maurice:
Are you looking for training before applying to N. Irish companies? Don’t worry, if they want you to run bent they will teach you every trick in the book.
It’ll probably be part of the Northern Irish Driver CPC package 
Ross.
PS, ONLY JOKING 
I find it incredably stupid how they expect you to didal the driving hours but not the clock as the odometer readings will not match that of the taco graph
And when pulled up Mr. plod can work out how many milles you should of done by reading the graph
But the boss ant being done for it is he
Batista230:
I find it incredably stupid how they expect you to didal the driving hours but not the clock as the odometer readings will not match that of the taco graph
And when pulled up Mr. plod can work out how many milles you should of done by reading the graphBut the boss ant being done for it is he
When the machine was “sleeping” so was the odometer which made it look like the driver was asleep too. A lot of miles could be covered this way. “Apparently” 
FLIP:
I still say the only reason that Scania became so popular was the plastic tacho screen that you could press in the centre
Wheel Nut,you’ve just got me back in Derek Jameson mode again 
Although my last 2 143’s had a little plastic bit between the tacho’ face & screen.
Didn’t need any switches though just a wire fed down the side of the multi plug (the black wire iirc) & personally had a croc’ clip on the end of mine,tucked away out of sight & connected to earth (on the dash’ frame) when meals on wheels were required & should you get a quick pull by “The Ministry or Commisioners” as it was then or your friendly Gendarme,Red Cap, Guardia Civil, Carabinierie etc etc then a swift ■■■■■■ on the wire saw the whole thing removed & probably tucked under the bunk for retrieval when appropriate
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wire in the multi-plug, thread it thru so it comes out near the ashtray, when you want a break, wedge the other end of the wire in the ■■■ lighter, and off you go., meals on wheels, If you get a tug, just give it a yank and it all comes out, no problem, thats what my mate did anyway.
Batista230:
But the boss ant being done for it is he
Eh? a certain Mr Boyle from Northern Ireland just got 2 years and his son got 18 months in ■■■■■■■■
Ross.
If i remember right in my dads 113s the third or fourth fuse in from the right(a red one), was for the tacho, always a handy blown one in the ashtray. There was a wire for the speed limiter underneath the top bit of the fuse box(that hinged forward) that had been snipped and reconnected with bullet crimps that sometimes required to be pulled apart. Cant remember where the wire went but it was done in the fuse box somewhere for quite a few 45min breaks. Was this kind of running bent not called hooliting?,or something like that.
I think it worked then because it helped both parties to make money, at the time my dad wasnt paid by the hour every hour followed on satalite tracking. So if he was paid a set amount of hours home from Southampton but could be back in much less and still have time to do a local run then even more money all round. Was never forced upon him all done through choice.
i did a lot of trips to spain with my dad in the late 80’s early 90’s the best time for euro driving i loved it as soon i was a playing 2nd driver i was a tall lad so it looked like we where double maning 
as dad is not here im not worryed about him getting in bother lol he used to do the hanging meat in the early 80’s with the paddys and kept up them . as harry has allready said the F10,12,16 were easy the first FH12,16 were easy as well safety pin bit of wire earth it job done 
if you got tuged grab the wire sharp tug and it was out and hiden then a compess to err draw your lines on your chart where needed 
not big or smart but it was the way it was for most on euro in the 70’s 80’s 90’s .
I remember running from Gib to Onda in 13hrs ,picking up a one load of tiles (very rare) then geyting up to Zaragoza for a shower and scofff a good kip then plod on the next day .The only time i did a flyer was after collecting strawberrys from Lepe left at midnight with a card in got to castets took card out for a non stop to hull via caen after docking , 6 hrs later tipping at humber growers in Hull Forkilift driver tried to wake me up but got a right royal …ck off .Never did that again wasnt worth the bonus or total sleep deprervation . An ex Offshore transport driver
The f10 ,12 was great for ghost driving as it ran on break whilst moving
I did a lot of work in the 80’s and 90’s as a subbie for GBE. I used the wire “occasionally” as we all did from time to time, until a chance meeting with two friendly gendarmes put me wise over a cup of freshly brewed coffee sat at Usseau routiers roundabout ( N137 / N11 junction.10kms east of La Rochelle ).My work generally was trailer changeovers running out of Cherbourg to GBE’s Bordeaux depot, then back up to Cherbourg. Boring work after a few months but nevertheless good regular work.
The info I was given, which changed the way I operated, certainly in France, was that the Gendarmes didn’t much like the practice of 4.5 hrs driving / 45mins break / 4.5 driving again. Although it was perfectly within the law, they would much prefer truckdrivers to drive say 2.5hrs then have 1.5hrs break, drive another 2 hrs then 1.5hr break, 3hrs driving, 3hrs break etc …etc. The point being lots of smaller driving periods BUT more importantly lots of good breaks as well.The bottom line to this was I could drive the clock round ( yes 24hrs ) so long as lots of breaks were showing on the card. I was stopped many times during this part of my life and NEVER got the obligatory 90franc fine for driving periods offences…the odd one or two for speeding yes !
Never dared try it in Spain though !!!
That used to happen,even though it was legal,they did prefer smaller breaks,than drive 4.30 no breaks,it was the same in Spain,it would give them a reason to fine us for something else,remember those old Pegaso Spanish trucks,belching out thick black smoke,with Pedro at the wheel,smoking a cigar the size of a cruise missile and the obligatory coffee cognac cafe pit stop break every hour or so,it did make sense it 45 degree puls heat in the summer.
