Store Delivery Driver? Not for me

[@bigrigger3762]

Love your channel and content mate, only found you last night. What a refreshing change you are, no bull shit just informative content. I’m an artic driver so appreciate the aggravation you have at some of those deliveries.

[@Raul689]

Thank you very much and welcome to the channel 👍👍👍

[@anthonymichaeldurkin6244]

what a great comment

[@mohammedqasim3657]

@@lennyhell3488 lmao, I don’t know why he didn’t slow down a little or honk his horn for the pigeon to be alerted and move. Sad!

[@marksimpson1437]

@Jim Palmer so you moan about foreign drivers but then move abroad and work...Anyone see the irony 🤣

[@Raul689]

@@marksimpson1437 😄😄😄

[@bodazephyr6629]

Hard graft but still a lot easier than delivering in a Class 2, for a certain food distributor to the catering industry. Did a day for them on agency once. About 15 drops and one was breaking down a tonne pallet and carrying it, by hand, up 3 flights of stairs to a restaurant. Absolutely exhausting day - didn't do it again, but hats off to those who do.

[@gravemind6536]

Wasn't Bidfood by any chance? If not it will have been Brakes. Absoulete bastard of a job I did 3 months at Bidfood after getting my class 1, Bidfood was best I could get and I hated every minute of it, rubbish lorries and badly loaded stock, places that are awful bordering on unsuitable to deliver too or park a Lorry at, breaking down pallets and pushing heavy roller cages up kerbs and through doorways. Back breaking work don't know how anyone does it.

[@2KXMKR]

@@gravemind6536 Does sound like Brakes. My mate has been there for about 4 months on Class 2 and says the pay is good, £17ph and if he gets done early he still gets paid the full 12 hours but it's exactly as the OP says; breaking down the pallet and handballing it into kitchen etc. Mentioned the roller cages, too. Bollocks to that! I'm just starting Class 1 now and got an induction with Tesco through agency doing chilled/frozen. Hoping it's not like our boy Raul is having to do here! Hope it's just park and wait.

[@gravemind6536]

@@2KXMKR If you're working for Tesco you park it on the bay at supermarkets and the staff will unload it you can help them if you wish you do have to remove the load bars but that's it really. Only time delivering for Tesco sucks is when you're doing the express stores they have less staff and the parking is often on street you'll have to unload those yourself with the tail lift the staff will pull the cages in but you have to unload. Still it's a lot better than Brakes or Bidfood and every store delivery is risk assesed too so you're not going to be sent in an unsuitable vehicle.

[@2KXMKR]

That B&M drop looked like an absolute pain in the arse and a perfect example of why there is a crisis! Five foot cubed of bottled pop all moved with nothing but elbow grease and a manual truck. I hear so many shop floor workers saying drivers just sit on their arse all day and do nothing. Yeah, trade them their box of beans for your pump truck and see how long they last. You guys deserve so much more respect than anyone ever gives you. That's a tough day in the office right there.

[@Raul689]

Thanks pal

[@XtremeKremaTor]

Now imagine a dhl sainsburys warehouse, in chill, women have to whilst picking, pull similar by hand using pump ups for 8, 9 h.... Reality of unskilled labour in the UK...

[@Luki-jz6gm]

​@@XtremeKremaTorKinda consequences of your own actions to be unskilled.

[@gravemind6536]

I worked in a supermarket its fair mix of good people and lazy fuckers. I was the most exceptionally hard working in the entire store and was trained to do absouletly everything and actually moved loads of pallets with manual pump trucks and occasionally electric ones I actually prefered the manual ones. I emptied the bailer too, stocks all the beer wines and sprits including cabinets at the front with chilled booze the issue is I was rewarded for it with nothing and I even stopped criminals stealing too glad to be out of that game it sucks.

[@MattRootsTube]

Watching this in Sept '21, fuel silliness going on, and watching you struggle with those pallets and I can sympathise why so many have left the business. Bosses not caring, just get as much on a pallet as you can without a thought to the driver having to push them out the back of the truck. They could've at least give you a motorised pallet mover, but no that would cost money, let alone the health and safety aspects and I bet the pay sucks. Well done to you and all the truck drivers out there sticking it out - I hope things do get better for you, even if that costs us, the consumer, more. If I knew the extra cost was helping you, and warehouse workers out, and not lining some executives pockets, I'd happily pay a bit more.

[@2adamast]

Indeed, electric pallet movers cost nothing and are an easy way to make the truck work more.

[@garethjones8047]

Exercise is good for us drivers otherwise we would all be fat

[@trevorgilbert7284]

Done that before and had one come off the back of the truck being stacked top heavy not good, don't do pallets anymore too dangerous good luck with that stay safe.

[@Me-oo4yu]

With respect there's a difference between exercise and struggling with ton weight pallets in confined spaces and at height. With unsuitable equipment. Fair play to Raul doing this job for as long as he did. Even at the rate they pay i wouldn't touch it.

[@donp2926]

I've never seen a double decker trailer before. We have many deliveries to our shop and I always try and help the driver take the pallets off myself if I can, especially when I have the electric pump truck and he has a manual one. Even my electric pump truck struggles with a full pallet of pop! Just today I blocked traffic in the car park to help driver reverse into the bay as it was busy and other drivers were too impatient!

[@flipper2392]

That is appreciated, there's not many like you about, most places leave us to get on with it.

[@slabbyrider8665]

When I worked for Tesco distribution centre we would get cakes delivered in those. However it was us who unloaded the lorries not the drivers. Fast unloading with 2 or 3 of us on short Leggers 👍

[@GarethT902]

@@slabbyrider8665 I worked driving for Aldi and they just leave the driver to do it all. 3 drops and all the loading and uploading on your own. Never again.

