I passed that the other day what’s the story looked like it had been there a while
Wreckers!!
- Thread starter Kevtherev
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76masseyman
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- Location
- Lincolncestershire
Surely the one in the ditch is just through pure incompetence ?
Sleepy maybe? Heard stories of some pretty extreme working hours, due to staff shortages, being not that uncommon this year at a meeting this morning.
That’s the trouble when you have branches thou out the countryYou have to watch those trees, have a habit of ambushing you
Most probably are
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Passed one of the black Larringtons this morning. Trailer front offside wheel caved in, white SEAT facing the wrong way with o/s front damage.
3 ambulance's and 2 police cars in attendance, however I'm told all were OK.
It's getting silly round here, the damage, driving on phones, cutting up cars.
Lee's carting in one direction, O J Neils carting it the other way!
3 ambulance's and 2 police cars in attendance, however I'm told all were OK.
It's getting silly round here, the damage, driving on phones, cutting up cars.
Lee's carting in one direction, O J Neils carting it the other way!
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
The deal that was being offered to contractors here in NI to supply Tractors and trailers was £25 an hour plus diesel per tractor and trailer. Three drivers for two tractors 16 hrs on 8 hrs off staggered running 24hrs per day.
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
Wouldn't take much to sort it, pull everything with a maize trailer, weigh it and inspect it, hand out tickets for 50 kph and keep doing it until they behave.
I saw it here with spud trucks, there used to be some junk on the road at storage time, overweight, defects, speeding etc. The commercial cops just set up checkpoints and pulled every truck. Any with problems got pulled on sight until they were legal. It completely changed the mindset with the bosses.
Funny how a desk full of fines concentrates the mind
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
Same story the world over, there's always some mug that will do it cheaper.
Who pays accommodation and food etc?
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
Don't know, didn't ask.
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Wouldn't take much to sort it, pull everything with a maize trailer, weigh it and inspect it, hand out tickets for 50 kph and keep doing it until they behave.
I saw it here with spud trucks, there used to be some junk on the road at storage time, overweight, defects, speeding etc. The commercial cops just set up checkpoints and pulled every truck. Any with problems got pulled on sight until they were legal. It completely changed the mindset with the bosses.
Funny how a desk full of fines concentrates the mind
That is the worry round here, one day DVSA (who are self funding) will cotton on and start pulling all tractors.
- Location
- Co antrim
U not away then?
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
Sure, you pick me up on the way to the boat.
- Location
- Co antrim
If i didnt have damned cows to milk and a family id be away in a shot, would beat milkin cows atm with the way the inputs are rocketing
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
Anyone I ever knew that 'went away for easy money' never came back with a Bob, easy come easy go. Stick at the cows they will still be there in 6 weeks.
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
You go to lose money with your kit or drive someone else's?
What are tractor drivers getting per hour around you?
- Location
- Co antrim
Idk for sure but around 10 an hour would probably be goin rate mabe bit more for spfh driver,
- Location
- South lakes
So that equates to £15 per hour for the tractor n trailer, !!! Must be unprofitable or purely there for enjoyment?
- Location
- Yorkshire
I understood tractor and trailer is £25/hr and man is £10/hr =£35/hrSo that equates to £15 per hour for the tractor n trailer, !!! Must be unprofitable or purely there for enjoyment?