Reply to: Straight from the HGV drivers mouth

[OwlHoot]

Got a couple of big cans of gas oil, AKA red diesel, from my old heating system in my shed. Illegal to use though and not sure it it wouldn't damage me little van's engine.

Diesel and other high-energy fuels degrade over time.

Not sure what timescales that is, but probably after a year or two it will reduce by a few RONs and may be unusable.

edit: Here we are

[WTFH]

Got a couple of big cans of ... oil,... in my shed. ...not sure it it wouldn't damage me little van's engine.

Provided you've not tweaked the engine too much, you should be OK. The bigger the engine the better.
Also, maybe mix it down with some pump diesel, rather than just using it on its own.

Diesel engines are pretty tolerant of what they burn.

[xoggoth]

Got a couple of big cans of gas oil, AKA red diesel, from my old heating system in my shed. Illegal to use though and not sure it it wouldn't damage me little van's engine.

[ladymuck]

Unfortunately the "list past posts" functionality on this board is completely broken, following the update a few months ago, and only allows one to see back about two weeks. So posts older than that have presumably fallen off the end of the conveyor belt.

Change the filter on the top right to 'all time' to see older posts

[OwlHoot]

Can you give a link to show that was reason prior to the referendum? Or were you the only person?

Unfortunately the "list past posts" functionality on this board is completely broken, following the update a few months ago, and only allows one to see back about two weeks. So posts older than that have presumably fallen off the end of the conveyor belt.

[Paddy]

Actually, one reason I voted for Brexit was a conviction that we were becoming a complacent lazy parasite nation, too reliant on and addicted to cheap overseas labour, voluntary slave labour one might almost say.

Maybe some temporary disruption will be good in the long run, if it means we become more self-reliant and stop outsourcing our skills and exploiting foreign labour to the detriment of training and employing British people.

Can you give a link to show that was reason prior to the referendum? Or were you the only person?

[OwlHoot]

Many in the country have spent the last 5 years campaigning that foreigners should go home, that they are over here taking our jobs, stealing our benefits, etc.
So, what encouragement is there for them to come back?
Oh, yes, those years of abuse were the fault of the French.

Keep on blaming foreigners, that's the spirit!

Actually, one reason I voted for Brexit was a conviction that we were becoming a complacent lazy parasite nation, too reliant on and addicted to cheap overseas labour, voluntary slave labour one might almost say.

Maybe some temporary disruption will be good in the long run, if it means we become more self-reliant and stop outsourcing our skills and exploiting foreign labour to the detriment of training and employing British people.

[vetran]

What a load of bollox I talk I see a link that proves the reason the HGV drivers were stuck in the UK was France's covid testing not Brexit but I keep on posting rowlocks.

Now we require suitable Visas we will be able to control access better its not like the EU are avoiding travelling thieves, many of their worst criminals are crossing borders.

FTFY if you are going to make stuff up please at least try to make it believable.

[SueEllen]

Some tanker and HGV drivers are starting to struggle to fill their tankers/HGVs.

Luckily most companies have their own pumps......

[SueEllen]

Re this max £30 limit some garages have, sensible comment in news today that should be the opposite, a minimum of £30 or more. Then drivers can only fill up when their tanks are low, as per normal.

So what are:
1. Motorbike owners, scooter owners and moped owners suppose to do?
2. Gardeners who use petrol mowers, hedge trimmers etc suppose to do?
3. RNLI volunteers suppose to do so they can fill up lifeboats?

There are probably more examples of people who need to get less than £30 of fuel and/or use petrol cans but theses are the ones I can think of at the top of my head.

[Paddy]

many in this country have made TULIP up and accused various people of being racist. Sorry have to call you out on this.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/l...t-b476719.html



so yes it was France that caused this gentleman's bad experience. Sorry it must be the brexiteers fault.

As far as apparent racism against EU workers apparently 6 million loved it so much here they applied for settlement . That is 4-5 times the number of Brits in the EU do you think our new citizens left the EU because it is more tolerant than the UK? Have you seen some of the naked racism in some EU countries?

The argument that EU workers were causing low wages has been resoundingly proven, we are short of HGV drivers, Catering and farm staff all lowly paid jobs occupied by many EU citizens, guess what the employers are doing ? Oh yes raising wages.

We know many European criminals have rebooted their career in the UK as some of our worst crimes recently have involved none UK nationals many here illegally.

Now if you have been out shouting "go home legal migrants" you are probably alone on this board! but you are so wrong about everything else I wouldn't be surprised.

What a load of bollox, and how many times has it been explained to you that the UK could have refused entry to know EU criminals but the UK chose not to control its borders like the rest of the EU. You babble on like a broken record with Brexit rhetoric lies meanwhile the UK falls apart because of numpties like you who put the cross in the wrong box.

[xoggoth]

Re this max £30 limit some garages have, sensible comment in news today that should be the opposite, a minimum of £30 or more. Then drivers can only fill up when their tanks are low, as per normal.

[vetran]

Many in the country have spent the last 5 years campaigning that foreigners should go home, that they are over here taking our jobs, stealing our benefits, etc.
So, what encouragement is there for them to come back?you
Oh, yes, those years of abuse were the fault of the French.

Keep on blaming foreigners, that's the spirit!

many in this country have made TULIP up and accused various people of being racist. Sorry have to call you out on this.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/l...t-b476719.html

More than 1,000 lorries have left the UK since Wednesday evening but many are still trapped at the port of Dover.

The drivers were stranded after France introduced travel restrictions on hauliers crossing the Channel following the emergence of a new mutated strain of coronavirus in the UK.

Footage of the port on Christmas Eve showed the truckers had used traffic cones to spell out the word “help”.

It comes after tensions threatened to boil over on Wednesday as the truckers were pictured clashing with police officers at the port.

The lorry drivers were seen honking their horns in protest. Kent Police said a man had been arrested for obstructing a highway in Dover.

France was accused of over-reacting to the new strain of Covid-19 after more than 2,000 lorry drivers waiting to leave the port returned negative test. Just three drivers had positive tests, said Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.

so yes it was France that caused this gentleman's bad experience. Sorry it must be the brexiteers fault.

As far as apparent racism against EU workers apparently 6 million loved it so much here they applied for settlement . That is 4-5 times the number of Brits in the EU do you think our new citizens left the EU because it is more tolerant than the UK? Have you seen some of the naked racism in some EU countries?

The argument that EU workers were causing low wages has been resoundingly proven, we are short of HGV drivers, Catering and farm staff all lowly paid jobs occupied by many EU citizens, guess what the employers are doing ? Oh yes raising wages.

We know many European criminals have rebooted their career in the UK as some of our worst crimes recently have involved none UK nationals many here illegally.

Now if you have been out shouting "go home legal migrants" you are probably alone on this board! but you are so wrong about everything else I wouldn't be surprised.

[WTFH]

I totally understand his point of view. Does he understand why he couldn't get into France without their last minute mandated tests? We didn't want to keep people from their families.

Many in the country have spent the last 5 years campaigning that foreigners should go home, that they are over here taking our jobs, stealing our benefits, etc.
So, what encouragement is there for them to come back?
Oh, yes, those years of abuse were the fault of the French.

Keep on blaming foreigners, that's the spirit!

[vetran]

Not what I heard from a Polish truck driver earlier yesterday. He said after spending last Christmas at Manston airport and having to be fed by SWAT we can f*** off.

I totally understand his point of view. Does he understand why he couldn't get into France without their last minute mandated tests? We didn't want to keep people from their families.