Quinny:
Since when does 4 axles equate to 44 tonnes?Ken.
When it is a Ten Wheeler 
ok the guy doing the tesco run knew there was a height issue before he left,im assuming that having delivered there many times Stobart knew what height the underground un/loading bay was but still took a trailer that wasnt going to fit 
Reaper KH:
ok the guy doing the tesco run knew there was a height issue before he left,im assuming that having delivered there many times Stobart knew what height the underground un/loading bay was but still took a trailer that wasnt going to fit
Yes, but where would the drama and excitement for the cameras have come from if they had sent the proper trailer. 
Muckaway:
I bet Eddie had a Barclays Bank after Fiona Saltyshot left him alone.
Top mentor
Passing him pictures (I wonder if she showed him her special collection off camera) and diverting his attention when he was driving.
Not bothering to get out and watch him back as the old boy that took her out in series 1 did during a tight reverse.
Did stobby junior say there was a blind side reverse and then stick his head out the driver window and reverse in normally.
William Stobart three drops with cages and tail lift is a really hard day - is it seemed quite an easy day to me
Did someone move Goole near Hull it was about 40 miles away last time I went.
Poor planning they knew before he left Goole about the height restriction.
Why not spin round stick the back end into the bay and unload there why all the messing to get right outside the shop.
£300k for a wagon to project Stobarts high profile Corporate image why send it with a moaning whining driver who wasn’t happy about being there?
Where’s Dixon and Slaphead have they been layed of?
and if i see the quote again im gonna… 
“and with inches to spare”
Soldier z:
Muckaway:
I bet Eddie had a Barclays Bank after Fiona Saltyshot left him alone.Top mentor
Passing him pictures (I wonder if she showed him her special collection off camera) and diverting his attention when he was driving.
Not bothering to get out and watch him back as the old boy that took her out in series 1 did during a tight reverse.
Did stobby junior say there was a blind side reverse and then stick his head out the driver window and reverse in normally.
William Stobart three drops with cages and tail lift is a really hard day - is it seemed quite an easy day to meDid someone move Goole near Hull it was about 40 miles away last time I went.
Poor planning they knew before he left Goole about the height restriction.
Why not spin round stick the back end into the bay and unload there why all the messing to get right outside the shop.£300k for a wagon to project Stobarts high profile Corporate image why send it with a moaning whining driver who wasn’t happy about being there?
Where’s Dixon and Slaphead have they been layed of?
but that is a true driver,if you see a happy driver then either hes still drunk or the tablets havent worn off
i like to wait at least 20 mins after the prozac before i start
Quinny:
damoq:
Why send a trailer that is too high for the drop when they know about the height restrictions■■?Used to happen to me at Somerfields.
That’s planners for you.
It’s better when they send a trailer that’s too long, and you get the, “We’ve had bigger than that in here driver.”
Ken.
Happened to me last week at Archbold’s in Heywood, got sent with a 16’ trailer to a delivery (brewery) where you go under the building with 15’11, you’d think it’s only an inch, but there’s inclines and things inside, lights and pipes hanging down etc, it didn’t appear it’d fit to me, so had to get tipped outside, took hours.
damoq:
Quinny:
damoq:
Why send a trailer that is too high for the drop when they know about the height restrictions■■?Used to happen to me at Somerfields.
That’s planners for you.
It’s better when they send a trailer that’s too long, and you get the, “We’ve had bigger than that in here driver.”
Ken.
Did you ever deliver to the somerfield in Leicester town centre? The one underneath the shopping centre? That was fun with all the pillars. You could guarantee that every time you were there, you would hear a bang and a crash. Someone hitting a pillar again.
would that be the haymarket shopping centre by any chance…down the tunnel underneath and its pillar city…we go with 45 footers makes for an interesting squeeze …first time i went was like never…but it goes in just lol…
morphie:
damoq:
Quinny:
damoq:
Why send a trailer that is too high for the drop when they know about the height restrictions■■?Used to happen to me at Somerfields.
That’s planners for you.
It’s better when they send a trailer that’s too long, and you get the, “We’ve had bigger than that in here driver.”
Ken.
