lilac lady:
A good foot in the door for heavy haulage is to try to get work as an ■■■■■■ driver, will only be van work but will give you an insight into route planning and loading, any experience of driving plant/agricultural machinery will be very beneficial as will a basic mechanical knowledge of how to make things start as you will often be the only person on site and need to Load/unload yourself. The biggest thing in heaven haulage is a can do attitude, you need to be able to find a soloution or way round by yourself.
Spot on advice. In the plant game a good brain goes a long way. They won’t like you on the fone all the time. If you’re sent to pick something up and the battery’s flat for example, you can either fone the office crying about it,or find some jumpleads and another motor or use yours. If you think like the latter you’ll go a long way.
In your neck of the woods I’d keep an eye out on Ovenden,Skelton,Ardent hire etc. Get some rigid experience in the meantime,even if it’s 18t or whatever