Eddie Stobbart: Trucks and Trailers
Discussion
Channel 5, Friday 8pm. Probably on Five OD at some point in the next few hours.
Did anyone else watch this, it had a lot of the false sense of peril that made Ice Road Truckers popular:
"Later, A driver faces his worst nightmare!"
Armed truck thieves?
Pedantic man from the DVLA/VOSA?
Zombie prostitutes back for revenge?
No, traffic. ON THE M25!!!111!!!!! DUN! DUN! DUUUUUUUUUN!!!!
It wasn't all cheesey, if you are as immature as I am, it was full of double entendres many well dressed driver "dropped their load" and one tanker driver even "Emptied his load". Next week, token woman driver even says "I'm going to have a creamy mess in the back"
Did anyone else watch this, it had a lot of the false sense of peril that made Ice Road Truckers popular:
"Later, A driver faces his worst nightmare!"
Armed truck thieves?
Pedantic man from the DVLA/VOSA?
Zombie prostitutes back for revenge?
No, traffic. ON THE M25!!!111!!!!! DUN! DUN! DUUUUUUUUUN!!!!
It wasn't all cheesey, if you are as immature as I am, it was full of double entendres many well dressed driver "dropped their load" and one tanker driver even "Emptied his load". Next week, token woman driver even says "I'm going to have a creamy mess in the back"
I try and avoid all those programmes, Ice Road Truckers (this obvious UK copy), the fishing ones, the timber ones. All monotonous and boring. Really should be single 1hr shows only but never a series. There's only so much driving along the same road, catching fish and cutting down trees they can do before it's all the same again.
Did they include a special bit about how clean they keep their trucks? That would have been thrilling viewing.
Did they include a special bit about how clean they keep their trucks? That would have been thrilling viewing.
Having driven said trucks I can confirm that no matter what the colour and livery of your truck it's a dull, tedious, thankless job. Interspersed with times of utter, utter mind crushingly life sapping moments of waiting around to be unloaded/loaded by equally dull miserable shunters. 
The only glimmer of excitement is catching an open top car with a fit chick driving whose wearing a very short skirt and it won't stop you recounting the story back at the job but miraculously she will be wearing suspenders and garters and would have given you a little wink/wave etc.
Or overtaking another truck.
Only to be overtaken again down hill. Damn. Off we go again.
The only glimmer of excitement is catching an open top car with a fit chick driving whose wearing a very short skirt and it won't stop you recounting the story back at the job but miraculously she will be wearing suspenders and garters and would have given you a little wink/wave etc.
Or overtaking another truck.
Only to be overtaken again down hill. Damn. Off we go again.
GTIR said:
Having driven said trucks I can confirm that no matter what the colour and livery of your truck it's a dull, tedious, thankless job. Interspersed with times of utter, utter mind crushingly life sapping moments of waiting around to be unloaded/loaded by equally dull miserable shunters.
A lot of jobs are dull, tedious and thankless. Fixing some ungrateful 
's car, for example. 
Fuchs said:
that p.a´s arse.........
It wasn't just me then. I must say, I do hate this over-dramatic formula, where everything is repeated half a dozen times. It could be an interesting programme if it were condensed into a two-hour show. Must say though, I was impressed with how the business has grown in recent years - what with their own port, trains and so on.
Edited by Laurel Green on Saturday 25th September 00:14
FourWheelDrift said:
I try and avoid all those programmes, Ice Road Truckers (this obvious UK copy), the fishing ones, the timber ones. All monotonous and boring. Really should be single 1hr shows only but never a series. There's only so much driving along the same road, catching fish and cutting down trees they can do before it's all the same again.
Did they include a special bit about how clean they keep their trucks? That would have been thrilling viewing.
Did you know that every single job in Alaska was rougher, and tougher than any other job ever, anywhere else in the world? Did they include a special bit about how clean they keep their trucks? That would have been thrilling viewing.
Mainly because there is actually danger in it, and everyone is clearly crazy for being there!That Mo irritated me esp when he was telling those blokes how to clean his truck, I don't have a problem in high standards but there's a way to ask and he was patronising to the guys, I'm sure they know their job!
Would've been interested to get my Dads take on it (except he was working whilst it was on), having been a lorry driver for over 35yrs he has seen pretty much everything there is to do with the job!
Would've been interested to get my Dads take on it (except he was working whilst it was on), having been a lorry driver for over 35yrs he has seen pretty much everything there is to do with the job!
Edited by becksW on Saturday 25th September 11:35
One assumes hairy legs a requisite.Mate came round last night as the wimmin were out so we watched it.
When the PA came into view we shot each other a glance and a knowing 'nod' as you do. However, in the wider shot encompassing the said arse we both looked at each with a look of horror and blurted out some comment in unison about proportions of the rear end.
When the PA came into view we shot each other a glance and a knowing 'nod' as you do. However, in the wider shot encompassing the said arse we both looked at each with a look of horror and blurted out some comment in unison about proportions of the rear end.
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