One of the main reasons is the UK road haulage industry is so staggeringly cutthroat.
When I was unfortunate enough to live in Hull some years ago I drove an artic for a company who were part of Pallex and a regular job was loading 26 pallets of bagged aggregates from a yard near Snaith which...
I'd go even further if it were up to me.
Turn the M25 into a "Great Wall of China" style structure and let it flood. Plenty of water, albeit a bit scummy :rolleyes:, and no more self-serving drain on the rest of the UK, win win :thumbup:.
Just think how much simpler life would be if you put tools back in their dedicated storage "homes" after you use them.
The next time you needed them they'd be right where you left them, ready and waiting. Which means you'd have more time to do the job that the tool was needed for and you'd be...
Tickets to use "hiabs" for another 5 years, plus the same for forklifts and telehandlers.
Having spent a long while working for haulage companies who quite frankly couldn't be a***d, the new job is a real breath of fresh air in that training is is something to be embraced rather than seen as a...
1. Get your head round the old saying "A place for everything and everything in its place".
2. When you've finished with something, put it back where it lives.
3. Spend your time productively rather than wasting endless amounts of it wading through s***e looking for tools
Alternatively, don't...
Thanks for the replies chaps :clapping:.
@Screwdriver The only data on it is some photos, none of which are particularly important, and my email and online banking accounts, both of which I can look at on my phone. I have absolutely no idea how to back things up unless they have 8 or 9 axles...
Had a drive up Teesdale today, and called in at the Langdon Beck Hotel for a crafty pint of shandy.
Walked in the door to find the place rammed with television types that turned out be from BBC's Countryfile who were filming in Upper Teesdale for an upcoming episode. Had a nice chat with...
Folks.
Have just managed to drop my 5-ish year old Samsung tablet, model is a SM T515. There's a crack on the screen in the corner where it hit the ground and the screen is flickering madly when it's switched on, all the "things" are on screen but unreadable.
Is it dead or will it need a new...
I still have my Grandfather's bowler that he wore when he was station master in our village on the top edge of Sheffield, not long after he was demobbed from the army after the Great War.
And I also have his brass pocket watch that he gave to my Dad who became station master in the early...
Just potted on half a dozen French bean plants and have a few spares to give away:
On the right is a tray of kale seedlings, not for me but my OH loves the stuff :dontknow:. And the 2 trays on the left are tomatoes, a dozen each of plum and cherry. I'll probably plant 4 of each which will...
Having a few days off before starting the new job next week so I've managed to do a bit.
Picked up a "whetstone grinder" from Machine Mart last week for sharpening my wood turning chisels and it's now sat on a pedestal. The next task is to attack the block in front of the grinding wheel with a...
Back in the early 80's me and our kid put a 3 litre V6 Essex in our Mk 1 Transit.
It had a pair of twin choke Webers and was hooked up to a Laycock overdrive box and ended up driving a rear axle that had a diff from either a Zephyr or a Zodiac, can't remember which?? We used to see plenty of...
And when one is giving chase and "locked on" to its prey, it's beyond awesome!!
Imagine the speeder bike chase on Endor in Return of the Jedi speeded up and you're not far away. Have seen it a few times and it always ends with one last passerine and a few feathers drifting slowly down to the...
Enough to top up the log store for next winter and it's now tidy behind the summer house :clapping:.
And a great sense of wellbeing as today was my last day in a wagon. Start the new job next week running a forwarder in a timber yard so there'll be no more 3am starts on Mondays, no more...
Folks.
My little Nissan van has a factory fitted reversing camera by the n/s rear door handle, just visible above the "2" in the reg plate like so:
It switches on automatically when the ignition is on and I engage reverse cog, and the dashboard screen switches displays from:
To:
I've...