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joe90:
I went for an interview recently with a company local to me and they offered limitied work as i didnt have a CITB Ticket and they wernt going to put me through one - then in the interviewers next breath  the bloke complained that there were no young drivers coming into the industry!

Just because you have a CITB ticket doesnt mean that your a good and safe driver, unfortunantly they also see it as if you dont have a ticket your not any good!! well i dont have a ticket and so far (tempting fate here) in 4 years have never dug through a service!!

as everyone else has put up at pic - heres my latest machine im hiring a 2004 JCB 8060 with quick hitch & breaker and the disco or course!

Manicminer:
Been on a Komatsu 210 all week repairing a Forest Road

joe90:
I like the Komatsu machines, JCB are living on a name, but having said that the 8060 tracks all over a 3CX so much easier to drive - it does anything the 3CX does and quicker and without so much shunting and making so much mess. It'll load over a 4.2m and i can transport it on a Fastrac & low loader trailer. And considering i can get that machine on hire to me for £70 a day including insurance and delivery its pretty cheap to. I use  local company for hire - who dont require tickets, i can go up to 60tonnes no questions asked!

Andy the Landy:
The no experiance has always been a catch 22 situation but eventually you will find a firm that is prepared to take you on with no experiance as I did - hat off to this bloke that did http://www.procterscoaches.co.uk/home.htm  :D .He took me on in 1993 when the firm had only been going for 3 years, got all my continental learning done and only left due to re-locating otherwise I'd still be there :D

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