Leonard Hatred
1:13 Sat Aug 29
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That's why I keep getting put in prison.
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Hammer and Pickle
1:11 Sat Aug 29
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Just get out of the cab at regular intervals and expose your anus.
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Leonard Hatred
1:09 Sat Aug 29
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Anal yeast.
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joe royal
12:57 Sat Aug 29
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If you fancy a change of job then do a 360 digger course , 15 quid an hour day work etc
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Scraper
11:06 Fri Aug 28
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Parking and city/suburbia driving must be bitch
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bruuuno
10:37 Fri Aug 28
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I wouldn't argue with that Marty I think 99% of the population are fucking nuts with regards to what makes them tick. That's one of the reasons I fancy doing something that involves me avoiding them as much as possible.
When I look at our warped society I'm glad to be a reject
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martyboy
10:23 Fri Aug 28
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Joe, and make sure you always clean out your rear bunk, Stinking dead prostutes don't smell too good this time of year!! most truckers are society's rejects!! fact!!
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joe royal
9:52 Fri Aug 28
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A proper driver would know there is no such thing as a slow lane.
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onlyoneclydebest
9:48 Fri Aug 28
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When you're on the motorway stay in the slow lane and leave the rest to proper drivers.Thanks in advance
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joe royal
9:42 Fri Aug 28
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Bit of very good advice is if/when you have lessons do them in a full size truck, not an uprated 7.5 tonne or a wagon and drag.
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joe royal
9:36 Fri Aug 28
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Davey
The licence is the same but you need to do different courses to carry fuel , acids, explosives etc
I just have a bog standard licence , but an ADR certificate can get another couple of quid an hour and make you easier to employ.
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joe royal
9:33 Fri Aug 28
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Gun
Only if you are illegal
This is why we do daily checks and CPC courses if you flout the law you deserve all you get
I've been fined in Germany twice
Swiss once
Russia once
Every time my fault , never been fined in UK.
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bruuuno
9:32 Fri Aug 28
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Cheers davey good shout
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bruuuno
9:30 Fri Aug 28
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Cheers joe
*orders hammer and cable ties*
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daveyg
9:29 Fri Aug 28
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There are plenty of companies that will get you through the process.
My father's golf buddy kept asking if I wanted to work for his company. They would of paid for me to get my HGV licence. This would be mainly to drive food/milk tankers. Not sure if the licence is the same as fuel tankers.
Have a scout around Industrial Estates.Companies are always advertising.
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gunslinger
9:28 Fri Aug 28
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Spend a week at the black wall tunnel with vosa and watch how they can destroy you financially in 15 minutes,
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joe royal
9:22 Fri Aug 28
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Fuel tankers is 40k, but you are home every night
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SecondOpinion
9:18 Fri Aug 28
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Thinking of going into the Migrant transport business??
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riosleftsock
9:18 Fri Aug 28
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Its a shit job nowadays, unless you can get on the fuel tankers.
Proper money, closed shop deal.
Dangerous but comes with the same perks as being a tube driver/BA pilot
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joe royal
9:13 Fri Aug 28
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First of all get a medical then you can apply for a provisional class 2 licence
Then do theory test
then spend almost 1500 on a class 2 licence
Then spend the same again doing a class 1
After you get said licence just get any job because a lot of company's want you to have a years experience for insurance reasons
This is the shit bit , plenty of work about delivering stuff for tesco McDonald's Starbucks etc , this is called supply chain and I hate it but the agency's take on new drivers so this is a way to get experience
Pay for supply chain starts at 10 an hour and can go up to 21
Once you have a year under your belt then you can knock on doors and get something better
If you want to do what I do get a years worth and ill get you in
Rock and roll work is a grand a week , conference work is just under 800
Zero hour contracts no work , no pay but you get to drive all over Europe with the biggest groups in the world and conference work comes with a hotel half the time.
You will never be out of work with a class one.
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Crassus
8:23 Fri Aug 28
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Bru' - seriously mate dont bother
Shit job in general, isn't what it was. There is a reason that there is a shortage.
If you insist, then make sure you specialise as soon as possible, cars, liquid or own account long haul. They are the places where the money (of sorts) is made, regular general haulage or retail tramping is filth
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