[@slabbyrider8665]

@@GarethT902 that'll be delivering to stores though, pretty much the same at all stores I think. I don't mind that, with bus driving I'm sat in my arse all day and I miss physically demanding deliveries. Distribution centres are different though as the warehouse ops unload the goods to be picked and loaded onto the stores lorries. Then the store drivers will unload. It's the same at Sainsbury's distribution centre.

[@StrikerV3]

Same over here. We have a forklift so i can unload them quick and easy. The traffic on our road is ridiculous so normally i go out to halt traffic so they stop snaking all around the truck.

[@JohnJames6969]

Out of all the trucker videos I have seen and there has been quite a few, your videos are the most enjoyable, and informative with the wide-ranging jobs within the trucking industry,, thank you for uploading them.

[@rambledogs2012]

Tail-lifting on a pallet truck doesnt help when the floor is covered in shit as a heavy pallet can get stopped by a pebble on the floor with those pallet truck wheels.

[@kennybaker3141]

Love the video."I'm not going to say which retailer but you will see the trailers"....or the headed paper work.Nicely done!!!!

[@racingrooster4642]

This is the reason so many drivers end up with bad backs and knees etc. Glad i got out when I did,and the bullshit and paperwork ,used to be a good job , Not anymore. Great video showing what it's really like.

[@wetlettuce4768]

Also part of the reason why the few drivers there are cherry pick the easiest jobs leaving shop shelves empty right now.

[@danoconnell1100]

PHEW! the logistics involved in this guys job... Incredible! It's like flying a spaceship and then having to unload it yourself... He's not going to need to spend too much time in the gym.. Just try and picture Grant Shapps or Boris Cockwomble getting through a shift like this... And, the driver,he says, this is an easy shift. He should get a 🏅

[@almostanengineer]

'How can you run out of gas, twice!' as a warehouse guy, even I relate to your frustration on that one.

[@Pattrickro]

Really good video @Raul689 I'm a young driver 27, been driving for 4 years and man I hope the job changes soon the amount of work that needs doing to the industry is insane.

[@bobsmith7576]

Good seeing the realities of this. I think most people think HGV drivers, just drive.

[@georgebisacre9413]

Not all runs are like this. Doing a "trailer switch" means just that Deliver one, take the other away!

[@StabStabStabStabby]

@@georgebisacre9413 drop and swap.

[@robertgardner4508]

You only drive, and do paperwork if you're a dock bumper that's it. At least here in the US. But Local jobs and stuff there will be pallet jacking involved. Electric jacks always make it easier though.

[@jwright4222]

That's the really fat ones 😅

[@Islaputingbato]

In the middleast drivers is just to drive very relax and a lot of sleeping no pressure the driver is feels a boss

[@VespaT5]

I felt my heart racing when you were tipping. What you have to deal with, filthy, uneven trailer & a crappy old pump truck feels so familiar, your load was so badly loaded too. It's been 7 years since I did that job & it's still as bad. I really don't miss it like I thought I would. Good luck to you sir, I'm glad to be out.

[@Raul689]

thank you sir. enjoy your time out

[@samr5075]

As an American flatbed truck driver this was interesting to see how y'all do it across the pond. Keep it up, keep the rubber side down and stay safe man!

[@Raul689]

Thanks, will do! Take care 👍

[@stephenbain6903]

I’m a B&M HGV driver…you touched lucky..9 out of 10 pallets are not wrapped or stacked properly and it’s horrendous as they collapse.I’m thinking of doing my own B&M video after watching.

[@Raul689]

Just be careful i've been told not to film anymore

[@fanfeck2844]

@@Raul689 , because they don’t want customers to see the filth their food has been in contact with. It’s no cleaner in warehouses or back of shop. They see cleaning as wasted time

[@CODE14464]

@@Raul689 non of their business no contract can legally stop you, put caption saying its to improve safety so they might actually do something for a change, to improve the situation! All of social media will be with you

[@imkirbo3094]

@@fanfeck2844 Speak for yourself. My warehouse is spotless lol.

[@leeg8973]

@@imkirbo3094 nah it isn’t when I was there last week I slipped over and there was no wet floor sign and I broke my leg dislocated my shoulder went blind in one eye and lost my left hand

[@modernidiot9124]

I got out of the industry last year,I wish I had done so much sooner.

[@techmantra4521]

Is it really bad? I am considering taking lessons soon.

[@modernidiot9124]

@@techmantra4521 I'm not going to tell you whether you should go for it or not it really your decision, I felt I had to get away from the business for many reasons my health being the main one.if you ask any former drivers why they left the business they will tell you the same.I can only tell to really think about it.

[@jasonjames6870]

It's the worst industry in the UK

[@RJ-vy9ch]

@@modernidiot9124 what do you do now?

[@modernidiot9124]

@@RJ-vy9ch work for company that makes specialist windows.I start at 7.30 in the morning and finish 4.15 in the afternoon, with a 1.30 finish on Friday.

[@paulguy2545]

I am always grateful (as we all should be) for people like you, because without you there wouldn’t be Food on the table or the other essentials we all need! I appreciate how challenging & stressful at times that job must be for you guys! I still wish sometimes though I was lucky to be born with the eyesight that meets the Standards for driving HGVs (even a Regular Car). The closest I ever get is the Virtual Trucks in Eurotruck Simulator 2 from SCS Software on Steam, so I know what trying to do a Blindside Reverse is like when you are having to look carefully at the obstacles from behind in the Smaller Wide-Angle Mirror! Thanks!!

