Another one from the 60s.
North Derbyshire Engineering built an 8 wheel flat on a completely custom basis and the first time the ‘NORD’ ran down the M1 fully freighted it was going so fast that all the tyres caught fire!
oddsodz:
it was around leicester going up to mount sorrel for a load of stone on a saturday morning actualy(so teds packed it in then?wondered why i aint seen them about)
Ha ha! I was told the ‘north circular’ version, guess it was the old chinese whisper problem! So it’s not a myth then? I was also told it was a 'D’irty 'J’ack 'S’ervices driver, is that the same as your version? As for Ted, 'D’irty 'J’ack 'S’ervices are long gone, but he’s had a few more ventures since then, and as far as i know he’s still going, although i couldn’t tell you what as. Mountsorrel eh, brings back some memories…!
Roger Breaker:
oddsodz:
it was around leicester going up to mount sorrel for a load of stone on a saturday morning actualy(so teds packed it in then?wondered why i aint seen them about)
Ha ha! I was told the ‘north circular’ version, guess it was the old chinese whisper problem! So it’s not a myth then? I was also told it was a 'D’irty 'J’ack 'S’ervices driver, is that the same as your version? As for Ted, 'D’irty 'J’ack 'S’ervices are long gone, but he’s had a few more ventures since then, and as far as i know he’s still going, although i couldn’t tell you what as. Mountsorrel eh, brings back some memories…!
I worked for ted when he had pearsons transport,but did my own thing for him run around europe for eurobulk,djs! remember them well,(that was a few years ago)think he was well glad of getting rid of that company,no that one aint a myth,happened to “brickie dave” when he drove for AR WILLIAMS…he aint one for bull is brickie dave…
I parked up one night at Kings Lynn lorry park(!) & got talking to the driver next to me. He kindly warned me to be careful when round the back of the parked lorries as people did there business there. He then proceeded to tell me about a driver from his firm who has a toilet seat attached to the back of his trailer, and when he needs a ■■■■, he simply puts it down & gets his newspaper out 
I can personally vouch for a former high profile Scottish owner operator who told me of running at 56 tonnes (in the days of 38 tonnes gvw) with a fridge trailer. Hanging meat on top, marble headstones on the floor.
I also know a driver - over hours at Magna Park because he waited long after his booked in time to tip - who was told to get off the estate by a security guard. He called the Old Bill who drew a chalk line around the wagon and told the guard to leave him there until the end of his statuatory rest period.
Most myths have a basis in truth.
TK Dave:
I can personally vouch for a former high profile Scottish owner operator who told me of running at 56 tonnes (in the days of 38 tonnes gvw) with a fridge trailer. Hanging meat on top, marble headstones on the floor.
Bit puzzled here…? Swingin` meat travels from UK , not the other way. Marble travels from Italy & not the other way. How did these two exports meet on the same wagon…? Is there an urban myth marble quarry in Scotland…? I think we should be told.
lots of beef in scotland,also lots of granite,rumour has it they also export haggis if they can catch em!..think that is one of those urban myths
The swinging meat I have no prob. & granite headstones would make it less mythical. Plus those Swedish trucks were designed for 60t gross.
you dont get “marble headstones” from italy they mostly come in 10ftx6ft slabs 16 to a rack three to a trailer for 24t,but watch the last rack it always has around 32 slabs,another 8 tonne,and the wieghtbridge dont work,
paul b:
it’s got top be agency drivers at the mo, everyone you talk to is SO much better off since they “packed in” their regular job! recently i’ve heard one who claimed to have earnt £250 for a sunday, getting paid 12 hours but actually only did 4 and was home for his sunday lunch
but i’ve yet to meet anyone who’s done euro work that can’t come up with some extremely dodgy story, fella i met the other week claimed he used to double load his curtainsider every week, his firms load on the bottom and beer on the top and sold it to a [zb] in dover for a grand a run
them were the days!
I have done a Sunday before at £18 an hour and 8 hours minimum all i did was Newark to Coventry and back, I think it was about 5 hours i done that day.
Not as much as you say has been claimed but it definately happened.
doesn’t that work out at £144 for the shift?
Have you noticed how 90% of agency drivers over 50 don’t actually ‘need to work here’? Have you also noticed how the same 90% always moan about the job but still turn up every day?
