This is emblematic of the generation mollycoddled element infiltration.When i started out back in the nineties,i took it on the chin when given a trampers cab,even the cabs that resembled the aftermaths of Viking,sacrificial,ceremonies.It was a days work for which i was grateful,but i did’nt connect with the realities of a trampers requirements at the time,having never partaken of that option until much later.
The last outfit i jacked gave me considerable grief when i wasn’t able to oblige them with a full cab ‘clearout’ whence taking the odd day off,despite the fact that i ride a motorcycle,which limits somewhat, the gear,removal element of such undertakings,combined with no safe-storage options on the firms premises. (Had a fridge nicked once when working at Maritime,Southampton), which proved the last straw for me with that dreadful organisation
It doesn’t help if you’re in a truck that has no lockable storage faculty either,especially given the over-abundance of Romanian and other more unsavoury nationals (a crowded field) making their presence felt via the agency circuit.I’ve had stuff nicked on occasions.This was never a factor in times of yore,iv’e regularly removed articles of unrecognisable foodstuffs from door-pockets etc but met with generally rank indifference from the office component.Respectively a Pole and a Hungarian at my last gig.
What are the chances of trampers trucks receiving a full cv19 deep-clean in the future as a regular event,as do other work arenas? ones that don’t exactly require living a full week in- situ type of scenario. This should be a legal requirement,even though i’m suspicious in general at this whole plandemic tbh.
biggriffin:
the Agency drivers are told […] you don’t need to use the bed
You better enjoy your pillow smelling like ■■■ then. Because if I’m not allowed to sleep on my break I’m going for the next best thing which is ■■■■■■■■■■■ - an improvised mini-■■■■■■■ over a pretentious ‘‘Mah truck, mah bed!!!’’-type’o’guy’s pillow seems like the logical and righteous thing to do. Nevermind the smell us agency drivers have to endure sometimes courtesy of some of the more uhm…hygienically challenged cab dwellers.
A typical response from a muppet, the agency we use have had regular bills for Valeting of trucks which nuckle dragging Muppets like your self have used,and not followed the rules, the agency then pass that bill on to the driver, so basically it’s thems the rules, if you don’t like them go else where. A full valet cost’s £150. We now have half dozen decent agency drivers who, follow the rules and are on regular work with us.
I had a day off in the week when tramping.
Left my bedding rolled up neatly in a black bag.
Came back next day to find bed fully made up.
Temp driver swore he didn’t sleep on it, just said it looked neater made up.
Pretty weird
idrive:
I had a day off in the week when tramping.
Left my bedding rolled up neatly in a black bag.
Came back next day to find bed fully made up.
Temp driver swore he didn’t sleep on it, just said it looked neater made up.
Pretty weird
Room service?
Choccie left on the pillow?
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Hope you have a tip to encourage future good behaviour!
idrive:
I had a day off in the week when tramping.
Left my bedding rolled up neatly in a black bag.
Came back next day to find bed fully made up.
Temp driver swore he didn’t sleep on it, just said it looked neater made up.
Pretty weird
Room service?
Choccie left on the pillow?
.
Hope you have a tip to encourage future good behaviour!
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i would lick the pillow just to be on the safe side.
possibly you could just leave your pillows like this in case he gets lonely??
dave docwra:
Treat it as a day cab, either find something more useful to do with your time, or go to sleep on the steering wheel if you are really that tired…
But limpers are entitled, well so they think. Eg smoking in non Smoking motors, spilling tea/coffee in door pockets, Dirty foot prints across the cab, Greasy air-lines… and breathe
The conundrum is when the full time tramper takes a two week holiday , would you empty all the cab contents that can fill two cars , in case the employers sell the truck , so if you left all your kit in it , then expect never to see it again ?
Or you leave all your kit and the truck is involved in a fatal RTC and the police seize it for months on end , and it’s stuck in a compound , along with your favourite kettle , TV , sat nav and poster of Pamela Anderson on the cab roof ?
Another gripe is landing late at night from your holiday in Shagaluff , on a Sunday night but your shift starts at 03.00 am , with your cab empty of what you need all week , so to start Monday it will take a while to hump all your kit back in again .
Or arrive at work 03.00 am Monday to find your motor is missing , can’t find the keys , it’s empty of fuel , fuel card is missing , it’s under the trailer the agency driver used , or it’s inside the garage until 09.00 am has it’s been damaged but nobody told you all this .
And the final nail in the coffin , no delivery notes and your trailer is now VOR .
I leave them as I find them, I only take out what I put in the cab.
