Tipping Tractor Drivers (1 Viewer)

[Gromett]

I was wondering if it is good etiquette to tip the tractor drivers who get you out.
I was going to and just saw one person do it but others haven't.

Part of me thinks this is what they are getting paid for, I don't get tipped for doing my job. The other part of me is grateful and wants to get them a beer...

there is a slim possibility I may get out without the tractors help though:Cool:

 

[jhorsf]

Yes go on push them right over

 

[Langtoftlad]

Tipping should be only as a token of appreciation for a job well done.

So, yes tractor drivers are doing the job that they are (well?) paid for but why not tip them a couple of quid for a beer if they've been noticeably nice, friendly, helpful & efficient. Not if they're being surly & grumpy.

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[Diabalo]

I was wondering if it is good etiquette to tip the tractor drivers who get you out.
I was going to and just saw one person do it but others haven't.

Part of me thinks this is what they are getting paid for, I don't get tipped for doing my job. The other part of me is grateful and wants to get them a beer...

there is a slim possibility I may get out without the tractors help though:Cool:

Depends how much bodywork he rips off in the process

 

[JJ]

I guess people (like me) who have worked somewhere where tips are given are more likely to tip others than those who have no experience of receiving tips...

I always tip people whether it is "the custom" or not... :thumb:

I would tip the tractor drivers plenty so they would give me the heads up when they were tugging Slobadoberbob's van off so I could take the photos... for the site you understand... only for the site...

JJ :Cool:

 

[Popeye]

I guess people (like me) who have worked somewhere where tips are given are more likely to tip others than those who have no experience of receiving tips...

I always tip people whether it is "the custom" or not... :thumb:

I would tip the tractor drivers plenty so they would give me the heads up [HI]when they were tugging Slobadoberbob's van off[/HI] so I could take the photos... for the site you understand... only for the site...

JJ :Cool:

Slobadoberbob won't need towing, he's been trained and has years of experience plus of course it's RWD with the weight in the right place, not like these ice cream vans the rest of us have..........

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[jhorsf]

Bobs winey bagel never gets stuck

 

[Alan]

Tipping

I got towed of this morning very quickly and without any damage so I dropped the tractor driver a fiver, it was well worth it to be off the field with the weather conditions as they where and with two Geman Shepherds covered in mud every time we took them out.:thumb:

 

[paulmold]

I heard one tractor driver tell a guy he'd just towed 'that'll be a fiver'.

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[Terry]

Well I for one would not dream of not tipping him/her A fiver is nothing for getting you out of the shit--even if they are paid to drag you out he could always sit on his tractor and let you hook up your van.BTW rear wheel drive and never been stuck yet
terry

 

[dave newell]

If I get stuck and need a tow I'll gladly tip the tractor driver a couple of quid if he's friendly, helpful and gentle. I got bogged this afternoon with my Focus estate, I'd already been to the customer's van once and reversed out with minimal wheel spin but then a tractor towed a motorhome through my exit route and churned it up badly so I tried a different exit route and got bogged. I let my front tyres down to 5 psi, reversed the car as far as it would go then wedged some cardboard under the front wheels. 2nd gear and big licks on the loud pedal and I made it across the 50 yard lake of mud to the road in one piece although my once blue car is now a fetching shade of poo! Out with the 12V compressor to re-inflate the tyres and we're all happy.

D.

 

[Stephen & Jeannie]

I refer JJ to his earlier post !

I guess people (like me) who have worked somewhere where tips are given are more likely to tip others than those who have no experience of receiving tips...

I always tip people whether it is "the custom" or not... :thumb:

I would tip the tractor drivers plenty so they would give me the heads up when they were tugging Slobadoberbob's van off so I could take the photos... for the site you understand... only for the site...

JJ :Cool:

Et Tu Brute ????

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[Drew]

If it floats your motorhome? Then tip

 

[slobadoberbob]

still here JJ not like two Feetwood's towed off

I guess people (like me) who have worked somewhere where tips are given are more likely to tip others than those who have no experience of receiving tips...

I always tip people whether it is "the custom" or not... :thumb:

I would tip the tractor drivers plenty so they would give me the heads up when they were tugging Slobadoberbob's van off so I could take the photos... for the site you understand... only for the site...

JJ :Cool:

JJ, I have plenty of photos of Rick (motorromain) ..Fleetwood Revolution LE and Brian (Destination Unknown).. Fleetwood Bounder.. who were towed off this afternoon.. what a mess they made.. biggest Furrows ever...as I say have all the dirty photos.. mud that is.

Yes I would tip them.. I have seen them laying in the mud hooking up motor homes all day around me. I would not want that job.... there are three tractors working this area... and they have worked very hard.

