Feel ya pain byuv
Claret_john:
Very sad day for me today.My arm rest on my DAF XF has broken. I hadn’t appreciated the power of this simple rest until it was gone.
Please pray for me
Arm rest? 
You think you’ve got problems, I pulled my curtains this morning and pulled a bloody tassell off …gutted.
Baggie:
Gembo:
I have a selectable arm rest in my Axor shed, its the gear lever and is only functional when 8th gear is selected.The same in my DAF,but 6th gear suffices for me.However,I tend to lean my wrist on the knob,which unfortunately has given me a sore left wrist
I can’t for the life of me figure out what is giving me a sore right wrist
Are you sure it’s the resting on the gear stick that’s doing it ? and not some thing else 
An alarming and stressful situation to be in. One’ limbs should be supported and comfortable in this day and age.
I will ensure my butler is at your disposal, should you need him for anything.
Keep your chin up.
Baggie:
Gembo:
I have a selectable arm rest in my Axor shed, its the gear lever and is only functional when 8th gear is selected.The same in my DAF,but 6th gear suffices for me.However,I tend to lean my wrist on the knob,which unfortunately has given me a sore left wrist
I can’t for the life of me figure out what is giving me a sore right wrist
Maybe it’s your Actual Knob ?
Condolences to you & your Family Claret _john, in this time of sadness, but that Arm Rest has gone to a better place with the other Knackered XF Arm Rests, along with all the MAN Plastics that keep falling off.
martinviking:
Condolences to you & your Family Claret _john, in this time of sadness, but that Arm Rest has gone to a better place with the other Knackered XF Arm Rests, along with all the MAN Plastics that keep falling off.
And the little flap over the pocket on the door of a Stralis where you can rest your right arm.
Ken.
Quinny:
martinviking:
Condolences to you & your Family Claret _john, in this time of sadness, but that Arm Rest has gone to a better place with the other Knackered XF Arm Rests, along with all the MAN Plastics that keep falling off.And the little flap over the pocket on the door of a Stralis where you can rest your right arm.
Ken.
MAN tgm seat back handle , heater duct flaps bonnet hinge covers mirror covers ■■■ ash trays
mine nroke last week too but upon investigation i discovered the pin had broken that holds the arm rest to the seat so 1 bolt and nut later and it’s as good as new again
PaulNowak:
truckman020:
funny that,was thinking exactly that and was going to post then I saw your reply,bloody annoying when you get it exactly right then some night shift driver[agency or full time] re adjusts it and leaves it for you in the morningMirrors (all) lumbar supports (all) seat squab angle, radio presets, headlight angle, fridge temperature, occasionally tacho language, air fresheners get chucked in a cupboard or side locker.
I may have been the last driver on “your” truck on some occasions then. Although I do draw the line at changing the tacho language or fridge temp . Air fresheners do indeed get chucked in a cupboard or have the battery removed if they are those stupid electronic ones which have been set to gas me at 30 second intervals with the most rancid “fragrance” imaginable. 
When the driver moans at me about it I suggest to him that if he got a bath more than once a week then he wouldn’t need them to mask the smell; doesn’t go down too well. 
On the subject of arm rests though, I too have always been puzzled by some trucks that have the angle set at about 45 degrees to the sky when down. WTF is that all about? It’s simply impossible to drive like that 
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Just to say about taco language that automatically changes depending on which country card was issued
So if a pole drove the truck before you polish would be on screen till your card registers and changes to queens English
Carl Usher:
Ahhh the old Agency driver/nightman ‘your truck/firm’s truck’ chestnut. 
Just a suggestion mate,…To avoid unnecessary confrontation, (and to display good manners) why not do as you think fit with his air freshner, fair enough no probs, but then when finished, take all of two minutes, put it all back and leave the cab as the guy left it. 
everybodys happy…job sorted.
Just for the record I have a battery air freshener dispenser, but I do shower 3 or 4 times a week, as well as a morning wash every day…not all trampers are TRAMPers…just saying like.
They’re certainly not all tramps, we have a very active and passionate mumsnet community on this site!
Apparently next week we’ll be discussing doilies!
Evil8Beezle:
They’re certainly not all tramps, we have a very active and passionate mumsnet community on this site!
