Working days I was out the door every morning before my daughter and wife awake, most days I would be back after 19:30 which means daughter now in bed, zero time to see her in the week basically, plus nights away.
On nights I generally start 18:00/19:00 which means at least an hour or two with the daughter / wife every day, on short shifts maybe enough time for a hug in the morning as well 
A no brainer if you ask me 
rambo19:
Night work is ok for single guys who live on thier own.
After a while it will get you down.
Of all the guys on nights at our place I am the only one who is single. All the others are either married or in long term, 15+ year, relationships.
Its for people in 15 year relationships as well to be fair. 
bigvern1:
Spelling it right these days Nelson!
Spelling what right? 
aranger:
Its for people in 15 year relationships as well to be fair.
Indeed, but I meant happy 15 year relationships. 
If I didnât have commitments that tied in with my day shift rota, Iâd be on nights pronto.
Driving standards in the UK nowadays are bloody poor, so the quieter the roads are the better.
I canât see how night shifts can possibly benefit a long term relationship.
You climb into bed, amorous and full of energy at 6am, and they are tired and â â â â â â off at having been woken up prematurely.
They then go off to work and you donât see them again until the evening when they are tired and â â â â â â off having worked a full day and you havenât.
Unless you have been together so long that â â â has long become boring, and kids are on the scene, then I canât see how night shifts can work for a couple unless you dislike the company of each other, or are entirely motivated by the ambition of retirement.
Of all the benefits of working nights, the only thing i miss is climbing into bed next to something warm.
Of all the benefits of working nights, the only thing i miss is climbing into bed next to something warm
Get a cat, works for me
WildGoose:
I canât see how night shifts can possibly benefit a long term relationship.You climb into bed, amorous and full of energy at 6am, and they are tired and â â â â â â off at having been woken up prematurely.
They then go off to work and you donât see them again until the evening when they are tired and â â â â â â off having worked a full day and you havenât.
Unless you have been together so long that â â â has long become boring, and kids are on the scene, then I canât see how night shifts can work for a couple unless you dislike the company of each other, or are entirely motivated by the ambition of retirement.
Of all the benefits of working nights, the only thing i miss is climbing into bed next to something warm.
What if your wife either doesnât work, and lives around your shift patterns, or works in the transport industry on the other side of the desk - same shifts again. 
Iâd argue the trick is to get married to someone sympathetic to the industry, very likely IN the industry, rather than a pole dancer whoâs always got that constant temptation of punters throwing money at them all the time, as if to lure them away from you! 
My kid also thinks itâs cool to say at school âMy dadâs a truck driverâ instead of âmy dad wears a suit and takes money off other people when they donât want to part with itâ or even âMy dad just got this 4x4 on incapacity benefitsâ 
One of these days Iâm going to hear âMy dad got killed on the M5â, and itâs going to break my heart.
No, not my kid you muppet! - I donât have a Ouija board link to the school playground FFS!
P-E-R-R-Y-B-A-R-R!
bigvern1:
P-E-R-R-Y-B-A-R-R!
So I did, I hadnât even noticed and may I assure you it was more by accident than design.
As I suspected! 
The Vosa lot also tend to sit on the bridge Junction 18 M6 at night to â â â â â â the chosen ones to a place just down the road.
Being going into Palletways at Lichfield for 2 weeks now, and it is chaotic every night.They need to do what Palletforce did, and build a purpose built warehouse because these old hangers are no good for 12000 pallets every night.Palletforce works like clockwork.
I keep looking at DHL whitwood or Morley vacancies and UK Mail but never see them advertise.What are their rates on night trunking?
LeedsChris:
They need to do what Palletforce did, and build a purpose built warehouse because these old hangers are no good for 12000 pallets every night.Palletforce works like clockwork
I wouldnt quite say clockwork and i wouldnt say its purpose built either. After coming to PF for over 18 months initially it seemed bright and shiny and good but after that time you realise its just a big warehouse with 3 seperate sections.
I dont hear of any of the pallet distribution places being the cleverest however theyre are still in business and pay my wages so i dont complain.
I prefer nights as well. Its the same run all the time so I look forward to roads being closed and diversions.(I definately sound like a nut job now!) No need to book time off work for the dentists or shizzle like that. Plus if i pull my finger out and get up here early ive had up to 6 hrs kip at work
It is a bit crap for a social life with my mates but theyâve learnt now that my only nights free are sat n sun.
To be honest I dont think you will ever find a job in haulage that doesnt muck up your social life at all. Just have to accept the proâs n conâs(that is Unless you make the job your social life) lol :lol:
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I recall PW at fradley park/lichfield (think it was the same place?!) which involved a stop-start 3-4 hour tip queue when I did a drive for Shakespeare once upon a time.
