Finally going for it,lorry purchase.

[Smiffy]

Here's some info

I saw that and can't believe what completely and utterly useless twats are refusing to drive lorries on the badge and the lot in the comments are all that is wrong with this country.
Dafs give no more problems than any other lorry, in fact in my experience they give less grief than Scania and Volvo. All they do is make a noise when they have a problem which is harder to ignore whereas other trucks just have a light.
They need to be given a 30year old manual iveco that's on its second time round the clock and then see if they re-evaluate their life choices.

 

[Simon edwards]

I saw that and can't believe what completely and utterly useless twats are refusing to drive lorries on the badge and the lot in the comments are all that is wrong with this country.
Dafs give no more problems than any other lorry, in fact in my experience they give less grief than Scania and Volvo. All they do is make a noise when they have a problem which is harder to ignore whereas other trucks just have a light.
They need to be given a 30year old manual iveco that's on its second time round the clock and then see if they re-evaluate their life choices.

I agree, that is mental! If you are an employed driver/operator why would you have an issue with whatever you are asked to drive or operate,I have known plant ops to leave a job over a new machine they didn’t think they would like, both of them complete twats!

 

[JoeS]

I saw that and can't believe what completely and utterly useless twats are refusing to drive lorries on the badge and the lot in the comments are all that is wrong with this country.
Dafs give no more problems than any other lorry, in fact in my experience they give less grief than Scania and Volvo. All they do is make a noise when they have a problem which is harder to ignore whereas other trucks just have a light.
They need to be given a 30year old manual iveco that's on its second time round the clock and then see if they re-evaluate their life choices.

less real problems? yes thats fair...but they do enjoy a bit of disco dash!! Panic stations turn it off have a nosey about, then there all gone? or some a range of completely different ones pop up

 

[Smiffy]

less real problems? yes thats fair...but they do enjoy a bit of disco dash!! Panic stations turn it off have a nosey about, then there all gone? or some a range of completely different ones pop up

I don't think it's any worse than any other lorry. Scania and Volvos do the same. They just don't have an annoying bong with them.
My mate has a pre adblue Scania p400 hookloader from a couple of years old and it has been an absolute nightmare. The firm I work fora Scania hookloader has had plenty of little things and when the clutch fault came up on the dash it wouldn't turn the PTO on so couldn't get the body off with a skidsteer in it.

 

[JoeS]

I don't think it's any worse than any other lorry. Scania and Volvos do the same. They just don't have an annoying bong with them.
My mate has a pre adblue Scania p400 hookloader from a couple of years old and it has been an absolute nightmare. The firm I work fora Scania hookloader has had plenty of little things and when the clutch fault came up on the dash it wouldn't turn the PTO on so couldn't get the body off with a skidsteer in it.

that bloody bong is enough to cause nightmares, god it annoying

 

[hiluxman]

I knew saying that I'd had no issues thus far with my old grab wagon on here would come back on me lol.

Dare say I've a compressor head gasket fault. Ran out of air twice while maneuvering, noticed it was getting abit lazy on idle for building air recently. Totally fine when driving while rpm is up.

Oh well best get it sorted.

 

[6feetdown]

I knew saying that I'd had no issues thus far with my old grab wagon on here would come back on me lol.

Dare say I've a compressor head gasket fault. Ran out of air twice while maneuvering, noticed it was getting abit lazy on idle for building air recently. Totally fine when driving while rpm is up.

Oh well best get it sorted.

Tempting fate is a real thing lol!

 

[V8Druid]

I knew saying that I'd had no issues thus far with my old grab wagon on here would come back on me lol.

Dare say I've a compressor head gasket fault. Ran out of air twice while maneuvering, noticed it was getting abit lazy on idle for building air recently. Totally fine when driving while rpm is up.

Oh well best get it sorted.

relief valve sticking ? or no signs of blow off/leakage ... presume you can hear it chuffing?

 

[hiluxman]

relief valve sticking ? or no signs of blow off/leakage ... presume you can hear it chuffing?

No air loss, just a case of it won't build air fast enough to keep up demand while maneuvering. I had it before on my other daf. It's also a prity common issue.

 

[V8Druid]

No air loss, just a case of it won't build air fast enough to keep up demand while maneuvering. I had it before on my other daf. It's also a prity common issue.

gasket or rings?

 

[hiluxman]

gasket or rings?

Usually gasket.

Might be the apu shitted up but my money is on the compressor gasket because I know the apu is clean.

 

[JD450A]

I saw that and can't believe what completely and utterly useless twats are refusing to drive lorries on the badge and the lot in the comments are all that is wrong with this country.

It doesn't make sense unless you realise they have run prodominantly Mercs on there fleet up to now.... Reasonably well specified Mercs.

I suspect they now have standard fleet hire Dafs..... It might not just be comfort..... I've a feeling the mercs where swb to get in places.

 

[6feetdown]

Slightly off topic remember we had a shortage of lorry drivers! That disappeared overnight!

 

[V8Druid]

Slightly off topic remember we had a shortage of lorry drivers! That disappeared overnight!

nah - they just pushed any knob head through their tests

 

[Monkeybusiness]

nah - they just pushed any knob head through their tests

I thank you!!!

 

[Smiffy]

It doesn't make sense unless you realise they have run prodominantly Mercs on there fleet up to now.... Reasonably well specified Mercs.

I suspect they now have standard fleet hire Dafs..... It might not just be comfort..... I've a feeling the mercs where swb to get in places.

That doesn't make it sound any better.
Even the most poverty spec trucks are a pretty decent place to be now days.
They are all auto, have cruise control air conditioning, blue tooth and a whole heap of other stuff.
It's definitely petty to refuse to drive a lorry when you you are employed as a lorry driver.
And they new lorries, it's not even like they are being asked to drive a clapped out POS.

 

[Furniss]

We are talking about lorry drivers here - when i took my hgv it was a 2 week course with a classroom of potential truckers

 

[groundworker]

We are talking about lorry drivers here - when i took my hgv it was a 2 week course with a classroom of potential truckers
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Does the instructor know you snapped this pic of him?

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Does the instructor know you snapped this pic of him?

That’s why @Mogman always wears his hat….

 

[jd6820]

I saw that and can't believe what completely and utterly useless twats are refusing to drive lorries on the badge and the lot in the comments are all that is wrong with this country.
Dafs give no more problems than any other lorry, in fact in my experience they give less grief than Scania and Volvo. All they do is make a noise when they have a problem which is harder to ignore whereas other trucks just have a light.
They need to be given a 30year old manual iveco that's on its second time round the clock and then see if they re-evaluate their life choices.

Don't think I've driven a DAF that hasn't made many noises during the course of a trip and displayed various warnings. I relief drive for a local haulier when they get stuck. There fleet consists of Volvo, Scania and DAF, the latter being phased out as they give more issues and I'm my opinion drive the worse of the bunch. They are manual tractor units that fully freighted, require someone not fussed by heavy gears and heavy clutch pedal to drive properly. I do know that when I've had a shift on one and jump back into my van to head home the clutch pedal nearly enters the engine bay via the bulkhead for the first try... ...

Having driven a DAF (manual & auto), Merc, Volvo and Scania all with some degree of hours behind the wheel. I'd choose to run them in this order: Volvo, Scania, Merc then finally.... DAF.

Only reason I didn't buy a Volvo was that a Tag axle was out of budget and they are so few on the ground, hence the Scania. But I will say Merc's are a flipping good wagon and drive nice too, the auto box ain't bad.