[@whisperingbob]

I did this work for a while. The trick is to sweep the floor and tilt the trailer down to the back so gravity is on your side.

[@mrbojangles977]

No mate the trick is to use a power assisted truck , if the store doesn't have one dont pull heavy pallets and risk injury to yourself.

[@shaunwatson2074]

I'm currently driving 54 ton milk tankers in New Zealand 26 years now but started off being the guy opposite you unloading delivery trucks by forklift, enjoy the videos, keep on trucking

[@andrewcassidy7795]

Great video mate realy enjoyed. Think they where having a few beers when they where stacking the goods on them pallets few dodgy ones mate.

[@Raul689]

Thanks pal. Teah they dont give a f***

[@MarkFromEastleigh]

Done store deliveries, done tramping, done double deckers, done long distance. Giving up HGV driving September 10th. Can't wait !! Excellent video Raul. Very enjoyable to watch

[@Raul689]

thanks a lot. and best of luck on your future career 👍

[@Bigtinycrawler]

How come you are leaving mate? I'm just starting in January

[@matthewsimpson2832]

I'm a supervisor at B&M - I deal with all the deliveries. I don't understand how they have you driving round in new tractor units yet they send knackered old trailers with broke tail lifts and flat batteries. Nice to know its not just us that get the dodgy pallets though

[@Raul689]

It is an older video to be honest, after that they have mounted the additional batteries to the trucks so you wont run out of power. Heavy pallets are the biggest problem tho... that's why a lot of drivers are running from BM

[@MrPhil6697]

To be fair ALL delivery sites when they were built the delivery point is always the last thing to be thought of as it's all about how much can be put in the shop floor and the storage area, not can the truck and trailer turn around, is the area level to unload.. and yes drivers don't like to be used as free labour when there is mechanical solutions to human resources to load/off load, and the rubbish!! If you had 3 drops you have to shuffle it all around to make sure you don't tip over for being top heavy in a decker!!

[@boyo57]

I think you guys are great, I know I couldnt do your job. Theres a saying if you have it a truck delivered it for you. Thank you my friend for keeping me supplied with everything I need. God bless you and drive safe. Thank you.

[@Raul689]

thanks pal you too 👍

[@johnv9681]

Now you know why there are upwards of 60K HGV drivers short in the UK and this guy will be on a max of 11.50ph for this!

[@Raul689]

Luckily i only do this job at peak times where is over £17.5 But the full time contracts are on £12 ph. Joke

[@qrogueuk]

@@Raul689 Depends on who for and when a drivers chooses works. Agencies may allow some flexibility, but some drivers may be doing this work for £12 (many have on contract and or agency). With the current shortage (drivers), many places are turning to subcontractors, with driver and unit. In the long run this costs a lot more per shift (to move loads from location to location). Pushes up costs (which someone ends up paying for), that don't always filter down to, the people doing jobs and keeping chain in place. Some class 1 licence holders, no longer want to drive (professionally) due to what expected of them and the pay given in return and others may be well paid. Some people see items in shops and don't understand the how supply chain works behind the scenes. From suppliers to depot, to location and drivers play a part of it. Its not as easy as many think, they see a 'lorry' on the road. But not the checks and things, in place trying keep it all moving safely. The hours not spent driving, POA, un-safe loads/kit, locations with poor access and dangers of the road when moving with a lot of tons. All adds more time, too a day.

[@JulianShagworthy]

The rates have been responding (increasing) to the driver shortage - in the South midlands, you'll be hard pressed to find a rate below £15/hr now.

[@johnv9681]

@@JulianShagworthy Rubbish. I'm in the Midlands and they'll work you into the ground for 11.50 days and 12 on nights. Nothing has changed in the last 15 years.

[@johnv9681]

@@qrogueuk The only people I know who are anywhere near 17.5 are Ltd and even then that's at the very top end and not regular. PAYE get nowhere near that and most are PAYE.

[@clivegrah]

Proper Driver....Im a shunter for a well known Supermarket and that driving and delivering was top notch....Well Done....

[@suf6320]

Thanks for the vlog Raul. I'll never complain about another load in Euro Truck simulator 2 ever again!

[@theJuggler07]

I worked as a driver for farm foods as soon as I passed my class one and I had 25 pallets to deliver to 2 stores. I finished that and got back to the depot and was told I had to deliver to two more stores. I started at 5am and didn’t finish until 7pm. I quit after two more days of that. It’s shocking how you’re treated. I had to manually take the pallets off with the tail lift as well and a crappy old pump truck. Now I have a nice easy job delivering linen for P&O ferries. So much respect for guys who do this full time for a living, the country would crumble without it.

[@studebaker4217]

In case anyone is wondering how Aldi/Lidl manage to be so cheap... I dropped at one of their distribution centres with my load already on their special non-standard pallets. No warehouse assistance like everywhere else, just a pallet truck for me. A French driver was re-packing 20 tons of jam on to their special-size, through -to-store pallets, poor bloke.

[@azteka6103]

I would walk away, straight away.

[@stupididiot369]

@@azteka6103 …..and so would I !

[@ollyn2107]

They PREFER their stuff on Euro pallets (a fairly standard size), but they do accept Chep sized pallets, I’ve dropped hundreds of loads into Aldi/Lidl on Chep pallets. I don’t know which RDC that was but they’ve definitely had the French driver’s pants down there, tried it on with him and he’s fallen for it. I hate to say it but more fool him for transferring it.

[@andybennett1133]

Euro pallets

[@RobBoyd-sl7dc]

Don’t miss doing this at all, food game is hard work! The amount of pallets that have gone over! Nightmare job!

