robroy:
Dipper_Dave:
I had a weird moment of considering doing this to my tank as ive been banned from ■■■■ for a week due to an empty sack.
Given up on the odea now though as a new truck is on the cards but nowt wrong with a bit of vigourous polishing now and again.
Also saw a truck with frillies and considered getting them for mine but its a slippery slope, be bloomin chrome wheel rims next if I aint carefull.
We know you use that cat for all sorts of dubious activities, but don’t be using it to buff your tank, it’s not big and it’s not clever, give the poor bloody thing a break man.
Quite right, last thing I would want to do is cover me ■■■■■ in t-cut and find out she wasnt a natural ginger.
Darb:
robroy:
Darb:
When I’m on a shift with plenty of down time, I dont mind doing a bit of something, I’m getting paid and it passes a bit of time on
That’s ok mate , each to his own,…but look upon it like walking around in sussies and stilletoes, don’t let anybody see you as they will take the ■■■■.
What if I polish me tank while wearing sussies and stilettos ■■
That’s fine as long as you send us a photo 
burnley-si:
before
after
how have you done that mate? looks class
look at the 1st picture 
, angle grinder with polishing mop and cutting wax
tango boy:
burnley-si:
before
after
You’ve missed a bit!!
OFF and you can pick the 1st word mate
robroy:
Darb:
What polish do you use?
I find a good ■■■■ works after a couple of pints the night before.
Here’s a housewife style tip though.
Watch out for certain Trucknet users photographing you while applying this technique to put it up as a post on here (especially if on an msa 
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Real answer… none, life’s too [zb] short 
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Ouch il just pull that knife out of my back , is it yours robroy
schrodingers cat:
DAF95XF:
schrodingers cat:
Tanks are supposed to be camouflaged not shiny.
Pride in the job maybe
With a shiny tank pride in the job would imply that your job is cleaning. If I had been a driver owner then maybe a shiny tank would be seen as looking after my investment.
However as a truck driver pride in the job for me meant getting the load to the customer on time without upsetting other road users, no damage, coming home with a clean licence and giving the customer a good impression of the company I worked for.
A shiny tank never quite did it for me, but whatever floats your boat.
Agree if you’re driving different units day to day but don’t agree so much if you’re a tramper assigned to one unit that’s pretty much yours. I do agree if you’re not paid to do it though. Heavy cleaning maybe company thing but I used to clean my old Scania 113 6x2 (paid) at the end of the week. I liked it although it wasn’t anything special and standard motor. Used chassis cleaner to get the red rails and tank it all up nice. In the Merchant Navy the Officers start training with chipping and painting. They say it’s the first step of preventative maintenance.
No joke, a UK airline I worked for issued us with 3 inch paintbrushes and screen wipes to clear dust off the pedestal in the flight deck and clean the instrument screens. The cleaners never cleaned the flight deck. It didn’t bother me. What bothered me was sitting all day surrounded by crumbs of 1 month old crew food and screens covered by remnants of a thousand sneezes.
burnley-si:
before
after
Your before still looks better than my “after”
Freight Dog:
schrodingers cat:
DAF95XF:
schrodingers cat:
Tanks are supposed to be camouflaged not shiny.
Pride in the job maybe
With a shiny tank pride in the job would imply that your job is cleaning. If I had been a driver owner then maybe a shiny tank would be seen as looking after my investment.
However as a truck driver pride in the job for me meant getting the load to the customer on time without upsetting other road users, no damage, coming home with a clean licence and giving the customer a good impression of the company I worked for.
A shiny tank never quite did it for me, but whatever floats your boat.
Agree if you’re driving different units day to day but don’t agree so much if you’re a tramper assigned to one unit that’s pretty much yours. I do agree if you’re not paid to do it though. Heavy cleaning maybe company thing but I used to clean my old Scania 113 6x2 (paid) at the end of the week. I liked it although it wasn’t anything special and standard motor. Used chassis cleaner to get the red rails and tank it all up nice. In the Merchant Navy the Officers start training with chipping and painting. They say it’s the first step of preventative maintenance.
No joke, a UK airline I worked for issued us with 3 inch paintbrushes and screen wipes to clear dust off the pedestal in the flight deck and clean the instrument screens. The cleaners never cleaned the flight deck. It didn’t bother me. What bothered me was sitting all day surrounded by crumbs of 1 month old crew food and screens covered by remnants of a thousand sneezes.
How do you get on with food as there are no pax and therefore cabin service? Take a packed lunch?
Is it just you and the co-pilot or is there an air loadmaster type bloke on board too?
