hitch:
they should explain a few hows and whys
eg the use of the Anderson lead to jump start the truck
and show how walking floors work
It makes more interesting TV if someone drives half way across the country to discover they havent got an Anderson lead, never mind what it does! 
Apart from putting insects down your pants I cant think of much worse TV
People say this is a great advert for the industry.
It let itself down a bit when it spent time showing two drivers elephant racing up the m6. Im sure its of great comfort to car drivers held up behind overtaking trucks to know that the two drivers might be having a race 
Sounds like someone has missed my point; Yorkists and Lancastrians were related, yet fought each other. Being royals, they were related before marriage.
Muckaway:
Sounds like someone has missed my point; Yorkists and Lancastrians were related, yet fought each other. Being royals, they were related before marriage.
I havent missed your point at all you said they were " inbred halfwits " which in fact is wrong they are just halfwits.
Winseer:
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…
I’ve never driven for Stobbies so I can’t compare.
However I’ve been doing night trunk for FedEx for 10 years,(Started when it was ANC before it was FedEx), and can’t fault them.
When FedEx took over,they bought out the agency that was the sole supplier of drivers to ANC and re employed us all as FedEx casual drivers.
Same work,same hourly rate,which is better than a lot posted on here.
FedEx now only use outside agency drivers as a last resort when they are really pushed out with work.
Wheel Nut:
hitch:
they should explain a few hows and whys
eg the use of the Anderson lead to jump start the truck
and show how walking floors workIt makes more interesting TV if someone drives half way across the country to discover they havent got an Anderson lead, never mind what it does!
Apart from putting insects down your pants I cant think of much worse TV
Now wheel nut I would of thought your mate at google would of put you right on Anderson leads or drivers not having them,a little story
Driver leaves nwk to travel up to donny solo,when he gets there they give him his run(Redcar),they check the paper work to see if its a scissor lift,dock or a tail lift job,after checking they tellsaid driver he doesn’t need one as its a scissor lift 
(they keep them and issue them as they deem needed).so off he goes even though he has a few reservations at this stage ,when he gets there he starts to reverse on too the scissor lift only to be told to stop,.
Scissor lift is broke drive 
well have to tip and load you off your tail lift ,the driver then querys if they have a Anderson lead as he doesn’t,they dont ,so he then rings up to report all this to be asked why did he leave without one ,driver gave a nice polite reply,there going to get one there
15 mins later the phone rings and a very nice bloke says,I hear you’ve gone up to Redcar without a Anderson lead but don’t worry it’s sorted we’re getting a driver who’s 1/2 hr a way to bring you one,we all make zb ups from time to time 
,he was then put in the picture of the real facts ,he then says your now sorted so forget it leads on its way
Driver says I’m not so sure I am sorted as I’ve no idea if the tail lift works or not ,matey says you what ,its part of your job to check if the tail lift works before you leave,it’s on your check sheet.
Driver says but how do you do that when the wont give me a Anderson lead 
Matey,this is zb stupid(tell me about it),it won’t happen again
2 weeks later,Lincoln,wragbyby road,they insist it a scissor lift I need to give driver a lead,it’s not,but luckily they have a lead there
Some bloody drivers,you just wouldn’t believe they’d go without a lead would you,I mean if they turn up without one it can only be through there in competence can’t it what the poor old office staff have to put up with:lol: 
Does it happen often Ady? The he I was talking about was called Fiona and she went to Lancashire, now you are telling me another bloke did the same thing at a delivery in Redcar, what sort of idiots do they employ in Newark? 
Wheel Nut:
Does it happen often Ady? The he I was talking about was called Fiona and she went to Lancashire, now you are telling me another bloke did the same thing at a delivery in Redcar, what sort of idiots do they employ in Newark?
Yea I know you we’re on about Fiona,but what I was trying to say is if they had a Anderson lead on each truck these issues wouldn’t happen,we did have them on the trucks at Newark but donny took them off us as they said they never had enough,then issued them as and when they deemed you needed one,if it was a scissor lift they won’t issue you one,same as a dock they won’t,but what happens if you tip on dock then reload cardboard off tail lift in yard ,what happens if scissor lift is bust,how do you check tail lift before you go if they won’t give you a Anderson lead,surely if your on shop deliveries you should be issued with one,truck should have one,you shouldn’t have to go begging for one ,maybe Fiona had the same thoughts as the driver who went to Redcar,zb em,let them get a truck to travel half a hour to bring one,might teach them a lesson,to put one on every truck,give every driver one.
Can’t tar all at nwk with the same brush wheel nut,just the driver who went to redcar 
with out one (he did get a hour or two extra o/t waiting for the lead to be brought :thiugh wheelnutwink: 
I didn’t see this bit on Tv! Haha
I actually enjoy watching it over a special fried rice on a friday evening. The only thing I find worrying , as the general population also like watching it they are all think that as a truck driver all you aspire to be is to want to drive for Eddie.
I did a 15hr for them on Monday, could anything be more soul destroying 
Wasn’t last nights show THE most nerve racking episode ever? Will he make his break on time? Just one minute over and he’ll face a £1000 fine!
bigvern1:
Wasn’t last nights show THE most nerve racking episode ever? Will he make his break on time? Just one minute over and he’ll face a £1000 fine!
I have noticed they are putting more snippets about the speed limits and regulations into this series (which can only be good - educating the general public as to why we have to hold the traffic up on a single carriageway).
But as above. The drama was hilarious.
The liquid equivalent of 9 elephants!? who writes this crap?
kindle530:
The liquid equivalent of 9 elephants!? who writes this crap?
Where do they get it from, made me laugh!
The load that was put in the extra high trailer … was it strapped ?
Tartan11:
I didn’t see this bit on Tv! Haha0
aint that sat at westons recovery at crawford ?
Tartan11:
I didn’t see this bit on Tv! Haha0
aint that sat at westons recovery at crawford ?
Tartan11:
I didn’t see this bit on Tv! Haha0
aint that sat at westons recovery at crawford ?
I thought the best bit was when talking about the MP4 Actros, when he said about any driver can stand erect in the morning! that got a few chilhish giggles in this house.
Yeah it is mate, was in doing a trailer swap and thought I’d take a quick snap.