Dont nobody ever say Mark D1xon cant drive !
dozy:
scotstrucker:
TTX boy:
are we all ready to watch how proper drivers do it ■■?
them proper drivers do it for £7.45 an hour, dedicated too the cause they are
no they dont
Stobart drivers can get not biggest money,but some company pay more worse
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oh no ady, I agree with you! As you say in your other post it would be a starting rate at a guess. At Huntly i’m led to believe they are paid an hourly rate due to the nature of the job up there.
What scotstrucker isn’t listening to is the bonuses/allowances. Low hourly rate that is taxed, bonuses etc that aren’t. But the job at Huntly is a round trip (mostly), boring as hell and don’t think it involves nights out. So I’d probably stick where I was if I was him too.
Sure I hardly need to tell you ady, your wasting your time trying to tell some people on here anything though. I had one driver from a Scottish based firm telling me that I was a mug and worked for peanuts, just for the glory blah blah. After 5 minutes of his big man talk I asked him what I was earning. Funnily enough he didn’t know. I pointed out what I bank, to which he said “aye, that’s what we get too, for six days and give nights out”
Fair enough matey boy. He seemed happier for a while, until I showed him a couple of pay slips “look, there you go, only 5 days, 4 nights out”
Funny we don’t ever see any of them drivers flashing how much they’ve pulled in this week…
I keyed up for watching it on replay a couple of days ago, and switched the damned thing off when you had those two helmets racing each other down the dual carriageway.
FFS! 
What are they trying to advertise here?
“ESL - Can’t get a job anywhere else? - Here’s the place. Hourly rates to match.”
I didnt mind working for them through the agency, i only worked weekends though…18 quid an hour on Saturday night…20 quid on Sunday nights…night trunk double deckers an absolute no brainer either drop and swap or tip and swap, only annoying thing was filling in reems of paper work before you started, i was left alone never bothered with phone calls , just turned up did the job and went home , thankyou Eddie Stobart. 
The race being compared to the Wars of the Roses was quite apt; Inbred halfwits battling against each other.
We’re agreed then. Stobbies is like Fedex with the regard that FT pays less than agency.
It is therefore a cushy number to work as agency, and not so hot to be a full timer there.
Notice that ‘Tossers and Trailers’ never had “Joe Bloggs - Agency” instead of "Mark Dixon - Biomass" or whatever…
dozy:
scotstrucker:
dozy:
scotstrucker:
TTX boy:
are we all ready to watch how proper drivers do it ■■?them proper drivers do it for £7.45 an hour, dedicated too the cause they are
no they dont
yes thats what they are going too pay the biomass drivers based at huntly as thats what i was told in my interview last monday with them. happily i wont be dropping £2 an hour just too drive for the green machine
is this a starting rate because the last pay slip i had it was £8.67 p.h[nights],£15 per day meal allowance,£5 fuel bonus,day shift was £7.75 if i remember right,why are they paying bio-mass drivers less
or is it because they get a % of what the truck earns[so one of the drivers told me] so its £7.45 +cut of what truck earns,i can believe there going to pay them less for doing that dirty job than a driver who drops a few cages off at a few shops,but then in the recent past ive heard rumours of nil hours contracts,no meal allowances,no fuel bonuses etc etc,you take it with a pinch of salt but,maybe there going to push it lower and lower until they cant get any/havent got any drivers left,£2 p.h more,id stay where i was too.