[@daleHarrison93]

Wouldn't mind if they paid decent wages instead of getting foreigners in for peanuts, I passed my wagon test at 21 1st time got a job doing it, within a week I fucked it off and started my own business. got muppets in the office telling you "your 30 minutes behind so you'll have to catch up" because they had to scan my ID etc...not my fault lmfao parked wagon up in street with keys in and got taxi home

[@tinytonymaloney7832]

Brilliant video. I confess I couldn't do it, I take my hat off to you mate, you're a hero 👍

[@50shadesofskittles9]

I have a best friend living in Portugal. I've not seen for a while but your laugh is exactly like his! 🤣❤️🤣

[@tim-johnson]

Carry a little brush to clean the floor, looks like a lot of stone and woodchip on the floor making it hard to push. I unload pallets of paper for and even the smallest bit of rock or chip wood can make it difficult to move smoothly.

[@Raul689]

i am an agency driver mate. you wont see me carrying a brush every time come on 😄😄😄

[@TheGreg6466]

A lot of that struggling with the pallet truck isn't much of an issue once you've done it a couple of times, it gets much easier with experience. 13:18 I think the grease is to help move pallets that scrape the sides, pretty clever trick really. I've only ever delivered to b&m in Speke, doesn't look like a great place to work.

[@adamweishaupt2846]

I work in a retail warehouse so it's interesting to see the other side of deliveries. Pallets like that one at 11:54 will be the death of me one day!

[@thecrionic]

Palletes like these are toddlers. I've seen double and triple the size of that, palletized in the same manner, on unordinary pallettes. Glass/ Ceramics on top, pillows on bottom? No probs, we got it. We somehow got this shit into the trailer and now it's your problem to get it out? We got that too. Oh, it can't be unloaded properly? Tough luck, unload it by hand. And so on.

[@chrisg7011]

Reminds me of brakes. At least your pallets are in tack, brakes used to send me out with broken pallets and cages with heavy loads yet busted wheels.

[@Raul689]

I did a couple of shifts at Brakes. Never again 😄

[@StabStabStabStabby]

I've heard nothing but bad things about brakes

[@wetlettuce4768]

When I used to work as a chef my Brakes driver was always giving me free stuff from the back of his lorry.

[@chrisg7011]

@@wetlettuce4768 when the loaders fucked up , or the chef was nicking stuff whilst your back was turned and saying it was missing the gaffas were always hot on blaming and accusing the driver. So fair play on the driver he must not of been at the Tamworth branch 😆

[@wetlettuce4768]

@@chrisg7011 He was an old boy who had very few fucks to give, he was orignally a Woodward driver before Brakes took them over. The pub I worked for was in Warwickshire if that helps you figure out the depot.

[@airbraker]

Thanks for sharing this. I really don't know how you do that job it would stress me out to the max and yet you seem so calm !

[@ianbyrne5298]

Great video mate! You Drivers deserve so much more respect and appreciation!

[@Raul689]

Thanks a ton!

[@Oorwul]

State of they trailers I take it nothing was cleaned during lockdown, would've thought that would be a priority

[@Raul689]

Naaahh they are always filthy

[@vwsen2000]

I saw no end of filthy trailers throughout the food industry 😞😞

[@babyboy2792]

You realise while the nation was in lockdown B&M and every other discount retailer was dealing with record sales thanks to everyone taking any excuse to get out of the house... no time for cleaning.

[@warrenholmar1129]

Total rubbish I worked for a supermarket and the trailers were never cleaned. Or if the trailers did get cleaned the loaders at the depot would fill them with sawmill shavings to give the fork trucks grip. Oh and this was years before coronavirus.

[@jimmywatsup1]

I know exactly how you feel bro, I use to be a Delivery driver too(not truck and trailer just truck). And boy was it frustrating when the boys loaded the pallet up more than what it should be.

[@kieranjames2622]

I work for B&M and I can agree them pop/alcohol pallets are heavy 🤣

[@tomhennessey4945]

As a store manager in Lidl, it's very interesting to see how these deliveries are carried out!

[@tomhennessey4945]

also, it's unbelievable that they make you unload everything with a manual pallet truck! Would save so much time using a PPT!

[@Raul689]

Yep not the easiest job out there but decent pay especially in peak times

[@alrightdave6135]

Lidl is the worst job in the supermarket world. You have to also load at the depot, the pallets are crap and the stores are a disaster. They are really struggling for drivers now and it’s no surprise.

[@janvanrenselaar5998]

As a store manager you should know how this N A Z I company threats the drivers. Driver load,Driver unload,Driver stack down boxes untill a certain height. Driver must put the pallets between the line. Driver must find his empty return EURO pallets out of a big mountain of stove-wood. And that is also for the INT drivers. Just to safe up workers in the concentrationbuildings wqich you call Distribution center. And then i don,t even talk about the friendly workers at a Lidl or Aldi. Although i think you don,t have any reason to be happy when you work for a company like them.. Did for my boss during holiday time a few trips from spain with veggies to germany,unload there and load beer in hannover for Riba Roja,Valencia Spain. In spain a fat bloke was yelling at me. I told him on my friendly dutch way to shut up his hole or he would learn to know me. He said i am law and order here. Wrong buddy i told him i make you also the guy who pays me 6 months my €4000,- wage. Walked to the cabin.Put on my russian nikes (slippers) took the pallet and dropped it on my big toe. Hospital said it was broken.Lidl did not pay. Went to court,and withinn 15 minutes i had a signed cheque from €40.000,- in my hands. That is how you deal with garbadge company,s. Drivers are not secured under the law. Because you work on a place that is not belongging to your workplace=trailer. And when you boss say you need to unload there,don,t do it. When we all as drivers stick together this cancer tumor company,s will learn what it means when the have empty shelves and thet start to behave better,BTW that is also a good job for the UNIONS. But where are they when you need them. They are only there to collect your contribution every month

[@kimhicks8443]

Pity you don't get you backside on the loading bay once in a while.