Did you ever deliver to the somerfield in Leicester town centre? The one underneath the shopping centre? That was fun with all the pillars. You could guarantee that every time you were there, you would hear a bang and a crash. Someone hitting a pillar again.
would that be the haymarket shopping centre by any chance…down the tunnel underneath and its pillar city…we go with 45 footers makes for an interesting squeeze …first time i went was like never…but it goes in just lol…
Thats the place i was on about!!! I couldn’t remember the name, but when you said Haymarket it rang a bell. Not exactly designed for artics down there. 
Well, another “action” packed “suspense” filled episode…
Its still & no doubt will remain cringeworthy to ESL drivers such as myself!
Its the usual drivel we should all expect from Channel 5 by now, they are the ones who do the voiceover & get most of the facts wrong, people forget this!
As for the overheight trailer, I think most of us with half a brain & any experience of Tesco would probably appreciate that the idiot sheet (the directions from N,S,E &W) that all Tesco deliverys have would have pointed out the height restriction and the fact it was a front door / tail lift tip.
Of course, this would make even less “exciting” TV so Channel 5 have to jazz it up a bit.
Hey, its a great chance for everybody to jump up & point out what a bunch of ■■■■■■■ Stobart are eh?
A point I think many here miss here is that was Eddie Stobart trucks & Trailers a series based on a different large group, N/D, DHL & the like for example, it would be their drivers with there heads in their hands whilst the rest of us take the ■■■■.
laugh away, take the ■■■■, just see it for what it is. entertainment - and pretty poor entertainment at that!!!
If it’s “trucks and trailers” why so much about Southend Aerodrome, sorry Airport? Judging from the look of the place I expected to see “Stobart Air” liveried Dakotas and Britannias.
"Next week, Stobarts unveil their newest addition…A Tristar.
To be honest, i think that they are flogging a dead horse now with the Stobart programme. They should of stopped after the first series, it seem now that they are really struggling to fill the programme. For example last nights episode showed Tinkler looking around the new airport, to be honest is joe public really interested in that? To most of the public Eddie Stobart is about trucking. We may ridicule some of the drivers i the show, but its what the public want to watch a day in the life of a trucker. Perhaps it would of been better to focus more on Stobarts son, doing a days work and the challenges that a rookie driver has to go through, when driving a 44ft truck for the first time on your own.
On another subject i did like the way Ed Stobart said Fiona was fit. I wonder if she was shown that clip?
TruckingHell:
Well, another “action” packed “suspense” filled episode…Its still & no doubt will remain cringeworthy to ESL drivers such as myself!
Its the usual drivel we should all expect from Channel 5 by now, they are the ones who do the voiceover & get most of the facts wrong, people forget this!
As for the overheight trailer, I think most of us with half a brain & any experience of Tesco would probably appreciate that the idiot sheet (the directions from N,S,E &W) that all Tesco deliverys have would have pointed out the height restriction and the fact it was a front door / tail lift tip.
Of course, this would make even less “exciting” TV so Channel 5 have to jazz it up a bit.
Hey, its a great chance for everybody to jump up & point out what a bunch of [zb] Stobart are eh?
A point I think many here miss here is that was Eddie Stobart trucks & Trailers a series based on a different large group, N/D, DHL & the like for example, it would be their drivers with there heads in their hands whilst the rest of us take the ■■■■.
laugh away, take the ■■■■, just see it for what it is. entertainment - and pretty poor entertainment at that!!!
i have to admit i feel sorry for the rest of the ES drivers who put their head into their hands every friday if they showed the show more like an american chopper style(the real side of trucking)although that show lost its way.
Its probably been said, but it seems like a monumental effort to glamourise the job as much as they dare and to bring younger folk in, the girls, Eddies grandson, and one of the day guys did a run from Goole to the west side of the 62 and backk and that was his shift, FFS. I can imagine the big geen delivery co in the future turning into the new Hitler youth 
, as the rest of the drivers are like wet fish
oldsid:
Its probably been said, but it seems like a monumental effort to glamourise the job as much as they dare and to bring younger folk in, the girls, Eddies grandson, and one of the day guys did a run from Goole to the west side of the 62 and backk and that was his shift, FFS. I can imagine the big geen delivery co in the future turning into the new Hitler youth
They asked me to go in yesterday to work Fri + Sat with a night out.
