Experienced short-term driver and operator cover for individual days, busy periods, holiday or sickness cover and other defined assignments. Based in the Preston area.
Custom Dazzlepipes UK provides flexible driver and operator cover, with every assignment personally carried out by Martin. With experience across HGV haulage, vacuum tankers, low loaders, utilities, construction and agriculture, Martin brings practical judgement, clear communication and a safety-focused approach to every job.
Early starts and weekend availability can be discussed by arrangement.


Martin's practical experience began in agriculture from a young age, developing an early understanding of tractors, implements, trailers, machinery and safe practical problem-solving. That foundation has developed into professional experience across vacuum tankers, articulated and rigid HGVs, low loaders, tippers, bulk animal-feed delivery, utilities operations, construction, plant movements and vehicle transport.
Extensive practical experience with vacuum tankers, sludge and digestate movements, wet wells, pumps, automated loading systems, water movement and utility-site operations. This can include vacuum-tanker collection and transfer work, together with associated pipework setup. Drain and sewer jetting itself is not offered.
Experience transporting forklifts, telehandlers, access equipment, tractors, vehicles, wheeled plant, trailers and selected tracked machinery. Martin may load or unload equipment that he is familiar with and competent to operate. Unfamiliar plant may be handled following suitable instruction or familiarisation from a competent person. If there is any uncertainty, Martin will not guess - the customer or receiving site must provide a suitable operator.
Experience with aggregates, sludge cake and other suitable bulk materials, including controlled tipping onto conveyors, into hoppers and at managed discharge points. This includes operations where the rate of discharge must be carefully controlled to avoid overloading equipment or blocking the receiving system.
Practical experience positioning and securing vehicles, plant, machinery, trailers, agricultural equipment and delicate or unusually shaped loads. Regardless of who operates the machinery onto the trailer, Martin will check its positioning and restraint before travelling. He will not proceed with a load that he considers inadequately secured.
Collection, delivery, repositioning, coupling and uncoupling of suitable customer vehicles and trailers. This may include HGVs, rigid vehicles, tractor units, buses, coaches, minibuses, vans and other vehicles covered by Martin's licence entitlement. Single and multiple collection or delivery assignments are considered. Feasibility depends on the vehicle, load, site access, distances, loading arrangements and legally available working time.
Experience with bulk tipping and blower deliveries, including collections from docks and suppliers, deliveries to farms and feed businesses, silo connections, rear-auger operation and controlled handling of difficult or adhesive feed products.
Extensive practical experience operating agricultural tractors with trailers, tankers, bowsers and a wide range of implements. Work may include farm operations, equipment movements and suitable road-going assignments within Martin's licence entitlement. Construction-site operation is subject to holding the required current site qualification.
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Where the customer does not provide a mandatory checking system, Martin can complete the pre-use check using the Custom Dazzlepipes UK Named-Driver Vehicle Check App. Every completed record - including a nil-defect check - is forwarded to the booking contact, providing written evidence that the check was completed before the assignment began. Minor defects that do not prevent safe and legal use will be recorded and reported. Safety-critical defects will be reported promptly, and the vehicle will not be used until the matter has been dealt with appropriately.
Created by Martin, an experienced commercial driver with extensive hands-on experience across commercial and passenger-carrying vehicles, manufacturing, and access and height inspection work. The vehicle-specific questions follow a practical walkaround order shaped by real vehicles, real defects and everyday driving experience.
Select checks for cars, taxis, vans, SUVs, HGVs, towing vehicles, minibuses, buses and coaches.
Completed checks, defect reports and repair records can be emailed to the driver or nominated transport manager.

Clean UK driving licence with zero points, including Category C+E HGV Class 1 and Category D+E bus and coach entitlements
Current Driver Qualification Card covering goods and passenger vehicles
Current digital tachograph Driver Card
Current NPORS Plant Loader and Securer qualification
Current Vacuum Tanker and Jet Vac utilities card
Current wastewater-site passport and sewage-treatment-works inductions
DVLA driving-licence check code and qualification evidence available to genuine customers on request
Previous ADR and CPCS training contributes to Martin's wider safety and operating experience. Assignments requiring either qualification will not be accepted unless the relevant certificate has first been renewed
This is a driver and operator cover service. The customer supplies the vehicle, trailer, plant and any specialist equipment required for the assignment. It is not a vehicle-hire or own-vehicle haulage service. The customer must supply a maintained, legally compliant and properly insured vehicle, and must confirm that its motor insurance covers Martin for the assignment. Martin will complete and record his own pre-use walk-around check before taking charge of the vehicle. He will not use a vehicle that he considers unsafe or unlawful to drive. Martin provides standard personal protective equipment and a practical driver's toolkit. Any unusual, site-specific or task-specific PPE and specialist equipment must be identified in advance and supplied by the customer where required.
Call or message Martin with the dates, location, vehicle type and work required. Availability is confirmed for each assignment individually.
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