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by Ian_bits
Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:11 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: I’m seeing a lot of posts about blocking motorways etc, and tbh to begin with I thought a “go slow” could work. But
Replies: 171
Views: 589

Re: I’m seeing a lot of posts about blocking motorways etc, and tbh to begin with I thought a “go slow” could work. But

it must be hurting the Taxi’s as well, so I am sure they would support it they’ve done it before they could soon bring London to standstill I don’t think the way forward is to leave the lorries in the yard as someone will be willing to try and steal your contract and make money while your sat in th...
by Ian_bits
Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:00 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: Good morning all. Middle lane hoggers now 3 points and 100£ fine.
Replies: 141
Views: 419

Re: Good morning all. Middle lane hoggers now 3 points and 100£ fine.

They should be putting a minimum speed limit at 60 for cars, it'll keep em out of our way then (tongue in cheek)
by Ian_bits
Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:01 pm
Forum: Haulage companies | Owner-drivers and fleet owners | General discussions
Topic: Can we just put it out there a back load is a back load it doesn’t mean does anybody wanna work for nothing load.
Replies: 56
Views: 338

Re: Can we just put it out there a back load is a back load it doesn’t mean does anybody wanna work for nothing load.

RHA recommend £3 per mile why talk about anything less Just turned £2 per down rather watch the tv I wouldn’t take much notice of those morons. They’re fine for inspection sheets and courses on how to file your photos but they haven’t a clue how to operate a commercial enterprise £3 per mile is a g...
by Ian_bits
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:14 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: Just need an advice, Is it worth it? I'm new Class 1 driver working on skip lorry now coz can't find a job with
Replies: 197
Views: 688

Re: Just need an advice, Is it worth it? I'm new Class 1 driver working on skip lorry now coz can't find a job with

Your lucky to have a job as a newbie. Did you really think that a business is going to let you loose with a 44ton truck worth god knows how much the insurance for you will be high until you prove yourself. Old saying walk don't run. would a skip lorry add to my experience on class 1? no, but it wil...
by Ian_bits
Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: Haulage companies | Owner-drivers and fleet owners | General discussions
Topic: Afternoon all, For a Amazon UK Transport Owner fuel looks like free!!!
Replies: 25
Views: 168

Re: Afternoon all, For a Amazon UK Transport Owner fuel looks like free!!!

My mate makes more with his newly lebara news corner shop that he recently opened. And only small decent one. He turns 4-7k per week with a small shop. Imagine and compare the amount of pressure, responsibility and stresses caused by a hauling business to the small shop owner.
🤷🏼‍♂️
by Ian_bits
Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:10 pm
Forum: Bus and coach drivers | General discussions
Topic: Just a quick question guys what is the law regarding car seats for babies and toddlers on Coaches? Thanks in advance
Replies: 81
Views: 398

Re: Just a quick question guys what is the law regarding car seats for babies and toddlers on Coaches? Thanks in advance

the situation is, like a taxi I guess, we dont have to supply them, no obligation to use them, but if someone supplies their own, then no problem.... If they bring there own car seats let then fit it if any problems then your not to blame I would run it past your insurance company....where there is...
by Ian_bits
Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:09 pm
Forum: Bus and coach drivers | General discussions
Topic: Just a quick question guys what is the law regarding car seats for babies and toddlers on Coaches? Thanks in advance
Replies: 81
Views: 398

Re: Just a quick question guys what is the law regarding car seats for babies and toddlers on Coaches? Thanks in advance

Iorifect wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:07 pm
Andlass-Bo wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:06 pm
Iorifect wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:06 pm

I know! Sorry.....
No probs Iorifect
the situation is, like a taxi I guess, we dont have to supply them, no obligation to use them, but if someone supplies their own, then no problem....
If they bring there own car seats let then fit it if any problems then your not to blame
by Ian_bits
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:54 pm
Forum: Haulage companies | Owner-drivers and fleet owners | General discussions
Topic: Hi everyone I need some help here. I have a friend who bought an 18 tonne truck. He needs me to drive it to the Port
Replies: 110
Views: 512

Re: Hi everyone I need some help here. I have a friend who bought an 18 tonne truck. He needs me to drive it to the Port

