'I don't give a he said!
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So I told him 'You might be the boss' I said but I'm the one who's got to drive YER LORRY'.
'Do you know' I said 'We can both get done 400 quid for each axle wots overloaded? and if it's real bad, I can get an endorsement ... not to mention what it's going to cost you if they stick a prohibition on Me lorry—getting another truck and lifting gear ... AND who's going to pay me overtime for waiting around in a layby?' THAT SHOOK HIM! 'And what about safety?' I said 'Overloading affects all the parts of a lorry—Tyres, Steering and Brakes, it could even cause a serious accident. I could even get killed.' So I told 'im straight out 'What you want is one of them WEIGHWRITE DYNAMIC AXLE WEIGHERS— it weighs yer axles and GVW and you don't have a great deep pit—you just drive over 'em and they're so accurate you can get maximum payload every time. And if you don't reckon they're much cop, then how come the Department of Transport and Weights and Measures is using them all over the country now?'
And I said 'If you don't get one I'm leaving'. So I start me new job next week ... He made me Transport Manager.