So if you leave your allocated truck in a mess I guarantee you will find it exactly the same when you get back in it. If there’s festering foodstuffs in the door pockets etc it get put in the locker and replaced when I end my shift.
If it has crap in the windows, knobs on the steering wheel etc I will remove them, put them in the locker and get on with my work then put them back in the cab.
The only exceptions are highly illegal offensive weapons (I’ve found machetes, axes and sabres in the cab), & illegal drugs, alcohol and w@nk socks. These are removed and placed in the safekeeping of the traffic office, who can ask the driver when they return why they need them, the latter generally gets the driver some stick.
Over the years I’ve driven some horrendous heaps of ■■■, and some that can only be described as a tarts boudoir, one had been customised with pink velour carpets inc the centre tunnel (Pawsons). While I was driving it having dumped the offensive weapons, his buddies phoned him while in Spain to tell him that an agency driver was in his cab, he them phones me to tell me to do this and that before he gets back, my response was to say Yeah, Yeah whatever and hang up.
I currently have a glassbacked driver who gets special treatment because allegedly he can’t walk far, he parks his car next to the office in the disabled bay, his truck is parked next to the office to save him walking 800m up the top of the yard where the other trucks are parked. Yet he’s too lazy to fill up the truck ready for when I take over (site policy). But since I’m able to gauge my fuel usage, I’m able to somehow replenish the fuel I’ve used and leave it exactly as he left it. This was repeated over several days, so every time he didn’t refuel it, the truck didn’t parked it it’s special place, it was parked at the top of the yard with the others, then magically he suddenly got the message and the tanks where refilled.
Does sound like the driver wasn’t told it was going to be used. And if he was leaving your bedding on is quite unreasonable. At very least take bedding off
wrighty1:
If I’m having a long weekend I’ll take the bedding out and overhead lockers and bunk are locked to prevent prying eyes and light fingers [emoji57]
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Proper tramper then. None of this 4 0n 4 off horlicks
dozy:
My instruction are and I would do anyway is to completely empty the lorry & that’s what I do , if you don’t it won’t be there when you come in on a Monday , it’s a pain emptying everything , and I mean everything on a Friday & putting it all back in on a Monday , the worst aspect is when you completely empty it on a Friday then find out on a Monday it hasn’t been out at the W/end .
It’s also a pain emptying the car out on a fri/ sat when you get home then have to put it all back in on a Sunday evening .
Why would you make an allegation of emptying your truck on a Friday, we all know that never happens.
At the front, between the dashboard and the windscreen It was a Scania, the dash sort of ‘‘dips’’ towards the front so you can’t see it from the seat. I hadn’t been in a Scanie since forever and never managed to find the button for the work light at the back of the tractor either…
Surely, when you did your vehicle checks, and checking the external side of the windscreen for cracks you would of seen a number plate on the dash.
biggriffin:
the Agency drivers are told […] you don’t need to use the bed
You better enjoy your pillow smelling like ■■■ then. Because if I’m not allowed to sleep on my break I’m going for the next best thing which is ■■■■■■■■■■■ - an improvised mini-■■■■■■■ over a pretentious ‘‘Mah truck, mah bed!!!’’-type’o’guy’s pillow seems like the logical and righteous thing to do…
Jeez mate
I was with you until then.
That comment sounds like it came from somebody of the maturity of a 12 yr old boy.
Grow up man ffs.
Bit of adult mutual respect, needed on both sides, the driver leaves his truck tidy for the night man, and the night man reciprocates.
We’re all drivers whatever…divide and conquer, this is why we have the t.s & c.s that we have.
Take the bedding home and wash it or roll it up, put it in a bin bag and stash it. I take a clean towel with me to cover the pillow and a bin bag goes where my feet will be. for normal day work. My coat goes in footwell or on the passenger seat if I don’t fancy the look of the former. If the job looks like it’s got potential for getting stuck out then I’ll have gone back to my car for my sleeping bag, cushion etc so you won’t have any worries. You’ll find your disabled handle in the door pocket. If it’s normally got a dinner table on top of the dash complete with little garden gnomes you’ll find I’ve defected it and that or the vehicle will be down the workshop. If you don’t like it…that’s a shame. You’ll find its been swept out and wiped over though, you might even find it’s been washed. If it ain’t full of fuel there’ll be a note.
It was a Scania, the dash sort of ‘‘dips’’ towards the front so you can’t see it from the seat. I hadn’t been in a Scanie since forever and never managed to find the button for the work light at the back of the tractor either…