malcolmj:
I was then invited to his office and was told that i was not need anymore I had failed my months probation
thank god for that i didnt fancy a week away in an Axor
so there we are out of work again anyone got a job for me as long as its not driving a AXor
As you would have been if you worked for me.
Perhaps you should have been concentrating on the job in hand
rather than talking when you should have been listening.
Why did you post this on the forum?
Regards,
Nick.
dle1uk:
good luck finding another job, though personally i would drive more or less anything rather then be on the dole, if only for a short while whilst looking for another job…
+1
Are Jobs are easy to find where you live?
Maybe keeping you gob shut, watching and learning’ during your ‘probation’ would have been a better idea. It’s easier to find another job if you already have one, so I’m told!!
In Germany, they are a legal requirement under the wtd. All vehicles over 3.5 tons must have it fitted, and it must work. This also applies to the night heater, and the space between the steering wheel and bunk must be 18 inches.
ncooper:
malcolmj:
I was then invited to his office and was told that i was not need anymore I had failed my months probation
thank god for that i didnt fancy a week away in an Axor
so there we are out of work again anyone got a job for me as long as its not driving a AXorAs you would have been if you worked for me.
Perhaps you should have been concentrating on the job in hand
rather than talking when you should have been listening.Why did you post this on the forum?
Regards,
Nick.
I posted this so other people can see the real world of trucking! about how companies treat some of their drivers like their something on the bottom of their shoe I’m lucky as I’m a kept husband as the present Mrs J earns about twice as much as I ever could as a truck driver, so i can afford to pick and choose for who i work for. I dont think that in 2012 having aircon /climate control in a truck that you spend 60 odd hours in is asking too much,the fact it was a fleet truck Axor is neather here or there but 1 tick in the options list over a 5 year lease is not too much to give a driver for his £88 a day + £22 a night out!!! is it me?
could be…hard to tell from where i`m standing
I think the man paying for the fuel has the last word on the options, especially as the air con is going to use more fuel. It would be a different story if you were venturing over the water. Sorry!
Yeah…I never use aircon over here. It’s rarely warm enough and distances are too short. Over the water is a different kettle of fish.
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When I had my Foden new, it never came with air-con so I asked the workshop manager why; “Because the other drivers will complain they haven’t got it”. Er, ok…but you paid for fake walnut dash covering and that must’ved cost a few hundred??
So aircon or climate control is only for the summer? And only over the water? Why can’t a driver be allowed to do his/her driving in a nicely cooled or warmed truck it will allso stop windscreen side windows misting up when it’s raining, so instead you have to suffer ear ache with the window open it’s 2012 not 1981
Can I just say all modern coaches have air conditioning so I would have thought trucks would have it too. Also air con on is cheaper than having windows open (in a car) on the motorway.
daveb0789:
How about this one then : telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ … -damp.html
good for him why should he spend his shift on a soaking seat, i know i wouldnt.
malcolmj:
So aircon or climate control is only for the summer? And only over the water? Why can’t a driver be allowed to do his/her driving in a nicely cooled or warmed truck it will allso stop windscreen side windows misting up when it’s raining, so instead you have to suffer ear ache with the window open it’s 2012 not 1981
Now read carefully…I never said it’s only for over the water. I said I never used it here. I didn’t take it out whilst working here and put it back for Euro work. HTH. Warm wind. 
malcolmj:
I posted this so other people can see the real world of trucking! about how companies treat some of their drivers like their something on the bottom of their shoe
OK, but it works both ways and your story tends to suggest that you were the author of your own demise.
It doesn’t tell of you being treated like their something on the bottom of their shoe, rather that while in your trial period, you showed them
that they didn’t need the grief.
You are indeed fortunate that you do not need to work.
Regards,
Nick.
Bloody aircon, do us a favour.
I demand a belly dancer with giant ■■■■ to fan me or I am no going.
malcolmj:
So aircon or climate control is only for the summer? And only over the water? Why can’t a driver be allowed to do his/her driving in a nicely cooled or warmed truck it will allso stop windscreen side windows misting up when it’s raining, so instead you have to suffer ear ache with the window open it’s 2012 not 1981
If you order the truck you can spec it with alloy wheels, chrome ladies on the grille and beaded seat covers, however if you go to a leasing company they will probably have bog standard fleet specs sat in the the yard and in build, which by adding extras will eat into their own profits, if the boss pays for the fuel, he pays the piper.
I would class you as fortunate getting a brand new lorry after only 3 weeks at the company. It isn’t harsh, it is the truth
jessicas dad:
daveb0789:
How about this one then : telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ … -damp.htmlgood for him why should he spend his shift on a soaking seat, i know i wouldnt.
Easy for you to say. You weren’t one of those held up.
I think what seems to have annoyed the passengers is the fact that no effort seems to have been made by the driver or the company to get round the problem. Surely someone could have sorted a plastic cover to stop his bum getting wet; as said in the article he’d got a waterproof coat so he could easily have sat on that, but allegedly he just walked off. No inclination whatsoever to ensure that the passengers (who after all are paying his wages) get to their work on time; typical “I’m all right Jack” attitude which unfortunately is all too common these days.
It’s not as if train drivers are exactly on minimum wage either; I accept that they have a lot of responsibility but it’s also a ■■■■ sight easier job than it was back in the old days of steam, when getting wet was an occupational hazard.
aranger:
Bloody aircon, do us a favour.I demand a belly dancer with giant ■■■■ to fan me or I am no going.
My Mrs has 36ds and they don’t cool me down I can tell you 
Don’t use aircon if you have a cold…
ncooper:
malcolmj:
I posted this so other people can see the real world of trucking! about how companies treat some of their drivers like their something on the bottom of their shoeOK, but it works both ways and your story tends to suggest that you were the author of your own demise.
It doesn’t tell of you being treated like their something on the bottom of their shoe, rather that while in your trial period, you showed them
that they didn’t need the grief.
You are indeed fortunate that you do not need to work.Regards,
Nick.
To coin a phrase, I agree with Nick.
Thing is a probationary period is the time to keep quiet and get on with proving your worth. I can be a sarcastic bugger but when new to a firm it’s always brain in gear before speaking.
As I’m out of work at the moment once I get a break I’ll drive any old heap of cack aircon or not and keep my head down and just get on with it.
using aircon on trucks don’t use more fuel at all, daf did a test and they said the same