The Eddie Stobart Fan Club actually exists?

Slig · 22-03-2011 08:27PM #1

I started driving for Eddie Stobart Ireland a couple of weeks ago and heard a few people mentioning the Eddie Stobart Fan Club. I thought they were joking about the torch & pitch fork wielding Irish hauliers that have lost contracts to Stobart but it turns out there is actually a group of people whose pastime is truck spotting.

Now I appreciate a good truck as much as the next man(:D) but the rigs we drive are mostly only 380's and although clean and colourful arent really all that impressive. His system of operation is vastly more organised and structured that any other haulier I have driven for and he is obviously very big in both the UK and now Ireland but other than that can anyone explain the attraction?

Atlantic Dawn · 22-03-2011 08:32PM

www.clubstobart.co.uk

andyseadog · 22-03-2011 08:32PM

the trucks look cool.

the word stobart sounds cool.

but on a serious note, i seen that programme they had "Eddie Stobart, Trucks and Trailers" or something like that. i thought the naming system for the trucks was very cool, and there is a waiting list of several years to get a name on a truck.

other than that... meh. :pac:

ottostreet · 22-03-2011 08:42PM

I just appreciate any company that backs a World Rally team.

Slig · 22-03-2011 08:44PM

ottostreet wrote: »

I just appreciate any company that backs a World Rally team.

I actually mentioned that at my induction, seems they are getting out of rally and into formula 1, pity

shagal · 27-03-2011 06:08PM

wonder what the money is like ?
ive heard about hauliers that nice shiney motors with all the bell and whistles but the pay is only good enough for a young lad with no family or mortgage who just want to drive nice shiney trucks ,it would be interesting to find out the average age in stobart is .

cml387 · 27-03-2011 06:20PM

It's an English thing,like trainspotting (and before anyone thinks I'm knocking it,I've done a bit of trainspotting myself:o)

And by the way OP,you can change your location now.Congrats!

Eric Cartman · 27-03-2011 06:59PM

seriously where did they come from , used to never see a stobart truck about, over the last 6 months i see atleast 3 every single day, m50, n4, n7 always there

Matt Simis · 27-03-2011 07:35PM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

seriously where did they come from , used to never see a stobart truck about, over the last 6 months i see atleast 3 every single day, m50, n4, n7 always there

Finally, Ive been saying this recently and no one would believe me. They are everywhere now.

On a side note AST did their Vinyl wrap... found it on their site when looking up Wrap options!

-Corkie- · 27-03-2011 07:37PM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

seriously where did they come from , used to never see a stobart truck about, over the last 6 months i see atleast 3 every single day, m50, n4, n7 always there

They started here with a depot in Dublin port 3 years ago. They then took all the work out of all the Tesco depots so all the Tesco trucks are replaced by Stobart trucks. He also took all the work out of Keelings. He has taken other huge contracts of irish hauliers.

Eric Cartman · 27-03-2011 07:41PM

-Corkie- wrote: »

They started here with a depot in Dublin port 3 years ago. They then took all the work out of all the Tesco depots so all the Tesco trucks are replaced by Stobart trucks. He also took all the work out of Keelings. He has taken other huge contracts of irish hauliers.

theyre everywhere, its madness , you cant be on any major road without one

-Corkie- · 27-03-2011 07:45PM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

theyre everywhere, its madness , you cant be on any major road without one

Get used of it..:p He is keeping Scania and SDC in business!!

cvisser · 27-03-2011 08:18PM

http://www.stobartgroup.co.uk/NewsCentre/NewsArticle/-Investment-In-New-Scania-Trucks/

And get used to it lol's :-)

homer90 · 27-03-2011 08:41PM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

seriously where did they come from , used to never see a stobart truck about, over the last 6 months i see atleast 3 every single day, m50, n4, n7 always there

Noticed this too ....

Said it to the missus as we were going down the M fiddy, Stobart who?

