Petrol shortage

[Seeker]

Originally Posted by Bibio

why this country cant use freight train and short haul is beyond me. this would reduce road traffic and use less fuel.

https://www.railfreight.com/railfrei...s/?gdpr=accept

First, you need a plan...

...does the plan involve profit for donors and friends of the Conservative Party?

No? Don't bother with the plan.

[Nobbylad]

Originally Posted by Bibio

someone i know has just recently passed their HGV but cant get a job driving artics. its not just about having an HGV licence its companies refusing to take on inexperienced drivers. again the media is scaremongering the public.

why this country cant use freight train and short haul is beyond me. this would reduce road traffic and use less fuel.

Lack of infrastructure, supply chain agility/flexibility (JIT purchasing/delivery), cost etc all play a part. Road haulage solves a lot of these problems and in my area, there are tons of roles for newly qualified drivers w/o experience.

[embee]

Originally Posted by Bibio

someone i know has just recently passed their HGV but cant get a job driving artics. its not just about having an HGV licence its companies refusing to take on inexperienced drivers. ......

What I heard was that insurance companies wouldn't give cover for inexperienced drivers, so hauliers couldn't employ them.

[DJ123]

My Mother works at a Petrol Station for one of the large Supermarkets. They had a delivery last night of 14,000 litres of Diesel.
They open at 5AM, and by 7PM half of it was gone. And by 10AM they were closed . . . .

[Bibio]

went shopping late at about 8pm last night. got me daily shopping then seen there were a good few spaces for fuel so popped into one and started filled tank with diesel. i thought there was a limit and was waiting for the pump to cut off at some point but it just kept going. that'll do me for another month or so. btw i always use my fuel till about 1/4 tank then brim my tank when i fill up as i hate going to the petrol station.

[Craig380]

I went to my local Shell today and there was a short queue of 4 cars. Not bad, I thought, I'll wait. Turns out the queue wasn't because of fuel shortages, but was caused by an old lady who'd stopped 6 feet from the pump on her side, which meant she was also blocking access to the pumps on the other side of her 'lane'.

[Sir Trev]

Originally Posted by Bibio

l always use my fuel till about 1/4 tank then brim my tank when i fill up as i hate going to the petrol station.

So do I, for the same reason.

It's almost time for Hugh to go into hibernation (unlacquered casings and salt do not play well) and I really need to fill the tank to minimise condensation first. But I really don't want to go out there if it's still chaos.

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by Sir Trev

So do I, for the same reason.

It's almost time for Hugh to go into hibernation (unlacquered casings and salt do not play well) and I really need to fill the tank to minimise condensation first. But I really don't want to go out there if it's still chaos.

Jerry can?

i personally think that you would now be better to empty the system due to E10 and mist the inside of the tank with something like ACF50 or 2T.

[garynortheast]

If you are going to fill the tank Trev, it might be as well to use some of this fuel stabiliser
Run the engine for a couple of minutes once you've added it to make sure it's in fuel lines too.

[DJ123]

Most of my local Petrol Stations seems to have fuel today. Managed to get out to fill the bike up with a relatively short wait, ready for commuting next week.