I used to do a bit of relief driving in my retirement, It was the same wagon as they only had the one HGV, It was new in 07, The regular driver A real Numpty never ever washed the cab the only bit that was clean was where the wipers worked, He went on holiday and left the add blue tank MT, & a quarter of diesel, The steering wheel was very sticky too, The mirrors were dirty but I allways cleaned them, He even hid the fuel card, When I confronted him about this he said he wasn’t allowed to wash the wagon and the firm told him to take it to a wagonwash not far away but he never did, He also said that the fuel card was in the cab ashtray, He was telling porkies & didn’t like me getting at him, Im sure he went home & sat himself in the corner & sucked his thumb, Why drivers act like this is beyond me, I don’t think that he would last very long working fo r a haulage firm, This firm only carries their own goods, Regards Larry.
Our vehicles are all on Shell cards so if they leave 'em empty, quarter full or 3/4 full I try and fuel up at the end of the day, points make prizes 
Its sloppy practises like this… hardly any fuel…ad blue and the cab a bloody mess can really tick off the next person using the truck and create ill feeling in the work force…but ppl that do this are just " not my job men " thats why when we had ppl like this you gave them all the crap vehicles …and when they moan a newbie getting something new then theres your answer
Air lines in a greasy tangled ball are a pet hate of mine,some drivers dont realise how important these things are ,if you get a kink in a air line theres gunna be hell on, 
seth 70:
Air lines in a greasy tangled ball are a pet hate of mine,some drivers dont realise how important these things are ,if you get a kink in a air line theres gunna be hell on,
If you dont stow them away aswell when unit only,the amount of times ive seen lads go past with sparks comin off the ends dragging down the road,or snagging the prop shaft,it takes seconds to hang them up 
098Joe:
I drive trucks on a Saturday that are allocated to individual drivers. Some are immaculate and I make sure they are left that way. Others are filthy inside, they either stay that way or get a clean up with my trusty wet wipes if considered uninhabitable.
Just as I used to do at P&O Ferrymasters, Fleetwood. The difference between the best & worst kept was astounding. I refused to take one out one day knowing I would be sleeping in it.
The guys who had the nicely kept ones were happy if they knew it was me taking it out as they knew it would come back clean & more often than not with more fuel in it than when it left. (used to be away 2 or 3 days).
I hooked up to a fridge the other week and there was an alarm showing on the display… ‘Start failure’. I thought “great, this is all I need” until it occurred to me that I bet some arse hasn’t topped up the diesel. Low and behold the tank was bone dry Thankfully it musn’t have been dead long because the temperatures were still borderline ok.
Boils my ■■■■.
I’ve often found that when I take over a vehicle on agency, I’ll find it in the state at the top of the thread…
I’ll have to stick all the liquids in, lest I risk running out a few miles down the road.
When I get back, I’ll do it all again - so the next driver takes it over from me all filled up.
Thing is, I get paid an extra 30 mins for doing that.
If you’re full time, and on a salary - you don’t.
My Theory? - Lazy=Salaried driver trying to create a “job and knock” situation where really there isn’t one…
Last weekend, I found no key fob for re-fuelling, and sure enough - derv was so low - it wasn’t even registering on the needle. Adblue Ditto.
Ok… Buggered about trying to find the foreign key, and it turns out the security guard has it rather than the office, transport manager, or left on a hook somewhere.
Took me an extra half hour, but who cares? I got paid for the extra. I reckon in cases where there’s no keyfob refueller tag - even MORE drivers can’t be arsed to go through the extra “hunt the foreign key clipboard” procedure for filling up…
Winseer:
I’ve often found that when I take over a vehicle on agency, I’ll find it in the state at the top of the thread…
I’ll have to stick all the liquids in, lest I risk running out a few miles down the road.
When I get back, I’ll do it all again - so the next driver takes it over from me all filled up.Thing is, I get paid an extra 30 mins for doing that.
If you’re full time, and on a salary - you don’t.My Theory? - Lazy=Salaried driver trying to create a “job and knock” situation where really there isn’t one…
Reasons for wagons being left not fuelled in my opinion (in order of likelihood)…
- “I’ve been screwed over today so ■■■■ em, i’ll leave it empty”
- It’s raining. Driver doesn’t want to get wet.