Wouldn’t risk it.
Those ministry little hitler wankers will ask and whether it’s right or not and if you haven’t they will more than likely do a full inspection carried out with the upmost arrogance.
Never met a decent one yet.
by Ian_bits
Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: Right got a question for your all. I'm sure we've all seen it happen, where car drivers will just sit in Lane 2 or 3
Replies: 206
Views: 2320

Re: Right got a question for your all. I'm sure we've all seen it happen, where car drivers will just sit in Lane 2 or 3

your saying lazy 🤔 maybe they just don't understand 🤷 not all drivers do even though they should 🤔 they're taught it in the highway code so it's laziness or ignorance, can't just go aw I didn't know that it's your responsibility to know it you use the road I get car drivers aren't the best, especia...
by Ian_bits
Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:10 pm
Forum: Haulage companies | Owner-drivers and fleet owners | General discussions
Topic: Hi, Anybody know a decent liquidation company. So I can get rid of my Ltd company please. I have a bounce back loan
Replies: 81
Views: 774

Re: Hi, Anybody know a decent liquidation company. So I can get rid of my Ltd company please. I have a bounce back loan

teenageor wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:06 pm Whatever you do get professional advice otherwise you can end up in severe hot water. HMRC are not going to be happy with you closing a company down that still owes BBL. You should have an accountant who can help. If not find one.
it's nothing to do with the HMRC
by Ian_bits
Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:10 pm
Forum: Haulage companies | Owner-drivers and fleet owners | General discussions
Topic: Hi, Anybody know a decent liquidation company. So I can get rid of my Ltd company please. I have a bounce back loan
Replies: 81
Views: 774

Re: Hi, Anybody know a decent liquidation company. So I can get rid of my Ltd company please. I have a bounce back loan

then find another accountant. Just because he is useless is no reason just to not payback a BBL and liquidate your company. ive not used the company for 18 month & been paying it but they're clearly never going to let us use it again. I would continue to pay the BBL. Liquidation is not somethin...
by Ian_bits
Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:36 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: ADVICE PLEASE... My current employer (who is a sole trader, and been paying very low) is demanding I work 4 weeks
Replies: 270
Views: 2762

Re: ADVICE PLEASE... My current employer (who is a sole trader, and been paying very low) is demanding I work 4 weeks

Grranderat wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:36 pm
Ian_bits wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:35 pm
Grranderat wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:35 pm

even if employer saying 2 weeks?
1 week!
marvellous. Cheers mate
no problem
by Ian_bits
Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:35 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: ADVICE PLEASE... My current employer (who is a sole trader, and been paying very low) is demanding I work 4 weeks
Replies: 270
Views: 2762

Re: ADVICE PLEASE... My current employer (who is a sole trader, and been paying very low) is demanding I work 4 weeks

Grranderat wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:35 pm
Ian_bits wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:35 pm
Grranderat wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:34 pm

what if you get paid weekly? Is it one week notice then?
yes
even if employer saying 2 weeks?
1 week!
by Ian_bits
Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:35 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: ADVICE PLEASE... My current employer (who is a sole trader, and been paying very low) is demanding I work 4 weeks
Replies: 270
Views: 2762

Re: ADVICE PLEASE... My current employer (who is a sole trader, and been paying very low) is demanding I work 4 weeks

Grranderat wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:34 pm
Ian_bits wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:34 pm
Wilsondi wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:33 pm 1 week is all by law doesn't matter what your contract says.
wrong! It depends on on how you are paid! If you're paid monthly then its a months notice, 2weekly pay is 2 weeks notice! My wife works in employment law!
what if you get paid weekly? Is it one week notice then?
yes
by Ian_bits
Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:34 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: ADVICE PLEASE... My current employer (who is a sole trader, and been paying very low) is demanding I work 4 weeks
Replies: 270
Views: 2762

Re: ADVICE PLEASE... My current employer (who is a sole trader, and been paying very low) is demanding I work 4 weeks

Wilsondi wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:33 pm 1 week is all by law doesn't matter what your contract says.
wrong! It depends on on how you are paid! If you're paid monthly then its a months notice, 2weekly pay is 2 weeks notice! My wife works in employment law!
by Ian_bits
Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:24 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: Talking to a lad today and he said his boss gave him a b#llocking for putting his card in before 4am as he is a day
Replies: 125
Views: 1188

