Yes, job was stressful,if you let it. no different over here, the point is the general perception is what is as described. Youngsters see it as it is. Numerous people say on here how they won’t be renewing a dcpc. Yeah, I love my job and I always will, I enjoy driving … I used to love going out with my dad as a child. He spent 30 years as a truck driver all holidays I would spend time with my dad etc. I don’t understand. The issue of why it only took 4 days, if you know it’s not right. I appreciate loads love it and that’s great for them … like my job some loathe it some love it.
robroy:
UKtramp:
only tanker drivers can really say they are better than most.Ignoring the generalisation…, how tf do you come to that conclusion?.
So if you take an adr course and do tanker training it suddenly elevates you to the elite in terms of driver quality.?I have seen many tanker drivers do bloody stupid things, just like the rest of us.
Generalisation, a fuel tanker driver needs to drive more carefully, takes less risks and follows procedures whilst loading / discharging. I would certainly say in most cases you don’t get as many fruitcakes. No doubt there are exceptions to the rules. That’s how I reached my conclusion. I know a fair few and they are pretty switched on guys.
I think most tanker drivers take more care, the jobs are usually (but not always) worth keeping and you simply can’t damage a tank and it not be noticed, there’s no £80 ‘‘weld a plastic curtain bandage’’ on a tank, what looks a small dent might be £6000+ by the time its been assessed and a new panel welded in painted pressure tested and insurance assessed for pressure again, a sever scrape denting several panels on a pressure tank might be £20k to fix, compare to a container on a skelly, you’d have to hit something bloody hard to even scratch the paint and almost every supermarket trailer you see has umpteen gouges and scrapes, probably from Mr Anonymous.
Most transporter drivers same thing, damage is obvious and it will be noticed, and again those jobs are worth staying in, normally.
Either set of drivers are no better or worse than any other bunch of drivers, and as said they do some right stupid things just like any of us (i’m bloody glad every bugger didn’t a camera phone, especially in my early transporter days 
), their jobs might or might not be better paid, but their equipment and loads are expensive fragile and easily damaged and there will be repercussions if your name comes up more than once with multi thousand pound invoices attached.
Franglais:
I feel qualified to comment because I have driven hazardous tanks and am every bit as bad now as before.
Probably best that your not driving them now then.
I expect you wouldn’t want the contents of the tank igniting a few feet away from you.
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