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My first ever trucking job on my own. how did it go?
adafish:
we have agency drivers now and then delivering for us, a MEAT WHOLESALER..., they usually helps us load the trucks with meat...Fair play to them, don't think what they should be doing. The even carry the carcases of Lambs, Pigs and sides of Beef..
robkav:
I agree stick with it, theirs lots of different types of hgv work out there you just need to your niche,
My first day as a machine driver when i was 18 the site agent asked me to dig a long trench between to buildings, so i started going at it like a bat out hell to get it done a.s.a.p, done it and felt really proud with my self untill i got out of the machine to discover that i had gone through two drains, 3 gas pipes and had the machine stuck between the building and said trench :oops: :oops: :oops:
We all have to learn some how :D
bilge rat:
1st day is always bad , dont give it up yet plod on do ya best. something will come right ..alan
paul_humphreys:
Dont give up, just look for a better place.
I have just done 8 months driving lorrys since I passed my C and C+E. I start a new jon on monday driving a fully loaded 44T. I have never drive one with a load :shock: I look at it like this, worst that can happen if I crash, kill myself and loads of others and make my wife rich (I have lots of life cover). So if that does not happen all is good :dance:
Paul
mobi:
james don't give up keep trying!!!
first off change the settings on your sat-nav. don't use shortest route change it to main roads/route.
get some good road maps, they do a truckers map (alot cheaper than the truckers sat-nav) ask other drivers before you leave.
take your time, if it means holding a few cars up for a few seconds do it.
get a bluetooth headset or at lease a cable headset they're cheaper than a fine and points.
go back to your agency tell them you were having a bad day and you want to give it another try.
and stop giving drivers tips if he didn't want to help he would'nt have!!! :lol: at most buy him a 20p coffee out of the vending machine.
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