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Thats a point, where is the CB Radio??? 
Just had a good night with "Barbara Hilary" - 56k No.
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Other thing i dont see is a sat nav?
Soldato
He's a lorry driver, they don't get lost
Oh, I do. I just let my map reading skills fail me rather than trust a Sat-nav that tells you to drive into rivers etc.
CB's are crap tbh.
Soldato
I'm with you, sat-navs are not as good in some cases than a map, much prefer a map when I am on holiday somewhere new in the UK, nothing like getting lost and trying to figure out where you are, usually causing a ruccus with the missus
I thought all truckers had a CB radio
One more thing, have you ever rung up Sally Traffic??
I'm with you, sat-navs are not as good in some cases than a map, much prefer a map when I am on holiday somewhere new in the UK, nothing like getting lost and trying to figure out where you are, usually causing a ruccus with the missus
I thought all truckers had a CB radio
One more thing, have you ever rung up Sally Traffic??
Most foreign truckers who get stuck down country lanes etc are usually following blindly, their sat navs, I never wish to fall into this category.
A simple road atlas gives you a far better idea as to a routes suitability for a 44 tonner.
Not many trucks have CB's these days, those that do have had them fitted by the driver.
Alas in this day & age you run the risk of being done for not being in full control of your vehicle if Mr Plod sees you on a CB, in the few occasions I've had a truck with a CB, I've found the airwaves to be full of kids rather than truckers tbh, and those who were truckers would chat about anything but the road ahead!
Alas, its a far cry from the image portrayed by "Convoy".
Sally Traffic is behind the times with regard to traffic reports, I find Radio 5's reports to be FAR more accurate & up to date.
Soldato
Most foreign truckers who get stuck down country lanes etc are usually following blindly, their sat navs, I never wish to fall into this category.
A simple road atlas gives you a far better idea as to a routes suitability for a 44 tonner.
Not many trucks have CB's these days, those that do have had them fitted by the driver.
Alas in this day & age you run the risk of being done for not being in full control of your vehicle if Mr Plod sees you on a CB, in the few occasions I've had a truck with a CB, I've found the airwaves to be full of kids rather than truckers tbh, and those who were truckers would chat about anything but the road ahead!
Alas, its a far cry from the image portrayed by "Convoy".
Sally Traffic is behind the times with regard to traffic reports, I find Radio 5's reports to be FAR more accurate & up to date.
Cool!
I Never listen to Radio5,
You mentioned an exhaust brake earlier, what is that? Wikipedia didn't really give a great description of it....
Soldato
I find Sally Traffic pretty good myself
Cool!
I Never listen to Radio5,
You mentioned an exhaust brake earlier, what is that? Wikipedia didn't really give a great description of it....
Heavy goods vehicles can often require increased braking, in situations where friction brakes could overheat and fail. This is achieved by using an exhaust brake.
An exhaust brake works by restricting the flow of exhaust gases through the engine.
It achieves this by closing a butterfly valve located in the exhaust manifold. This maintains high pressures in the exhaust manifold, and the engine cylinders, which in turn, acts as a brake against the engine rotating. This then slows the road wheels through the transmission, or power train.
Other heavy goods vehicles use an engine brake that operates by altering valve timing, and stopping fuel being injected into the engine.
Since diesel engines lack an intake manifold, there is no intake vacuum when the engine is not fueling. The intake vacuum create the slowing effect felt in petrol engines when they are going down a hill with the foot off the gas. Many different strategies are used on diesels, the least expensive (and also one of the least powerful) of which is the exhaust brake.
The brakes vary in design, but essentially operate by closing off the exhaust path from the engine, causing the exhaust gasses to be compressed in the exhaust manifold, and in the cylinder. Since the exhaust is being compressed, and there is no fuel being applied, the engine works backwards, slowing down the vehicle. The amount of negative torque generated is usually directly proportional to the back pressure of the engine.
I find Sally Traffic pretty good myself
Never been with her, so I would not know.
Right, off to work for me!
Has the new R series improved the room for your left leg yet? It looks like the shelf near the left leg on that is slightly lower than the old hip hugger design that gives me a wicked back ache as I cant spread my legs as wide as I like and get some air flow round steven and the twins.
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seen "Jordelle" going through elgin today, looked mighty fine
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Saw carol jones in hamilton today. guy driving it was a young pleb though.
Saw a Stobart one of these outside work this morning...Thought of you
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Funny that, everytime I see a slammed VW or the like, I think of you mate!
I find its certainly an improvement on the earlier 4 Series, although I never had an issue with the flat-floored topline that I had when I worked for SCA Timber.
Assuming you mean his driving style was that of a pleb then report it to Stobart, they will investigate.
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R124/LA420 are you bald?
Nope.
He looks like Jaws from James Bond.
Just much Bigger and Much Stronger.
He once ripped the exterior door handle off a BMW when he opened it
Nope.
He looks like Jaws from James Bond.
Just much Bigger and Much Stronger.
He once ripped the exterior door handle off a BMW when he opened it
Thanks Zip!
As a Coot.
Not really.
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I always thought of you as a big fat bald trucker... wierd!