Solnskaya · 27-03-2011 08:51PM

Didnt think eddie himself was involved anymore, was he not ousted in a coup and replaced by a board of management. Stobart and dentressangle are like the Borg, resistance is futile. They buy so many tractors annually that they can throw the freebie units they get at a contract and wipe out the opposition. Not too sure their arrival is a good thing. Much like tescow will eliminated most small shopkeepers, Stobarts will probably spell doom for a lot of small hauliers..

bladebrew · 27-03-2011 09:54PM

their expansion in ireland is incredible, search stobart on trucknet uk and there are heaps of results, they seem to get a lot of abuse on there though,
the rally team is leaving faro in portugal to go across spain and the south of france down through italy then a ferry to syria and across to jordan for the next race:eek:
no idea what the wages are like though, they may annoy a lot of irish hauliers because it seems they will do a bit of everything,
although if nolans havnt put everyone else out of business yet they should be ok:)

guil · 27-03-2011 10:20PM

a few lads i know say the pay is 9 euro an hour and stricty stuck to the tacho hours so max 56 hours a week but the following week is only 34

Eric Cartman · 27-03-2011 10:25PM

guil wrote: »

a few lads i know say the pay is 9 euro an hour and stricty stuck to the tacho hours so max 56 hours a week but the following week is only 34

I wont quit the dayjob then so

bazzachazza · 27-03-2011 10:38PM

A 1000 unit order:eek: how much is a tractor unit these days ?

-Corkie- · 27-03-2011 10:40PM

bazzachazza wrote: »

A 1000 unit order:eek: how much is a tractor unit these days ?

For the normal Haulier about 80-90k depending on spec.

bazzachazza · 27-03-2011 10:44PM

Bulk order must command a serious discount.

-Corkie- · 27-03-2011 10:51PM

bazzachazza wrote: »

Bulk order must command a serious discount.

Of course! I think it works out he gets nearly 35-40 free units. He does the same with trailers..

hunter164 · 27-03-2011 11:07PM

Alright drive, do ya still have to wear a shirt and tie?

-Corkie- · 27-03-2011 11:21PM

hunter164 wrote: »

Alright drive, do ya still have to wear a shirt and tie?

No its a uniform AFAIK something like Musgraves. Allrite Pat..:)

shagal · 28-03-2011 06:17AM

haulage in this country is f...ed, stobart will do just about any kind of work even lowloader but he probably wont do tipper cos there is no money in it ,he will have trucks all over the country that will be available for work as back loads and so on and do it cheap just to get it ,and if his own trucks arnt doing it there will be hackers doing it for him cheap cos they have nothing else to do.

Vicxas · 28-03-2011 11:07AM

I heard rumours that Stobart was a real hardass on drivers who are late to deliveries, although his trucks are pretty

ToxicPaddy · 28-03-2011 12:50PM

I noticed over the past few weeks that there are loads of his trucks on the M7/M9 motorway, have been up and down that road a few times over the last few weeks and have spotted at least 2 dozen of his trucks on the road..

Is there a depot located somewhere along that road?

Tox

Cookie_Monster · 28-03-2011 12:54PM

Don't forget the trains they run too

911s · 28-03-2011 02:01PM

AFAIK this company also owns an airport in the UK, and there were talks about them
taking over Galway airport, don't know if that happened. So much for laws on monopolies.

Scottie99 · 28-03-2011 02:09PM

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

I noticed over the past few weeks that there are loads of his trucks on the M7/M9 motorway, have been up and down that road a few times over the last few weeks and have spotted at least 2 dozen of his trucks on the road..

Is there a depot located somewhere along that road?

Tox

As someone already said, there based at Tesco sites in Ballymun and Donabate. Also they run from the Port.

Scottie99 · 28-03-2011 02:16PM

911s wrote: »

AFAIK this company also owns an airport in the UK, and there were talks about them
taking over Galway airport, don't know if that happened. So much for laws on monopolies.

They also bought Aer Arann as far as I know

The Eddie Stobart Fan Club actually exists?

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