i was quite taken aback when was told £7.45 ph that i kinda switched off, there are a few rumours flying around about it up here just now but i aint gonna air them on here
Does watching this very informative programme count towards my driver cpc
It must have been a success for them to keep making more series and to keep repeating it. When I saw it listed I cringed and thought who the hell wants to watch a firm of truckers and their exploits? Anyway I never watched it until NOW because I am going back into driving and it is worse than I thought it would be. In fact it almost puts me off the idea of going back into driving! There used to be some respect for drivers of PSV and HGV. I have certainly seen that respect dwindle in the coaching industry but this garbage makes drivers look like immature thick wimps who have no more skills than your average car driver. I am shocked, I had to turn it off after 10 minutes and the first thought that went through my head was “Do I really want to spend money doing DCPC FLT ADR to go into this?” The bit I did see might be the worse of the programmes by coincidence but I doubt it. Don’t know the drivers names but he was making a delivery to a farm, the road was narrow but tarmacked and the gate to the farm was huge, no problem at all! The narrator was going on about look how close the top of the wagon is to those trees FFS I could have cried. I thought what the hell does the public think of this! I have walked double decker Scanias through the tunnels in Amsterdam (tulip tours) where we had to take the aerials off and pull the skylights down and drop air out of the tyres to get the coach through! In Yugoslavia I had to bribe a farmer to bring his tractor to pull a Kässbohrer Setra out of a muddy field. When doing a tour of Auswitch the rickety bridge had everyone having a heart attack as I drove a 3/4 million pound coach over it and it really did feel like that old wooden bridge was ready to give way. Brand new Volvo set on fire coming back from a skiing trip in Austria. We were just past Nuremburg at Fahrenzhausen and the coffee boiler caught fire as the wiring that was installed was too thin a gauge. I picked up the drivers and school kids in my Volvo P90 crowded to hell and took them to the next services where the German owners gave all the kids and teachers free meals etc, they all lost everything in the fire! I hired a german company on my DKV card to pick everyone up and get them to Calais. Our fitter drove from Ferryhill to Dover to meet us in an old service bus (all that was left in the yard!). we got everyone safely back to Manchester where the parents hugged us like heroes. I had to negotiate with British customs to stop them opening burnt luggage to search it (honestly) as under German law everything has to be cleared from the Autobahn at your expense. I think I might apply to be a producer of daft telly programmes seems like a very very easy job to me
This programme makes drivers look bad bad bad. Never get involved with the media
Muckaway:
The race being compared to the Wars of the Roses was quite apt; Inbred halfwits battling against each other.
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They could have made a programme about unscrupulous HGV/PSV operators trying to make hard working drivers take massive risks of losing their licence or even jail. Don’t know how bad it is now but in the 80’s we ■■■■ ourselves when the gendarmerie stopped us to check tachos. One of our drivers had to drive from Ferryhill all the way to Salou and collect passengers return do all the drops because the bottom end driver had legionnaires! The crack was do as I tell yer lad or find another job. That was common through the industry. I do hop things have improved as older and wiser now I would just tell them to stuff it 
have to calm down and take another tablet lol
The Mrs and me quite enjoyed the war of the roses bit … good bit of TV soap
I waited to see ‘elephant racing’ during that ‘race’ but if there was some I missed it …
According to Mr Dixon - not suitable for HGVs - means - No HGVs !!
Schofield:
Dont nobody ever say Mark D1xon cant drive !
i wouldnt say it
he sounds like a prat but he looks a good driver to me
you have to know what your doing to take 2 turns
where there are large signs saying
UNSUITABLE FOR HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES
and one left turn was really tight
his cab was inches from a wall while at the same time the rear of his trailer
was inches from a smaller brick wall
but he just got on with it and then he got to the farm
and had to blind side it into a farm yard with inches to spare
and tractors and animals all over the place
but he done it , fair play to mark dikko
i admire him
alder:
