howdy folks!
after suffering abuse about pulling flat trailers, and reading the thread about clothes, i’ve been questioning my choice of employer so i went and got me a job with DPD in a weeks time i will be dragging box trailers around the country and looking very presentable in a smart uniform! i will finally be as clean at the end of the week as i was at the start. i will be able to throw away my oil, grease and rust covered jeans and egg and sweat stained t-shirts i know that a box trailer still means i’m a class below the fridges, but it’s a start!
i will, however, miss having my own truck (even if it is a Daf!) and the varied work and places i’ve been going to . i’ve had an absolute scream doing general haulage and learnt more in my time at W.J. Jenkins than i did in the previous 7 years doing multidrop and distribution. in fact, if it wasn’t for the need to keep a roof over my head and provide for my family, i wouldn’t be leaving…
so you’ve only got a week left to try and spot me in the xf before i become invisible in a fleet of actros’s i’ll still be on here though, and facebook, spouting ■■■■■ and good natured abuse.
good luck with the new job.
is there a class system with truck drivers
reckon flat drivers, who can still rope, sheet and chain in all weathers would be top of the list.
yeah, thats what i thought! good honest grafting on flats… some people reckon that fridge work is the top of the pile though, and flats rank lower than everything else
dave:
good luck with the new job.
is there a class system with truck drivers
reckon flat drivers, who can still rope, sheet and chain in all weathers would be top of the list.
Being highly skilled and hard working has never been a qualification to be at the top of the Social Ladder in any walk of life.
dave:
good luck with the new job.
is there a class system with truck drivers
reckon flat drivers, who can still rope, sheet and chain in all weathers would be top of the list.
Being highly skilled and hard working has never been a qualification to be at the top of the Social Ladder in any walk of life.
P.S good luck with the new job Timmo.
There is a fridge firm 20 miles from me (Seaham), If my cap blew into their yard I wouldn’t go in after it. Don’t worry about social climbing there are jodrells everywhere in this industry. regards kevmac47.
I don’t know you from adam timmo but good luck in your job. What prompted my interest was your insinuation that there is a class system regarding different drivers within transport. I have driven fridges a lot over the years and currently am still doing so, I can only guess the prestige attached would be to do with the fact that a nice motor pulling a clean Chereau or Lamberet trailer for example does look professional. But probably nearer the truth imo would be the international knowledge an experienced reefer driver may have. I might be completely wrong though please explain what you mean mate.
I remember when I first started driving I was on for Onyx through the agency on the bins clearing all the alleys by hand (before the days of wheelie bins) and some of the tight driving took more skill than putting a fridge on a bay. Farm collection I did for several years and that imo kept my driving skills at their sharpest.
But we all know the best drivers are Eddie Stobart trampers! I even think they are better than your average Ice Road Trucker! All those tight deadlines they have to meet I dunno how they do it. They’re just so PRO !
slow2run:
But probably nearer the truth imo would be the international knowledge an experienced reefer driver may have. I might be completely wrong though please explain what you mean mate.
Not having a pop in anyway shape or form, but what international knowledge do you refer to? Ive been called to do fridge work quite a lot through the agency and its just been like any other driving job.
@ chester
I was just saying that there is more chance of international work driving fridges as opposed to perhaps brick and block delivery or tipper work for example. To be honest with you I couldn’t quite fathom out what the OP meant!
No probs slow2run, I see you edited your post as I was replying to your first post if that makes sense.
I also dont understand this class system, which I do see and hear from fellow truckers. To me a truck is a truck it dont matter if its got Tesco on the side of the trailer or Mclaren F1 its the same job, taking one thing to another place.
Before anyone starts havin a go about Stobart bashing, if a company thinks it is entertaining to make a series about delivering to RDC’s and laying it on thick about the importance of supermarket deadlines, be prepared to take some stick.
i think perhaps you’re taking my post too seriously! The references to class and clothes are meant to be light hearted and slightly sarcastic. As far as i am aware, there isn’t a class system amongst drivers and i have never come across any driver who acted in such a manner. I’m leaving in order to increase my wage packet and boost my bank account.
My trailer is a curtain sider, but if I stick a calculator on the front and just press a few button before I set off will this make me as good as fridge driver ■■
so i went and got me a job with DPD 
in a weeks time i will be dragging box trailers around the country and looking very presentable in a smart uniform! i will finally be as clean at the end of the week as i was at the start. i will be able to throw away my oil, grease and rust covered jeans and egg and sweat stained t-shirts 
i know that a box trailer still means i’m a class below the fridges, but it’s a start!
. i’ve had an absolute scream doing general haulage and learnt more in my time at W.J. Jenkins than i did in the previous 7 years doing multidrop and distribution. in fact, if it wasn’t for the need to keep a roof over my head and provide for my family, i wouldn’t be leaving…
