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Got a few pictures of rail works at princes risborough the other weekend.

ryanrailengineer wrote:Got a few pictures of rail works at princes risborough the other weekend.

used to drive BCL`s low loader in the 90`s used to hate railway work never get the righ address and usually could never get in !!!

Oh right bcl where a good company shame quattro plant took over to be honest.

OK John. What did you think of BCL? I did some cross hire work for them in Tilbury docks several times but did n't think much of them or the slow paying.

PS. Are you sponsored by Readypower Ryan? You put up a smashing banner!

bigkit wrote:OK John. What did you think of BCL? I did some cross hire work for them in Tilbury docks several times but did n't think much of them or the slow paying.

PS. Are you sponsored by Readypower Ryan? You put up a smashing banner!

Yeh done a fair bit for BCL (Ardmore Group) myself Clive ....I can relate to the slow paying + wrong amount.. comment

Nick

Nick, was on hire to them with a time sheet signed by the hirer and they argued the toss. In the end it was going to court but they paid on the last day! That Marry Byrne was said to be a fierce woman, she was on the phone, in the flesh, well, I never had to find out!

Oh, forgot to say, they wanted drivers for the hire in the docks but I wouldn't supply any because of the slow paying. When I got there with my machine, low and behold, some of the self employed men I used were there! I was pi**ed off, but not as much as the drivers were when it took them about 2 months to get paid just for wages!

That, as they say, was the end of that!

bigkit wrote:Nick, was on hire to them with a time sheet signed by the hirer and they argued the toss. In the end it was going to court but they paid on the last day! That Marry Byrne was said to be a fierce woman, she was on the phone, in the flesh, well, I never had to find out!

Oh, forgot to say, they wanted drivers for the hire in the docks but I wouldn't supply any because of the slow paying. When I got there with my machine, low and behold, some of the self employed men I used were there! I was pi**ed off, but not as much as the drivers were when it took them about 2 months to get paid just for wages!

That, as they say, was the end of that!

Yeh too right !

Done two jobs for them down here .... but wouldn't do it again

Nick

Sounds like the pool of drivers will dry up! Serves them right!!!!

Quatro rail seem to be the emerging force around here, out off east london.

bigkit wrote:Sounds like the pool of drivers will dry up! Serves them right!!!!

Quatro rail seem to be the emerging force around here, out off east london.

Yeh, a mate of mine who I used to work on the rails with down this neck of the woods is now working for Quattro and he reckons they are a sound outfit

Nick

No readypower own the machine I drive fleet number: FR636