tofer:
Thought I’d share this one with the room, a driver told me last night that if you take a 45 before you have done 4.5 hours you lose whatever the balance was. Eg taking your 45 after 2.5 hours then another 4.5, then another 45min break, then the last hour (if you have a 10 hour day left) with the 2 hours lost to you.
You would be surprised at how many idiots, oops I mean people, 
believe that one.
Coffeeholic:
You would be surprised at how many idiots, oops I mean people,
I wouldn’t. 
Rikki-UK:
Well I swear this is true
I was heading home from Italy and running through this tunnel when there was crash and a huge fireball , luckily by good driving I managed to swerve around the chaos and get past, had to give statement to the police which delayed me so only got to this truckstop in Southern Germany, and wouldn’t you know it beeen there an hour or so and this truck smashes into the fuel pumps and theres a masive explosion, I did what I can to help (obviously as I am “nod nod wink wink” ex miltary but cant talk about it), of course by being delayed again I missed my ferry booking by 30 seconds… and the wachted as it overturned just outside the harbour…Have we met I am sure I have told my story on a few ferry crossings?
Rikki, get the facts right mate. It wasn’t Germany it was in Spain that the massive explosion occurred, a lad who was there told me about it, he was on his way to North Korea with a supergun at the time. 
i’ve re read Tofer post
i still dont understand what it means 
He thought you had to take your 45minute break after 4.5 hours driving and if you took it any earlier you “lost” the difference. So he would drive for 2.5 have a 45 drive for 4.5, have a 45 and then think he only had an hour left when really he had three.
jeeeeez
tofer:
He thought you had to take your 45minute break after 4.5 hours driving and if you took it any earlier you “lost” the difference. So he would drive for 2.5 have a 45 drive for 4.5, have a 45 and then think he only had an hour left when really he had three.
a driver i work with said that he couldn’t do a run because he had done two 10 hour days. and yes he was working his hours out this way
When asked to go and rescue a driver on sunday I only had about 9 hours of W/T left for the week and had already said I needed to finish early that night. Once I’d ensured that I would be waiting with the broken vehicle, being recovered with it and then picked up from the garage, obviously most of this would count as POA hence no problem. The office chappy was most confused when I told him I could do it but wouldn’t be able to complete the route. He thought I was trying to be lazy.
did you hear the one about the stobart wagon breaking down, on the turn just before the loading ramp to the woolwich ferry, it happened about 5 years ago, 
and i sat in the cab with a bag on my head , the queue was so far back, the recovery guy couldnt get to me,(fame, i was on sally traffic)
(this one wasnt me) we told one of our drivers to ask for his duty frees on the woolie ferry, he did he still cant see the joke, and he tells people that he done it
cooo like the pigeon one
What about the Pickfords driver that got caught short.He got in the back of the van and had a dump in an empty tea chest. The next day a porter took said tea tea chest into customers kitchen, to pack some china and was greeted by a “Mr Whippy” 
Rikki-UK:
Well I swear this is true
I was heading home from Italy and running through this tunnel when there was crash and a huge fireball , luckily by good driving I managed to swerve around the chaos and get past, had to give statement to the police which delayed me so only got to this truckstop in Southern Germany, and wouldn’t you know it beeen there an hour or so and this truck smashes into the fuel pumps and theres a masive explosion, I did what I can to help (obviously as I am “nod nod wink wink” ex miltary but cant talk about it), of course by being delayed again I missed my ferry booking by 30 seconds… and the wachted as it overturned just outside the harbour…Have we met I am sure I have told my story on a few ferry crossings?
Edited
mushroomman:
Rikki-UK:
Well I swear this is true
I was heading home from Italy and running through this tunnel when there was crash and a huge fireball , luckily by good driving I managed to swerve around the chaos and get past, had to give statement to the police which delayed me so only got to this truckstop in Southern Germany, and wouldn’t you know it beeen there an hour or so and this truck smashes into the fuel pumps and theres a masive explosion, I did what I can to help (obviously as I am “nod nod wink wink” ex miltary but cant talk about it), of course by being delayed again I missed my ferry booking by 30 seconds… and the wachted as it overturned just outside the harbour…Have we met I am sure I have told my story on a few ferry crossings?
Rikki, get the facts right mate. It wasn’t Germany it was in Spain that the massive explosion occurred, a lad who was there told me about it, he was on his way to North Korea with a supergun at the time.
There must have been two massive explosions in the same week then.
The Tommy Stop explosion and that one in Spain.
my depot manager came up with a good one last week. We, as van drivers, HAVE, BY LAW, to take a 61 1/2 hour weekly break.
Uh, ok Kev, but what about doing time crits at the weekend?
At which point he walked out of the canteen without saying a word
(22 other drivers witnessed said “memo”)
tipping steel plate out of a fridge van is easier than you think, all u need is a forklift and set of chains
scotstrucker:
tipping steel plate out of a fridge van is easier than you think, all u need is a forklift and set of chains
u forgot the plate clamp scotstrucker
works great on box section, i beam ,i colom, circular hollow section, channel, ect
Simon:
mushroomman:
Rikki-UK:
Well I swear this is true
I was heading home from Italy and running through this tunnel when there was crash and a huge fireball , luckily by good driving I managed to swerve around the chaos and get past, had to give statement to the police which delayed me so only got to this truckstop in Southern Germany, and wouldn’t you know it beeen there an hour or so and this truck smashes into the fuel pumps and theres a masive explosion, I did what I can to help (obviously as I am “nod nod wink wink” ex miltary but cant talk about it), of course by being delayed again I missed my ferry booking by 30 seconds… and the wachted as it overturned just outside the harbour…Have we met I am sure I have told my story on a few ferry crossings?
Rikki, get the facts right mate. It wasn’t Germany it was in Spain that the massive explosion occurred, a lad who was there told me about it, he was on his way to North Korea with a supergun at the time.
There must have been two massive explosions in the same week then.
The Tommy Stop explosion and that one in Spain.
Must have been three, cos the Wallystop went up that week as well
when i tipped plate out of a fridge van didnt use clamps, there was holes cut in either corner, u got forklift to lift the plate and put the hooks of the chains in holes n attach the chains to the forklift and pull em out backdoor, must add yes i have seen the sidewalls ripped out by doing it this way
A GB sticker doesnt mean “good bank” to a Gendarme
