Who the hell are you?

Im a scottish ■■■■ star, largemccocks my name but when im on my meds im highways worker now,traffic management etc

Full time general haulage tramper, 4/5 nights out. Working out of the south west.

Ex agency supermarket driver (every little helps), and ex bulk tipper tramper

Full time, although someone is obsessed with me being unemployed! :unamused:

Only wagon of sorts I’ve driven is a 7 and a half ton prisoner transport vehicle, which I drove with a normal drivers licence. Never driven LGVs, and I’m a lowly womble for my sins who is alleged to shut the motorway for a crisp packet blowing round in the wind. :wink:

No box for self employed agency driver, which is what I am.

Ken.

I am not a number! I am a free man. :smiling_imp:

Wheel Nut:
I am not a number! I am a free man. :smiling_imp:

You are deffo showing your age there W N :laughing: .
(By the way who did number 1 turn out to be, I can’t remember)

I’ve been involved in road haulage for over 30 years I started out as an apprentice HGV mechanic then after an industrial disease I had to pack up the spanners then I began a career as a class 1 driver with the same firm on general haulage now my full time job is a yard shunter

robroy:

Wheel Nut:
I am not a number! I am a free man. :smiling_imp:

You are deffo showing your age there W N :laughing: .
(By the way who did number 1 turn out to be, I can’t remember)

I don’t think we ever knew did we?

I know it is a truckers forum, but surely us poor grease monkeys deserve a box to tick ■■ As we do help with issues :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Where’s my clueless idiotic steering wheel attendant option? :confused:

Well I have been working properly since 15 and have no Gcse’s,but I do have 2 city &guilds in mechanical & electronic engineering and a international cpc,and cpcs licence s and class 1,I am transport manager for someone else,I have a 3.5 tonner with crane and various trailers and a 6 wheeler foden crane too,I sub more work out than I actually do my self,my operating centre is my house ,I have a Erf E14 and a Dennis which I have restored and another Dennis hiab awaiting restoration ,I specialise in last minuite haulage uk and Europe ,I have worked on lorries all my life,I sometimes drive for my family on low loaders, wagon and drag crane ,tipper ect,although I only really like driving British vehicles.also Iam 36 just and feel like 66!!!

jeeez Dan i’m knackered just reading your post :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Class 1, 50 yrs experience incl, Europe, middle east, Scandinavia, india, Africa, eastern bloc, driven most vehicles incl auto/manual pulled most trailers incl, tilts, tauts, flat ( rope and sheet exp ) plant recovery, tankers ( liquid/powder ) fridges.
LHD exp
CPC national
CPC international
DCPC ( got the card )

Is that enough experience to post on t/net, and to apply for part time work.
Willing to learn.

Erm three years trying to the gas plug back in my SLR :laughing:
27 years going neenah neehna
2 years 26 tonne stretched CF 85 beaver tailed plant wagon
R1200 GS before Ewan :grimacing:

Agency for me, until full time employment once again pays at least as much as my last full time job I left in 2010. :neutral_face:
I’m not holding my breath right now, but I do think there is a realistic chance of me getting what I want by around 2018. :wink:

Words baffle me for this 2 page inane topic :unamused: :unamused: Don’t even know why I put this :unamused:

Self employed, artic and rigid as well as farm work and agri-contracting and firewood.

NiceRoadTrucker:
Self employed, artic and rigid as well as farm work and agri-contracting and firewood.

Now you talking my language ,my current machine is an electric start Wisconsin v4 petrol turning a 600 mm by4 mm cross cut blade with 72 teeth!

Bloke I work for, we run two of these. This is a neighbouring competitor!

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