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Edge:
I'm looking for a career change and am considering following my fathers footsteps into trucking.
Can anyone advise me on the pros and cons of truck driving as a living??
Also what sort of wage should i be looking at??
Are there any driving instructors I should be steering clear of and what is the cost of lessons??
Thanks Guys. :D

bezzabsa:
Artics or rigids?
Plus points.. freedom (to a certain extent)
minus points.. crap hours, conditions, traffic, health problems (already had 1 heart scare and am off at the mo with sciatica)
if you WANT to do it its a great job, if you THINK you ant to do it... think long and hard, if its possible ask ya dad

Edge:
My Dads not much help, he's been retired now for a long time and things have changed on the roads since his days on the "OPEN ROAD" (speed cams/more cars/even more cars etc etc.) I think it cost him £150 for all his lessons and the test. I'll be going for the rigid as I understand it you have to start off with "is it class 3 license???" back in the days my old man started he just went straight into artic.

mark.yellow.series.3:
truckdrivers can earn good coin now, theres a bit of a shortage.
our driver left for a job driving a waste oil tanker for 22k.

gtomo2:
you have to do a riged test first before you can do a class 1 (artic). money wise anything from £300 per week to £500 per week plus expensives. Just dont sell yourself to a firm that will get you to bend the law remeber its your licence not thiers. Most training firms are good  but it is expensive. If you can get a job on a 7.5ton truck and see whats its all about. then see if the company will sponser you to do a hgv course. good luck and at the end of the day it is a good job you get to see the country. downsides are tacho laws, police, vosa all out to get you. but keep it legal and you have no worries. and happy trucking

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