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Big changes afoot at work.
« on: 05 January 2011, 20:20:31 »
We're a small firm & only run old trucks, our newest two are 53 plates, one bought new, my old Globetrotter is a V reg & much as i love it it's on it's last legs. Captain Kirk has run up intergalactic miles in it & Spock borrowed it in his lunch break!!! Anyway today i was told to apply for my digi card..06 reg upwards? My gaffer plays his cards close to his chest & would say no more. I've been online & ordered the relative forms. I phoned him a few minutes ago & "fished " for more info. All i got was we've lined up a huge ongoing container work contract with a big shipping firm & i'm one of four drivers he's cherry picked for the contract & he will let me know the rest when i get back from Millom tomorrow.
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« Reply #1 on: 05 January 2011, 20:23:13 »
Good news by the sound of it Guy. Particularily as small hauliers must be really feeling the pain with the cost of fuel these days. ;)
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Re: Big changes afoot at work.
« Reply #2 on: 05 January 2011, 20:24:06 »
Hope the news is as good as it sounds to be  :y
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« Reply #3 on: 05 January 2011, 20:27:18 »
Seems like an exciting development is taking place for you Guy. 8-) 8-)  Great news! :y :y :y :y
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Re: Big changes afoot at work.
« Reply #4 on: 05 January 2011, 20:29:47 »
Sounds good, hope it goes well.

Lets hope its not milk containers and the new fleet are small electric vehicles  ;D
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Re: Big changes afoot at work.
« Reply #5 on: 05 January 2011, 20:32:15 »
Fingers crossed its good news :y
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Re: Big changes afoot at work.
« Reply #6 on: 05 January 2011, 20:32:31 »
OOH!!! you are going to learn to hate the digicard!!!!
its a bastard of a thing, from the first day you use it you will be getting demerits, the software is atrocious, be warned it counts 1 second as a minute so the best advice I can give is do not run to your 4.5 hours as you would on a tacho, just rund max 4.15 and take your break then, do not try and do a 15 folloewd by a 30 it will not like it, unless you do a 20 and a 50 you will get it wrong!! mine is due for renewal in march and im seriuosly thinking about not doing it!! :-X 
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Re: Big changes afoot at work.
« Reply #7 on: 05 January 2011, 20:40:33 »
sounds promising :y
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Re: Big changes afoot at work.
« Reply #8 on: 05 January 2011, 21:04:21 »
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Sounds good, hope it goes well.

Lets hope its not milk containers and the new fleet are small electric vehicles  ;D
Hello Mr. Gumby. I used to be a Milkman, a sadly dying trade now. Before that as a lad i used to drive anything from 3 wheel electric floats to Bedford CF's. I was only 12 or 13 then but it allowed the Milky to do his bookwork while i drove.
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« Reply #9 on: 05 January 2011, 21:07:10 »
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We're a small firm & only run old trucks, our newest two are 53 plates, one bought new, my old Globetrotter is a V reg & much as i love it it's on it's last legs. Captain Kirk has run up intergalactic miles in it & Spock borrowed it in his lunch break!!! Anyway today i was told to apply for my digi card..06 reg upwards? My gaffer plays his cards close to his chest & would say no more. I've been online & ordered the relative forms. I phoned him a few minutes ago & "fished " for more info. All i got was we've lined up a huge ongoing container work contract with a big shipping firm & i'm one of four drivers he's cherry picked for the contract & he will let me know the rest when i get back from Millom tomorrow.
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 :P Will you still talk to us when you`re a 'top-link' driver! ;)


Monsieur un pilote d'élite! :y
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« Reply #10 on: 05 January 2011, 21:09:27 »
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Good news by the sound of it Guy. Particularily as small hauliers must be really feeling the pain with the cost of fuel these days. ;)

 :P Would that be one under 5' 2" ? :D
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« Reply #11 on: 05 January 2011, 21:25:45 »
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Good news by the sound of it Guy. Particularily as small hauliers must be really feeling the pain with the cost of fuel these days. ;)

 :P Would that be one under 5' 2" ? :D
;D ;D ;D

Congrats Amigo - assuming it turns out to be what you're hoping for :)
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« Reply #12 on: 05 January 2011, 21:41:54 »
Nice one Guy :y It's always nice to get a new unit. My last 2 years at DFDS I got cherry picked for a new contract and given a brand new (253 km on the clock IIRC) FH16 520, lovely bit of kit it was too! Was never a fan of pulling skelly's though, they can be very fidgety with nothing on.
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Re: Big changes afoot at work.
« Reply #13 on: 05 January 2011, 21:43:33 »
Hope it all works out great :)

The digital tacho's are based on a design spec that was agreed in the 80s..... hence why they are slow and rubbish  :-X
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« Reply #14 on: 05 January 2011, 21:49:38 »
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We're a small firm & only run old trucks, our newest two are 53 plates, one bought new, my old Globetrotter is a V reg & much as i love it it's on it's last legs. Captain Kirk has run up intergalactic miles in it & Spock borrowed it in his lunch break!!! Anyway today i was told to apply for my digi card..06 reg upwards? My gaffer plays his cards close to his chest & would say no more. I've been online & ordered the relative forms. I phoned him a few minutes ago & "fished " for more info. All i got was we've lined up a huge ongoing container work contract with a big shipping firm & i'm one of four drivers he's cherry picked for the contract & he will let me know the rest when i get back from Millom tomorrow.
    You can't get a promotion as a truck driver but you can get the cream! 8-)
Not always the case. The company I used to work for had a driver who had lots of good ideas about how to expand the business and make it more profitable. He was made a director, and then managing director.He built the company up from running 4 trucks to running approx 130 trucks in 5 different depots around the country.
When the owners ran the company into financial trouble a couple of years ago it ended up in the hands of the administrators.
He (Dave Watson) had a chat with his bank, and then bought the company from the administrators. So all the trucks which used to run in Milbank Trucks livery can now be seen in David Watson Transport livery. :y
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