[@MrPantss]

I remember sugar pallets were the heavy ones, once I was pulling a sugar pallet up a slope, my foot slipped and I fell backwards, my foot went straight under the pallet and I accidentally pulled the release lever at the same time! Luckily the pallet was damaged and the wood broke over my foot, otherwise 1 tonne of pallet would have crushed my foot!

[@voice.of.reason]

So sod what health and safety say, broken pallets are good, in your case, it saved your foot

[@MrPantss]

Exactly @@voice.of.reason 😂😂👍

[@Raul689]

Oh god you were lucky. Just absurd trying to move 1t pallets

[@tonearmgray9537]

This was really interesting - a real insight. And it looks like damn hard work, too.

[@patagualianmostly7437]

Yes. Ladies can drive such trucks as we well know....that's the "easy" bit. (Apart from complying with all the regulations & road safety concerns.) If it was "Driving Only" it would be do-able, no problem. But can they lug those pallets back & forth on a wonky pallet truck?

[@Raul689]

That's why they don't do it :)

[@voice.of.reason]

The only good thing to come out of this very hard days work is a good video showing the world how crap that store is for its truckers and what a shit job it is doing deliveries for it.

[@anthonymichaeldurkin6244]

Yea...Driver shortage...really!!

[@Secretariat1964]

he was only making it shit!! try sweeping the floor first and also if he had one of those heavy pallets roll away from him with no rear guard plates up you could kill someone

[@Secretariat1964]

@gilburton they do have such things as brooms at stores!! and we had someone killed at a store because the driver could not be bothered to put his guard plates up!! tell that to the guy's family. i worked on supermarkets deliveries for years and handball cages sometimes up to 27 but just got on with it! cup of tea at the end then on your way. 3 runs a day london, then suffolk and then essex again.

[@faissalelfrougui1877]

I've seen a lot of truck videos yours was straight to the point. Not too sure about the heavy pallets good thing you're a big guy

[@victorgeorgiev6754]

Loved these, you get exercises, as well as driving, no curtain side to open, these were great. I felt energized and the money were good because I made lots of hours. Having 1 delivery + 1 collection over the span of 250-300 miles of driving was something that I enjoyed very much. You have lots of driving and as well, exercise and hours. Money was good too.

[@barriewright2857]

I have done a job like this on the agency before myself and I had to move the same one ton pallets myself ,also nearly crushing myself against the body of the trailer and a foot ,and also nearly losing a palette off the end of the tail lift and also I think ripping my back trying to pull them out too move them to the end of the trailer , that was not a good night. And these very same companies cannot keep their regular drivers, and they don't get it, and you can see why their own regular drivers leave after probably a few weeks . Their agency bills must be huge, and all they have to do to keep their own drivers is, do the right thing, But they won't. Any way that's my gripe from a retired old Trucker never too touch another truck wheel ever again.

[@patagualianmostly7437]

They may be paying the agency over the odds, but the agency sure ain't paying the drivers any more than the direct employers. Enjoy your retirement: I for one know you have earned it.

[@Raul689]

yep drivers come and go. and agency drivers like me only go in when the pay top dollar

[@Secretariat1964]

how can you lose a pallet with the tail lift guard plates up . if they are fitted use em . we had some one killed at the co-op by a driver just to lazy to put them up

[@Knightley79]

@@Secretariat1964 tonne pallet would still easily go over it if it had a bit of momentum. You won’t ever stop it. Manual pump trucks are to blame and companies that don’t supply them for poor drivers need the book thrown at them. As you said, very easy for someone to get killed.

[@Roohikhan804]

Hi. I am a class 2 driver, loved watching your video. You have shown each and every details as how much hard work it is off loading and then loading the stuff again. You are right in some jobs its less driving. I love to drive as well and less loading and unloading. You have also shown the weather which was a good point that what ever the weather is you have to work. Well done keep up the good work. Like your camera techniques from every angle. They should give you electric hand pumps.

[@stephen5608]

I cannot believe the state of the trailer, surely they should keep their trailers clean? Also what's with those pallets been stacked with so much stuff. They have nice units but it seems they lack on maintenance and Health & Safety, a great video though 👍

[@Raul689]

I think they wash the trailers once per year hahaha. Horrible job this

[@227bomber4]

Trust me mate, I work in a retail company and the state of trailers we have are unbelievable. Like I had one trailer that I had milk all over the place.

[@stuartd9741]

Regarding the stacking of the pallets. I would say staff shortages /newbies learning the job. Experienced loaders know how to stack pallets correctly. Heavy at the bottom light goods at the top. It's also depends of the cubic meter volume of goods ordered and capacity of the trailer. Sometimes they overstack 1 or two pallets with 1.5 xs usual amount to complete the load. rather than getting a van to deliver the balance of maybe one pallet.

[@MrPhil6697]

I had a load for NHS once and one pallet was leaning by the time I got to the delivery point, 4 layers of..... face masks.. on top of them.... 5 layers of... pine disinfectant 5 litre bottles!! Well let's say the load was refused and by the time I got back to the yard, I had the best smelling and disinfected trailer in the fleet!!

[@jamesduret3364]

I like those baby trucks and baby trailers so cute.

[@almilhouse9059]

Them heavy pallets, pulling and pushing can not be good for ones back.... Truck driver in general are paid absolutely sh1t money. May I commend you and others for the thankless work you all do getting anything and everything to where it needs to go.

