HGV Training C+E

[Troll]

For all you wannabees

https://youtu.be/w9lmCpIzhFo

Forgot how hot she was

[I just need to test it]

HGV Training C+E

Thinking about taking training and going for the test – been on the bucket list for a while.

Has anyone done this – any advice?

It's on my bucket list too. I'd be interested to find out how you get on.

[Troll]

I was given a 5 day course as a 21st birthday present - it was good fun but the day of the test I bottled it and failed

Taught me useful road skills and an understanding of the issues truckers have with other road users

I kept meaning to retake it over the years but never got around to it - pretty sure you can't go straight to 44 tonners like you could in those days - but think you now have to start at 7.5 tonnes and work up through the classes - which the more cynical amongst us (i.e. me) suspect is a revenue generating thing for HMG

Only good news is the automatic granting of the rights to drive 7.5 tonners to oldies like me - which has been useful in house moves over the years

As others have said the pay doesn't appear to be brilliant and if ever an industry has been dicked around endlessly by bureaucrats the transport would top the list - the latest wheeze is the CPC (Driver Certificate of Professional Competence) requirement - forcing drivers with years of experience to go back to the classroom and get basic formalised training (at a cost) and a mandatory licence - reading about it a lot in the press of the guys voting with their feet and leaving the industry

HTH

[AtW]

Thinking about taking training and going for the test – been on the bucket list for a while. Has anyone done this – any advice?

You got fired again?

[BolshieBastard]

Dont do it! Pay is in the region of £9 an hour.

[Platypus]

Don't joke a few years ago and a few miles from here a lorry driver strangled his step-daughter after molesting her, then hanged himself.

[Uncle Albert]

I'd avoid Calais if I were you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Whx2UcITvU

[TheFaQQer]

Sockpuppet has some kind of HGV licence.

Not that he's round these parts much any more.

[DodgyAgent]

Thinking about taking training and going for the test – been on the bucket list for a while.

Has anyone done this – any advice?

Are you struggling with your love life?

Ofcom clears Clarkson over jibe that truck drivers 'murder prostitutes' as BBC receives more than 500 complaints | Daily Mail Online

[MrMarkyMark]

every time I watch Ice Road Truckers.

Oh Awesome, you are a fan too

[Martin Scroatman]

Thinking about taking training and going for the test – been on the bucket list for a while.

Has anyone done this – any advice?

No.

But it's a pipe dream of mine I get every time I watch Ice Road Truckers.

Wouldn't fancy it in this country though. It'd be like being stuck in one long traffic jam.

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

You're expected to provide your own egg-crusted string vest, amphetamines, dodgy driving "skills" and dead hookers.

[Forgotmylogin]

Thinking about taking training and going for the test – been on the bucket list for a while.

Has anyone done this – any advice?

You're expected to provide your own egg-crusted string vest and dead hookers.

[Wilmslow]

Thinking about taking training and going for the test – been on the bucket list for a while.

Has anyone done this – any advice?