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@edmundro
In order to hopefully show i'm not a twunt when i'm driving my truck i hereby relinquish its details for those who would wish to report me/know who i am if i were to fuck up on the road.
Truck: Mitsubushi Canter - White arb spec model - Large white box on the back, toolbox between cab hi-vis yellow/red highway maintanence chevrons on the tailgate. reg XXXX 6MUW(nearly brand new)
Livery: 'Ashmore Arboricultural Services' logo of a tree with oranges. Livery is on all sides of the truck with 2 phone numbers, email and website.
Towing: Large orange 'Timberwolf 190DH' woodchipper. With the exhaust shoot not attached.
Other: Ladders strapped to roof
Based: Nr Highbury quadrant N5
Works: Islington, Highgate, Hamstead. Sometimes Hackney
If you see us around say hi, we're a lovely bunch!
The reason i'm doing this is so that i'm accountable. No-one else drives the truck other than me and i'd hate to think that if i were to piss someone off on here that i couldn't be contacted. I also don't want all vannists to be tarred with the same brush as some of us at least know the score on the roads. You also have to look at things from our perspective: we drive massive things around very tight roads and sometimes people can appear and suprise you(mostly peds not bikes)
That said i've had suicidal cyclists trying to ride between the back of my truck and front of the chipper. Darwin will sort them out.
Also, i've bollocked my crew for chucking fag ends out the window. It doesn't happen anymore. Otherwise they'll have to walk.
I Really hope this mug gets taken to court as its straight up assault, nothing less. Arm yourselves, ride defensively, do what ever you've got to do to stay safe. I'd never heard of this 'game' before and it sounds utterly deplorable to me.
Stay safe.