s14driftking wrote: » Trust me I’d of had no problem doing it. Dunno if it’s just me or what lately but there is more and more car drivers getting aggressive and dangerous lately around lorries.
SEPT 23 1989 wrote: » It really annoys me that the jobs that actually matter and are very stressful are poorly paid Fully support the sub forum Are many lads still doing continental work or is the money gone out of that as well?
SEPT 23 1989 wrote: » Surely the last vehicle on the road you get aggressive and dangerous around is a truck
s14driftking wrote: » There always looking with adds on donedeal. Lidl work is also horrible work. It was my first job.
s14driftking wrote: » They did 3 or 4 of them. Horrible horrible trucks dafs are
Cork Truck Driver wrote: » I'll have to shop around so for cheaper quotes for the ADR. Did your quote include the exam fee? the 2 courses are over 5 days from what i remember, tankers 2 days,packages 3 days. Multi drop is a curse, i did it for 5 years, i swore never again would i do it unless the money was something else which it won't be anytime soon :rolleyes: I'm doing nationwide, it's grand and handy,if i'm going up East i bounce up the road and collect a trailer in Dublin to collect my load, then straight back to the depot. If i'm going West i go up with the full unit collect and back down again, in both cases i just drop the trailer and go home. The waiting before Christmas the biggest killer for me though, i was waiting 9 hours to be loaded as someone didn't do their paperwork properly and check me in, so it was hectic to get all of that sorted. That day was a 15 hour shift when i thought it was going to be 8/9 which it usually is. The doherty hours/money are that bit better than what i am on currently though, the main difference between what they do and what i do is they have to load the truck themselves,i don't. I don't even have to actually get out of the cab unless i'm dropping/picking trailers or going home. I'd rather do the extra bit of work though for the extra few bob and start/finish at respectable times. Doherty's can start at about 4 in the morning and finish around 3/4/ that day, you'd still have some bit of time with the family, which at the moment is manageable but difficult.
Cork Truck Driver wrote: » Working in Lidl itself? They offered me €11.50 an hour one year to come off the road, at the time that was more than I was getting for driving, the thoughts of being in a store all day didn’t appeal to me, had that in Dunnes. The one job you don’t see advertised as often is one for drivers of petrol tankers, €19+ is the figure going around.
audiavantawx wrote: » Didnt get a quote i am just working of memory with 300 Will see what the story is when it comes up if i am going to renew it It is a curse ye and the traffic around the capital is a nightmare at the best of times and then you know the usual,always someone who doesn t want to play ball and get you tipped or is just taking the lunch break Sounds handy enough alryt wouldnt mind something the likes of that myself,set run like i said would be the ideal,same thing day in day out or swap around between diferent run,ah i will keep an ear out for something that suits. Dont mind the 12 to 15 hour shifts myself once i am getting payed by the hour,wouldnt do a day rate,you just get shafted.
audiavantawx wrote: » Noticed the aggressive driving and no patience for lorries alot myself I think most lads who drive or have drove them always will help a fellow driver out Especially when your stuck on the limiter a few clicks more than the boy in front and cant get out Junctions/Motorways/Sideroads you know the usual spots,always give a flash of lights and hold the traffic off,i know how much i appriciate it myself
Cork Truck Driver wrote: » A day in the life of a trucker, compliments of DG McArdlehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbfcSPDU64o
neris wrote: » Ned used to put out good videos of his trips out but hes not doing continental stuff anymore
Cork Truck Driver wrote: » 1995 Volvo FL10 Copyright Jason Begley.https://www.flickr.com/photos/smallwarrior/4521172693/in/photolist-6GrRGV-63VtNA-6k5HaB-7MpTA1-obwFCN-7Twc8k-7TPveN-7T5sDW-6kargu-7NXSVZ-7PDpGh-7TXq5f-63Rkvv-6k9T7o-6katNw-6Y8dWu-8zJCnX-7TztWf-8m3Fmu-7PYaGg-7TwrxK-8vbU9S-8uQqxx-6k9Wcj-7TXDvW-7rHW8S-6QfGpf-8WoKP1-7MYoQh-7TU7br-7rjy6H-6k5HSg-7TUfMF-7PYa2g-7N91PB-7TTQCc-7RJVeL-7TPsso-7TX7iU-7TUrpB-7TUmyD-7TXgDJ-4ymTmF-7x22kJ-dhXXZB-7vddZu-75nkNa-7zH3cz-7MwT1R-6MYArL/
Odelay wrote: » Didn't think brewery's ran 6x2? Thought they were all small yokes with 20 or 30 foot trailers?
Rave.ef wrote: » That's a beauty. Can't beat the older Volvo. Wev a few early fhs as back ups with well over a million on em and they pull like a new yoke. Have any of ye seen o Flynns f12 around the port of cork. Some bark off it. All there fleet is unreal tho
maxflinn wrote: » Hi folks, I recently passed my class C test and got my CPC on the same day. I have the license and tacho card and am just waiting on the CPC card to arrive and I'll be banging down the doors of hauliers etc looking for work! I'm hoping the money has improved a bit since 2013 - 2016 when many 'depressing' posts were made on another thread on this site discussing truckers wages, given the apparent (?) shortage of drivers. I'm hoping too that zero experience won't be a major problem! Can anyone comment on the wages - are they now better? And potential lack of experience situation in today's market? I'm based in Waterford. Thanks in advance.
neris wrote: » A few foreigners Ive spotted on the roads over a while Lithuanian heading for Dublin port last night Hungarian having a cuppa before Xmas. Nice new XF cab on it
audiavantawx wrote: » Just from personal experience and not to turn you off 9 to 14 hour days for a rate of 100 Minus your tax then And you will earn every penny of it,Most likely stressed to the eye balls Dont forget taking abuse all day from the public because you have no place to park Keep your options open for other work is my opinion On the plus side you might get a scanny with side pipes and enough lights to be seen from the moon Best of luck with it
Cork Truck Driver wrote: » Long journey from Lithuania though, but if you are single or have grown up kids it can be a nice life seeing the world a bit.
neris wrote: » My brother in law drives continental. Hes back and forward from Lithuania to the UK regularly on a car transporter. He was in the UK last week and got sent down to Barcelona and back to UK. The crowd he works for treat like him filth. He used to do runs for them from Holland to Moscow, 2 years ago we were over at xmas and he was only coming back into Lithuania from Moscow in the early hours of xmas day after been out for 2 weeks. He got a call from his boss on 29th asking him to take a load to moscow to be dropped by new years eve. Boss was politely told to F off and get someone else.