If and I say if I need to be towed then I would want to express my thanks to them.... a tip would be the way I would expect to do that.

Would I give you a tip JJ:Blush: my tip would be to stop eating so many FBP


Bob:thumb:

 

[slobadoberbob]

could not agree more

Et Tu Brute ????

I could not agree more.. know who your friends are.. or should I say those with the knives.. like JJ, Chris and Buttons plus a few more ...

Bob:Blush:

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[jonandshell]

Here's an answer to avoiding tipping!:thumb:

 

[Stephen & Jeannie]

Whoa there !!!

I could not agree more.. know who your friends are.. or should I say those with the knives.. like JJ, Chris and Buttons plus a few more ...

Bob:Blush:

Don't take it so seriously !!!...

 

[Gran & Rog]

The Tractor Drivers at the shows we worked at used to get tips as a thank you but they never asked for anything.

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[buttons]

Dont you just love people who never tip yet attempt to convince everyone that they are doing it for sound reasons. If you dont tip then the next tow will suffer, so think of them.:Blush:

 

[Red Sonja]

We tipped the tractor driver. Very pleasant guy was he was
not expecting anything either.

Sonja

 

[martin1485]

We tipped the tractor driver this morning - he was working hard and in c**p conditions as well so in my book he deserved it. He mentioned that yesterday he made just over £180 in tips so not bad if you can get it on top of whatever the pay is from Warners!

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[Encantador]

Our guy `charged us £2`. he looked at the front of the van and said "wheres your ????" didn`t catch what he said but I assume the round metal thingy he then screwed in, don`t know if I have one but if I do, don`t know where it might be. He then said "that`l be £2 mate" looking right grumpy.

The screwing in and out bit added at least 30 seconds to our tow, so don`t know if that`s why he charged us or whether he was charging everyone.

Anyway, I removed 3 pound coins from the 5 I had planned to give him and gave him his £2.

 

[jb0371old]

I ipped the tractor driver a fiver as he had dragged me on on friday and he even told the brownhills guy that I was next and he was going to take turns between us and him, the brownhills guy had unhitched one of his wagons but when the tractor got bck to me the d shackle was not on the chain, driver found another one and was kneeling in the swimming pool attaching it for me, so I thought a fiver was cheap at half the price, told the bloke he was going to make a fortune today he just smiled and accepted the fiver with genuine thanks. Personally if you dont give him a drink then your a tight arse.

 

[buttons]

Our guy `charged us £2`. he looked at the front of the van and said "wheres your ????" didn`t catch what he said but I assume the round metal thingy he then screwed in, don`t know if I have one but if I do, don`t know where it might be. He then said "that`l be £2 mate" looking right grumpy.

The screwing in and out bit added at least 30 seconds to our tow, so don`t know if that`s why he charged us or whether he was charging everyone.
Anyway, I removed 3 pound coins from the 5 I had planned to give him and gave him his £2.

If I had been the tractor driver I would have said. Who in their right mind would park on soggy mud if you knew you would get stuck.

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[Encantador]

If I had been the tractor driver I would have said. Who in their right mind would park on soggy mud if you knew you would get stuck.

oh:

 

[martin1485]

The tractor drivers were towing vans ON to the ground on Friday morning !!

 

[darklord]

The tractor drivers were employed by warners, directly or indirectly. Warners take and make a lot of dosh at these events, if the weather is K-rap, they have still got their dosh bulging in its coffers, its the visitors and traders who lose out. A rubbish show, especially one that was broadcast as such prior to opening, can nearly finish a trader, it also impacts visitors who have paid in advance and may have to leave early............Warners (and therefore the tractor drivers) had their dough out of me, I paid to go to the show, the leats they should do is aid my entry and exit.

(did anyone else spot the drivers taking photos of any "iffy" tows, for future protection?)

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[DMS]

Well I was towed off yesterday with minimal fuss and a really nice guy who must of been soaked to the skin with no damage whatsoever so I think it was well worth the £10 tip I gave him.

 

[buttons]

The tractor drivers were towing vans ON to the ground on Friday morning !!

I bet the van owners were really pi$$ed off when they got back to their vans and found that some dosey tractor driver had towed their vans onto a marsh without their consent.

 

[TweetiePie]

Slobadoberbob won't need towing, he's been trained and has years of experience plus of course it's RWD with the weight in the right place, not like these ice cream vans the rest of us have..........

They had to get a larger tractor to pull the RVs off, the smaller one couldn't cope, Made a bit of a mess to the ground too, We tipped the tractor driver, I don't think his job discription said " get under that M/home in the water and secure the chain"

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