Tanker Drivers strike

[Mogster]

Well thats any hope of spending the Easter weekend Hooning, down the pan, well unless ya want to push the thing home,  .... selfish fukkers 

[Boomer]

Why???
Buy two 20 litre Jerry cans, fill them and stick them in the panniers.
That should give you a range of 450 miles at 35Mpg (HOON Mode!)

Either that or you can fill the car and return home every 180 miles to fill up from the car.
A friend did just that during the last Tankers drivers strike.
He's a courier so he filled his old Jag XJ6 which gave him 120litres of petrol storage at home.
That would run his Dullville for a month!

As a friend says "Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance" 

[Mogster]

yeah, problem is that Smarty's Bandit is a tad more thirsty than the GTR... 

[Mogster]

and so the madness begins  seen 4 petrol stations this afternoon with 'sorry no fuel' signs and all the rest had big Q's

course it's not being helped by the idiot in charge of the country suggesting we 'top up our tanks'..... muppet 

[Rusty]

Yes I have noticed too in the sunny souffff that there are Q's ... not seen any empty pumps yet but it won't be long 

[pembsgtr]

Or work on an oil refinery and be able to fill up at source if they pumps run dry outside the gate..............(Yes it is duty paid ).

[pembsgtr]

Its all a ploy by our beloved government, to fill the coffers with extra money from the rise in sales due to the panic buying.  The annoying thing is petrol is as such an unwanted product in the world of refining.....there is no profit in it 

[O.C.]

I managed to sqeeeeeeeze 280 litres into the wagon today, it wasn't even empty 

[coman37]

Its all a ploy by our beloved government, to fill the coffers with extra money from the rise in sales due to the panic buying.  The annoying thing is petrol is as such an unwanted product in the world of refining.....there is no profit in it 

Exactly what I was thinking, Govt minister promotes panic buying so more cash from fuel duty and vat, cxxxs !!!!

Coman

[Dive1082]

Not that happy about the disruption, but I respect their right to protest by holding industrial action.  They get my vote!

Petrol stations cashing in as price rises 4p per litre at my local!

[nigelp]

Queues at Asda this evening and at Esseo garage. Just been down and filled the spare car so we can drain that if it really goes pear shaped, no queues there mind at 9.10pm at the local garage.

[Essex Boy]

What happened to all the truckers that were striking when petrol went to 1.25p.

At 1.42p it's bloody daylight robbery. I would be happy to see every motorway blocked by Truckers bringing the government to the point of negotiating Petrol prices down.

EB

[zedmeister]

All our vehicles are Diesel, so filled them up yesterday, we are on holiday next week so filled the motorhome with 75 litres of diesel and the bikes with 30 litres, a 20 litre jerry can, and a 5 litre can of unleaded, just in case. We are out this weekend on another egg run so we of will use the 30 litres, hopefully will replenish sunday ready for the holiday.

[Winston Smith]

'kin 'ell Zedmeister - that's about £200!!

You buy a petrol station if you're forking that out every week 

[Mogster]

Petrol tanker drivers, who earn 45k a year btw, are striking over pay and conditions, they say that as they do a dangerous job they need more money....
I am assuming that there are plod on here, who also do a dangerous job,haven't you guys had a virtual pay cut, summit about 'pay increments'.
And of course the guys and girls in Afghanistan had a shite pay rise...

They are a great many tankers that travel our roads, which transport chemicals that make petrol look as flammable as custard, i don't see them striking for better pay....

Methinks this is just the start of a personal battle between the unions and the government, this is only going to get worse and make the UK look bloody stupid during the Olympics.