UK Transport Crisis?

[jagman2]

Just to put that in perspective - what's a budget price for the 44 ton unit and trailer they'll be responsible for on their £9.50?

Depends what is, the variables are endless but safe to say £120,000 would be a cheap average starting price for a reasonably new tractor and trailer. Closer to £150-160k if you are taling fridge ir other specialist trailers

 

[Truxx]

I think supermarkets need to take a look at what they're selling. Does Lidl really need to be selling inflatable kayaks, angle grinders and unicorn onesies? That shit takes up waggon space, space that could be better utilised. Ergo one waggon full of groceries or two waggons both half full of unwanted shyte? Lidl are an extreme example, but they're all at it. It needs to stop. Want to buy shyte? Amazon. Logistics should be about essential goods... like beer, whisky and arsewipe.

And how does that shite get from the Amazon warehouse to your front door? Unfortunately the likes of Amazon are part of the emerging problem.

One G in wagon. Unless you are 100 years old or it's a Sentinel. Pedant mode off

 

[jagman2]

Motherwell was a one off but tomorrow mathew I’m going to be a hairy arsed trucker going to Morrison’s / Farmers boy at winsford.
2.40 each way , I hr tip 10 hrs minimum at £15/per hour and no dirty fingernails.
I am so glad I’m not having to find drivers !.

I'm working on the theory that id running the show gets to much like hard work I'll hand in mynotice and get behind the wheel
Never been easier to get a reasonably paid driving job.

I'm on fair money but reality is a 50 hour week for the right employer and I wouldn't be a great deal worse off.

My employer is aware I'm thinking about it.

 

[loofkar]

Very interesting thread, thank you.

 

[jarrod248]

St Peter of the hammer found his perks.

Exactly, where there’s muck there’s whores.

 

[jagman2]

Motherwell was a one off but tomorrow mathew I’m going to be a hairy arsed trucker going to Morrison’s / Farmers boy at winsford.
2.40 each way , I hr tip 10 hrs minimum at £15/per hour and no dirty fingernails.
I am so glad I’m not having to find drivers !.

As an interesting asides, I've been sending drivers in to collect from RDC's to collect for us for the last few days.
Those RDC's ar enow being desperately helpful in getting drivers turned around.
They know that every pallet a customer collects himself takes a bit of pressure off themselves and gains them a bit more space in their warehouse

RDC's that are normally quite unhelpful to drivers have discovered a new found spirit of co-operation

 

[Cloth bomber]

I'm working on the theory that id running the show gets to much like hard work I'll hand in mynotice and get behind the wheel
Never been easier to get a reasonably paid driving job.

I'm on fair money but reality is a 50 hour week for the right employer and I wouldn't be a great deal worse off.

My employer is aware I'm thinking about it.

I’m in the middle of having a specialist aircraft retrieval trailer built, ( to do insurance recoveries , and that sort of thing). It will be towed by a Range Rover to keep out of the clutches of Tacho cards.
I recon that i can keep my self busy by quietly developing that Buisness and doing two or three days driving a. Week if my time is free.
All this will be considerably less hassle than my previous full time job.

 

[jagman2]

Brake Bros - Dont they supply Witherspoons?

Think so, they supply a massive variety of customers

 

[Retired bloke]

I’m in the middle of having a specialist aircraft retrieval trailer built, ( to do insurance recoveries , and that sort of thing). It will be towed by a Range Rover to keep out of the clutches of Tacho cards.
I recon that i can keep my self busy by quietly developing that Buisness and doing two or three days driving a. Week if my time is free.
All this will be considerably less hassle than my previous full time job.

So how big is a trailer for a Boeing A380?

 

[jagman2]

I’m in the middle of having a specialist aircraft retrieval trailer built, ( to do insurance recoveries , and that sort of thing). It will be towed by a Range Rover to keep out of the clutches of Tacho cards.
I recon that i can keep my self busy by quietly developing that Buisness and doing two or three days driving a. Week if my time is free.
All this will be considerably less hassle than my previous full time job.

Being frank, my job has just been hard graft during the pandemic and it would be hard to say I enjoy it these days. I'm fairly relaxed about it all because a Class 1 gives you options

I went so far a few weeks ago as to discuss notice period with the directors but they've asked me to give them a few weeks to change my mind.
My name is on several O Licences for them so extracting myself responsibly isn't an easy thing to do.

 

[Truxx]

I’m in the middle of having a specialist aircraft retrieval trailer built, ( to do insurance recoveries , and that sort of thing). It will be towed by a Range Rover to keep out of the clutches of Tacho cards.
I recon that i can keep my self busy by quietly developing that Buisness and doing two or three days driving a. Week if my time is free.
All this will be considerably less hassle than my previous full time job.

Just keep the whole lot under 3500 kg.......there is a whole new world of DVSA pain out there for those who dont.

 

[Cloth bomber]

As an interesting asides, I've been sending drivers in to collect from RDC's to collect for us for the last few days.
Those RDC's ar enow being desperately helpful in getting drivers turned around.
They know that every pallet a customer collects himself takes a bit of pressure off themselves and gains them a bit more space in their warehouse

RDC's that are normally quite unhelpful to drivers have discovered a new found spirit of co-operation

I heard something remarkably similar today about Morrison’s monolith of an RDC at bellshill. And those weegie mothefvckers have never been helpfull in the 20 years I’ve had dealings with them.
Maybe it’s the solar eclipse thats affected them !.

 

[solomon88]

Think so, they supply a massive variety of customers

Yes, all the "home-made" pub meals.

 

[jagman2]

Yes, all the "home-made" pub meals.

I did a short stint for them a few years back.

 

[Cloth bomber]

So how big is a trailer for a Boeing A380?

Not that big if you have a sthil saw and a big box of discs.!!
( its actually a 3 axle low loader about 24 foot with a 9’ clearance tilt on it)
big enough for a Cherokee .