Haha, I drive a 18 tonne MAN! Along with: the schizophrenic gearbox, the turning circle of a cruise ship, the massive mirror blinds pots, the huge steering wheel off the Mary Celeste; I find I keep accidentally pressing all the buttons on the wheel when I'm manoeuvring! 😅
i used to drive a MAN TG-L, had sensors and such and a gearbox that sometimes would not find a gear. yes like the 18t MAN it had the turning circle of an oil tanker. M.A.N became the acronym for "Makes Annoying Noises"
Mate you're a lifesaver. Thank you. I'm about to start driving class 1 for a first time and they are putting me on the containers. 🙏 thanks to u I may just figure it out. 🤞
Great video as ever Raul, I really enjoy your container VLOG's. It looks like you had a bit of a frustrating day with lot's of sitting around, a lot like my week as a courier. I agree the British countryside is just beautiful, being out and about and going new places is the best thing about working in transport imo, sure beats looking at a computer screen in an office. Spring is almost here then it will be even more glorious! I'm sorry they gave you a MAN and not the Scania like last time. Looking forward to your next VLOG 👍.
You’re right, the British countryside is so pretty and most definitely clean in comparison to towns and cities. Great footage as usual Raul, thanks for sharing and I’m looking forward to seeing you soon.
Great videos Raul, you tell it like it is! I'm binge watching your videos to catch up lol. I'm in Scotland and I head south now and again, I could deliver to you some Tennants lager as a thank you!
Great video as ever Raul. Your videos are making me want to go into containers when I pass my test, I don't even know why or what appeals about it but I'm drawn to it 😅 I pissed myself at the community speed watch, hilarious man!
Some small villages with a main road through them the residents complain to their parish council about speeding traffic so the police gives them a speed camera its not there's to keep it goes to other council though out Kent you don't know when they will be there. It's usually a three off them (local residents) they taking down regs you then get letter from the police no fine no points just a warning the next village along us Brasted gets one my wife has had two letters
Very good video mate, recently started trucking and am hating the stress of it, especially with all the loading / unloading, sad to say ive quit my job with the agency and am shortly starting training to be a bus driver instead. Hope you are well.
Love your videos mate absolutely amazing nice to watch you with me being a trucker and you put him up with what I do on their fucking roads mate credit to you you keep these videos going mate love to your family regards from Andy
@@Raul689 love your channel mate and thank you very much for your reply very much appreciated shows how genuine you are are even though like you are me we rant and rave with the f-word driving happy days mate keep safe love to you and your family you are absolutely brilliant on this channel you deserve every respect
@@Raul689 you're more than welcome mate you are a good guy down-to-earth doing your job trucking like me me yes we do gave offensive words lots of laughs but that is what is all about hope you keep save me and your family send my love and credit to me absolutely keep them videos going love to watch them
Do you have to weigh out of the container terminals and do they give you the delivery paperwork or does that directly sent to the transport company via email then to driver. There must be mountains of paperwork and wonder how freight terminals deal with the 1000s of boxes they handle everyday
It's all online now. The containers get weight only on entry in each port of the world so you already know how heavy they are. No paperwork from the docks It's all online. We just have one delivery note for the costumers to sign and thats it 👍
To be honest i never bother where o put the 20ft. Don't think it makes that much of a difference. Altho in position 4 the trailer is a bit more easier to reverse
Your video popped up on my recommended. I'm a otr driver in the states, and man trucking in that part of the world looks amazing. Does anyone know if he has a Facebook, I wanna add em. I'm real curious how everything works as far as trucking in the UK. Awesome vids as well, u got yourself a texas vato sub.
Thank you very much vato 👍👍 I find it funny how you guys in the states find trucking in europe interesting, as much as we all europeans dream of driving in the US Thank you for your support 👍👍👍
I love watching your videos and listening to you complain, its kind of funny. I live rather close to seaforth docks but as a civilian we are not allowed past the gate. Great to see what goes on inside. Stay safe and healthy buddy.
haha, you would have to pay me to go on holiday to London lol, what a shit hole lol, it's horrible getting a run in London, let alone going there on holiday wow. good vlog mate
Is Seaforth the only port you need a card (Think you said they are £30 quid.?) to scan on entry.? Or does that card cover all ports mate.? Excellent vlog again Raul689, your English swear words are coming along well.. 😂😂 Unbe-fuckin-lievable..!! 😂😂 💯👍👍
You need a card for Seaforth one for Felixstowe and a safety certificate one for London Gateway another one for Immingham Docks. Southampron you write an online test. Tilbury has no test
Hi Raul,great vlog love you'r joke two old fellas each end road checking speed especially with walkie talkies 😂. 👌 I see you don't give seal to customer, back in 1980/90s drivers not allowed to remove seals someone from firm took them off in case of load not correct.
When you get into that port in Liverpool and join the queue, how do you get called from the queue to the lane for unload and reload ? How do you know when it’s your turn
It's a first come first served basis. You have to figure out where is the end of the que. If not sure just ask. And then when it's your turn just go to an empty pay. Or "pad" how they call them
Thanks mate. I think the Mercedes is the best at fuel efficiency an i understand they are very reliable aswell. But as driving them i prefer the Scania
20:35 It's just a bunch of old people who are bored with their life so they spend most of the day stood in the same spot holding up a speed camera and writing number plates down on a notepad. They can't issue any fines, the most they can do is pass your numberplate and the speed onto the police who can only give you "words of advice". This is because the speed that's displayed on their speed guns cannot be used as evidence of speed due to the fact they don't calibrate their speed guns and don't have a calibration certificate. There's a village not far from me where there's always 3 old people stood about pointing speed guns at people. They've got nothing better to do with their life than to waste it standing outside all day everyday. What makes it even sad is the fact they stand on a road that's short distance and connects two roundabouts so speeding is impossible.
@A320 REMF Did you ask to see the calibration certificate? I worked security one place where we had these hand held speed guns and they were pretty much useless after a time. You could aim it at a tree and it would show the tree moving at 15mph.