My work consisted of taking a trailer from Trafford Park to Tesco Magor, tip, empty trailer to Hartlebury, load up and trailer back to T. Park, so to plan my night out, I asked what I was doing after that, nothing they said, I said trailer would be back in the yard that night then 
waynedl:
oldsid:
Its probably been said, but it seems like a monumental effort to glamourise the job as much as they dare and to bring younger folk in, the girls, Eddies grandson, and one of the day guys did a run from Goole to the west side of the 62 and backk and that was his shift, FFS. I can imagine the big geen delivery co in the future turning into the new Hitler youthThey asked me to go in yesterday to work Fri + Sat with a night out.
My work consisted of taking a trailer from Trafford Park to Tesco Magor, tip, empty trailer to Hartlebury, load up and trailer back to T. Park, so to plan my night out, I asked what I was doing after that, nothing they said, I said trailer would be back in the yard that night then
So you have carved the regular mans job up then?
Wheel Nut:
waynedl:
oldsid:
Its probably been said, but it seems like a monumental effort to glamourise the job as much as they dare and to bring younger folk in, the girls, Eddies grandson, and one of the day guys did a run from Goole to the west side of the 62 and backk and that was his shift, FFS. I can imagine the big geen delivery co in the future turning into the new Hitler youthThey asked me to go in yesterday to work Fri + Sat with a night out.
My work consisted of taking a trailer from Trafford Park to Tesco Magor, tip, empty trailer to Hartlebury, load up and trailer back to T. Park, so to plan my night out, I asked what I was doing after that, nothing they said, I said trailer would be back in the yard that night then
So you have carved the regular mans job up then?
If there was work today, I’d have nighted out, as I did 14hrs, and also, Tesco only took 1hr 40, which can easily take 2hrs 40, which would’ve meant 15hrs +/- and I would’ve nighted out again, but for 1 days work = 14hrs or 2 days at 13hrs + 1hr + night out, I think I’d personally rather go home.
And trust me, it was no rush to get back in 14hrs, plenty of clicks left on the cruise control and I had a 45 on way to Tesco Magor (3pm booking, ETA of 13:45, got in at 14:30 and they said didn’t matter about booking time) to have 1hr 40 inside.
TruckingHell:
Well, another “action” packed “suspense” filled episode…Its still & no doubt will remain cringeworthy to ESL drivers such as myself!
Its the usual drivel we should all expect from Channel 5 by now, they are the ones who do the voiceover & get most of the facts wrong, people forget this!
As for the overheight trailer, I think most of us with half a brain & any experience of Tesco would probably appreciate that the idiot sheet (the directions from N,S,E &W) that all Tesco deliverys have would have pointed out the height restriction and the fact it was a front door / tail lift tip.
Of course, this would make even less “exciting” TV so Channel 5 have to jazz it up a bit.
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But why did Stobarts let it go out?
I know of a firm whose goods appeared on it the other film got to see and approve the episode before it went out.
If William and Tinkler are so pedantic and sticklers for detail (cup handles all facing the right way or as last night attention to detail over some cupboards) then why do they allow their drivers to be mugged off by C5?
I would have thought they would be fuming that a driver was sent in an oversize trailer or that the driver despite knowing he was over height still attepmted to squeeze it in.
Tesco is supposed to be Stobbies flagship work yet they can’t even get that right.
So far it’s been ■■■■ poor by anyones standards
All Tinkler seems to worry about is geting spotters to buy his merchandise
Eddie Stobat Junior and his Grandad ought to copy right their names that’ll show him.
I noticed that Welsh guy got star treatment at Laker Airs’ fire station. A while back he got a tour of the whiskey distillery and was serenaded by a strangling cat (bagpipes) as he left. And 3 hours to clean a wagon? is this company policy or does he do this after church on Sundays?
Muckaway:
I noticed that Welsh guy got star treatment at Laker Airs’ fire station. A while back he got a tour of the whiskey distillery and was serenaded by a strangling cat (bagpipes) as he left. And 3 hours to clean a wagon? is this company policy or does he do this after church on Sundays?
Considering the narrator always bangs on about them being on a “tight” deadline, when does he have time to walk round all these places and clean his truck!
I know it’s for the tele before anyone starts shouting…