Just a quick question really: How many of your employers have let you take your tractor unit home with you on a regular basis? How many of you rely on your employer allowing this to happen?
I love it when I see the tractor unit sitting outside my door, looks mahoosive 
When I worked for Tilcon one of the âperksâ was that everyone took their lorries, all eight wheelerâs, home, that all changed around 1984 though when we had to park them at the quarry due to insurance problems. That made a 24 mile round trip for me then. 
Not many (if any) firms taking them home around here nowadays.
Pete.
I think VOSA take dim view on that practice too these days 
what like a neighbour who brings units home and trys to fit it in the space outside his house ,but its only big enough for a car ,so it blocks the footpath too ,and then sits ticking over building air up in the early hours
then drives off like its a subaru
makes more noise than me in my jcb 
I took the lorries I drove home,but nowadays they are supposed to be kept at the operating centre,other than when you are on a night out.
Years ago , I used to park mine at home , those gardner engines were good at keeping the greenfly down
we had a guy qho always parked his unit at home, home every night by 6, then new owners came in, put a stop to it, now he shares his pride and joy with a night driver, cause if the wheels arent turning it isnt making money. it broke his heart, said it was lke sharing his wife at night 
luckily the otehr driver respects the truck and all the guys belongings (he bough fridge, microwave, telly, fancy dash trim, curtains etc himself)
When I worked for Rxxx, I was parking my car inside the yard. But they were too busy to give me my set of keys, so often when I was back saturday or during the night, I had no access to my car, as it was locked inside. Few times I parked the lorry outside on the street and took a taxi home, but then I got fed up and as they not only gave me my own set of keys, but moaned about parking the lorry outside the yard in this dangerous Industrial Estate, I started to take it home.
The fun stopped when one monday I was asked to do a 6 days week and I told them I cannot, as I was driving yesterday. They were surprised and asked how I was driving on sunday as I wasnât worked. I told them: âwell, my car was locked in the yard and I needed to go to Tesco, so I drove your lorry thereâ.
It took them 20 minutes to organize a set of keys for me (after nearly two months of working there).
Anyway, this company is a laugh. I met the guy whoâs now working there driving my lorry. He was taking fuel on Abbington services and he was moaning that the office muppets organized him a new fuel card, which is for vans only and he canât draw more than 100 litres 
He said he tried many ways to solve this problem, finally heâs not giving a â â â â and just take 100 litres at the time.
ânext stop - charnock richardâ said he and drove off 
orys:
When I worked for Rxxx, I was parking my car inside the yard. But they were too busy to give me my set of keys, so often when I was back saturday or during the night, I had no access to my car, as it was locked inside. Few times I parked the lorry outside on the street and took a taxi home, but then I got fed up and as they not only gave me my own set of keys, but moaned about parking the lorry outside the yard in this dangerous Industrial Estate, I started to take it home.The fun stopped when one monday I was asked to do a 6 days week and I told them I cannot, as I was driving yesterday. They were surprised and asked how I was driving on sunday as I wasnât worked. I told them: âwell, my car was locked in the yard and I needed to go to Tesco, so I drove your lorry thereâ.
It took them 20 minutes to organize a set of keys for me (after nearly two months of working there).
Anyway, this company is a laugh. I met the guy whoâs now working there driving my lorry. He was taking fuel on Abbington services and he was moaning that the office muppets organized him a new fuel card, which is for vans only and he canât draw more than 100 litres
ânext stop - charnock richardâ said he and drove off
haha loved it mate
Sam Millar:
orys:
When I worked for Rxxx, I was parking my car inside the yard. But they were too busy to give me my set of keys, so often when I was back saturday or during the night, I had no access to my car, as it was locked inside. Few times I parked the lorry outside on the street and took a taxi home, but then I got fed up and as they not only gave me my own set of keys, but moaned about parking the lorry outside the yard in this dangerous Industrial Estate, I started to take it home.The fun stopped when one monday I was asked to do a 6 days week and I told them I cannot, as I was driving yesterday. They were surprised and asked how I was driving on sunday as I wasnât worked. I told them: âwell, my car was locked in the yard and I needed to go to Tesco, so I drove your lorry thereâ.
It took them 20 minutes to organize a set of keys for me (after nearly two months of working there).
Anyway, this company is a laugh. I met the guy whoâs now working there driving my lorry. He was taking fuel on Abbington services and he was moaning that the office muppets organized him a new fuel card, which is for vans only and he canât draw more than 100 litres
ânext stop - charnock richardâ said he and drove offhaha loved it mate
+1 
When the circumstances happened to make it desirable i could always bobtail my unit home when i lived in the UK. I got on well with my neighbours and it was only the odd night or weekend. No one ever complained anyway
I made a special point of starting the engine and moving off out of the cul-de-sac on tickover only.
If i ever need to take my truck home nowadays there is no problem as it is considered much more acceptable over here. Many drivers and owner drivers base their trucks from home and the wife of my neighbour opposite drives a full size school bus which she keeps on the drive so i feel guess no one will complain about me.
I had the Lorry all the Years at home.
Just in Uk not,as they run 24 hour and i go Home after my Shift.
would think most trampers like me have found somewhere handy near home to park mid week, you canât beat your own shower and a meal at your own table whilst still getting paid for a night out.
iâve always taken the unit home. itâs always been that way.
iâve recently started a job on UK work. itâs a crap job with crap money. after the first week i was told i had to park the unit in the yard.
âi donât own a car, so it will be outside my house at the weekendâ said me.
âwell itâs been the policy for a few years now, some drivers were nicking diesel, so they have to be left in the yardâ said the transport manager.
âiâm not interestedâ i said.
and the unit is outside my house, and not another word has been said.
limeyphil:
iâve always taken the unit home. itâs always been that way.
iâve recently started a job on UK work. itâs a crap job with crap money. after the first week i was told i had to park the unit in the yard.
âi donât own a car, so it will be outside my house at the weekendâ said me.
âwell itâs been the policy for a few years now, some drivers were nicking diesel, so they have to be left in the yardâ said the transport manager.
âiâm not interestedâ i said.and the unit is outside my house, and not another word has been said.
Ha ha you da man !!! 
limeyphil:
iâve always taken the unit home. itâs always been that way.
iâve recently started a job on UK work. itâs a crap job with crap money. after the first week i was told i had to park the unit in the yard.
âi donât own a car, so it will be outside my house at the weekendâ said me.
âwell itâs been the policy for a few years now, some drivers were nicking diesel, so they have to be left in the yardâ said the transport manager.
âiâm not interestedâ i said.and the unit is outside my house, and not another word has been said.
Good on ya sir!
I have been home based for a number of years, but I donât want the bloody thing outside my house, so I have always managed to rent or beg a bit of land although the last few companies have paid for my truck to be parked near home, not a problem with VOSA if they are on yellow or other foreign plates
Very often bring mine home as my boss doesânt want a DAF to spoil his yard full of FODENS
CRISPY:
Very often bring mine home as my boss doesânt want a DAF to spoil his yard full of FODENS
I live a hour from the yard and if im near home in the week i park the lorry at home and the boss has never been bothered nor are my neighbours I always fire it up and then creep away on tickover so not to wake anybody and in 9yrs living here i have never woken any neighbour up