[@Raul689]

Thanks a lot pal 🤘

[@babyboy2792]

Shifting those pallets on your own is no good for anyone, though the people pulling them into the warehouse/ on to the sales floor are paid far less than the drivers.

[@TwoGunz2008]

It's more the thighs than burn, I ain't a lorry driver but have to push around pallets of plasterboard at stupid weights before where you need 2x pallet trucks for them. Defo get strong legs after a while on that.

[@markpritchard]

LOL, I do alot of deliverys to these Cash and carry places. Same thing i have to pump truck the pallets to the back of the trailer where the warehouse man lifts it off with a fork lift. Only thing with them is they tend to give me a pump truck with square wheels and that you have to pump a million times to get the pallet of the floor. I've even been given one with missing wheels.

[@Raul689]

oh that is bad

[@thomasfletcher840]

haha, i cant put my finger on the store you were delivering for, great vid mate

[@Raul689]

Thanks pal 😁

[@BigRhys02]

I remember working in logistics in a warehouse, we always had to unload these trailers in a very unsafe way (since the driver wouldn’t unload it was our job), and we’d always somehow break the double deckers on the locking bolt every time they sent it down to us. I remember pallet trucking stillages full of fridges and washing machines and such, was a lot of work but good fun. They’re now using curtain trailers so we don’t have to be unsafe anymore, I miss the hard work of pallet trucking them to the end though

[@gunnerbearige1139]

You miss it even though you said its unsafe ? This comment says alot but really says nothing lmao sort without

[@BigRhys02]

@@gunnerbearige1139 I miss using the pump trucks, but I’m glad it’s safer, should’ve worded it better lol

[@captainjake3728]

Great video again! I really enjoyed this one :D

[@Raul689]

Thanks pal :)

[@kristapsjekabsons4608]

sweep floor up sometimes so debris doesn't stuck between pump truck wheels

[@euroscalemodels]

5:32 - hands off wheel & looking at paperwork especially approaching a roundabout tut, tut.

[@tntfreddan3138]

I just now realized how long my semi truck is. I haul bulk and tank containers so I need a longer chassi to be allowed to load heavier loads. Most of the trucks that we have either has the 500L tank (our older trucs) or 600L tanks (Our next generation Scania). But since my truck has the batteries on the right side and the tank on the left I have a 700L tank and a custom fitted step in it.

[@Raul689]

dont think it matters. the fifth wheel can be adjusted forward and backward. i think it's only a thing of optional extra with the long chassis to fit the bigger tanks

[@peterg8686]

Interesting video. I've done dispatching and store warehouse. I've always thought driving looked a difficult job.

[@TheLucreziia]

Respect Brother people have no clue how much hard work this job is! Glad I got to hang my driving boots up stay safe man.

[@Raul689]

thank you

[@jh7076]

Good video mate. I was sure you'd hit that wall when you did the turn in the second yard! I'm still unsure just how much the trailer and unit can bend without doing some damage.

[@-DC-]

When the side of the trailer hits the cab and the airlines are as tight as a guitar string you have found the limit.

[@grahamlive]

You can turn in some pretty tight spots. Just need to be aware of the tail swing. Wouldn't be the first driver to knock a wall down. lol.

[@glenjones6980]

There's an audible warning, it sounds a lot like metal hitting metal :)

[@h4ggistv288]

In aldi rdc they drive right up to the bay doors and you drive into the wagon and the pallets are then lifted off by electric pallet trucks. Usually done by ALdi employees and the driver. Full Load usually tipped in 5 minutes

[@dr.leftfield9566]

A lot of the drivers we have now are with us because they did multi-drop but were being pressurised to do more in increasingly less time and it was heavy work mainly due to bad stacking and wrapping of pallets. They have some stories.... We got 'em now ( airport) which is a lot easier for them....and for us as we can take the mickey quicker when they cock it up. Keep looking something you would like better will turn up.

[@dangerscouser]

What do they do at the airport?

[@dr.leftfield9566]

@@dangerscouser Morning, The airport has around 80 retail units in each terminal inc 3 BIG names they consist of Restaurants and bars, pharmacies, accessories, clothing ( a lot), coffee houses, electronics, to name a few on top of that you have papers ( news) maintenance items, safety equipment, chairs, tables, display items everything that an airport needs to tick. You also have security for the same and all the gear that is associated with that. In short you have to regard airport retail and function along the lines of a shopping centre and then some. It all has to be delivered we have both class 1 and 2 doing it. The other plus for our drivers is they are airport only so it's frequent but very short haul.

[@dangerscouser]

@@dr.leftfield9566 appreciate the detail reply thankyou

[@paulruane6489]

Good video, mate. I did nearly 40 years of driving, in GB. Italy and international. I've pulled everything from mineral water to theatre and music shows, exceptional wide, long and heavy loads. TNT, Bartolini, SDA, furniture deliveries, house removals. Heating oil, olive oil, engine oil. The lot. And some very dodgy trucks along the way. And some very dodgy bosses, too. I hope you find the job you're looking for. Kappa-rodger, as they say here in Italy.

[@Raul689]

40 years wow that's a LOT. I'm getting sick of it after 6 years 😄😄😄

[@user-nd5vi2lo8w]

Engeeners and doctors from Calais will handle this job?

[@patagualianmostly7437]

What on earth are you suggesting, young man? LOL!

