1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172 
Lucy Radley reports on the latest views on job security, small loads and tacho interpretation on TruckNet UK.
Page 18
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Job security is high on the agenda on TruckNet UK this week, with the credit crunch up for discussion. Does it really exist or are we all reading too much into the usual summer shutdowns and the lack of work they cause?
Opinions are divided. Agency drivers and those involved in construction-related areas are sure weare on the way down, while those on import/export work are a little more pragmatic and, perhaps, world-aware.
One poster brings us all up short, telling how he has lost his job in IT and is selling his flat to fund his LGV training. This proves that for all the concerns, this industry is suffering far less than some.
On a lighter note, the smallest loads are being compared further down the Professional Drivers' Forum, including: 20 washers on a 40ft flat; a 17-tonner going from Mansfield to Leicester with an A4 envelope; and a 45ft curtainsider from Manchester to Switzerland with one pallet. As one driver points out, at least the fuel figures looked good.
In the Safety, Law and Working Time Directive Forum, the excitement is hotting up with three tachograph experts going head to head over the interpretation of the rules relating to compensation for a reduced weekly rest. Yet again, it is clearly shown that the law is complicated only if you try to make it that way, and another driver is dispatched with the relevant documents to prove his case. But don't think this is an opportunity for him to get one over on his employers he's actually looking to do more work for them in a given period.
Meanwhile, in the Health and Family Forum, topics are diverse ranging from pictures of a shiny new grandchild to a wonderful display of home-reared pork with the caption 'The pigs are looking well'.
Here's the place for truckers' widows to get support when they find out their driver is playing away, but also for drivers themselves to get advice when they learn of a medical problem and are worried about how it may affect their livelihood.
For all aspects of transport life, you really needn't look any further than TruckNet UK.