nomiS36:
remy:
0Bet you lot would change your tune if this was the new driver
Until she turns out to be a he! You never can tell these days!
Nice wheel nuts though…
Glad that Robroy’s son-in-law (just realised the original error) decided that he’d prefer to live past next week (or whenever this was going to happen), but bet even the blue eyed brigade will see this is a bad idea, probably after 4 days / nights. Can’t imagine being stuck in a layby or even industrial estate and having to watch the other guy / gal / person of undefined gender get up to pee in a bottle in the middle of the night. Actually not sure how women get around that (peewee?).
Ste46 - not done it in trucks (only been driving 3 years) but have in a previous job although not quite that many. Was pretty horrible, although I thought drivers used to put the plank between the seats and use the heat off the engine in the middle of winter? Not sure how it’d work in a modern DAF with the hump in the middle of the unit.
Albion - maybe you’ve finally proven that the transport industry doesn’t need planners. Seem to be doing successfully compared to those who plan everything to the n’th degree, so need to find Lucy, there could be an article in this for Forbes magazine on how a “mere former puddle jumper” driver changed the face of transport forever and made a lot of drivers a lot less stressed! Wonder what’d happen if you told your rigid drivers they weren’t in “big boys trucks” - maybe we should warn the riot squad before hand. 
Remy - oh god no, she’s a psychopath serial killer. Clue is in the spikes from Ben Hur on the side of the wheels, oh and the low gruff voice welcoming you into the cab on the first day as alluded to by another poster.
Good_friend - erm, are you sure about that? Think Wonderbra in Texas as everything is bigger there, and maybe her name was Steve or Geoff originally considering most female truck drivers I’ve met wouldn’t be so vein as to go for “extras” up top and I ain’t talking about the hair. Now what some of the male drivers have in their dressup lockers is another matter.
Andrew - oh god, now you’ve given me images I don’t want while sat around on my own all nightshift and nightmares for all those on days who have to sleep thinking about this. “Stroking his puppy”…eak! 
Overall, I can’t understand why this guy needs handholding to do a tramping job unless there’s something very specialised. If he’s new then there’s plenty of day jobs or ones with occasional nights out - my first one jumped dropped nights out of me out at the end of the day and you just learn, fast. Fair enough if it’s a company like Albion’s where double manning is norm but I doubt she’d consider sending out two people to Norway or some such without being fairly sure they won’t kill each other en-route.
robroy:
Here’s one for you.
My son in law who drives for an own a/c outfit (who you would think would know better) has been asked, (or rather told) that he has to take a new driver with him for 2 weeks to ‘show him the ropes’.
He does 4 to 5 nights out btw.
He does not know who this guy is or anything about him, so he aint too keen…as I would not be either, as I like my own company too much.
He asked me what I would do, and I told him not a snowball’s in hell would I agree to that…end of.So he agrred and then told them he’d rather not, and elaborated on it, but he said he’d compromise and do a week’s day runs with this guy, …but they aint suited.
I told him if it had been a co. manager or somebody like that who wanted an insight into the job that he would sure as hell be put up in an hotel, so why treat a driver any different.
If it had been his mate fair play, but share 8 to 10 nights out with a stranger in an 85 DAF is a step too far I reckon, a few scenarios could be ■■■■■■, rotten feet, terminal b.o. or raging flatulence, or he could be a normal decent lad…, but who knows.
(He has a mind of his own btw, I wasn’t making bullets for him to fire, he told me he thought the same as me prior to asking, but valued my advice.)
Thoughts and opinions anybody?
You need to put the bullets in his pocket or he will end up just like the people you rant about, it sounds like hes nearly there anyway being a tool if he does it m
Can you imagine yourself retired and he telling you about his day and all you keep on saying is I would never have done that
You should speak what you preach on here, and why not
If it was my son in law I would tell him without hesitation do no do that ever and he might start to grow a pair of balls after that
Nope defo not happening never double manned never will
Glad that Robroy’s son-in-law (just realised the original error) decided that he’d prefer to live past next week (or whenever this was going to happen), but bet even the blue eyed brigade will see this is a bad idea, probably after 4 days / nights. Can’t imagine being stuck in a layby or even industrial estate and having to watch the other guy / gal / person of undefined gender get up to pee in a bottle in the middle of the night. Actually not sure how women get around that (peewee?).
I know the answer as should due to being female easy just think outside the box a bit
When I lived in Belgium my boss asked me to train up a new driver since he was a Brit and I was the only Brit with the company at that time.It was a powder tanker job that you can’t do without training and involved being togethera minimum of a week.I agreed on the condition that I stayed in the truck and he sorted his own hotel every night.Which he did.The boss never did it again because nightly hotel stays doesn’t half limit your working hours potential.
nightline:
robroy:
Here’s one for you.
My son in law who drives for an own a/c outfit (who you would think would know better
He does 4 to 5 nights out btw.
He does not know who this guy is or anything about him, so he aint too keen…as I would not be either, as I like my own company too much.
He asked me what I would do, and I told him not a snowball’s in hell would I agree to that…end of.So he agrred and then told them he’d rather not, and elaborated on it, but he said he’d compromise and do a week’s day runs with this guy, …but they aint suited.
I told him if it had been a co. manager or somebody like that who wanted an insight into the job that he would sure as hell be put up in an hotel, so why treat a driver any different.
If it had been his mate fair play, but share 8 to 10 nights out with a stranger in an 85 DAF is a step too far I reckon, a few scenarios could be ■■■■■■, rotten feet, terminal b.o. or raging flatulence
(He has a mind of his own btw, I wasn’t making bullets for him to fire, he told me he thought the same as me prior to asking, but valued my advice.)
Thoughts and opinions anybody?You need to put the bullets in his pocket or he will end up just like the people you rant about, it sounds like hes nearly there anyway being a tool if he does it m
Can you imagine yourself retired and he telling you about his day and all you keep on saying is I would never have done that
You should speak what you preach on here, and why not
If it was my son in law I would tell him without hesitation do no do that ever and he might start to grow a pair of balls after that
Ffs
Cheers for the advice mate, not mocking the afflicted here btw, but it’s a bit hard to comprehend if I’m honest …but I’m sure you must have meant well (in your own way.) 
Had a similar request about 25 years ago , boss says can you give a my nephew lift to Bordeaux or northern Spain??
Me “only if you book me through poole”
Him “why?”
Me " because its a single bunk!"
Him " Oh ok but dover calais cheaper"
Me “Yes but i will stop in a hotel if you don’t and use Co’s Credit Card or DKV or UTA”
Him “ok”
Luckily I got on well with lad and had a good laugh on ferry, and if had a twin bunk would have done a night out or two… and show him Victors at Burgos and the pub next door
Snowball in hells.