- “The last driver didn’t fuel it, so I won’t either.”
- Fuel fob missing/not working. Driver can’t be arsed finding spare one.
Contraflow:
Radar19:
Where I work, each driver is assigned to a truck each day so they know who was driving it if it comes back looking like a bombs gone off it in.Wow. I’ve never come across such a system. Your company must be at the cutting edge of innovation.
seth 70:
098Joe:
I drive trucks on a Saturday that are allocated to individual drivers. Some are immaculate and I make sure they are left that way. Others are filthy inside, they either stay that way or get a clean up with my trusty wet wipes if considered uninhabitable.Good lad,do you fancy another weekend job at our yard,its not unusual for a unit to be parked up with suspestion left up in the air,seat belt clicked in ,lead for air suspention wrapped round the side sun visor and window left down with clip boards ,scrap paper and coffee cups all over the cab,weekend wonders
Yes mate open to offers, I drive a desk in the week so good for alternate weekends! My favourite job is cleaning the minging cupholders on MANs!
It gets worse. Last night I loaded and filled up as usual. I had a later start today. Turned up at 8am my fridge trailer was sat on its own. [zb] had taken the unit and I had to hook up the second unit and guess what fill up also.
Didn’t see him today but I’m going to make sure I see him tomorrow
midlifetrucker:
It gets worse. Last night I loaded and filled up as usual. I had a later start today. Turned up at 8am my fridge trailer was sat on its own. [zb] had taken the unit and I had to hook up the second unit and guess what fill up also.Didn’t see him today but I’m going to make sure I see him tomorrow
Hes having your pants down buddy ,i bet you spend all shift thinking what a nob he is and getting wound up
I think you could be correct.
dirty cabs are my pet hate and I’ve even gone as far as defecting and refusing to drive a wagon a while back because the cab was filthy.
The driver was made to come in and clean it. 
jobseeker:
dirty cabs are my pet hate and I’ve even gone as far as defecting and refusing to drive a wagon a while back because the cab was filthy.
The driver was made to come in and clean it.
What sort of work is the vehicle involved in? If it’s foodstuffs I can understand or if nighting out in it. If it’s a tipper, skip wagon etc then defecting a vehicle for a dirty cab is taking the ■■■■. On my short stint at Earthline, my cab was pretty grubby when I started and it was pretty grubby when I left.
midlifetrucker:
It gets worse. Last night I loaded and filled up as usual. I had a later start today. Turned up at 8am my fridge trailer was sat on its own. [zb] had taken the unit and I had to hook up the second unit and guess what fill up also.Didn’t see him today but I’m going to make sure I see him tomorrow
Is it like this at all the places you work or just this one ?
I always prefered Royal Mails way of working, when you finish just park it up and leave it. Your start time would incorporate a “service time” for fuelling up checking levels etc… Can’t go wrong with that, if you don’t have enough of anything then its only one persons fault.
Mike-C:
midlifetrucker:
It gets worse. Last night I loaded and filled up as usual. I had a later start today. Turned up at 8am my fridge trailer was sat on its own. [zb] had taken the unit and I had to hook up the second unit and guess what fill up also.Didn’t see him today but I’m going to make sure I see him tomorrow
Is it like this at all the places you work or just this one ?
I always prefered Royal Mails way of working, when you finish just park it up and leave it. Your start time would incorporate a “service time” for fuelling up checking levels etc… Can’t go wrong with that, if you don’t have enough of anything then its only one persons fault.
What RM office had that as a policy? - You’d be shown the door around here for “leaving a vehicle underved at the end of a duty” or “not putting in a defect report when something was actually wrong - 'cos you wanna go home early/on time instead”…
Christmas sees a succession of “new” drivers not bothering to derv their hired tractor - 'cos it doesn’t have a key fob on it, and too many are too bone idle to go and get the damned foreign key! Needless to say, new drivers don’t get to become “regular” drivers much - at least on agency.
weren’t you regular driver winseer, but now on agency but not getting many shifts
Winseer:
What RM office had that as a policy? -
The three of them i worked at, Liverpool, Warrington and Coventry. Your daily run sheet never showed your start time, service time, leave depot time, arrival time, break time , departure time etc…?