Bye bye lorries......

[Dayvo]

My uncle was a long-distance lorry driver yonks ago, based in Southampton and spent most of his time in France, Spain and Portugal. I liked the idea of being a lorry driver cos I thought you could eat and sleep whenever you wanted.

I'm not interested in vehicles, but I saw this beauty on the net yesterday: SEXY!

https://nikolamotor.com/one

 

[Brandane]

Thanks for that information, didn't know that.

I would check that it is actually correct before you let your licence expire!
You didn't spot my other deliberate mistake in the above post. Have you ever seen a Tesco RDC that actually bothered to employ a CLEANER?

 

[Brandane]

[QUOTE 4608588, member: 9609"]there are an amazing amount of farkwits who will work for next to nothing providing they get a nice shiny truck to drive[/QUOTE]
I never did like driving bling lorries; the owners tend to be a bit paranoid about drivers putting a scratch on them. I once did a double manned shift from Prestwick to the Airbus plant at Broughton, near Chester, and back again, with the guy who owned this......

I was quite happy that it was in for a service or something on that particular day, and he had a rented Scania for that trip. God only knows how much that paint job cost him. He has since replaced that Scania with this one:

Both paint jobs look horrendous IMHO.. Well seen he was one of the few people making good money in haulage as an owner/driver on a lucrative contract working the maximum legal hours whenever possible. A real dyed in the wool truck anorak, which made for an "interesting" shift!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

It's 25 hours per week over 5 days (Monday to Friday 0800/1300) as a maintenance/security/gardener/oddjob/mini-bus driver at a local long established business. Sounds like it was tailor made for my circumstances and interests; so here's hoping I've found a good 'un. Time will tell.

Sounds great, hope the routine won't spoil it for you

 

[Brandane]

Sounds great, hope the routine won't spoil it for you

It will be good to have a bit of routine again, rather than the pick 'n' mix lottery which driving for an agency is!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

It will be good to have a bit of routine again, rather than the pick 'n' mix lottery which driving for an agency is!

Yeahbut: you won't be able to do an impromptu Coast to Coast.
It may rain on your allocated time off

 

[Brandane]

Yeahbut: you won't be able to do an impromptu Coast to Coast.
It may rain on your allocated time off

I can; I'll just need to do it QUICKER .

 

[Brandane]

[QUOTE 4608633, member: 9609"]I wasn't meaning that far over the top.[/QUOTE]
Aye, I know the companies you mean. Nice looking blingy motors driven by newly qualified drivers being worked to the bone for minimum wage.