Re: Talking to a lad today and he said his boss gave him a b#llocking for putting his card in before 4am as he is a day

Ianphally70 wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:22 pm You can sign out of this the boss should know that 🤔
think the majority of our lot don’t need to worry about the ten hour rule
by Ian_bits
Fri Jan 19, 2024 2:43 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: Apparently you are supposed to put on hazard lights when entering a HGV parking area in motorway services. Drove
Replies: 152
Views: 1254

Re: Apparently you are supposed to put on hazard lights when entering a HGV parking area in motorway services. Drove

beckieeWzy wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 2:42 pm
DANIELLAN wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 2:42 pm
beckieeWzy wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 2:42 pm I’m disappointed there wasn’t a fairy Queen on her unicorn. 😔
(Always one that’s not happy)
im sorry, i will do better next time
fairy lights might help too. 🤣
ya pushing it now gurl
by Ian_bits
Fri Jan 19, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: Apparently you are supposed to put on hazard lights when entering a HGV parking area in motorway services. Drove
Replies: 152
Views: 1254

Re: Apparently you are supposed to put on hazard lights when entering a HGV parking area in motorway services. Drove

DANIELLAN wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 1:52 pm
chritext wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 1:52 pm Hazards or not, if I follow another truck into the parking area I assume they might well, you know, park.
yep, makes sense to me, i have no idea what goes on in some people brains 😂
nothing mate, absolutely f**k all!
by Ian_bits
Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:16 am
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: I'd just like to share a positive. Today was my third day driving artics and I have not done curtain work before.
Replies: 162
Views: 1533

Re: I'd just like to share a positive. Today was my third day driving artics and I have not done curtain work before.

Yes, I'm the same 8 weeks ago I passed and had help from Benton Brothers driver to reverse on a bay he stood in the rain guiding me on I emailed his company to say thanks maybe you could do that just don't get caught up with them on a roundabout! The f*ckers will cut you up as soon as look at you! ...
by Ian_bits
Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: CPC for or against, myself I would have it for newbies and maybe one every 5 years but only for new legislation etc,
Replies: 155
Views: 1249

Re: CPC for or against, myself I would have it for newbies and maybe one every 5 years but only for new legislation etc,

I'd have loads more of it and have it harder. I'd have modules you'd have to do for stuff like tankers, tippers plus all the other types of bodies / trailers. Without a pass of a proper exam then you couldn't use that type. Something like an exam on the regulations every year or 2 and then a course...
by Ian_bits
Fri Dec 29, 2023 7:20 pm
Forum: Haulage companies | Owner-drivers and fleet owners | General discussions
Topic: Hello, A question to the owner drivers in here. What is the best way to become one, lease, rent or just save up and
Replies: 53
Views: 518

Re: Hello, A question to the owner drivers in here. What is the best way to become one, lease, rent or just save up and

pampad wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 7:18 pm What you need is a DaVolNia 😂
Daf comfort
Volvo running gear
Scania looks
DAF comfort??? The worst, most uncomfortable hard seats ever, the bunks however are comfy
by Ian_bits
Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: Afternoon all, Anyone know where I can find correct info please my tm has tonight told us in order for us to claim
Replies: 100
Views: 1250

Re: Afternoon all, Anyone know where I can find correct info please my tm has tonight told us in order for us to claim

laker1igen wrote: Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:06 pm
Ian_bits wrote: Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:06 pm
gerpath33 wrote: Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:06 pm

that’s the bonus 🤣
tax free too lol
probably have to put your back into it and work all night so I wouldn’t recommend to much motorway driving the next day!
drive for an hour and split break for a quick kip
by Ian_bits
Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:06 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: Afternoon all, Anyone know where I can find correct info please my tm has tonight told us in order for us to claim
Replies: 100
Views: 1250

Re: Afternoon all, Anyone know where I can find correct info please my tm has tonight told us in order for us to claim

gerpath33 wrote: Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:06 pm
Ian_bits wrote: Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:05 pm
gerpath33 wrote: Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:05 pm If you sleep in cab it’s a night out. If you sleep in house no night out
what if its someone else's house?
that’s the bonus 🤣
tax free too lol
by Ian_bits
Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:05 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: Afternoon all, Anyone know where I can find correct info please my tm has tonight told us in order for us to claim
Replies: 100
Views: 1250

