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Jake:
Dont give up James
There's ways of getting your HGV for free if you dont mind putting in the hours...
A lot of the lads i used to work with (when i was drving arctics) started by driving the vans
The company put them through their cat C licence and some of them went on to get their C+E licence's
If your determined, there's always a way  ;)
Talking of gears on trucks, the Merc Actros that i used to drive had 16 gears, 8 high, 8 low.
The gear box was controlled by a sequencial gear box which you used before the actual gear change
You had to pre-select the gear you wanted or it would chose a gear for you
First time out i keeped getting it wrong because i wanted to change gear at the normal time
It took a couple of days to get my head round it but it soon became normal
They are complicated bits of kit but learn the basics, and the exciting stuff will come later
 :afro:

kizz81:
go for it,
we need more british lorry drivers,
follow your dream too   :dance:

mobi:
james have you tried with a different training school?
not all are the same and sometimes driving a different truck can help as the gearboxes are different.
another thing is to ask how much they can do it for cash  :shock: we had a driver do his class 1 for £600 cash for 5 days.
if not there is  government help as it is training of work and i think you can get 15/20% off. 

BK:

--- Quote from: Jake on April 17, 2008, 20:25:26 ---Dont give up James
There's ways of getting your HGV for free if you dont mind putting in the hours...
A lot of the lads i used to work with (when i was drving arctics) started by driving the vans
The company put them through their cat C licence and some of them went on to get their C+E licence's
If your determined, there's always a way  ;)
Talking of gears on trucks, the Merc Actros that i used to drive had 16 gears, 8 high, 8 low.
The gear box was controlled by a sequencial gear box which you used before the actual gear change
You had to pre-select the gear you wanted or it would chose a gear for you
First time out i keeped getting it wrong because i wanted to change gear at the normal time
It took a couple of days to get my head round it but it soon became normal
They are complicated bits of kit but learn the basics, and the exciting stuff will come later
 :afro:

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yeah,this is all correct james,DONT GIVE UP, the box on a hgv shouldnt be stiff you HAVE to take your time thro the gears,try another driving school,6 days is about right,its dear but worth it,most new trucks all semi auto now anyway and dont worry about the "shuffle steering" thats all bo****s after youve passed,if you dont try youll regret it big time KEEP GOING and another thing,you dont use all the gears when youve passed your test,you block change but the driving school wont tell you this.I tried twice to pass my HGV 1 it cost me an arm and a leg but its worth it,just think,pass this and you can drive practically owt on the road,and then youll be slagging car drivers off :lol:

Landyman:
Hi James
I just thought I'd chip in my bit here. I have been driving class 1 hgvs for about 5 years now and it does get easier the more you do it. Also there are many different lorries with lots of different gear boxes. Maybe you should try a different firm that uses a different make of lorry for instruction. Another point I should mention is that although there is plenty of work about for drivers there are an awful lot of foreign drivers coming over here that are prepared to work for a lot less than us British drivers and the effect is that pay rates are starting to come down. Just worth thinking about if you were thinking of doing it for a living.

Paul..

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