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career in trucking???
murph:
Good advise given here, if you want to do it go for it, as everyone else has said it's your license, you as the driver are responsible for the load condition and security.
If the vehicle's not right don't take it out.
Also depends on what your looking for,, multi drop or bulk drop.
Examples of drivers not doing morning checks or checking their load, real examples,
Driver not doing morning checks, pulled by the ministry on the road, 1 near side wheel nut sheared off, he had been driving it like this for at least 6 , (since last PMI), :oops:
Artic shed his load of full cages on a motorway round about, didn't check his load before pulling out of depot, wasn't strapped!!! they smashed through the back doors!! :oops: :oops:
Edge:
Wow....wasn't expecting so many replies :D :D . Thanks for all the advice guys, I've taken it all on board and am now going to check the links posted by steve and andy.
I'll give you all plenty of warning of "if and when" my lessons start :D
hobbit:
As long as you do local drops, I should be safe then :lol: :wink:
Daz800:
Any one who works in hgv or psv will tell you this.
You dont gets days off. Only hours off.
So if you think you got 2 days off, think again as you may have 36 hours off and if you work for a company that is short of drivers then you may be reduced to 8 hours rest between duties.(twice a week)
Darryl
abinitio:
--- Quote from: "Daz800" ---Any one who works in hgv or psv will tell you this.
You dont gets days off. Only hours off.
So if you think you got 2 days off, think again as you may have 36 hours off and if you work for a company that is short of drivers then you may be reduced to 8 hours rest between duties.(twice a week)
Darryl
--- End quote ---
9 actually.(unless total during work period is four) Besides it is at YOUR descretion. We have great fun with this at work as most of the office staff have no idea of the regulations and I have been both sides of the fence (driver and transport manager now driver again) so can really annoy people with regulations etc.
If you do the course you will NEVER be out of work. Any HGV driver who says he can't get work just isn't trying (or lives in the outer hebredes).
Good luck to you, most of the advice already given is good so take heed.
If you don't mind the cold/wet/mud(and on this forum I doubt you do) then once you have done you C licence, do a LMC (hiab type) licence as that will give you guaranteed work that is a shed load better that multi drop until you take(if you are planning to) your C+E. I used to love doing plant access and accomodation great fun.
Lee
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