OVLOV JAY:
I’ve never understood that mentality. I worked for a bloke once, and he had 4 trucks. One doing tipping, one doing steel and one doing boxes. He just went onto the busiest work at the time with his own. He used to change the 3 of us about so we wouldn’t get ‘bored’
The result was 3 ■■■■■■ off drivers, with 2 of us leaving after 5 minutes
I’m happy enough as long as I’m in ‘my’ unit, where I work now I’m normally using a tipper a trailer but I don’t mind dragging ejector, walking floor, curtain side, flat bed or low loader. I find jobs swapping units every day would ■■■■ me off but trailers I’m not fussed as long as it works and my first job is not to take it to the work shop.
Some units have been parked up due to a hand full of contracts not starting until later this year. Some units do traction for Eddies and FW when the mills are on shut down and things are quiet. No real driver shortage at the moment but when the new power stations start coming on line later this year and next then the fleet will be expanded as and when the work ramps up.
Talking to my mates it’s not the jobs there kicking off about its the hours ( or lack of them ) , 2 were told they they were just comming off general onto Aig work for x amount of weeks , there kicking off because they can’t get hours in ( one said he had x2 days of 8 hrs , 50 hr week ) , another had nothing all week then 15 hrs fri so lost that as been under 10.5 hrs other days , not happy there not , jobs are ■■■■ easy both , just hours
, jobs are ■■■■ easy both , just hours