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I was going to get a truck driver job - until I was convicted for drink driving - I take it companies won't even touch you if you have a driving conviction?

Good choice , not worth damaging the lorry, Had to do myself a couple of times, better safe than sorry.

still looking about for the actual step 1..... finding a dam job. company that put me through training no long has openings haha. ah well keep looking.. dosnt help indeed thinks a 3 hr drive to work is a reasonable comute.. only stuff it shows near me is agency rubbish, not leaving a full time job for that.. not when the pay isnt better anyway.

Pointless video - not everyone has friends in the hgv industry!

Where’s part 2? I can’t find it

Rule No 1 I wish I hadn't bothered

Hi I have failed my hgv road test 3 times now and have it rebooked for next week Is there anyone in the Northamptonshire area that would take on a learner 2 days a week for free to gain experience

Nice video m8 however, earnings as an hgv class 1 60k+ is just an fairytale on the web. In the real time, you'll never ever get this money and that's a fact. You'll be always somewhere between 28-33k annually and as a trumper round 40k max. The companies now days don't want to pay a decent wages as an hgv so don't bother. If ya work in any foreign chain supermarket as a stock loader, you'll earn even more. I get my C-E license, spend fortune and after 6 years of trucking stuck on 30k. On the Internet, there's plenty of trucking job offers with, but you'll hardly get someoneto reply. Now I working steady as a forklift operator with 42k. No hassle, weekends always home, plenty of family time. Sorry, just saying to others.

Thank you mate, ❤

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Hey Sam, I've been looking into becoming a HGV driver recently. Your videos have been a massive help, so thanks for that. I've talked about my intent to do this with a couple of friends, and they're saying it's not worth it anymore. That the wages during and shortly after Covid were massively inflated, and that you can't expect more than £35k for Class 1 now. Is this true? It's not a massive deal to me though. I think I'll love the work. Beats slaving away in factories like I've done for the last 5 years or so. Also, I'm Welsh. Can't really explain how to pronounce Llanfair-PG in text! Doesn't really translate lol

Good to see you posting again Sam, I've got my Class 2 retest Friday and have a job lined up for tramping on car transporters via my current company. So really need to pass this time. How are the plans going for Oz?

Above 4 statutory and one bad diet early death reality is, if a firm isn't willing to pay you a gross or more than £19.00/hr under PAYE then you are not going to be a respected HGV Driver as the employer isn't! The employer can't command an amount commensurate with then maintaining vehicles nor paying skilled employees a respectful rate. Time to become another type of driver if driving is your thing?

Regarding Satnavs and learning the road networks I would advise any new driver to learn to read a map and carry the Truckers Atlas in your bag. If your Satnav goes down or you lose GPS you need to be able to navigate on the fly. Never EVER rely on a Satnav, your eyes, brain, and common sense are your primary navigation devices. Trust me, I've been there when you trust a Satnav and it goes badly wrong. You don't do it twice! Agreed with patience and dealing with assholes, just back off and let them find that tree that has their name on it. Pity I didn't get the near miss with an e-scooter on camera this week.

Thank you, for this. I can't reverse for #### but I don't share the same point of view with blindside. For some reason. For some reason, I don't think twice about it. I met a guy who has long since retired, asking him for some tips on reversing....he wasn't able to share his knowledge because he was always able to do it and therefore never had a learning curve...because he's always been able to reverse, without trying which makes it a non profitable conversation .

Some people might laugh at this comment but my experience of trying to get my licence for any vehicle in a week has always been a disaster and I’ve always failed, I’m one of those guys that needs to pick up a skill one piece at a time otherwise I find it too strsssful as it’s basically information overload. But most driver training schools insist on you doing a 5 day course and your not given an option on doing it any other way, I wish you could break the practical training to weeks rather than days as it’s a lot to take in in 4/5 days, from being a novice to a test passer! But I give credit to those who can pass it in that timeframe.

The advise is good when there is a danger getting stuck, soft ground , overhanging buildings etc etc but if been driving for 47 years and this was doable, first time you were almost there .

I'm coming here after hitting 3 vehicles in 2 months reversing.

This is an amazing series of videos for any potential truck driver.

Great call drive. The average banksman/labourer has no idea of trailer length/axle configuration, same with unit, All very well waving you in from rear, but have no idea you have to take into account where cab n/s is in relation to obstacles. Had it many times where I've stopped to get out and check, with banksman raving what I'd stopped for. When shown my n/s is showing close to a bollard, picked up by my pavement mirror, they go quiet. Well done for knowing your own/your rig's limitations - THAT'S PROFESSIONAL !! 👏👍

Might have missed it but do you have any advice on reversing into like an angled bay? Was doing curtains for Nissan and struggled hard with these bags

I started off in 1984 I went to a real shockingly bad cowboy firm ,I managed to get my experience without being prosecuted then moved on to a job that I got through knowing people having worked on agency,at the time believe it or not, Time and half after 8 hrs, Same Saturday, Double time Sundays, Treble time and a day off in lieu, for the extremely rare time you worked a Bank holiday,And wait for it 12.5 maximum duty, but the maximum agreed by the union was 10 hours, I t seems unbelievable when I look back.

i would read your employment contract.. if it doesn't say anything about loading and unloading the truck then don't do it.. if it says there.. do it

It's worth it if you don't want to be owned by a company that takes you for granted.

