Truckers Corner V2.0

[SLOTEG]

lol jealous
so does it have a full sleeper on the back?

[92Coupe]

heaps of room in one of these, main bed is about the size of a king single, also has a fold down bunk, able to stand in the cab with about half a foot of clearance above me, and comes with a woodgrain dash trim

[Logger]

Our loggers come with a mud encrusted footwell and dust covered dash, how bling is that

[SLOTEG]

Originally Posted by Logger

Our loggers come with a mud encrusted footwell and dust covered dash, how bling is that

mine came with half an inch of fert all the way thru the cab...
ill snap a pic on monday when i go back

[92Coupe]

will try and get a inside pic tomorrow, ain't no dust or mud in my cab

[SLOTEG]

Originally Posted by 92Coupe

will try and get a inside pic tomorrow, ain't no dust or mud in my cab

thats because the last time yours saw offroad, the raw materials needed to make your cab were being hauled out of the mine in china

[92Coupe]

hey come on, road works count as off road, don't they??

[SLOTEG]

Originally Posted by 92Coupe

hey come on, road works count as off road, don't they??

sure *pats u on the back*

driving up a 45 degree grass bank with a full fert bin is what im talking about

[92Coupe]

ok checked, no dust to be found

[Logger]

Okay I'm a wee bit jealous.

Is that an 025 phone I spy? I just reinstalled a new Motorola M600 car phone in the newer logger yesterday, now has a cool little privacy handpiece for the drivers

[SLOTEG]

ok im jealous too 8O
nice phone :thumbsup: lol
and bob the builder lunchbox too i suspect

class 5 learners is a theory test these days aye?

[92Coupe]

yeah a old 025, ment to be getting a 027 brain for it sometime, hardly every use the cellphone, fleetlink instead
bob the builders on the dash, don't need the lunchbox

off down south for a couple of days on monday

[Logger]

No idea on the class 5 test Marc, will cross that bridge when I come to it.

[92Coupe]

i did mine as a day course, got learners in the morning had full by the end of the day

[SLOTEG]

Originally Posted by 92Coupe

i did mine as a day course, got learners in the morning had full by the end of the day

thats how i jumped from my restricted to full in an afternoon :thumbsup: only got the restricted a month earlier too
cost 700 bukkas tho

[92Coupe]

talk nice to your employer :wink: mine just made me sign a contract to stay for at least 6 months after i got my 5,

[SLOTEG]

Originally Posted by 92Coupe

talk nice to your employer :wink: mine just made me sign a contract to stay for at least 6 months after i got my 5,

hahha yeah they tried that shit on me, but i didnt sign, handed in my notice 2 weeks later and left. tried to keep my holiday pay but nope sorry not allowed to do that cause i didnt sign shit.
old boss rocked
new boss was shit
new boss just handed in his resignation last week after 2 months if that in the job
*insert me dancing*

[Logger]

My boss paid for my class 4 full course, just had to promise to tidy my room and turn the dishwasher on

[92Coupe]

so you not gonna be spreading for long?

[SLOTEG]

Originally Posted by 92Coupe

so you not gonna be spreading for long?

oh sorry
should clarify: its the old alcohol delivery job.
when i started this awesome old fulla steve was running the show. bout a month before i left he stood down and took the vacant dispatching job (lower down the chain) and a new punk from chch came up. matts his name. bout 24. no people management skills to speak of.
so matt starts making stupid changes strait away, ruining a perfectly good system we had running (the drivers pretty much ran the place, sorted our own runs, loaded the trucks etc). he changed who did what run and how the trucks were sent out on the run. first week we lost a major palmy client because he forgot to put the order on the runlist.
anyways fast forward to 2 weeks before i left, and things are bad. drivers heading out with 6 tonne of kegs and cases onboard, by ourselves. our trucks had 8 pallet bays and they were ALWAYS full. ever tried carrying 16 kegs up 2 flights of stairs alone? not cool! that shits a 2 man job. so i handed in my notice. after id done it, the senior class 4 driver handed his in the same afternoon.
now go ahead to the last friday i worked. matt accused me and vasa, another driver, of ripping off a client by not delivering a case of midori melon and 2 bottles of jack. client said they wernt in the 20 odd cases of piss we had just delivered. basically accused me and vasa of stealing, infront of all the other staff. didnt ask for an explination or anything. so i got on the phone to the rep, she went to the client and "found" the missing product sitting ontop of the caes EXACTLY where we said it would be. matt was informed. no appology to either of us. vasa walked off the job then.
come the following monday i did the same. went in on the wednesday, handed back my uniform and access card, told them they cant hold my holiday pay as i only had to give 2 weeks notice, not the 4 they wanted, and my 2 weeks was up, and said the company is going to shit to the managing director
still got the mad reference off steve (old w/hse mgr, now dispatcher) and he txt me today saying that matt had quit
if i can get my car fixed tomorrow morning (not bloody likely) ill head over for a chat and a beer

cliffs:
new boss starts up and changes everything for the worse
alot of stress being put on the drivers
myself and another driver hand in our notice
myself and another driver get accused of theft
accusation proved false, other driver walks
i walk the following monday
new boss quits !

[92Coupe]

yeah, seen that happen before,
walked out of my old job due to 75+hour weeks, low pay, aways running overweight, to much stress etc,
now working average 50 hour week, double the wage, nice gear (as your saw), bugger all stress

[VTEC22]

So Trucker guys what do you actually have to do to get the baby class 2 license

Manager thinks it would a good idea to have it after driving all the little trucks around

[SLOTEG]

Originally Posted by VTEC22

So Trucker guys what do you actually have to do to get the baby class 2 license

Manager thinks it would a good idea to have it after driving all the little trucks around

many moons ago that was but i think its like ya car one
scratchie test for learners
pay for restricted
driving test for full

there are plenty of driving schools around you can do it with and they can knock loads of time off it too, from learners to full in like 2 days kinda styles

[92Coupe]

yeah, scratch test is the same as a car with 8 extra truck related questions, wait 6 months on your learners, then sit a driving test to get your full

[Logger]

Excuse the poor pics, my phone is crap.