TK Dave:
I can personally vouch for a former high profile Scottish owner operator who told me of running at 56 tonnes (in the days of 38 tonnes gvw) with a fridge trailer. Hanging meat on top, marble headstones on the floor.I also know a driver - over hours at Magna Park because he waited long after his booked in time to tip - who was told to get off the estate by a security guard. He called the Old Bill who drew a chalk line around the wagon and told the guard to leave him there until the end of his statuatory rest period.
Most myths have a basis in truth.
Not to mention the Lancashire operator who allegedly used to load 2 big coils rather than one as a matter of course at Walkersteel in Blackburn (with the alleged ‘assistance’ of the weighbridge operator), and the container haulier alleged recently to have loaded 2 x 22T china clay boxes on a Combitrailer…
240 Gardner:
TK Dave:
I can personally vouch for a former high profile Scottish owner operator who told me of running at 56 tonnes (in the days of 38 tonnes gvw) with a fridge trailer. Hanging meat on top, marble headstones on the floor.I also know a driver - over hours at Magna Park because he waited long after his booked in time to tip - who was told to get off the estate by a security guard. He called the Old Bill who drew a chalk line around the wagon and told the guard to leave him there until the end of his statuatory rest period.
Most myths have a basis in truth.
Not to mention the Lancashire operator who allegedly used to load 2 big coils rather than one as a matter of course at Walkersteel in Blackburn (with the alleged ‘assistance’ of the weighbridge operator), and the container haulier alleged recently to have loaded 2 x 22T china clay boxes on a Combitrailer…
Oh, and I personally was stitched up, getting on for 20 years ago, with what turned out to be 33.5 tonnes, loaded into a tandem-axle 40’ tautliner. Did I mention the 28 tonne gross unit on the front too? Fortunately, it was a downplated proper unit with a 240 Gardner, and it didn’t seem much slower! 10’ empty space in the back when it was unsealed and opened too…
And someone else who kindly put 7 tonnes into a 7.5T gross Roadrunner box van for me to drive. Happy days!
To be honest, I didn’t realise this one was a myth until I heard it for the 2nd time today.
Driver phones in to the office saying ‘my mirrors broken’.
Transport replies ‘Ok, run in somewhere and get it sorted’.
Driver replies ‘only one problem, the trucks on top of it’.
theghostofcain:
To be honest, I didn’t realise this one was a myth until I heard it for the 2nd time today.Driver phones in to the office saying ‘my mirrors broken’.
Transport replies ‘Ok, run in somewhere and get it sorted’.
Driver replies ‘only one problem, the trucks on top of it’.
That one goes hand in hand with this one.
Driver phones in to the office saying, ‘I’ve missed the ferry.’
Transport replies, ‘Well catch the next one.’
Driver replies, ‘You don’t undestand, I missed it by 6 feet.’
one from my bus days in Bedford. They used to run a couple of Routemaster buses. driver walks into the inspectors office.
“I have a problem with the indicaters on this bus, one of them is not working”
“Which one?” says the inspector.
“This one!” says the driver placing an indicator on the desk (the front indicators were on stalks above the cab!!!"
Was told the following story on the Train one afternoon, goes like this…
There’s a Paddy in Jabekke taking a break, and standing behind his wagon chatting to his mate when he is approached to take some immigrants back to the UK, so he says to the guy" Yeah sure, as many as you like". They guy gives him 30k in cash and drives off. Paddy then walks accross the Truck park to his own motor and drives off without any immigrants and 30k in his pocket…
Likely story but the driver who told me swore on his Grandad,Mum,Dad’s etc lives it was true…His mate knew the driver concerned!!
The one that I often wondered about was the one about the agency driver who reported for duty at a large parcel firm & was told he was taking an artic on a trunk to Glasgow.
He left the yard as scheduled but never arrived at the depot in Glasgow. The company were unable to contact the driver because they had no mobile number to ring him on.
After two days the transport office got a call from the agency driver. He said that he had managed to deliver most of the parcels on the trailer but was now running very low on fuel and didn’t think he would be able to deliver the rest.
Whether there’s any truth in it I don’t know. Anyone else heard it?
Life’s a Gas:
The one that I often wondered about was the one about the agency driver who reported for duty at a large parcel firm & was told he was taking an artic on a trunk to Glasgow.He left the yard as scheduled but never arrived at the depot in Glasgow. The company were unable to contact the driver because they had no mobile number to ring him on.
After two days the transport office got a call from the agency driver. He said that he had managed to deliver most of the parcels on the trailer but was now running very low on fuel and didn’t think he would be able to deliver the rest.
Whether there’s any truth in it I don’t know. Anyone else heard it?
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