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I was convering with our Ops Manager yesterday(yes hes quite an agreeable chap) and the conversation came round to the possibilty of a protest similar to the one a few years ago.I asked if Gorrys would join in and he said that we wouldn have to as the cost of the fuel was crippling the company he reckond that our fuel bill has increased by £20 grand and now we are losing money,this explains why the TM got snotty with me on Thursday as I was running VERY late and he claimed that My motor was not making any money this week(yeah right).I was running late because My unit was taken in for service on Tuesday am by the workshop manager and as I had defected my suspension cos it was losing pressure took till 1300 hrs to sort out so I am now half a day behind.anyway the question is how many other hauliers are going to join this alleged protest and how are they going to go about it and what do they expect to happen?

Now discuss please but try to keep the rants to a minimum.

Quite simple, unfortunately none, cause 99.9% of haulage company bosses are more concerned with keeping there clients happy than anything else, then come pay rise time plead poverty and declare they are making no money, and always come out with the line `my fuel bills have gone through the roof`. Well guess what, SO HAVE MINE!

there was a meeting of farmers and hauliers in concert on tuesday to agree what action would be apropriate , bussinesses in the uk have been warned to prepare for "a possible fuel shortage" make of that what you will but best keep your tank topped up its also been revealed that fuel destined for the uk market is being diverted to the good ol USA cause their needs are greater than ours obviously , also been revealed that US forces based in the uk can buy fuel for 80p a galon for use on our roads , seems fair to me

there was a bit on the radio recently where a tanker driver told how he went to the refinery and then delivered the load to a garage for use by UK drivers at the inflated price of £1.whatever, and then he went back to same refinery, filled up the tanker from same fuel stocks and delivered it to the american airbase where they were buying the same fuel at some ridiculously low price, your right EOTR, its seems fair

remember hearing that tc, the yanks were paying 25p a litre for unleaded because they don`t pay uk duty. Why, they are bleedin well living here and anyway why do we need any us airbases here anymore.

I personally think they should allow the transport industry to run on red so we can compete with the euro firms.

And then whack up the price of diesel an petrol by double for the general public.

Reason, price the motorist off the road maybe then they won't use their car for stupid little journeys like the 2 mile round trip to school at 8.30am, Another benefit of this is it would help the obesity problem with lazy adults and fat kids. Plus its better for the enviroment less cars less smog and less congestion.

Yes i do have a car small economical well maintained, only ever use it for work though or long journeys.

Good points m8. Although I think that my petrol should be free of charge.

eh? Good points, hows that gonna work?
[1] Its not just price that we fail against the Euro companies. Its the fact that most of our produce is imported and the EU companies that are local can give the required level of service. Unless of course you can envisage thousands of UK trucks heading for the ferries to pick up Yoghurts from Germany, Onions and Peppers from Spain, Holland for flowers and Ham etc. ?
[2] Now that most 'High Streets'have gone you have no option but to travel to a superstore/supermarket. So now its gonna cost double?
[3] And when the kids mother can't make it into work she either hires someone to take the kid to school costing more money or asks her employer for 'flexi hours', probably putting her employer at a disadvantage against erm, ..competition from cheaper EU counterparts !!
[4]It would definateley help the environment if there where less cars on the road , that is un arguable. Not so sure it will help the obesity problem though, it will just make the poor stick out as they will be skinny and only the rich will be fat.
[5] I know he has a small car, but he eats Kebabs and fatty bacon sarnies, drinks like a fish and then rides it all off on his bike !!
I'm guessing he posted this when he was drunk !!!
Anyway, like you say, good points !!!

[1] But is it not a step in the right direction too even out the fuel situation

[2] Most high streets still have enough shops to satify your average shopper, albeit they are dearer than the big stores. (Or you could live in the town centre like me )

[3] Why cant she make it into work? Obviously if it is unviable to walk to school then use the car or find out about local groups that deal with this problem, One i remember a while ago was the "Walking train" all the nippers used to meet at designated points along the way to school with various parents doing different legs of the journey.