Let the engine and the driver cool down too.
I too pulled for GBE (Poole) having 2 Pegasso,s in their colours and 2 Volvos in my colours, On the Globetrotter I drove I had the tacho wired through the cigarette lighter, The internals of the lighter were soldered to the case ,when the lighter bit was in the socket it made the circuit when it was out the tacho stopped. I also had the fuel gauge wired through the rheostat for the dash lights so it could be turned down for tank inspection.
Toby mentioned the Customs officer at Cherbourg taking a bung ,what about the one at La Jonqura (on top of the hill) who expected 10FF in the papers ,he had the draw on his desk slightly open so when he held the papers upright the coin would fall into the draw.
i never had to put a wire on the chap i worked for didint want to lose his truck to the police so we just put one card in after the other and he paid the fine if we got stopped which we didint that often so we got away with it,of the boat at caen strait to portugal hanging lambs do few drops then park up and wait for a back load which was sometimes 24hrs or more then load and strait back to the boat tip market a day or so fo then back again
I was working for every Everyones favorite ■■■■■■■■ cowboy & was in Madrid monday morning after 24off I’d done a favor to tip it & was meant to reload for home as I was best man at my mates wedding on the Friday, I got shafted by the uk planner who had come to the international & had no idea, instead of loading at monzon I got sent to huesca for onions… The Teddy was well out of the cot I got down there & was lucky to get loaded early by lots of begging & looking sorry for myself lol
The wire went on & I blew it up the road fueling at Pamplona & carried on, when I got to the peage at Bordeaux I got pulled & my arse went south but the guy saluted & only wanted a photo with the truck then sent me on my way lol
I went straight to Caen then off the otherside for warrington arriving Wednesday afternoon & was knackered but I never got shafted again
toy soldier:
I was working for every Everyones favorite ■■■■■■■■ cowboy & was in Madrid monday morning after 24off I’d done a favor to tip it & was meant to reload for home as I was best man at my mates wedding on the Friday, I got shafted by the uk planner who had come to the international & had no idea, instead of loading at monzon I got sent to huesca for onions… The Teddy was well out of the cot I got down there & was lucky to get loaded early by lots of begging & looking sorry for myself lol
but monzon and huesca are pretty much equidistant from madrid on the A2 and technically huesca is more enroute towards irun than monzon 
bigr250:
Trubrit:
The Sarge:
I can remember when cab phones came in - and I thought that was a liberty!On the way home you turned your cab phone on after the St. Omer peage and the service cut in and out going up and down the hills on the motorway…don’t know why I remembered that
Also, on a really calm night the service light would come on waiting for the ferry in ‘Zebe’, but never during the day however good the weather?? (on my BT ‘Jet’ cabphone
Ross.
The reason you remembered that, was you could impress people and call home from France for the price of a local call
welshboyinspain:
toy soldier:
I was working for every Everyones favorite ■■■■■■■■ cowboy & was in Madrid monday morning after 24off I’d done a favor to tip it & was meant to reload for home as I was best man at my mates wedding on the Friday, I got shafted by the uk planner who had come to the international & had no idea, instead of loading at monzon I got sent to huesca for onions… The Teddy was well out of the cot I got down there & was lucky to get loaded early by lots of begging & looking sorry for myself lolbut monzon and huesca are pretty much equidistant from madrid on the A2 and technically huesca is more enroute towards irun than monzon
from Monzon or Huesca why waste time, fuel and money going via Irun ?
Vascoingles:
welshboyinspain:
toy soldier:
I was working for every Everyones favorite ■■■■■■■■ cowboy & was in Madrid monday morning after 24off I’d done a favor to tip it & was meant to reload for home as I was best man at my mates wedding on the Friday, I got shafted by the uk planner who had come to the international & had no idea, instead of loading at monzon I got sent to huesca for onions… The Teddy was well out of the cot I got down there & was lucky to get loaded early by lots of begging & looking sorry for myself lolbut monzon and huesca are pretty much equidistant from madrid on the A2 and technically huesca is more enroute towards irun than monzon
from Monzon or Huesca why waste time, fuel and money going via Irun ?
come on then paul educate me as to the best route from huesca, don’t tell me straight over the mountain to pau?
welshboyinspain:
Vascoingles:
welshboyinspain:
toy soldier:
I was working for every Everyones favorite ■■■■■■■■ cowboy & was in Madrid monday morning after 24off I’d done a favor to tip it & was meant to reload for home as I was best man at my mates wedding on the Friday, I got shafted by the uk planner who had come to the international & had no idea, instead of loading at monzon I got sent to huesca for onions… The Teddy was well out of the cot I got down there & was lucky to get loaded early by lots of begging & looking sorry for myself lolbut monzon and huesca are pretty much equidistant from madrid on the A2 and technically huesca is more enroute towards irun than monzon
from Monzon or Huesca why waste time, fuel and money going via Irun ?
come on then paul educate me as to the best route from huesca, don’t tell me straight over the mountain to pau?
been over that route a few times james, very narrow at the top but a lot quicker than running from pau to irun to get to zarragoza.
I thought that way had a weight limit on it now? the difference according to michelin route planner between huesca-irun-calais and huesca over the mountain is 100km but if the mountain is bad whats the difference in fuel? and when you get to france via irun after the 3 small peages its free to poitiers whereas its peage around pau and then north isn’t it?
anyway still doesn’t explain why you’d throw your teddy out the pram for not loading monzon and going to huesca seeing as they are both in aragon around zaragoza?
