chaversdad:
Stanley Mitchell:
Or you are going to end up with a yard full of redundant kit rusting away from each “project” that has let you down…
Tickled me too. I just wonder what the hell I have to do to get a steady contract in place and not balls it up!
It will come eventually mate, most OD,s i know have gone through 3 or 4 different companys before settling on one long term
chaversdad:
It will come eventually mate, most OD,s i know have gone through 3 or 4 different companys before settling on one long term
3 or 4 ?..it will be a bit more than that Nick…you can never trust any customer 100%, it only takes a change of “manager” and you are out…boom, gone 
Takeover`s loom large as well, so it makes sense to ALWAYS be on the look out for your next “victim”, so you are able to move pretty swiftly …
Why place your eggs in one basket ? Mine are far and wide .
Punchy Dan:
Why place your eggs in one basket ? Mine are far and wide .
Running one truck suits me and to an extent i am like an employed driver , planner ringing me up on an afternoon and telling me what im doing tomorow, that said my rate sheet only consists of places im willing to go and i know is profitable, its all one way running so back empty everyday (unless its top scotch then i.ll load timber back, sat at Fort William as i type waiting to load in the morning)
Horses for courses, i have no desire to operate more than one truck so working for one company suits me ( i.ve been with them for 16yrs so cant be too bad)
