Fantastic Mega-Mile Renner Diesel Reliability

[warren t claim]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2547962/Britains-worst-commute-Father-SIX-HOUR-round-trip-work-day-clocking-100-000-miles-year.html

[Wackeldackel]

These are normally spotted fitted with great big extra diesel tanks fitted to the sides and a manky looking jerrycan of water somewhere as well. I used to see them quite often coming across Dartford bridge and all round that corner of the M25, usually in convoys of 2 or 3.

[Dave_Q]

I drive a 3.5t vehicle for work, no tacho, and the hours as stated by worldofceri apply to me.

Having said that, 12-13 hour shifts are not unknown, and that's working for a supposedly reputable UK based supermarket. It would be pretty difficult to prove how long these boys had been on the road anyway.

[Lacquer Peel]

I worked for a courier company last year, some of their Kangoos including the one below were on 300k+ miles, and drove fine. Just occassional problems like leaky and malfunctioning injectors at worst. They also had a Berlingo with less than half the miles which was already on its second gearbox and turbo.

 

[Rocket88]

Is someone about to bury it rather than 'bridge it?

[scruff]

If you cross the channel you will see loads and loads of them overnighting at the services close to the ferry ports. Waiting for trans-shipments I guess.

[Lukas]

You see these small trucks more and more here in Austria too. Mostly with Czech, Slovakian and Hungarian plates, Poland too. I often wonder how long the driver of one of these is already driving without any sleep. Poor fellas, modern slaves.

 

They are faster than the big trucks and they don´t need a tacho so they can drive as long as they are able to drive. I think the number of them will get bigger. Until something awful happens...

[vaughant]

On 7/8/2014 at 5:21 AM, warren t claim said:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2547962/Britains-worst-commute-Father-SIX-HOUR-round-trip-work-day-clocking-100-000-miles-year.html

Christ that would take him double that now with all the restrictions 😳😳😳