This Is Why The Cost Of Living Is So High | HGV Load Refused

Could this be ONE of the reasons that the cost of living is so high these days? - It certainly doesn't help when HGV loads get refused!

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[lynjames]

First time seeing your video impressed with the map of your journey, Refusing a drop needs to be stopped, some won't accept a single Pallet af 4pm which could be taken off in minutes and are open for another hour, They should be charged which is another 120 miles round trip, 😢 we never do this even if we are late leaving as a Driver if i have just returned i will jump on the Forklift and help 😊 So that the Driver can go, And is complete waste of time and Expensive Fuel 😢 But Stupid people cannot see it in management, Well Done everyone ✌️

[fencer]

A few weeks ago I was talking to a potato farmer down in somerset who told me that he supplies potatoes to a well know supermarket beginning with "T". He delivered an artic load of potatoes to their depot about 200 miles away for it to be refused (because they had received their quota for the day). The driver was then made to drive through a sprinkler system which sprayed the potatoes with purple dye. Supposedly making them on usable to any other re seller. He got back to his depot took the worst out for animal feed and got his workers to wash those not too stained. " days later same potatoes delivered to supermarket . " trip 800 mile great clubcard saving there. These British supermarkets are a cartel controlling prices and availability. Screwing the customers and even more the suppliers.

[newton]

Just retired, forced, After 50 years as a HGV driver, refused to work 15 hour Days, So worked out of a Job, To be honest I have had it with HGV driving, Treat like dog by people you keep in a Job, Nobody stood on their doorsteps clapping HGV drivers for working through every pandemic since 1947, HGV drivers enabled Doctors Nurses to get to work, Putting food in shops and petrol in Garages, I delivered to Aldi Bolton, Finished and went shopping had to que to let So called front line workers go in the shop first, As a HGV driver I was not classed as a frontline worker. People do not realize that this country would stop in less than 24 hours if HGV drivers stopped work.

[BigDavie]

30 years on the backdoor and I have only ever refused one load. It was a frozen delivery where the temperature was set at 20°C instead of -20°C. Management wanted me to accept it but since they were unwilling to give me the order to accept in writing, it got sent away.

[petejones]

And there we have it. I did 43 years in haulage driving every category of truck up to 44 ton artic. More times than i can remember i had loads delayed for no apparent reason, told to go away & come back in hours time (even for a single parcel), and refused outright. The fact that i might have several other calls to make or booked times to make made no difference to person accepting delivery. If a whole load refused then it usually resulted in an easy day, which i didn't mind as long as id not been kept ages waiting. Several London loads (from Nottingham) were taken back, as Daz says - 3 times the cost incurred.
Im retired from it now, came to renewing licence, driver cpc, medical (all at my expense), i couldn't face it over the age of 60. Ignorant inexperienced transport planners didn't help either. I could go on.... !

[frednutz]

I feel your frustration about rejected loads.
I once delivered a load to a well known supermarket chain warehouse here in Australia, sat there for 3 hours & had it refused.
The product was correct & the count was correct but 1 digit in the barcode did not match their computer so they rejected the load.
I took it back to our yard & it sat in our warehouse for 3 days at $1.50 per pallet per day, truck holds 44 pallets double stacked, then took it back to the same supermarket chain & it was accepted because someone changed the barcode number in the computer.

[Fazak]

Also in the USA the Lumpur fees for unloading are paid by the driver on the company credit card when authorized. I have known drivers who put the receipt on the seat or dashboard, opened the window and it flew out no receipt then the fee is taken out of your pay. Minimum $750. They are so strict now you have to put truck # trailer #load# in gas pumps before you fill up your fuel tanks. The cost of tolls on the highways is now so high they route you through small towns and back roads for hours on your gps, it flashes red if you do not get off the highway if you ignore its taken out of your pay. The cost of stop starting at all the lights probably costs more on fuel than the tolls, but they watch every dime when the truck is running. Plus the destruction of the back roads noise pollution and slower traffic is the side effect. Worse though you get paid by the mile over here and it's hard to get the long miles in on back roads and stopping and starting going through the small towns. It's a shit show now.

[watchmrcontent]

Complaints about a shortage of drivers - yet you're refused tipping (often probably due to traffic hold-ups, which you can't control, or yard managers with a control complex), made to wait (because the forklift driver simply can't shift his lunch break 15 mins), sent the wrong way due to rubbish signage etc etc. You've every right to be frustrated

[flipper]

First week in December I had a load of beer rejected at Asda Lutterworth because it only had ten months shelf life. My last drop one day, Booker Norwich wouldn't accept 28 cases, (two layers on pallet) at 15;40, had to stay overnight, in the morning it took 30 seconds to tip.

[mothmagic]

When i was driving hgvs i hated the fact that a lot of places wouldn't tip you if you were 10 mins late ut would still make no effort to tip you if you arrived early.

[fishypie]

my heart gose out to you guys and gals. so much red tape and times to keep too, and driveing a monster like that can not be easy. i have respect when i see you lot

[glynatmore]

It proves the point that driving hgv's in England isn't worth a toss anymore.
Thank fuck im not doing that nasty job at the moment & don't know if I want to again.

[IsThisAvailable]

What a good insight into your job.
I just 'accidentally' came across your video and I found it entertaining from start to finish.

[paul-c]

I remember years ago I had to go to this huge supermarket warehouse belonging to W, owned by a large department store, at that time everything had to be on chep pallets if they found either a pallet or damage of the goods on any pallet, the whole 24 pallet load was put back on and sent back, ridiculous, I wonder if that still occurs with them.

[teamdarkhorse]

intersting to see you assist the new pass driver, testimony the dcpc falls short of its intention, i come from an age where we roped and sheeted, manual trucks, tilts etc . yet i still have to sit tjis wretched schemes/stealth tax

[xowaspxowasp]

Hi. When you next visit your Nunn Road depot, say hello to Rob in the warehouse for me please. Pete from B.I.D. We used to store goods at that yard, before they moved to East Mids Airport.

[chrishartley]

A few months ago, when we had "shortages" the food (tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce etc) was fresh when you got it, although the price had risen. Now we are back to the state where food is rotting as soon as you get it home. I suspect a lot of this is because loads have been refused and sat in a warehouse for a couple of extra days. Oh, and of course, the price hasn't come down.

[rossmcgarrie]

Hi Dazz how are you doing Pal ? I hope you’re son tells you he loves you ? Strange question I do apologise as I lost my dad a week ago from vascular dementia. I sure wish I told him I loved him. He was 88 so a good age Dazz. Next Sunday will no be easy being Father’s Day as it was the Monday he past on & me mum & family cremate him next week at Kirkcaldy then it’ll be straight back to Covenanter Hotel in Falkland where sanies & sausage rolls & where bits of Outlander was filmed years ago. But this past week has really taught me one thing & that’s never take life for granted as you never know what’s around the corner. I pretty much guess you don’t take life for granted so apologies if it sounded like I was giving you a lecture as it wasn’t meant so I apologise Buddy.

[patoverend]

in this day and age I've never understood why the trailer legs have never been made mechanical or electrically operated with a back up manual system incase of failure, great video daz

[gerard]

Ive so much respect for hgv drivers, was a mechanic on them late 70s till 1990, .winters were a bitch, especially breakdowns on the highway , Scotland, now in sunnier climate no regrets.