truck i’m in at the moment,a merc 1843, doesn’t have a fuel card as it’s a hire motor,so i just use 1 from 1 of the other lads trucks when i need to diesel up
i got done late on thursday & shot off home,came in on friday & was off to 2 drops,shrewsbury,wolverhamton & a collection in smethick,b/ham,i’d looked at the fuel guage & it was on a mark less than half a tank but more than 1/4 if than makes sense,lol
anyway,sets off no problems all day.stopped at the truck stop on the A38 on way home,sets off & after a few miles the guage goes into the red & i get a warning on the dash about needing fuel,not a problem i thought,should be enough to get back as it’s only just below the 1/4 mark.
heading north on M1,still bloody windy,checks guage as i passed woodhall & it’s gone very low,so i think i’ll stop at wooley edge & put some in to get back to yard & it’ll be fine,so i did,i put £40 in.
gets back to yard,drops trailer & am also needing ad blue as well now,goes & fills that up,then goes to the garage to diesel up using 1 of the lads fuel cards,i ended up putting 392 litres in what i assume is a 400 litre tank!! 
good job i did stop at wooley edge,that would have been embarassing running out of diesel!!! 
jrl driver:
truck i’m in at the moment,a merc 1843, doesn’t have a fuel card as it’s a hire motor,so i just use 1 from 1 of the other lads trucks when i need to diesel up
i got done late on thursday & shot off home,came in on friday & was off to 2 drops,shrewsbury,wolverhamton & a collection in smethick,b/ham,i’d looked at the fuel guage & it was on a mark less than half a tank but more than 1/4 if than makes sense,lol
anyway,sets off no problems all day.stopped at the truck stop on the A38 on way home,sets off & after a few miles the guage goes into the red & i get a warning on the dash about needing fuel,not a problem i thought,should be enough to get back as it’s only just below the 1/4 mark.
heading north on M1,still bloody windy,checks guage as i passed woodhall & it’s gone very low,so i think i’ll stop at wooley edge & put some in to get back to yard & it’ll be fine,so i did,i put £40 in.
gets back to yard,drops trailer & am also needing ad blue as well now,goes & fills that up,then goes to the garage to diesel up using 1 of the lads fuel cards,i ended up putting 392 litres in what i assume is a 400 litre tank!!
400 litre tank will take around 450 litres if you brim it.
this 1 wouldn’t have,it was not far off the neck & would have struggled to get another 5/10 litres in it.
jrl driver:
this 1 wouldn’t have,it was not far off the neck & would have struggled to get another 5/10 litres in it.