Juddian:
I’ve heard a spray with WD40 on alloy helps keep salt corrision at bay but can’t tell you if it works.
ACF-50 would probably work better. Easy enough to wash off once the salting season has ended.
Good product, used it for corrison protection on my cars etc, yes it would work on alloy wheels and fuel tanks no doubt, seriously expensive though.
I don’t quite understand the animosity towards those who look after their vehicles or Heaven forbid take a bit of old fashioned pride in their work (remember back when you wouldn’t dream of leaving with ropes or sheets flapping in the wind ), assumed by some to spend hours of their free time and own money when in most cases its more a case of cleaning things up during work times instead of sitting vegetating with products the company supplies, but seeing as it annoys 'em so much i’ll increase my efforts pronto.
Never paid for anything for any truck other than the odd air freshener. Always kept them clean and tidy though especially the interior.
Did not find cleaning a truck much fun really but I can spend hours cleaning and polishing (alloy) motorbikes in a garage with music and beer. Very therapeutic.
Never found any product that can stop the effect of salt on alloy!
Juddian:
I’ve heard a spray with WD40 on alloy helps keep salt corrision at bay but can’t tell you if it works.
ACF-50 would probably work better. Easy enough to wash off once the salting season has ended.
Good product, used it for corrison protection on my cars etc, yes it would work on alloy wheels and fuel tanks no doubt, seriously expensive though.
I don’t quite understand the animosity towards those who look after their vehicles or Heaven forbid take a bit of old fashioned pride in their work (remember back when you wouldn’t dream of leaving with ropes or sheets flapping in the wind ), assumed by some to spend hours of their free time and own money when in most cases its more a case of cleaning things up during work times instead of sitting vegetating with products the company supplies, but seeing as it annoys 'em so much i’ll increase my efforts pronto.
30 quid for a litre bottle with a pump/spray bottle. Not that expensive when compared with WD-40, especially when you bear in mind it is a lot more durable, so doesn’t need re-application anywhere near as often.
You’ll never see any animosity from this quarter towards any driver who polishes his employer’s motor in his own time. Ridicule and/or pity, maybe. But never animosity. Keeping it clean/tidy is all part of the normal duties of a driver, of course and takes place during working hours (for which the driver is of course paid).
I oil my chassis and polish the cab sometimes I like the working lorry image , I wear my boots at all times , I once took my brothers ERF out I think he lies on the bed with boots on by the amount of mess on it
Funny that the ‘professional pride’ excuse for getting the Turtle Wax out does not extend to the driving part of the job. Same trucks are inevitably tailgating or jockeying with other trucks at the stupidest of places, as their metallic wendy-house has to be first.
Also, can somebody explain why a grown man would put a pelmet up in a truck? Is it ironic?
Has the job become so dumbed down that a driver has to elevate his status by basking in the reflected glory of his bosses truck? Professional pride in the job used to mean a trailer with no flapping sheets, not missing and crunching gears, and respect for other drivers was generally a given, as you earned it by just being able to do the job.
Grumpy_old_trucker:
I’ve spent a fair amount of money over the years on cleaning products but every one of them were for use on the interior of the truck.
I never have and never will polish a diesel tank or wheels.
I’ve been parked up for weekends in truck stops all over Europe and watched “drivers” spend hours polishing on what’s supposed to be their time to relax, I find it sad that they feel the need to do it, many an hour spent at Carisio with a bottle of Moretti on the table looking out of the window shaking my head in disbelief.
A man almost after my own heart, so there are a couple of differences…
My spend on cleaning products for either the inside or the out side was precisely… £0.00 so the conversion to Lira wasn’t difficult. I took care of the Italian dust on inside with a damp rag and swept out with a dustpan brush, whilst the outside got a bucket of suds on the 32nd of each month.
I completely agree with you about the rest of what you said, and I share the shaking of the head, to which I’d add the rolling of eyes and
The Moretti (whatever that is) sounds like some form of alcohol, so a complete non-starter for me cos I’m a teetotaller and so would gladly swop you the Moretti for a proper brew of tea.
I’ve kept the worst until last… Carisio■■?
Carisio was a bit too ‘lively’ for my liking, so I was always a Santhia man.
Just to put on the record… in my 12ish years over the water, including just over a year working in Italy for an Italian firm, I did go to Carisio just the once so that I could say I’ve been there. I did one circuit of the parking and left without stopping.
Janos:
Funny that the ‘professional pride’ excuse for getting the Turtle Wax out does not extend to the driving part of the job. Same trucks are inevitably tailgating or jockeying with other trucks at the stupidest of places, as their metallic wendy-house has to be first.
Also, can somebody explain why a grown man would put a pelmet up in a truck? Is it ironic?
Has the job become so dumbed down that a driver has to elevate his status by basking in the reflected glory of his bosses truck? Professional pride in the job used to mean a trailer with no flapping sheets, not missing and crunching gears, and respect for other drivers was generally a given, as you earned it by just being able to do the job.
I started doing it through boredom and passing the time waiting at tip/load points as youtube etc can only go so far. That mixed in with a little bit of pride and OCD.
I don’t think professional pride and driving habits have anything to do with how shiny the truck is with respect. I have saw my fair share of [zb]boxes riding up the arse of others and making some questionable manoeuvres in my time also, with loads that looked like they should never have left the yard. By older and younger drivers. That’s just a case of the drivers style and mannerisms or lack of giving a [zb]s and not so much what they are driving. I think professional pride still exists but again just down to the driver.
As for the pelmets, each to their own
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Our lot are wanting the trucks washed every day at the end of shift in a bid to tackle the coronavirus, totally ott but it’s their money, the trucks run 24/7 so unless a late finish they get washed every day, once or twice a week is more than enough IMO.
), assumed by some to spend hours of their free time and own money when in most cases its more a case of cleaning things up during work times instead of sitting vegetating with products the company supplies, but seeing as it annoys 'em so much i’ll increase my efforts pronto. 
dd.