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my last lorry

dereklcg

master brummie
hi all you ex drivers,
i,m sure there is a good few of us out there,
the last truck i drove, well lived in almost
was a 17.1/2,ton leyland daf i used to deliver
nickel and alloy steel.
i used to like many other drivers well luckier than most i
had two maybe three night,s out at any one time,
i suppose again i was lucky to drive quite a modern truck
but even so it was not as easy as some people mite think.
a lot of time you would deliver export loads to the docks or collect a load,
and a lot of us know what that,s all about,could be hours or come back
in the morning,a lot of people you met thought and said what a life
on the road delivering to different places,no boss to push you,get a
life i used to say i,m not saying i did,nt enjoy the life but it had it,s
moments,i used to say how do you think it gets on and off the lorry
i used to have to chain a lot of the steel,or strap it down plus
sheet it being the nature of the load i was carrying.
you had some good nights in truck stops met some good blokes
or if you were unlucky it was the side of the road or a layby,
i tried to make a truck stop again because of my load,plus you
get a scrub in the morning.
i worked in a few factories before i took to the road,my dad
was a driver of the old school like a lot of guy,s i have read
about on here he worked for brs pickfords frank grounds even
triumph motorcycles in meriden,and of coarse i went with
him so it was in the blood so to speak.
i,ve two lads they used to come along,and they used to climb
into my bunk and go to sleep, or say are we there yet.
happy days i would,nt have missed it for the world.
keep on truckin regards dereklcg
 
Hi Derek Hice Photos a few of my family drove for a living

Uncle, Fellow Morton & Clayton, Nephew, M&S & Barry Stowbart, 2 Brothers in Law Building Trade, Cousin, BSA, myself Office Suppies Ford Transit:)
 
hi Alf
i used to deliver up your way over the big bridge,
then onto a major ind est ransom,tractors comes to mind?
export stuff for India.
regards Derek.
 
Ransoms is still going on an Industrail Estate named after it, about 3 miles from where I live. Got the usual shops as well Curry's B&Q, Macro, & plenty of Transport Companies:)
 
hi Alf sounds about right,
i used i think turn to the right,down a long road,through ransoms both sides of the
road and the freight forwarders was at the end on the left queue up on the road outside walk in to book in.
the first time i went i took the wrong rd and went strait on came to a t junction turned left under a bridge and saw signs for football ground, no sat nav then.
got there in the end. regards Derek.
 
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