[@Raul689]

just one swim away 😄

[@williamshade927]

You moron

[@Dean4471]

I drive for Aldi and I wish the reverses onto the bays were that easy 😆

[@Wilksey75]

Its thirsty work watching you do all that🤣 , Some people go church on a Sunday but this man goes pumping pallets💪💪

[@Raul689]

weekend grind

[@jameslane7635]

Been there worn the t-shirt and threw it away, to late unfortunately my back was destroyed by then that's why I now sit in a wheelchair. I wish only for everything good to come your way my friend, stay safe out there..

[@TheFazer1992]

Was wondering why you were pushing the pallets off at first and then you switched cam views. When I worked at Iceland they just went straight into the raised bay which made it alot easier pushing wise. But worse for the store staff(which I was). Respect for the effort you guys go through

[@daveround7838]

Drop the air from your suspension lift the unit suspension then your pulling down hill! I've driven for them at liverpool the problem I always had was when they load the decker top heavy and the trailer wants to fall over at every roundabout.

[@Raul689]

always a challange with top heavy loads. always overloaded

[@Scottish_Trucker]

Good job big man 💪🏻💪🏻

[@Raul689]

Thanks pal 👍

[@dportass]

Very glad the supermarket I used to work at back in my late teens that they used cages instead of pallets but they were still heavy buggers, difficult to move, often dodgy casters, no brakes and can still have accidents on the tail lift. Also thankfully all but one delivery to the tight yard was done on small single axel trailer due to restricted space which they did jack knife turn in the yard though massive props the the driver that managed to get a longer double axel backed in off the main road and side street then into the yard that one time I'm aware of when I was there.

[@IansOddInterests]

The dreaded multi drop with time slots that do not take into account roads blocks and the store manager who is like a god who will reject a load if 15 minutes late...until I got a sat nav it was horrible

[@incognito96]

They wont refuse them now.

[@glenngolding6375]

Did the same thing in australia mate delivering to Coles using hand trolley with pallets weighing up to 1350kg dry goods and refrigerator stuff. It wares you out after awhile I only weigh 60kgs. Job well done mate cheers

[@Raul689]

Geeeeezzz. That is brutal

[@seventh-heaven8087]

That second store was a COOP before a B&M. Delivered there a few times myself (as a COOP). I did the same this went I first got there, double gesting the way in.

[@guywitharadio6043]

It was at one point, I worked there! Probably crossed paths

[@glenjones6980]

Reminds me of Netto RDC at Ackworth, everything on euro pallets and the guy with bog rolls always had to have the leccy truck leaving the lads with tinned stuff piled 5 foot high to use a hand truck.

[@grahamlive]

Netto. Are they still going? There can't be many of them if they are. I'd forgotten they even existed?

[@craigthebrute3262]

@@grahamlive they were bought by Asda, stopped trading 5 years ago

[@ronallen8828]

I promise never to take lorry drivers for granted ever again.

[@CarlSab9088]

Thanks Ron 👍🤝

[@JulianShagworthy]

That's par for the course in this job.

[@hornet346]

What a good job you do , some would not be able to shift those overloaded pallets !

[@terencemurphy8493]

Any good company would have put your second delivery on the lower bed when they loaded the trailer.

[@Raul689]

Never here. Always mixed. Pain in the arse

[@DAlan2986]

Any good company would have an electric pump truck. I have daily 1tone pallets with a crap manual pump truck. Pain in the back

[@Raul689]

Not fun 😐

[@Oorwul]

Limited to 10 tonne on the top deck

[@MrPhil6697]

@@DAlan2986 any good company?? Hahaha costs money to put a ppt on every trailer and to train every driver, so they go for the cheapest option to keep the gash they sell as cheap as possible! I know one such firm where they hang clothing from the roof spars on trailers so you have to duck under them, get the pallets and cages off the ask store for the steps and hanger frames to take them down, then same for other 2/3 drops, and shuffle the rubbish and returns around that you HAVE to bring back!

[@Beruang0707]

It's only for the good to swipe the floor once every night. This floor looks like it's been quite a while since it met a broom. And it's always easier to drag the pallet all the way out on the lift before you tun it around.

[@Icum4u]

No shipper in the US or Canada would load a filthy trailer like that no matter what the product is.

[@grahamlive]

There usually isn't enough room on the tail lift to turn it around. Also, you're more liable to fall off if you do that. I would have gone closer to the rear before turning, but not right out onto the tail lift.

[@adamabele785]

The dirt on the floor makes it especially difficult. The amount makes me wonder if it ever gets cleaned properly. The way rubbish is handled tells you a lot about a business. I´ve worked in the business and I know that shit like this is a serious indicator that people are not motivated to do the job in a decent manner, whatever the reason is.

[@Raul689]

they should sweep the trailers when they are unloading the rubbish. but because they are under pressure to finish asap they don't sweep them

[@adamabele785]

@@Raul689 The guys to load the trailers are not cleaning either. Understaffed and underpaid workers and high turnover rate tells me this place is a shithole.

[@cosmicwartoad2587]

I've seen the carnage caused by a badly stacked pallet and somebody was very lucky that such a pallet collapsed on one of the staff on the shop floor and not a customer.

[@romancascino2692]

And here we can see a life changing back injury in the making with overweight pallets or ripped muscles and watch how fast the company dumps you and puts the blame on you , and gets rid of you when you are disabled and can no longer pull pallets of this weight they will deny all liability , and the fork lift driver was not going to help you good luck because you will need it .

[@Raul689]

yep true

[@jamesbrowne7601]

They do that at my place blokes have got injured & they don’t pay sick pay & they discipline them saying they went against the safe systems of work

[@formertenant9276]

You should reject pallets that are not wrapped properly or are stacked in a dangerous manner. As Transport Supervisor I always tell my drivers to refuse pallets as such, you should also be using an EPT, we do not allow the use of manual pump trucks.

