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I see the figure £350 been quoted for an ETM looking after one wagon, seems to be going rate. Alot of wages are going up at the moment within the industry. I understand that a ETM is self employed and could charge what ever they want. Buy the time you've paid your insurance, travelling expenses, and tax, is 350 worth it? Would £500 for the first wagon be a big ask?

Hi, I'm a recently qualified TM and have been made aware that I need to have a Adblue monitoring system in place.
Could someone please shed a little more little light on this subject, in regards to what the purpose of the system is and also what information needs to be gathered and documented.
Thank you in advance

Evening. I am currently an internal TM and sole TM with the help of 10 OLAT trained employees, 1 at each of our depots and my directors have asked me to provide them information of what would happen if I went on long term sick. I know the rules and regs etc and what is required legally but would like to know what the cost of an external TM would be please?

30 HGV’s over 2 ‘O’ licences with 10 operating centres in total. Both licences at under 2.0 on OCRS. Based in Lincolnshire. Just need a guide price for them (then they may be shocked at what little they pay me). Please let me know if you need any further information to give me a guide price. Thanks

Hi, So one firm Restricted Licence, who I am a Consultant for, insists on continuing to use Self Employed drivers. Is there any comeback one me if the s**t hits the fan. I have put it in writing my views on the use of them.

Hi,
A quick question on tyre age checks. I have a company check the wheel torque on all vehicles and trailers fortnightly. Historically they have visually checked tyre age. Going forward I have asked if the can add the tyre ages to the sheets they forward to me. I have also spoken to the maintenance provider and they have said they check the tyre age and only note it if it is older than 10yr old. In addition during gate checks they are also checked but I am being told this is not sufficient. This is off the back of a DBA. Has anyone else come across this and what did you do????

Hello everyone, Hgv daily walk around check books. Obviously loads available. Looking for recommendations for the best. (Not ready to go paperless yet. 😉)

Good afternoon wonderful and knowledgeable people.
Quick question with regards to re-torquing procedures.
Does anyone have a sample of a good procedure and paperwork?
Also do you allow your drivers to do the re-torque or only maintenance providers?
Thanks in advance

Hello. Asking as an External TM.
If I drive the truck solo to the place of PMI and drive the truck back to the operating centre after. I do no other driving for this company, nor any other. I include it in with my TM activities invoice.

a) Do I have to insert my card?
b) I insert my card but select out of scope and that's it?
c) I insert my card select Out of Scope, but I still have to do previous 7 days manual entries?

Genuine question because I am questioning the answer now. I drive a 32T rigid and a certain company says I can travel at 32400 legally because there is an allowance on the weight. Is this actually true? I will always tip off the extra which is a massive faff but I'm not comfortable with being overloaded.

Quick question, I'm training for theory tests and case studies at the moment and this has question has come up on the CPC Module 2 training.

I chose 'Other work' as the answer but the correct answer be should be 'Period of availability.

I thought POA should be used when you know exactly how long you're going to be stopped for, so I thought other work was a more sensible option.

Thoughts?

Hi everyone, Got a question about driver hours hope can get some help here, so thank you in advance.

A driver starts his day at 11am and drives for 4h and has an extra 2 hours of other work, total work of 6 hours.
So the driver then goes home and starts his shift again at 23:00 and has 1h of driving / other work and then goes home and has a daily rest until the next day at 11am again.
So he has 7h of driving / other work every day but he has a break of 6 hours in the middle of his shift, so can anyone advise if this pattern is legal or do we have to contract another driver?

I'm just taking over as an ETM and want to get things right before starting.

Appreciate your help

Hi, Advise please: I have a driver who drives both hgv and vans. Vans no tacho, how best to record his hours would a logbook be best for van as he’s struggling with manual entries onto tacho causing problems. Secondly how as transport managers are you dealing with vans in general when used as part of hgv operation. Are you treating them the same as hgv?

Good evening, looking for some advice. We have just had an operator licence compliance audit and told we need to use tachometer cards in our 7.5 tonne trucks. We believed we were exempt because they are not over 7.5 tonne and they are being used for carrying our own materials for the drivers use in the course of their work. Also all work is within a 40 mile radius of yard. Can someone clarify please as I’m not sure that the auditor is correct.

Good evening ladies & gents,
I’m after a working time directive spreadsheet if anyone can help? Clients in breakdown/recovery game, so I can’t get info on their cards. TIA

Morning need some advice, Ideally from a TM please, if a driver is running out of hours either driving or duty some companies will send another driver to rescue them in a small van (no tacho). They are then expected to swap and the driver who is out of time then drives the van back to the yard.
Am I right to think that driving a company van comes under the same rules as driving an HGV? Is it okay to be a passenger in a company van if 2 people come to get you and they drive you back?

