TruckFest 2016

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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Truck & Driver and TruckNet will once again be attending the Truckfest show at Peterborough’s East of England Showground on 1-2 May.

You can find us on stand is A7 and our theme this year will be sleeper cabs through the decades, charting the advancements in sleeper cab design since the 1970s.

During the two days, we will be running a number of demonstrations giving tips on improving driver welfare, including how to get the best in-cab cooking along with ideas on how to stay fit and do exercise, even when you are tramping for a week at a time.

T&D staff will be on the stand all weekend to answer any questions or just chat about the magazine. We will also be offering some great subscription offers for T&D and our sister title Commercial Motor.

The T/Net staff(Me) will be there to take all the flack- drop by and say hello, its always good to put a face to a username :wink:

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I’m amazed anyone subscribes to CM. They have about four articles per issue and stacks of adverts. Anyway, what are the admission prices for TF this year? Might take my son…

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We are also pleased to welcome the The PDF to our stand, a small charity that serves professional drivers only please drop by and give them your support

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See you there :smiley:

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Thanks so much for inviting the PDF :smiley:

We will be rattling buckets in style as usual but will also be able to answer questions about where your donations go and explain just how much help they have made this last few years :smiley:

Pat

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Rikki-UK:
We are also pleased to welcome the The PDF to our stand, a small charity that serves professional drivers only please drop by and give them your support

Should that not be PDA?

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Should that not be PDA?

No, the PDA ceased to exist in 2008 and made way for a far more needed and worthwhile charity called The Professional Drivers Foundation.

Do try and keep up Driver-Once-More :unamused: :smiley:

Pat

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Muckaway:
I’m amazed anyone subscribes to CM. They have about four articles per issue and stacks of adverts. Anyway, what are the admission prices for TF this year? Might take my son…

Me too ,there’s very little in it ,be better monthly .

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Sorry can’t be there have an injured house guest ( son has snapped his tim & fib although on road to recovery will still be here )

Can make a donation to the PDA though let me know how Pat

Can verify they are a good worthwhile corse I know this to be true ( as 5 years ago they helped my mam when my dad passed )

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pda-uk.org/donations.html

There we are Animal, it will be most appreciated and if anyone else clicks the link why not take a look around the website too and find out more about what we do :laughing:

We managed to beat our own record a couple of weeks ago. I had a desperate phone call at 3pm on a Friday afternoon from a current, but unable to work due to an accident, lorry driver who was destitute with no money, leccy or food.

Managed to check him out, contact the other Trustees and agree an emergency payment to him which was in his bank by 5pm that afternoon. He was told to contact us by BEN, the RHA’s benevolent fund, who couldn’t help him :unamused: :unamused: :smiling_imp:

Pat

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bloodoodle:
http://www.pda-uk.org/donations.html

There we are Animal, it will be most appreciated and if anyone else clicks the link why not take a look around the website too and find out more about what we do :laughing:

We managed to beat our own record a couple of weeks ago. I had a desperate phone call at 3pm on a Friday afternoon from a current, but unable to work due to an accident, lorry driver who was destitute with no money, leccy or food.

Managed to check him out, contact the other Trustees and agree an emergency payment to him which was in his bank by 5pm that afternoon. He was told to contact us by BEN, the RHA’s benevolent fund, who couldn’t help him :unamused: :unamused: :smiling_imp:

Pat

Thanks

I have not long gone back after my accident last aug ( fractured ankle & ruptured achillies )

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" I had a desperate phone call at 3pm on a Friday from a current".

Last week I had a raisin mithering me about PPI, followed by a cold call from a sultana.

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£20.00 per person to walk around what is basically a lorry park with few extras, I’ll give it a miss thanks.

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eagerbeaver:
" I had a desperate phone call at 3pm on a Friday from a current".

What a shocking experience that must have been!

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Driver-Once-More:

Rikki-UK:
We are also pleased to welcome the The PDF to our stand, a small charity that serves professional drivers only please drop by and give them your support

Should that not be PDA?

As long as it aint the P. D…nah not even gonna put the last letter. ( Wouldn’t dare, not sure if Rikki would take the joke or not, might catch him on bad day :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: )

Sorry Rikki! :smiley:

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Gangan:
£20.00 per person to walk around what is basically a lorry park with few extras, I’ll give it a miss thanks.

The classic ones at Gaydon are much better value. No z list celebs, boring recovery demonstrations and Tang Wavers blowing air horns (you get the last bit free at all ■■■■ riddled msas at 5am).

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Gangan:
£20.00 per person to walk around what is basically a lorry park with few extras, I’ll give it a miss thanks.

Freebie for me.

Won a family ticket courtesy of Scania on their Facebook site.

I’m an honarary Yorkshireman. Owt for nowt.

Happy days. :smiley:

Ken.

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Going to Llandudno instead, hope to see far fewer chequered shirts, slip on dealer boots and angry Pigeons!

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TBH I’d rather go to the Tip Ex show and look at stuff relevant to actually doing the job.

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I’m sat overlooking the show ground getting loaded right now. Never been to Truckfest but as its only half an hour from home I may pop down weather permitting to see what the fuss is all about.