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ not seen it to be honest.
Like your signature by the way! big Marv! i was at easter rd that day!
JB:
10I realise most of you hate Stobarts with a passion but you know what… I dont care! lol
They pay me a wage every week (every fortnight actually).
Its an easy job
The equipment is all decent
I`m paid for weekends away
I know my wages will be in the bank
A phonecall sorts any tyres/breakdown problems
Why is there so much hatered for Stobbart?
Its like up here,you hear a lot of people bad mouthing Malcolm’s…why? is it jeleousy because they used to work there and got sacked for being crap? or because they went for a job and Malcolm’s saw through them and they never got the job?
JB:
10I realise most of you hate Stobarts with a passion but you know what… I dont care! lol
They pay me a wage every week (every fortnight actually).
Its an easy job
The equipment is all decent
I`m paid for weekends away
I know my wages will be in the bank
A phonecall sorts any tyres/breakdown problems
You’ve got broad enough shoulders JB , just ■■■■ it up n shrug it off man
JB:
10I realise most of you hate Stobarts with a passion but you know what… I dont care! lol
They pay me a wage every week (every fortnight actually).
Its an easy job
The equipment is all decent
I`m paid for weekends away
I know my wages will be in the bank
A phonecall sorts any tyres/breakdown problems
I dont JB, IMHO, they are what it says on the tin, efficient/smart/clever, its a British thing to slag off something thats decent.
I actually loaded out of ESL Crick yesterday, 25 pallets, no messing, in and out within an hour, all very proffessional + helpful.
Every ESL driver Ive met, have been pretty decent, not like some idiots Ive had the misfortune to “meet” during my working week
JB:
10I realise most of you hate Stobarts with a passion but you know what… I dont care! lol
They pay me a wage every week (every fortnight actually).
Its an easy job
The equipment is all decent
I`m paid for weekends away
I know my wages will be in the bank
A phonecall sorts any tyres/breakdown problems
Photo taken at appleton thorn depot 14/6/08 
JB:
I realise most of you hate Stobarts with a passion but you know what… I dont care! lol
They pay me a wage every week (every fortnight actually).
Its an easy job
The equipment is all decent
I`m paid for weekends away
I know my wages will be in the bank
A phonecall sorts any tyres/breakdown problems
Only 420’s, thats a disgrace! 
Didnt they used to run 500 V8’s?
The person who said that stobarts are efficient, smart and clever is spot on in my opinion.
Grasshopper:
JB:
I realise most of you hate Stobarts with a passion but you know what… I dont care! lol
They pay me a wage every week (every fortnight actually).
Its an easy job
The equipment is all decent
I`m paid for weekends away
I know my wages will be in the bank
A phonecall sorts any tyres/breakdown problems
Only 420’s, thats a disgrace!
The person who said that stobarts are efficient, smart and clever is spot on in my opinion.
That`ll be me, thank you
zippy!:
alix776:
Beetie:
alix776:
My current motorThats an ex Andrew Porter one isnt it?
No is an Andrew porter one
You switched jobs bud?
yeah mate jumped in may
My new Volvo
Gaz:
My new Volvo
How do you rate the Volvo against your previous steed ■■?
I rate both makes, with Volvo taking a slight lead, because their back up [IMO] is superior
I rate the trucks purely from a drivers point of view. Service back up is of little concequence to me in real terms, i just make a phone call! My old MAN over three years and over 400,000 miles may have had a clutch/engine/turbo whatever and i would have known nothing of it, they just get sorted. That said the mechanics prefer the Volvo!
I just gotta drive it and live in it, whilst the MAN is a bigger cab the Volvo wins for me, its a better place to be.
As for driving them, they are much of a muchness, the new MAN that i had was a lovely drive, as is the Volvo!
Both excellent trucks!