Still plating, Still retiring next week, still fed up with driving,Still with the wife,Still looking for lifts, still not getting any. 
rocky 7:
Still plating, Still retiring next week, still fed up with driving,Still with the wife,Still looking for lifts, still not getting any.
When you say youâre ânot getting anyâ ⌠is that a reference to the âwifeâ ⌠or the lack of lifts 
⌠Sorry ⌠couldnât resist 
rocky 7:
Still plating, Still retiring next week, still fed up with driving,Still with the wife,Still looking for lifts, still not getting any.
Itâs got nothing to do with the insurance, most companies, such as the one I work for, warn you that itâs " gross misconduct " to carry unauthorised passengers. The company I work for would definitely sack you if you picked someone up.
The Rustler:
rocky 7:
Still plating, Still retiring next week, still fed up with driving,Still with the wife,Still looking for lifts, still not getting any.When you say youâre ânot getting anyâ ⌠is that a reference to the âwifeâ ⌠or the lack of lifts
Both me old mate
DieselDemon:
rocky 7:
Still plating, Still retiring next week, still fed up with driving,Still with the wife,Still looking for lifts, still not getting any.Itâs got nothing to do with the insurance, most companies, such as the one I work for, warn you that itâs " gross misconduct " to carry unauthorised passengers. The company I work for would definitely sack you if you picked someone up.
Donât worry about it DD a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do.
rocky 7:
DieselDemon:
rocky 7:
Still plating, Still retiring next week, still fed up with driving,Still with the wife,Still looking for lifts, still not getting any.Itâs got nothing to do with the insurance, most companies, such as the one I work for, warn you that itâs " gross misconduct " to carry unauthorised passengers. The company I work for would definitely sack you if you picked someone up.
Donât worry about it DD a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do.
Wow, spooky, thatâs exactly what the last bloke said, before he was sacked for gross misconduct.
I tradeplate part time. Donât have problems getting lifts so far.
My bosses have found it better,( although not always cheaper) to hire a car from the furthest point and pick everyone up in turn. the last man as to wait a bit sometimes ,but its better to sit in macdonalds for an hour than stood on a street corner with the plates up. Ah! Mac Donalds!! I knew him when he had a farm.LOL
On my 1st day, they asked me to wait at Stafford Services, for 3 guys that were on the way back from Glasgow.
I was in a car that I had collected from Hull. 4 hours I waited for them . Told the gaffer I wasnât doing that again. I find it quicker to hitch than to wait for lifts.
Hi
Does anyone currently work for uniload or similar trade plate delivery?
I am looking at a job with them as a class 1 driver and am a bit apprehensive, I dont mind nights out but am a bit concerned about being stuck somewhere paying 30-40 for a b&b and only getting paid ÂŁ20 odd for the night out.
Do you usually spend the night in the truck being delivered?
any help is appreciated.
cheers
Rob
. Welcome wood73 .
Uniload trade plate delivery have been mentioned quite a few times on this site and all the comments that I have read said - donât bother!!
Forum with some useful stuff and Forum for questions on drivers hours
I worked for them years ago to get experence. All I can tell you is that they left me high and dry a couple of times in the middle of nowhere and I had to fend for my self. Like the time up in Wick friday night at 17:00 no reply from office had to book in to hotel/B&B for night and make my way home on sat it cost me ÂŁ40 did not get it back as they said when I drop the truck of iwas finished for the week end. My advice leave well alone
I used to do a similar job to the Uniloads job while on agency. It was delivering rental bin wagons all across the country, And was always a 1 way journey. The company paid for my return train ticket each time, and as i was agency I got paid for the time spent travelling back to my car aswell. Pretty sweet being paid to sit on a train for 3 hours
My last job for them was 24th Dec 2008, And had the joy of getting back from Southend-on-Sea through London, back up to Wolverhampton⌠Needless to say, public transport the day before xmas is busy lol
I was under the impression that they`d gone bust 
i worked for them when i first got out the army they left me in colchester with nothing to drive so hitched a lift to my uncles house in gravesend stayed a few days hitched it home btw dont mateer if its class 1 or 2 they dont pull trailers anyway (well they never when i worked for them might have changed thou)
Seems a few of us have have worked for them. My time was back in 1995.
Not heard they gone bust, but did hear they have less business nowadays.
I wrote a long article of useful tips about this style of work (which can be interesting & certainly good for experience) but i think it got left behind on the old forum.
Seems you other guys didnât pick up the trick if going to be marooned somewhere remote without wheels at night, stick hold of the wheels you have got 'till morning.
Driveroneuk:
Seems a few of us have have worked for them. My time was back in 1995.Not heard they gone bust, but did here they have less business nowadays.
I wrote a long article of useful tips about this style of work (which can be interesting & certainly good for experience) but i think it got left behind on the old forum.
Seems you other guys didnât pick up the trick if going to be marooned somewhere remote without wheels at night, stick hold of the wheels you have got 'till morning.
That seems the sensible answer and is exactly what I did when I started driving a caravan transporter. I would park 3 or 4 miles short of the delivery and make myself at home in one of the vans
If I was plating and someone gave me a truck for Wick on a Friday, then unless i lived in Wick, the truck wouldnât move.
I think I might give it a miss and wait for something else to come along.
Since reaching retirement age I have been plating for a small companyin Manchester,
In general it is a good company to work for, the two bosses are hands on, and if you have a problem you tell them and argue it out, and resolve it. I have picked up loony load drivers and from what i have heard i would not work for them under their conditions.
Plating is not eveyones cup of tea. OK you get to drive top of the range trucks but you dont get to keep them
I personally only do it because I am past retirement age, and it is something to pass the time.
wood73:
I think I might give it a miss and wait for something else to come along.
Donât know if youâre a new license holder but it is excellent experience for newbies. You get to drive all manner of makes, body styles, axle layouts and gear boxes. However be prepared for a few months worth of used dust bin lorries & road sweepers until you prove you donât bend things or cook engines.
Also meet some lovely people on your lifts up & down the country. Get in a stranger, get out a friend on some longer lifts.
Think youâll find the ÂŁ20 night out allowance is if you sleep in the truck. If you need to get a B & B it will be reimbursed. That used to be the way anyway.
If i ever did this job again on a regular basis, iâd invest in a hand held CB. Very useful bit of kit.