When I did “tramping” on general work it was out of depot to point/s of delivery, when empty it was find a load of some sort to just about anywhere.More often than not away nearly all week unless you where lucky enough to load up with something passing base,more often on a Friday to get you home for Saturday morning.
These days some seem think they are tramping if a load from base entails a night out or two, even if its their own work out and back.
Perhaps I`m old fashioned or out of touch,but how much is general work with many companies preferring contracts.
lolipop:
When I did “tramping” on general work it was out of depot to point/s of delivery, when empty it was find a load of some sort to just about anywhere.More often than not away nearly all week unless you where lucky enough to load up with something passing base,more often on a Friday to get you home for Saturday morning.
These days some seem think they are tramping if a load from base entails a night out or two, even if its their own work out and back.
Perhaps I`m old fashioned or out of touch,but how much is general work with many companies preferring contracts.
Ok but you’re going back to a different era.
The phrase ‘backload’ knackered the original concept of tramping, the kind of tramping my Dad did in the 60s.
But then the haulage firms contracted to the consignor cut the rate they were given to ribbons,.and passed it on to the subcontractor,…when the term ‘backload’ really meant a vastly reduced rate load paying just enough to cover fuel back to depot.
So basically your second paragraph is what tramping is today in most cases, so they don’t ‘think’ they are tramping.,.they are tramping, with some having more nights out than others depending on distance, type of work, and number of drops.
I always considered I was a tramper as I would deliver from A to B, reload C to D then E to F etc. we were hauling goods from different manufacturers, but held contracts with all of them. A to B and back was just trunking. no matter if it took more than a day, multi drop on one load was just “delivering!”.