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This truck is THE worst truck I have driven in our fleet. I drove it 2 days in a row, first day was some general duties followed by some box work. Then the following day saw some timber movements, followed by some oversize work. Hope I never have to drive this pile of future razor blades again.

One of our Eagle's sitting in the waiting line for the express lane at DP World. Haven't driven one yet, but have been told they are pretty good trucks.

Ah, and my truck from wednesday. Only one I've had with a working air conditioner so far! Was moving boxes for Scott's around the port area, with one of their trailers.

And finally friday's rig. Whilst it had no AC, and lacked the bunk space to stretch out in, it did have a beautifully smooth road ranger in it. Didn't miss a shift all day with it, and just ran like a charm. Seen here waiting in the queue for a box at SET... Something I spent most of my day doing.

OK, so since getting my MSIC I've been thrown around between trucks more than usual. Last week spent most of my time driving this ol' Volvo FL7. A little gruntless when hauling loaded boxes, but ok normally since it's used mainly for empties.

Biggest pain in this truck is having to split all gears from 3 up, since it only has 3 gears! 1 2 3, range up, then 4 5 6. If you on't split 3 4 5 6, it really struggles. Really tests your coordinaion!