alix776:
But sprinter only does about 400 miles to a tank. 2400 in 48 what’s the problem ■■? Many uk guys overnight for a week at a time in cans for much less
If on a motorway they can do 500+ (that’s a 62 plate). We have an older one in work (56 plate) and I’m sure it has a long range tank fitted, seems to go on forever. I went from Warrington to Goole, to Blackpool and back to Warrington on less than half a tank.
There used to be an optional 100L fuel tank on Sprinters when ordering new.
Ross.
Don’t think many operate the 100 ltr tank anymore the standard is around 80
The tanks maybe different, for one thing they are not Mercs, they are Frieghtliner Sprinters, they are built for US highways, not European one’s.
It’s of no consequence anyway because the job is crap.
Sure the job is crap - and of academic interest only to us in the UK, but…
If I were a young man with no family to worry about and living in some carp accommodation - this would be a chance to see the country at someone else’s expense. So you might be left in Small Town Illinois for days waiting for a job, but you might also be on a Californian beach. Your expenses are low and the opportunities good.
I would have done it round Europe in those circumstances.
Santa:
Sure the job is crap - and of academic interest only to us in the UK, but…
If I were a young man with no family to worry about and living in some carp accommodation - this would be a chance to see the country at someone else’s expense. So you might be left in Small Town Illinois for days waiting for a job, but you might also be on a Californian beach. Your expenses are low and the opportunities good.
I would have done it round Europe in those circumstances.
Agree’d but in Europe I would have had rights, in the USA whoever does this job has no rights, no health coverage in case he had an accident and sent to hospital. All workers in this country are treaded like trash, unless you are in the lucky spot where you found a very rare good company.