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28 Oktober 2009

Budget Moving Truck Rental

Moving is a very stressful time. If you are moving to a new house or even office there is so much to do and organize. Fortunately, you can save a lot of time, money and hassle by finding a budget moving truck rental. You will also not have to worry about a moving company breaking your possessions.

With budget moving truck rental you rent a truck at a cheap price and literally move yourself. The money you save can really add up, especially if you are moving long distance. When it comes to your precious cargo, it is much safer in your hands. With most of the small to mid sized trucks there are also no extra drivers licensing issues, and if you can drive a van then you can easily drive a truck.

There are many different sized trucks available, although we can split them up into broad categories of small, medium and large. The price you pay is first based on the sized truck you plan to rent then on the amount of time you wish to rent it for. Depending on how long you require the truck for, the rental amount will be charged in hours or days, and even weeks if you so require. You will need at least one form of identification and a security deposit will be required (which is given back when the truck is returned).

With budget moving truck rental you know the goods are safe when you handle them yourself. It is also much cheaper than hiring a moving company.

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16 Oktober 2009

Is Lorry Driving What it Used to Be?

Currently, there is a feeling of real doom and gloom hanging over the logistics industry. You just have to look at the squeeze lorry drivers are facing with rising fuel prices, LEZ charges and congestion fees increasingly cropping up. On top of pretty much everyone feelking a financial pinch, a survey on our site has revealed that over half of our members are working in excess of 60 hours per week - it's no wonder there's a hankering for the 'good old days' of haulage. But was taking a backload then really any better?

In a 2006 article in the Independent, about the low number of young people taking up the profession, Nigel Baxter of RH Freight was keen to point out that things have gotten much better for lorry drivers: "It's a much more sophisticated industry these days, thanks to technology such as satellite navigation...Before the Road Transport Directive came into effect last year [2005], drivers typically worked 65 hours a week, whereas now we're down to 48 with more control over finish times... Health and safety has also been tightened up and the rules on manual handling have changed." He also described the logistics equipment as "far more lightweight and less arduous to use than in the past", suggesting a marked improvement in conditions for lorry drivers. Whether or not Baxter's firm is an exception rather than the rule (as mentioned above, our members are still working long hours), is a harking for the good old days of logistics just hopeless rose-tinted nostalgia, as he suggests?

Well, if you were to take a time machine back to the 1960s, the first thing you'd notice in your considerably less comfortable old lorry cab is the weather - whether you're in winter or in summer. That's right - whether the weather was hot or cold, you were stuck with it. In summer, with the windows rolled down, this wasn't such an issue, but in the freezing winter of 1962, with no cab heater (or an early inefficient model) several layers were far from optional in the old lorries!

Seatbelts only began to appear in certain cars in the 1960s, and they were a real rarity in old lorries - set against a debate over whether they aided safety or restricted escape in the event of being trapped. It's universally accepted that lorries are both more comfortable and safe than they used to be - and this comfort extended to the noise too. Many old lorries in the early 1960s had no noise blocking materials between the lorry driver and the main engine, making them extremely loud! Some cunning old lorry drivers would use blankets to cover the bonnet to dim the noise a bit, which would double up as insulation on some of the trucks with ill-fitting engine covers!

As for in-cab devices, you were mainly left to provide your own entertainment. In car radios were far from standard, and were not particularly widespread until the 70s. You could use a portable radio, but the thick roofs of the old lorry cabs meant that finding and keeping a good aerial signal was almost impossible. Cassette players were just coming into fashion around the 70s - later to be fitted into cars. Portable tape players weren't particularly power efficient and would be unlikely to last a significant part of any old lorry's journey.

haps the most convenient thing that we take for granted these days is the wide availability of the mobile phone. Nowadays, mobiles even have internet access on them, allowing easy communication wherever you are on the road, but in those days you were pretty much on your own in the old lorry. If you needed to urgently get into contact with 'base', you'd be at the mercy of finding a payphone - and you'd probably be left reversing the charges to your company!

Add to this the state of the roads in those days (balanced out by the lower volumes of traffic, but still) and the need to constantly monitor the security of the backload on your truck (the old ropes would shrink and tighten in rain, then dry out in sun, loosening the backload, amongst other hazards) and you begin to realise that modern logistics drivers have never had it so good. It's nice to look back nostalgically on times gone by, but give me my mixtapes and mobile phone any day of the week!

Lyall Cresswell is the Managing Director for the Transport Exchange Group. Haulage Exchange, their freight exchange for the 7.5 tonne and above market, offers an independent environment for its members to swap backloads.

12 Oktober 2009

Do Car Or Truck Rental Companies Hire People to Relocate Their Vehicles?

When many people are relocating to an area that is very far away, they have one or more vehicles that also have to be relocated. Often many people are unable to drive their vehicles so they have to find other means of getting their vehicles to the new location. Fortunately, there are car and truck rental companies that hire people to relocate their vehicles.

Driving your car is normally the easiest way to get your vehicle from one place to another; however, if you are unable to drive the vehicle, there are many companies that will ship your car, usually aboard a large truck. Transporting a large quantity of vehicles or a single vehicle from one location to another can be done using a truck. There are also companies that offer the services of drivers-for-hire to bring their customers' vehicles to their destination. If you are planning a large move and require your vehicle to be transported, it is recommended that you ask your moving company or check online for companies that provide such services. Auto shippers vary in their services and prices, so it is highly recommended that you obtain several quotes before selecting the rental company.