It must have been a success for them to keep making more series and to keep repeating it. When I saw it listed I cringed and thought who the hell wants to watch a firm of truckers and their exploits? Anyway I never watched it until NOW because I am going back into driving and it is worse than I thought it would be. In fact it almost puts me off the idea of going back into driving! There used to be some respect for drivers of PSV and HGV. I have certainly seen that respect dwindle in the coaching industry but this garbage makes drivers look like immature thick wimps who have no more skills than your average car driver. I am shocked, I had to turn it off after 10 minutes and the first thought that went through my head was “Do I really want to spend money doing DCPC FLT ADR to go into this?” The bit I did see might be the worse of the programmes by coincidence but I doubt it. Don’t know the drivers names but he was making a delivery to a farm, the road was narrow but tarmacked and the gate to the farm was huge, no problem at all! The narrator was going on about look how close the top of the wagon is to those trees FFS I could have cried. I thought what the hell does the public think of this! I have walked double decker Scanias through the tunnels in Amsterdam (tulip tours) where we had to take the aerials off and pull the skylights down and drop air out of the tyres to get the coach through! In Yugoslavia I had to bribe a farmer to bring his tractor to pull a Kässbohrer Setra out of a muddy field. When doing a tour of Auswitch the rickety bridge had everyone having a heart attack as I drove a 3/4 million pound coach over it and it really did feel like that old wooden bridge was ready to give way. Brand new Volvo set on fire coming back from a skiing trip in Austria. We were just past Nuremburg at Fahrenzhausen and the coffee boiler caught fire as the wiring that was installed was too thin a gauge. I picked up the drivers and school kids in my Volvo P90 crowded to hell and took them to the next services where the German owners gave all the kids and teachers free meals etc, they all lost everything in the fire! I hired a german company on my DKV card to pick everyone up and get them to Calais. Our fitter drove from Ferryhill to Dover to meet us in an old service bus (all that was left in the yard!). we got everyone safely back to Manchester where the parents hugged us like heroes. I had to negotiate with British customs to stop them opening burnt luggage to search it (honestly) as under German law everything has to be cleared from the Autobahn at your expense. I think I might apply to be a producer of daft telly programmes seems like a very very easy job to meThis programme makes drivers look bad bad bad. Never get involved with the media
You had to bribe a farmer to tow you out the middle of a field (don’t tell me it wasn’t you driving when it ended up in the middle of a muddy field wink: ,and then you go on about this programme making drivers look bad 
,I think so called professional coach drivers ending up stuck in muddy fields don’t look so great
villa:
Schofield:
Dont nobody ever say Mark D1xon cant drive !i wouldnt say it
he sounds like a prat but he looks a good driver to me
you have to know what your doing to take 2 turns
where there are large signs saying
UNSUITABLE FOR HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES
and one left turn was really tight
his cab was inches from a wall while at the same time the rear of his trailer
was inches from a smaller brick wall
but he just got on with it and then he got to the farm
and had to blind side it into a farm yard with inches to spare
and tractors and animals all over the place
but he done it , fair play to mark dikko
i admire him
The point you are missing villa is that it’s part of the Job.
I could walk into our yard blindfolded and point out a Driver who has done deliveries just as hard or worse all without the aid of a dramatic commentary, music or exclamation of relief…
I’ve read elsewhere on this thread that every word is scripted but I refuse to believe that even the most moronic script writing reject from Emmerdale, would make his or her characters look and sound as daft as the ‘Trucks n’ Trailers’ crew…
W
its a bit of light entertainment …either watch it for what it is ,and giggle or turn it off .
BIG AW:
Muckaway:
The race being compared to the Wars of the Roses was quite apt; Inbred halfwits battling against each other.■■■■■■
Ah so are you white rose or red? Personally, I think Lord Stanley had the right idea; Sit on the sidelines and only join in when the winner was obvious. Either that, or you’re a registered se… sorry, Stobart fan who believes it all quite literally.
Muckaway:
BIG AW:
Muckaway:
The race being compared to the Wars of the Roses was quite apt; Inbred halfwits battling against each other.■■■■■■
Ah so are you white rose or red? Personally, I think Lord Stanley had the right idea; Sit on the sidelines and only join in when the winner was obvious. Either that, or you’re a registered se… sorry, Stobart fan who believes it all quite literally.
Hate to disappoint you Chuckaway or whatever your name is but no iam not a stobart spotter iam from west yorkshire and a proud yorkshire man with more knowledge about this game than i care to remember, and its taken you all day to think about that reply■■? 
BIG AW:
Muckaway:
BIG AW:
Muckaway:
The race being compared to the Wars of the Roses was quite apt; Inbred halfwits battling against each other.■■■■■■
Ah so are you white rose or red? Personally, I think Lord Stanley had the right idea; Sit on the sidelines and only join in when the winner was obvious. Either that, or you’re a registered se… sorry, Stobart fan who believes it all quite literally.
Hate to disappoint you Chuckaway or whatever your name is but no iam not a stobart spotter iam from west yorkshire and a proud yorkshire man with more knowledge about this game than i care to remember, and its taken you all day to think about that reply■■?
LOL. Love Yorkshire and thats where me and the family will be from Sat for 7 nights 