[4] Good for the enviroment yes, And nowadays even the poor can run a car. have you never heard of carcraft, You can get a £2k car for £8k

[5] Nowt wrong with a kebab and a bacon sarnie i thought it was the staple diet of truckerman, And i work nights and can drink on a saturday so i drink a weeks worth in one night

[5a] Not drunk was just on way out to work

LOL ! I was taking bets ! Ok i was wrong

Transaction and RHA members fire first warning shots at the Government

RHA / "TransAction 2007" members, being Haulage Contractors, motorists and Farmers, are about to meet at a central location in the country, to discuss, "When and How Protest Action" will be commenced.

Representatives attending this meeting will be from Scotland,The North East, North / South Wales,The Midlands, East Anglia, The South West / East, and Cornwall. All regions have agreed to work collectively on this issue. It is the view of the UK Road Haulage Industry, that this very grave situation can be averted by The Prime Minister The Right Hon. Mr Gordon Brown and HM treasury, listening to what the Directors of the RHA and it's membership, ALL 10,000 of us, have to say, on the subject of parity on fuel duty with our continental counter parts.

I have been tramping all week so this is the first time I have seen the posts.Good points and comon sense. Something needs to be done for the haulage industry as a whole,for drivers o/ds and bosses.Im not too bothered about fuel for personal use as I only use my car for work and shopping etc: The price of fuel for haulage and affiliated indusrties is a bloody disgrace the petrol co.s and this bunch of shysters we call a government have us by the balls.Barghy(my boss) reckons that the crooks in whitehall will scrap the duty on fuel and increase VAT to 30% which may be fairer,we shall see.The foreigners have us at a disadvantage with their cheaper fuel etc, perhaps the time has come to hammer them with tolls and vignettes as soon as they roll off the boat.......................AND start claming them at msas when they park without paying ......................yes you lot willi betz *as***ds

nice thoughts tenspot, but the government will never do that.

They are giving away those fresno (sp) blind spot jobbies that stick on the passenger window to all foreign trucks coming in, god knows what the cost to us is via our taxes, however, if your a UK driver and you ask for one fo when your over the water, yes you can have one, but you gotta buy it

The difference is that most brit drivers wouldn't need them anyways as the level of driving experience and common sense is much higher..... not only that on the back of our licences we dont have a red chicken called corn flakes

If you want a big blockade, why not put the thiefing scum twocers to work and steal all of gordon browns jags and burn them all out at the blockade point!!

Then they can hire a truck to pick them up......slowly.....one.....at....a.....time!

maybe

I got one of those fresnel lenses given to me at the docks today at heysham.I don't think I'll need it as I have no intention of going over the water to europe (although you never know) This country is supposed to be in the EU but this lot of tossers bend whichever the wind blows.I am beginning to think that the rest of europe thinks we are a toilet as they tend to s**t* on us from a great height.The idea was to make trade a level playing field.Yet this country kicked germanys arse in 39-45 (with a little help from the yanks)and gave the frogs et al their countries back.Well its time we declared war on these foreign hauliers and made them pay their full whack when transporting goods in and out of England and the rest of the UK.

Bear whistles nonchantly

Not having a go at you Bear m8 its the bloody poles romanians bulgars and the ruddy french, hungarians and the ret of the s**t* eating foriegners I get P**** off with taking advantage of this countrys lax attitude to incomers thanks to the liberal arseholes called New Labour that pretend that they know how to run a country WE NEED A REVOLUTION NOW!!!!!!!!
Get rid of them.......I detested Maggie Thatcher but she didn't let the rest of Europe walk all over us.I am ENGLISH not a f*** european RANT RANT RANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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oh s**t*

whats the point of pricing people out of a market that is served by us ? what would the result be if cars were priced of the road ? how much less transport would be needed if it didnt have feed private motoring ? as a percentage of road transport I would say that feeding the needs of private motorists is significant and would result in many job loses in transport if it were to be cut , its an unbelivable arogance that truckers have in that they think they have more right to use the road network than anyone else .