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The power of a good van
One job that I used to have was that of a roadie, and for anyone who is in the dark about this, I will describe further. The roadie does all the hard grafting, from heavy lifting to assembly of the equipment for the whole show. As a fan of the group, you attend the concert and enjoy the performance and also the ambience of the whole event. But who cares about the people who work the long hours to ensure the safe transportation of the equipment from one venue to another?
Some see it as a glamorous job, obviously because you get to meet the band members, and at the start it is pretty cool. But having after three or four months on the road at a time, they soon become just ‘normal’ people.
If you end up working for famous rock stars, you will more than likely use fantastic equipment and unbelievable types of transportation. Small van transport is over, the big time means heavily articulated lorries and columns of juggernauts. This, in a way, is a benchmark of the success of a particular band.
In the old days someone would own an old Transit van, more than likely the driver would be a mate of one of the musicians. Back in the Swinging Sixties it began this way for me. The first van that I owned was a Commer, but the early seventies saw the arrival of the Ford Transit. From that point onwards, I never considered another brand – it has been Fords forever! In those days commercial van leasing did not exist to the extent that it does today. If we had even been interested in it, we were so broke we couldn’t possibly afford it.
If leasing products had been available, I would have been looking at medium or small van leasing or pick up truck leasing, which has bundles of style and fun.
How to become a white van man?
How do you identify the main criteria to obtaining recognition as a ‘white van man’? Obviously you have to own a white van for starters, but even this may exclude you from joining this club. What follows is a list of experiences that to me would guarantee acceptance for anyone into the ’special club’.
Complete disregard for other road users
Now, this is vitally important if you wish to become a member of this club. It cannot simply be a slight bending of the rules or a deliberate misinterpretation here or there. There has to be no abiding by the rules! If you are driving down a narrow county road, for example, you cannot safely negociate passage past another vehicle. If it is possible you have to force the other vehicle to stop for you, or better still, completely run the other person off the road. if you can adhieve this without caring at all, then you are a larger step closer to your goal.
Dominate your steet with your vehicle
The councils in most towns and cities have awoken to the idea that there is lots of money to be made by parking enforcement. Parking space outside your own house is now prime space, and you are not even guaranteed a parking slot nearby. But where does ‘white van man’ fit into this? Our bloke probably owns more than one or two vehicles and parks the van outside his house too, consuming more space than anyone else in the street. If you can do this and not care about the neighbours, then you will definitely earn your stripes!
If you wish to qualify as a ‘white van man’ check out commercial van contract hire has provided a simple way of getting hold of a van. Fiat van leasing and Iveco van leasing are just some of the options out there to choose from.