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Rikki Chequer, community manager of TruckNet UK, reports on current hot topics at the driver forum.
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Truckfest Peterborough is the biggest truck show and the UK's largest social gathering of the transport industry. Along with our colleagues from Truck & Driver magazine, we are pleased to say we will be in attendance. The show is huge, and there are very few places to stop and take a breather. TruckNet UK will be hosting a hospitality area at the rear of the Truck & Driver! TruckNet UK stand providing refreshments and a place to sit, regain strength and chat with other users of the website. Call by and introduce yourself.
Topics that have caught my eye on TruckNet UK this week include a variation of the new container driver' thread I mentioned last week. A new-starter on powder tanks asks for tips from those with experience and the replies are rolling in. When I am asked about the purpose of discussion forums for drivers, it is this type of informative thread, which is littered with helpful hints and tips from all over the UK, that I point people to.
Put simply, forum users have hundreds of years' worth of experience in their registered member base, and someone somewhere knows the answer to that question that has been vexing you. All you have to do is register on the forums and ask.
The Old-Time Lorries, Drivers and Companies forum continues to highlight memories, adventures and characters from years gone by. With topics as diverse as nuclear warhead convoys, transporting garlic, the ugliest truck and Spanish Dodges, the range and depth of discussions mean readers can spend hours reading up on our industry's history, written by those who were there and did the job.
Beating down the fuel-card companies seems to be the hobby of a few owner-drivers, using the forums to compare the rates offered to each other and then getting on the phone. This is a worthy use of the forums that may save owner-drivers a bob or two. For example, one driver posted he was being offered a price of 97.81p/lit by a fuel-card company and just one word accompanied his post: "Ouch."