Depending on the service that you choose, vehicle transportation companies can offer the following services:

Drivers-for-hire delivering your vehicle to your new location

Door to door open carrier truck

Door to door closed carrier truck

Multiple Car transport

Fleet loads for businesses such as a car dealership

These companies offer free rate quotes over the phone or online, manage the shipping and tracking of your vehicle, and offer the best driving routes to safeguard your car. They are fully bonded and certified insurance carriers, and only use specially trained drivers and vehicle transport specialists. They also take care of the insurance paperwork, necessary documentation, and adhere to the Department of Transportation's rules and regulations across each state.

No matter where you live and where you are relocating, there are truck and car rental companies that will transport your vehicle, either by truck or a hired driver. It is one of the safest and most effective ways of transporting your vehicle. When driving your car across the country, the company's insurance will cover any incidents that may occur with your car. This can include an accident, minor damage to the vehicle or any of its parts, and theft, so you know that you are protected.

If you are unable to drive your car a long distance, transporting the vehicle on a truck or using a hired driver will ensure that your vehicle arrives at your new location. Customers who use these methods of transport will feel assured that their vehicles are safe and protected as they are being driven across the country by licensed and trained transport specialists. These specialists will take all precautions to ensure your vehicle arrives in the same condition as you sent it. Vehicle owners don't have to worry about how they are going to get their vehicles across the country. Truck and car rental companies take the hassle out of relocating one's vehicles.

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More Lorry Driver Urban Legends

I've written about lorry driver urban legends before, but they just keep cropping up all over the internet. I'm not sure quite why lorry drivers and their vehicles often seem to be at the centre of these kinds of stories - my theory is that it's the lorry drivers themselves who spread them while running haulage jobs and return loads all over the world! Perhaps it is just that many urban legends take place on the road, and lorry drivers make for convenient and plausible participants. However they spread, these stories are here to stay, and they get wilder and more outlandish with every retelling. Here are five of the best (and one of them is even true!)

Don't Mess With The Lorry Driver

According to this legend, three bikers arrive in a café and see a lorry driver sitting on his own. For some reason they decide it will be fun to pick on him. They drink his coffee, pour pepper over him, and eat most of his food. The lorry driver does nothing, simply eats what is left, pays the bill and leaves. Afterwards, one of the bikers says to the waiter, "He wasn't much of a fighter, was he?" The waiter, who is looking outside, replies "He wasn't much of a driver either; he just backed his lorry straight over three motorcycles parked outside!"

True or False? It wouldn't surprise me if this was true, since lorry drivers are renowned for their non-nonsense nature, but there are no recorded instances of this actually happening. A scene similar to this has appeared several times on film (for example, in Smokey and the Bandit and Every Which Way But Loose) indicating that it probably belongs in the realms of fiction.

Loose Load = Decapitation

Here's a story about a gruesome kind of "return load"! As a motorcyclist is driving behind a lorry, a loose sheet of metal slips from the back of the lorry and decapitates him. The now headless driver, propelled by the momentum of the bike, travels past the lorry driver, who sees the motorcyclist, has a heart attack, and crashes his lorry.

True or False? It was false, but it recently became true! The original story is an urban legend that has been around for decades and has dozens of variations, but gruesomely enough, similar events occurred in 2001. 43 year old Linda Riojas was decapitated by a sheet of metal that apparently fell from a lorry in front and went through her windshield before landing next a Bible in the back seat. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction!

"Wait, is that a-"

A biker is on the road at night (what is it about lorry drivers and bikers in urban legends?) sees two bikers coming down the other side of the road. He decides to show off by riding in between them and turns into the oncoming lane. But at the very last moment, he sees that it isn't two bikes on the road ahead of him, but the headlights of a lorry.

True or False? Definitely false - this one has been kicking around for a long time, told as either a joke or a spooky campfire story. A variation of it even appears in the 1921 film Hard Luck, where Buster Keaton attempts to commit suicide by standing in front of a car (seen only by its headlights) and is instead passed by two bemused motorcyclists.

The Al-Qaida Return Load

Shortly after September 11th, an email did the rounds warning that over thirty rental trucks and lorries had gone missing "taken by Arabic looking men", presumably for a follow up attack.

True or False? Completely false. The three companies mentioned in the original email (Ryder, U-Haul and Verizon) said that none of their lorries had gone missing, and it seems to have been just another email hoax.

Deadly Shipment

A lorry filled with ten tonnes of cyanide is hijacked in Mexico for reasons unknown; terrorism is strongly suspected. The lorry is found days later, but is missing its lethal cargo.

True or False? True! Although it had nothing to do with terrorism (and it is likely that the hijackers weren't even aware of what the lorry was carrying) in February 2002 a lorry was stopped and hijacked by three armed gunmen in Mexico. A few days later, the lorry was found, but with some of the cyanide missing. What happened to it, no one knows...


Lyall Cresswell is the Managing Director for the Transport Exchange Group. Haulage Exchange, their freight exchange for the 7.5 tonne and above market, offers an independent environment for its members to exchange loads and manage their groupage.

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