The Sludge

Anyone watch this the last few weeks? I thought it was quite intresting tbh

I knew they was a fairly big company but i dint actually realise just how big they were.

He has 2000 trucks making a delivery every 4 seconds i think they said

Anyone on here (sureley there has to be) work for them?

pee vee

i saw it... the one thing that stuck in my mind (apart from how worried that PA was about the boss coming to the office)

was.... £65 M in fuel a year

The Sludge

Yeh that was a shocker at fuel costs. That Isotrack system was awesome as well to be honest tracking where every truck was and whether full or empty.

That bird was alright as well lol

david 100

Is anyone on here going to admit their a Eddie Stowbart spotter, i am a trucker and i have been in a few of their depo's but i will keep my opinion to myself, just think what extra the fuel costs when they put 2p on a liter on diesel.
What i will say is some of the staff in the office needs to get in a truck for a few days to live in the real world, their is no road blocks or ques of traffic on a lap top

RSandy

iTrader: (1)

i havent been truck driving that long, but i kind of took for granted that most trucks/trailers were live tracked for location, and whether loaded or empty? all of our newer trailers are anyways, and the older 1s are only used for low value work

just keeps moaning customers happy, and light fingered drivers dont get chance to help themselves lol

RSandy

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have to agree with that, planners dont even seem to have a basic knowledge of problem routes or anything these days, and just assume a truck can sit on its limiter on every road at any time of day u say you were late because u hit traffic on the m25, and they seem shocked lol

danneth

On the drive to loch lomond the other month, i remember seeing a daft amount so just out of curiosity counted them on way back down and saw about 40 different ones in a 4 hour drive

AndyGranger

There not only tracked for logistics they are tracked for driving patterns aswell!
Our's Shows harsh braking/Acceleration,How many times the doors been opened,how many times the ignition has been turned and which position it's currently in,Idle times all kinds of stuff all from the touch of a button

rsdan2evn

why do u need to know all that?

cossie4i+

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Is the bird in this better than the one in ice road truckers ?????????

Steve

AndyGranger

Our place uses it for "Driver improvement"
In other words they bollock drivers for bad driving!!

bj928

sod all the tracking shit, if anyone wants to know where i am or if i will make delivery today or tomorrow they just call me, and in america i can sit on the limiter all day every day, just done a run of 698 miles in 11 hours, thats an average of 63.5 mph, not bad in a fully freighted truck, i so miss the uk, NOT

Mark_

amoungst other things it shows which drivers are looking after the vehicles and those who are thrashing them,
will show which drivers are using more fuel.

who is sitting for hours with the engine idling rather than switched off with the nightheater running as that uses less fuels.


Transport manager can learn a whole host of things about his drivers.

will also be able to spot those who are taking un designated breaks/stops.


there's always the safety side of things too. the company will always know where there truck is and will know if its gone off route. easy way to locate a broken down truck.

there are so many things its good for

P_is_for_Paul

I saw the show. Was actually quite interesting!

focus kev

defo the way to go far to many drivers dont give a fuck about how they treat what there driving thease days , it only takes an idiot to do thousends of pounds worth of damage, been there and had to deal with it, just aked him what comes after p he looked at me i said 45

Lee1

What channel was it on? going to watch it online if I can.

morcheen

seen about 10 mins of it,those spotters need fucking help

Nath

I never realised how big the company was either.

The tracking thing is a good idea. It'd be a better idea to track company car drivers as most of them qualify to be the arseholes of the year.

Dangerous Malcolm..

Nope!


Eddie Stobart is the British version of Willi Betz!

Less.

See the inside of stoabrt truck and will betz there will be a hell lot of difference Mal

Mark_

stobart trucks are far better looked after than willi betz trucks,

stobarts buy x amount of new trucks which they use just for spares as its cheaper than buying parts seperatley

Dangerous Malcolm..

Inside of what?

Less.

Inside of the cab most willi betz ones are filthy and minging stobarts one nice and clean,use too see inside of a few when I worked at eurotunnel,when they got pulled in in for checks

Dangerous Malcolm..

Just 'cos Stobart trucks are shiny and have names don't mean shit. Fair play to the man undercutting everyone to get the contracts, you do what you have to do. But they're hated.

Dangerous Malcolm..

They have to keep 'em clean inside and out! Just like they used to have to wear a tie!

obrutsr09

7 new trucks on the road every day,50million pounds a year

Mark_

im sure they really give a shit! their not in it to be liked are they?
its all about the money and they are obviously doing something right as its a mega succesful company

JoeE30

Not sure why anyone would want to watch that program as lorry drivings possibly the most boring job in the world

JoeE30

And do some research about stobarts and see how iffy a past they have!

STAFFY OWNER

Just come back from Paignton in Devon today and as soon as i got on the M6 from the M42 we kept seeing them every couple of minutes. Most likely going to and from the Crick depot on the M1.
Saw this weeks program on TV and i must say it was quite interesting to watch.

jackocab

i work for them and what you have all seen is the good side of stobarts not the daily crap i have to put up with

STAFFY OWNER

Dish the dirt fella, tell us how it really is.

Escy

To find which driver's are stopping in a lay-by and syphoning off some diesel.

Mark_

think you post is pretty silly really, why is anyone intrested in anything at all?


as a HGV driver myself i do find the programme rather intresting.
i enjoy driving HGV too. i can think of far more boring jobs out there




just out of curiosity what job do you do?
im hoping its an exciting one

melinamotor

So these are the trucks named after women? 2000 different names or are some duplicated?

mark_24v_wiring

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I watched that this week,

Did you notice the bloke who was driving the truck with his daughters name on it when he got his new truck it had his other daughters name on.

If a company as big as Stobart can give a shit about something so small that obviously ment so much to 1 driver they can't be that bad to work for.

andyt

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none are the same mate there all different

focusv8

They're getting a bit creative;

http://www.tnn.co.uk/BigLorryBlog/pl...-30.6736713926

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Miller 3

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I was told quite a few years ago that they are named after the drivers wifes/girlfriends

turbo1973

What channel was it on