Monday

I normally awake at 05:50hrs and arrive at work at 06:30hrs but today the phone rings at 05:30hrs. The one vehicle that was loaded got a puncture the moment it left the yard.......

Tuesday

Normally a more relaxed day, and as it's raining we definitely slow down a bit because a lot of our work is building related and not much building goes on in the pouring rain.......

Wednesday

Decide to try to hunt down a second-hand skip truck. After several miserable specimens and many miles I find a good serviceable vehicle in Surrey. Thirty minutes later we are......

Thursday

Sort through all the overnight faxes and see out the skip lorries. Haulage today pretty well runs itself. We have collected some skips for another operator from Birmingham which......

Friday

Always a busy day for skip haulage. A colleague rings from Birmingham to report a Daf unit with starter motor failure. It's very rare for us to need Oaf Aid but when we do, boy,......