Apparently next week we’ll be discussing doilies!
Yes Blow up from those special shops with red lights and lots of leather
Evil8Beezle:
They’re certainly not all tramps, we have a very active and passionate mumsnet community on this site!
Apparently next week we’ll be discussing doilies!
Just speed reading…for a moment I thought you said goilies 
… you know,those good time gals from Brooklyn
robroy:
Carl Usher:
Ahhh the old Agency driver/nightman ‘your truck/firm’s truck’ chestnut.
Just a suggestion mate,…To avoid unnecessary confrontation, (and to display good manners) why not do as you think fit with his air freshner, fair enough no probs, but then when finished, take all of two minutes, put it all back and leave the cab as the guy left it.
Just for the record I have a battery air freshener dispenser, but I do shower 3 or 4 times a week, as well as a morning wash every day…not all trampers are TRAMPers…just saying like.
Good manners is a two way street. How about YOU turn off your stupid air freshener from ‘on steroids’ mode when you finish your shift and either set it to the 30 min setting like any normal person would or turn it off altogether to stop gassing the driver who drives it on the opposite shifts to you? Unless you have some B.O. problem there is absolutely no need to have an electric air freshener set on the 2 min interval in such a confined space. If it’s your truck (ie. you own it outright) then you can do whatever the hell you like, but as you are just a driver of someone else’s truck then when you’re not driving it please remove all your tat including electric air fresheners, frilly curtains, dream catchers and windscreen junk so that the night men don’t have to spend 10 mins doing it before they can even set off. The fact that you may be the regular driver of it is no excuse and it’s pure selfishness on the highest level.
Carl Usher:
robroy:
Carl Usher:
Ahhh the old Agency driver/nightman ‘your truck/firm’s truck’ chestnut.
Just a suggestion mate,…To avoid unnecessary confrontation, (and to display good manners) why not do as you think fit with his air freshner, fair enough no probs, but then when finished, take all of two minutes, put it all back and leave the cab as the guy left it.
Just for the record I have a battery air freshener dispenser, but I do shower 3 or 4 times a week, as well as a morning wash every day…not all trampers are TRAMPers…just saying like.
Good manners is a two way street. How about YOU turn off your stupid air freshener from ‘on steroids’ mode when you finish your shift and either set it to the 30 min setting like any normal person would or turn it off altogether to stop gassing the driver who drives it on the opposite shifts to you? Unless you have some B.O. problem there is absolutely no need to have an electric air freshener set on the 2 min interval in such a confined space. If it’s your truck (ie. you own it outright) then you can do whatever the hell you like, but as you are just a driver of someone else’s truck then when you’re not driving it please remove all your tat including electric air fresheners, frilly curtains, dream catchers and windscreen junk so that the night men don’t have to spend 10 mins doing it before they can even set off. The fact that you may be the regular driver of it is no excuse and it’s pure selfishness on the highest level.
Are you ponces actually arguing about air fresheners? Who says manliness is dead?
Catch yourselves chaps. You sound like a disgrace to manhood. ■■■■ it up and go and chop some wood.
" just to say about taco language "…
Mexican food can be quite abusive at times. I had a taco the other day. It told me if I put Old El Paso anywhere near it again, it would " kick the crap out of me ".
The problem with a lot of full time drivers is that they think they actually own the vehicle. They can’t comprehend that they drive their own car to WORK where they then drive a company vehicle.
Why does the lorry always have to be the property of either a day man or a night man? I’ve worked at many companies where one of the two think it is their lorry and they adorn it accordingly. They then bollock anybody else who dare to move offending obstructing articles, even if its a regular driver on opposite shift.
As Robroy says, its a 2 way thing so may I suggest that if you do have any personal items in your cab that you take them home with you at the end of the shift. The lorry is there to make the company a profit and it’s hard to do so when its parked up because " we don’t like agency drivers " or “I don’t like anyone else using my lorry”.
Blooming awful when the old armrest breaks, the door hinges sheared clean off of a van I was driving years many ago and for the rest of the journey I certainly missed having nowhere to rest my right arm or anywhere to put the handle for the window winder which was all there was left of it. Draughty too:cry:
Pete.