Re: Afternoon all, Anyone know where I can find correct info please my tm has tonight told us in order for us to claim

gerpath33 wrote: Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:05 pm If you sleep in cab it’s a night out. If you sleep in house no night out
what if its someone else's house?
by Ian_bits
Thu Dec 14, 2023 10:35 am
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: OK - 1st post so be gentle. I'm trying to get a feel for the reasons why drivers would disable the AEB, why and how
Replies: 211
Views: 1641

Re: OK - 1st post so be gentle. I'm trying to get a feel for the reasons why drivers would disable the AEB, why and how

I drive to wales and on the same part of the a55 every morning it picks a bridge up and brakes. Weve been told to keep them on though in our cpc course and we could be at fault if we were involved in a accident and it was turned off the only reason your bosses want it left on is "just in case ...
by Ian_bits
Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:04 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: Hello! Please can you recommend what SAT NAV should I use, especially that I am a new starter. Thanks
Replies: 106
Views: 837

Re: Hello! Please can you recommend what SAT NAV should I use, especially that I am a new starter. Thanks

If you can afford it Tom Tom expert so far so good no low bridges but has sent me down single narrow country lanes but still got there 🤗
by Ian_bits
Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:55 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: AFTERNOON, Right why am I limited to 56mph but a coach the same size with like 50 people on it can fly about at any
Replies: 100
Views: 792

Re: AFTERNOON, Right why am I limited to 56mph but a coach the same size with like 50 people on it can fly about at any

Don_Lexicon wrote: Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:55 pm Maybe you should of been a coach driver then if it bothers you that much
been there and got the T-shirt! Sh*te job, at least in an artic on general ya load doesn't get pissed and sing for f**kin hours on end?
by Ian_bits
Fri Nov 24, 2023 11:39 am
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: Bit of advice needed I was involved in a very minor slow speed accident on the m62 yesterday but after some advice
Replies: 116
Views: 963

Re: Bit of advice needed I was involved in a very minor slow speed accident on the m62 yesterday but after some advice

That's the law !!! unfortunately brain dead car drivers don't do that and think it's there right too push in...ehh not when I'm driving a truck it isn't... same here, I've run a few into the hard shoulder before now, impatient bloody car and van drivers think they have right of way coming off a sli...
by Ian_bits
Thu Nov 23, 2023 2:09 pm
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: Hi everyone, it was my first day today in a lorry professionally (multi-drop), though I didn't keep a check on the
Replies: 306
Views: 2563

Re: Hi everyone, it was my first day today in a lorry professionally (multi-drop), though I didn't keep a check on the

ingh9dent wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2023 2:04 pm Working time 6 hours need 45 min
You shouldn’t be driving if you don’t no what your doing with hours
working time at 6 hrs needs a 15 minute break, not 45
by Ian_bits
Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:01 am
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: Hello, Is it right for a company to charge you 500 excess if you have accident? Full time paye. I've refused to sign
Replies: 104
Views: 1562

Re: Hello, Is it right for a company to charge you 500 excess if you have accident? Full time paye. I've refused to sign

If you have been given a contract and you do not sign, after 12 weeks it automatically becomes legal, if there is something in the contract you do not want to accept, then you have to have a meeting with your boss if you do not agree a compromise then they can get rid of you. its 13 weeks before it...
by Ian_bits
Sat Apr 01, 2023 11:54 am
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: What's a cheap truck nav that works that I can buy until I can afford one with all the bells a whistles? I've only
Replies: 77
Views: 1102

Re: What's a cheap truck nav that works that I can buy until I can afford one with all the bells a whistles? I've only

Does anybody know if you can change vehicle types on co pilot? I used to use co pilot as a van driver but now that I’ve changed jobs and doing HGV driving it seems I can’t change vehicle type on the app. Has anybody else had this issue?? Thanks
by Ian_bits
Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:59 am
Forum: HGV truck drivers | General discussions
Topic: Hi folks, The trucks are supplied with fridges and proper inverters. What would you recommend that I buy as I hardly
Replies: 83
Views: 1126

Re: Hi folks, The trucks are supplied with fridges and proper inverters. What would you recommend that I buy as I hardly

Batch cook at home, freeze them and reheat in ya microwave! Jobs a good un! No need to eat shop bought micro meals and the shite they serve in msa's

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