I was the only one there that appeared to be English, along with one other rab-c-nesbit lookalike & soundalike driver alongside. All the FT team were polish, the manager was polish, and there wasnât anyone else you could throw things up to. The whole system there seemed out of touch what, with itâs crappy old hanger thing that looked like a leftover outhouse from Auschwitz⊠
Fast forward to some later runs I did for Palletforce - The tip queue seemed similar to start with, but it was going through in 90 mins instead of 3-4 hours. OkâŠ
Burton seemed straight forward enough, although they didnât like hunting for me around the yard, as Iâd always park in the darkest corner, and try and get some sleep!
Watford Gap was a lot smoother, but you didnât seem to get so long at a turnaround there. 
FT drivers would either be going âOch Aye a nooâ whilst thrusting that winning post thing they use at you, or some polish guy would politely ask you âProszĂâą umieĂ
âșciĂ⥠tutaj klawiszeâ for some reason thinking I looked polish amongst all these other hairy arsed guys tipping from all over the country⊠I think I was driving for Prospects last time I was up there. Iâve seen Wyvern & Knights of Old at all three locations, but thatâs probably just because they have catchy names & wagons. You donât remember the OD firm called âSmith @ Sonsâ do you? Smithy needs his cab lit up like a christmas tree with frilly curtains before it looks flash enough to catch our attention eh? 
I liked the old bill ceiling lights that was your queue to move on out - but only saw that at Watford Gap so far. Theyâd give you this sign âFirst Visitâ or something similar, which some might think is like wearing a âCâŠtâ label, but I found if I kept playing the âIâm a virginâ card each time I went, a few weeks apart, Iâd get treated better - like have a FT driver with a regional accent I can understand come and gently wake me up with a gentle knock on my cab door at 3.30amâŠ
Overall, I wouldnât say either actually rocks, but they have a system that seems to work.
Palletways on the other hand, are the firm that throws a pile of loose change into your lap when you decide to have a ride at their establishment⊠Maybe some guy with a cowboy neckerchief will climb up on your wagon and tug at the ariel as if to disconnect it from the overhead power supplyâŠ
Better not do that at Watford Gap though, not with those high-speed trains running right next to you whilst you open your curtains!
Being going into Palletways at Lichfield for 2 weeks now, and it is chaotic every night.They need to do what Palletforce did, and build a purpose built warehouse because these old hangers are no good for 12000 pallets every night.Palletforce works like clockwork.
Donât be one of the many assclowns who pull out of palletways entrance-way without looking while you are happily barreling along. Itâs happening so often now that iâm ready for them. But itâs just not cricket.
Maybe one of these days one of them will get collected by the guy who decides not to stop, and realise the error of their ways.
Biggest problem with Lichfield is the altitude. Itâs an old airfield, so fighting with double decker curtains in the gales that blow most nights, turns that air rather interesting shades of blue. Not to mention your forehead if you happen to catch a pole with it.
Oh, and if itâs your first visit, be sure to run those bollards over as you leave and take the turn over the bridge for the Southbound A38. They put shiny new ones out every week. They love it they do, they love it.
A38? - Yes, Lichfield and Fradley park ARE the same place then! It was about 8 years ago.
Burton PF, if I recall, is right up the other end of the A38 on the outskirts of burton itself. Big place, but much better run than PW.
bubsy06:
Much better at night, you can pull into a layby and have a â â â without having to find somewhere to hide, also its easier to drive on the right and pretend you are in france.
Lmfao
oddzpop:
LeedsChris:
They need to do what Palletforce did, and build a purpose built warehouse because these old hangers are no good for 12000 pallets every night.Palletforce works like clockworkI wouldnt quite say clockwork and i wouldnt say its purpose built either. After coming to PF for over 18 months initially it seemed bright and shiny and good but after that time you realise its just a big warehouse with 3 seperate sections.
I dont hear of any of the pallet distribution places being the cleverest however theyre are still in business and pay my wages so i dont complain.I prefer nights as well. Its the same run all the time so I look forward to roads being closed and diversions.(I definately sound like a nut job now!) No need to book time off work for the dentists or shizzle like that. Plus if i pull my finger out and get up here early ive had up to 6 hrs kip at work
It is a bit crap for a social life with my mates but theyâve learnt now that my only nights free are sat n sun.
To be honest I dont think you will ever find a job in haulage that doesnt muck up your social life at all. Just have to accept the proâs n conâs(that is Unless you make the job your social life) lolSent from my HTC ChaCha A810e using Tapatalk
The Palletforce Hub is purpose built, their website confirms this.It is one massive warehouse with 3 entrances and exits, and nothing more.That is all a Pallet Hub needs, it is so simple and straightforward.
I remember PF been at Fradley Park in the hangars, so hopefully Palletways will follow suit and move to a newly built site, or maybe it will take a fatal accident for them to realise that Fradley Park is not fit for purpose.I was there Wednesday night and 20,000 pallets went through that night, i left at 6:15 am and some trailers were still being tipped.At around midnight, lorries were backed up and at a standstill on the A38, waiting to get into Palletways.