Very helpful. Much obliged.

Another tole before Oz? Just got night hub for medical supplies...BEST EVER PAY & CONDITIONS.

Let's put it this way: I'm stuck in McDonald's working myself to the bone for nothing. I was homeless as recently as 2 months ago, actually down to the day as I type this; I've got a stalker who's making my life hell and the police won't do anything about, which means I want to leave the county as soon as possible anyway, and I don't have or want a family. I am very much a night/evening person and have gotten used to working Friday-Tuesday, 8-10 hours a day which happens to be the opposite of what most people want to be working. I'm autistic and have always had a special interest in heavy vehicles, so really my best options are either this or driving trains or buses.

Employee has one glowing benefit - consistently! 😊

Get used to being treated like vermin.

You made the right choice mate, doesnt matter who thinks what. theyre all good kids til it goes tits up, then they abandon you and your the only one whos in the s--t. Good call👍 Plus.. the way you got out through the housing estate was top notch, id trust your judgement.

The last 30 years inflation up 125% Hgv wages only up 75% your worth less now than you were 30 years ago. They want us to take on more work and responsibility for less pay and what's worse we do it :(

Retail to hgv and having no life

Steering wheel attendant is a bus or coach driver. And where are you working to get £44000 per year

Im starting a night-trunking job on Class 1 after a break. I dont mind admitting i have first-date nerves and negotiating the pallet-hub.

Just got my first class 1 job was totally honest with the company and they gave me a day with an instructor to practise reversing before I start doing drops.

I was turning that wheel full lock back and forth at the start red faced and sweating more than Gary glitter near a school but when it clicks it's easy just takes practice

I was full time for 30 years and it was great and was agency for 6 and that suited me to cut my days down from 5/6 to eventually 2 days a week then retired and done what I wanted if they tried to give me a crap job I just said I'm not doing it give me what I want and the start time or I'm not coming in it was great

No mobile phones sat navs all roping and sheeting a bag full of AtoZs 😄 no autos all manual boxes range change and splitters it was deffo harder learning to get to grips with trucking and finding places in the 80s

I wasn't confident at first so I said can I go out with a driver and I want no pay I just need a bit of refreshment as I'd been doing class2 for a time cost them nowt and I get the info from a top guy

I always took it as a apprenticeship I drove 7.5 vans class 2 the odd class one and eventually it became only class one and as you work lots of jobs you find out what suits you then go for that full time

Here's a skill, Learn to ignore other drivers doing bad things,and never get involved in an argument. Must also learn to take being treated like a dog wherever you go. Learn also to love 15 hour days and no life.

Nahhh... After a year driving HGV vehicles with the left side wheel and all possible trucks with automatic or manual gerboxes like 20 years old Volvo... So be a truck driver in the UK is pointless a bit like mostly everywhere else nowadays. Maybe a couple years before but definitely not today. Need to say enjoyed much more older truck where you could feel all power than new DAF or Scania.

Can you pay hourly for hgv driving lessons?

Fantastic advice and a positive avenue for newbies to explore...cheers man!

Hi excuse me can I ask what is standing for (HGV) I am not from UK

Yes used to do for Eddie stobart back in the day sometimes nice jobs sometimes dirty Jobs and I used to do taught liners which Jenkins which Jenkins do now roundabout 2013 14 and 15 have a good day now retired

The industry does not want to employ drivers, they want disposable drivers. The signing on bonus fee was paid by the tax payers under government incentives to force the industry to employ drivers. They had the levy suspended during covid and i think it was extended for another year, which i think is around £700 a truck per year to help fund in-house training. The real reason for the sudden driver shortage was the update on the IR35 legislation which forced drivers who dodged the tax man to now pay tax. Companies don't want to pay towards your work place pension, sick pay, holiday pay, and so on. In 2021 I left an agency job paying £26ph umbrella to secure a contract with DHL who at the time was only paying £28k a year and 3 years later they're now paying £40k. Because i knew it was all a hype and it was going to come to an end as it wasn't sustainable to pay such high wages. Now a lot of agency drivers i know have either taken on permanent contracts, which are hard to get, or struggling for work. There was never a shortage.

Weren’t you looking at Canada originally? Did you come to the same conclusion I did that mr Trudeau has messed up the country and it’s better to look somewhere else.

Great video it seems your work load down south is going similar to ours in the northwest were container drivers but have 6 drivers subbed out for curtain multi drop work I’m not to keen on as they max out our hours but now he have just got a walking floor and there looking to get a second walking floor trailer to get me working it not pulled one before so will be a good learning process as long as we’re staying busy with work willing to give it a try but do prefer the container work at the moment

Hello i just pass the theory and the hazard test on 18/05 now left just the cpc case study I ghat on 25/05 any advice from where to learn for cpc case study please thank