[@recall2880]

@@formertenant9276 Yeah and the more you complain and reject the company can easily find someone else to do your job

[@formertenant9276]

@@recall2880 health and safety concerns must be addressed

[@LewisHamiltonMSPR]

I feel your pain with those heavy pallets. I've worked various positions at 5 different retailers in the UK and they all do the same thing - 7ft tall pallets of drinks, tins and jars, usually unstable too. I think we average 18 - 22 tons on 16 - 20 pallets every day at my current place, all moved manually, and this is the smallest store I've worked at. The other ones used to get 30-40 pallets a day. One of the places I worked at, you had to drag those pallets halfway across an uphill and bumpy car park before squeezing the pallets into a tiny lift that had a 3 inch gap in the floor. The wheels of the pallet truck would always get stuck in that gap. Very hard to pull a 1 ton pallet out that, especially after all the energy spent dragging it up the steep slope.

[@Raul689]

That is horrible. That's why i don't do it anymore

[@michaelashcraft8569]

Store deliveries can be a really bad experience, after 35 years truckin' I know!! Mad Mike

[@Raul689]

yep i think the most demanding job

[@Secretariat1964]

12 years at the co-op and i loved it!! handball as well . turn up at the store 27 cages handball just get on with it! you help the store staff they help you and cup of tea at the end of it

[@Lochwood92]

Loved that buddy.. I am considering training for class1and 2 and this gives me a good insight into what involved in store deliveries.. you seem a really decent guy with no bullshit.

[@j24601valjean]

For all you desk jockeys out there... this is what hard work looks like!

[@Raul689]

thanks for your visit

[@bazbar9090]

Done this job for thirty five years. Always enjoyed it. Better than driving a car.

[@asef698]

😂😂

[@tonyfurneaux3399]

Hi mate, when I used to do pallet deliveries, I raised the air suspension on the truck, then gravity is on your side, if that is an option still , try it, hope it helps.

[@ruairidhbothwell8250]

Great commentary on the video. That yard on the second drop was interesting in that it had access to houses off it! How’d they get the planning for that?! I’m a lowly class 2 but we used to have a route of 20+ calls per run so no wonder we get a bit shitty when we see you double deckers sitting on the only bay on break! In the end i went back to being a dentist for a break 🤣

[@Raul689]

Thank you 👍

[@alsehl3609]

I delivered to stores in the NY City metro, tristate area 10 years ago. Your experience is similiar except we had manual transmissions, no 2 deck trailers and the store personnel did all the unloading using powered pallet jacks. The stores had dock levelers, except a few wherevwe needed atrailer with a lift. Also had intense traffic and mountains.

[@glenjones6980]

So not that similar really then :) Had it been a weekday the traffic across the M62 around Manchester and up towards what we nickname 'Windy Hill' would look like a photograph as it moves so slow most of the time.

[@alsehl3609]

@@glenjones6980 It was very difficult for us . I am unable to compare. The stores customers have no idea what a knife edge their survival dependee upon.

[@petemullen842]

Easy trucking these days, try from the 60s and 70s and 80s when I was talking roping sheeting hand Balling , got it easy these days.

[@fanfeck2844]

I worked in a warehouse in the 80s, and all the pallets were picked by pump trucks. You had to drag round five pallets an hour and pick into cages. So easy these days thank god

[@BibtheBoulder]

@@fanfeck2844 You two had it easy. In the eighties I was a coalman. 21 tons a day, (420 sacks) all put on by hand, all carried off on your back, frequently two at a time (16 stones). You don't know how lucky you were.

[@Raul689]

thank god for the easy jobs now 😄

[@Ravello1111111111111111111]

@@BibtheBoulder you had it easy back in the 1450s I had to break my back plowing frozen fields for my lord

[@georgefinlayson8448]

So much for health & safety, been there done that don't miss it what so ever

[@AndreA-ke2id]

This kind of truck driving job is the worst. The best is tanker driving, whether it be fuel, flour etc. No hard work loading/unloading and no problems on motorways in high winds.

[@keldsleepnot7961]

Night trunking is also infinitely better than this too. Depot to Depot and someone else tips and loads while I take my break. I stopped accepting shop delivery years ago. I'm just not physically big enough to move some of those pallets. I have never understood why all the heavy stuff goes on one pallet while another will be nothing but bog roll.

[@keldsleepnot7961]

@Por Qué? yup! Buggered if I'm gonna break my back for arses like that though

[@theGottowatch]

At least they opened the gate for you at bradford, im normally stuck there for 20+mins

[@Cody-zd2ye]

I was made redundant in March from this company utter chaos eight years I stood it. I could not wait to get away.

[@Raul689]

It's crazy and now they are desperate for drivers

[@niamhsdad1960]

I’m just about to be made redundant from there.

[@Raul689]

I dont understand agencies are desperate for drivers here

[@Cody-zd2ye]

@@Raul689 I'm 63 now nearly 64 and in Blackpool not a lot of choice also ive had enough of hgv work and my age is against me

[@Cody-zd2ye]

@@niamhsdad1960 why has work dropped off. I was at squires Gate bpool

[@ononewheellad]

Great video. Enjoy your day trucking.👍👍

[@user-fv9pu3ou6t]

Respect for this hgv driver. I think he did a really good job.

[@barrylaflin8425]

First time found this. Very interesting. Thanks

[@pqrstzxerty1296]

Its very hard. I had to do this with freezer trailers to store, some double decks, at MINUS 28c. Pay was not bad, £23ph, but the cold was just mad, sends you crazy.

[@Raul689]

good pay