Need some advice on the following. I've been asked if a hgv garage providing inspection and repairs to a number of external customers purchases a tractor unit to allow them to conduct 6w brake testing plus taking trailers to MOT'S, will this garage/owner of tractor unit require an o licence or could it be used under the Recovery Vehicle Exemption? Thanks

Hello, I'm after some advice. After reviewing a trip one of my new employees completed 2 days ago, I have discovered that he pulled his card from tacho to complete final leg of the journey. A distance of approximately 32 miles. Obviously I am looking to put said driver in a disciplinary meeting. My question is, Should I report this to the traffic commissioner? Never had to deal with this before.

Evening. Question: How strict are companies regarding hiring people with a drink drive ban and 6 points?

Hi All, Recently got into a debate when I advised that a driver should not be taking their lorry home when taking weekly rest and parking it at their house (or local lay-by) as it was not the address stated on the O License. The drivers ‘night out’ every working day of the week but I was under the impression that for weekly rest the lorry should remain at the operating centre. The drivers are sleeping at their homes, NOT in the lorry of course. My colleagues did not agree and stated that as the driver stays out all week in the lorry in different locations across the UK then it makes no difference if he was to park the lorry at home when taking weekly rest. What are everyone’s thoughts? Struggled to find anything online that confirms or denies this.

Evening guys got a question, I have a pick up and trailer, obviously when there's no car on the back the weight of the vehicle and trailer combination comes under 3500kg, so does this mean the tacho is out of scope? As I'm driving to collect a car under the 3.5k limit, but as soon as I collect the car I'm over the 3500kg limit and have to turn the tacho in scope does this sound right? I can't see why I can't have it turned off on the way to a pickup and have it on when I'm actually loaded up with the vehicle.

Hello evening. How do you brake test a skelly trailer without a container to have a laden brake test? Give me some ideas please.

Evening All, When hgv drivers are working airside solely, no landside work at all, I know they are exempt from using tacho. Do they still need to follow GB Domestic hours with regards to working and driving time or something else? I want to ensure the drivers are still having sufficient rest and break periods when at the airport. Thank you!

Hi, I have just started my transport manager training. Is that true if I have ever got a penalty ticket for road transport offences, I can't be a transport manager? I mean it happened 3 years ago. I was driving in London and went into a road where it was 7.5 t weight limit and I got a ticket for it. So because of that I cannot be a transport manager ever in my life?

Just a quick question. Where a Drivers Daily Record Book is used to record GB Domestic Hours, should the timings be in UTC or Local? And before I get slated the only information in my course book or anything I have found online states UTC for manual tachograph entries, which is obvious, however I am asking about a Driver Daily Record book for GB Domestic Rules. Thank you.

Hi, An operator I know has asked me a question that, whilst I have an opinion on, I don’t know the actual answer.
The operator has been summoned for interview with DVSA after one of his drivers was stopped recently pulling a third party trailer that had no MOT (incidentally belonging to a worldwide logistics company who should have known better).
The operator runs a tight ship in relation to compliance, the driver carried out and recorded their defect check on the trailer and asked the staff member at handover of the trailer was maintained, roadworthy and MOT - to which he was advised it was.
A short distance away, he was stopped and the trailer was found to be outside of MOT by 11 months. The operator (not the driver) has been summoned to interview. My opinion is that the operator/driver is unfortunate but likely liable. Is there any obvious mitigation when a driver/operator does everything they can to ensure a third party trailer is roadworthy and legal and is ultimately let down...

If we pass transport manager course and get licensed. Can we become transport manager for our own company? A director for a company and transport manager for same company?
Thanks for info.

Hi. Which of the following is best qualification to become TM? Which can help 2 in 1?
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)
City & Guilds
NOCN Group
Skills and Education Group (SEG) Awards
Thank you for info.

Good Evening, In applying for 4 discs PSV, can you use credit cards for about £6,000 for showing the funds?

Okay, I have simple question, can you report a transport manager for not having a clue about the current regs?
Starting a new job soon so just wondering 😂
So I started a job mainly class 2 but with some van work. I was out on the vans for a few days last week. Got in the office on Tuesday and requested the keys to a lorry so I could do my manual entries for the van days. Only to be told by my TM that I don't have to do that and he has never heard of it before, and refused to give me keys. We've also come to heads about things like load security, with him saying that internal curtains are enough even though I'm sure they should all be strapped down.

Hi evening guys. I’m new here. I have question is Transport Manager CPC is similar to Driver CPC or is it a lot of different? Thanks

Hi. How long can a international company continue to operate without a transport manager? they've lust lost theirs through serious ill health. I have been approached to become their ETM but I only have national and would have to upgrade to international which means starting from the start and will take 4 weeks that's if I pass 1st time. Just asking so I can make a decision before I say yes and need to know how much time I got to pass many thanks.

Hello how do people price for consultancy, I have asked someone to assist me with 6 vehicles and they want to charge £450 for the 1st and £125 there after which is what a TM would charge to be on the licence?

I have a few friends who passed their C1 over a year ago & haven’t been able to find a job & it got me thinking what other type of license/qualification could they of spent the money on to help them get a job
So if you were to go back realistically what license/qualification would you of went for?
Let’s say you had £2k as a budget
(I now some who have paid more for their license)