i passed my c+e 4 mths ago and posted my joy on this site … however very lucky i was i got a job with a very big and very busy outfit THREE weeks into it after doing 50 \60 hours my wife found me drunk sobbing in the bathroom i was a mess !!! the concentration of driving a big rig backin on to bays with everyone watchin and all the mess ups a newbe makes had taken its toll !!! but do u know wot she kicked my ■■■ and told me how well id done to pass my test get a job and keep it !! well 4 mts later i know all the drops(makes a big differance) i can now drive the truck on autopilot but still struggle on bays !!! and am gettin used to little sleep , and being treated like dirt by some of the places i provide a service that is fundemental to their profits … and feel i am gettin to grips of wot is expected of me and do u know wot i love it … am i still a newbe ■■? GOD DAM RIGHT i am !!! the next thing am gonna learn is how to get my own way more !! and say no i wont be on time cos have u seen the mess of the uk roads i have to battle everyday…DONT GIVE UP !!! a wise old trucker once told me ;the first 10 years are the hardest;
Right…whats your point?
stagedriver:
Right…whats your point?
Cracked up at being thrown in the deep end.
Came out the other side and still enjoying it.
… I think 
newbe:
the concentration of driving a big rig backin on to bays with everyone watchin and all the mess ups a newbe makes had taken its toll !!!;
the trick with bays and difficult reverses that experienced drivers use is not worrying when we make a mess of it 
Denis F:
newbe:
the concentration of driving a big rig backin on to bays with everyone watchin and all the mess ups a newbe makes had taken its toll !!!;the trick with bays and difficult reverses that experienced drivers use is not worrying when we make a mess of it
Exactly I only realised I had got the hang of it when I could laugh at myself 
danny_mk2:
Denis F:
newbe:
the concentration of driving a big rig backin on to bays with everyone watchin and all the mess ups a newbe makes had taken its toll !!!;the trick with bays and difficult reverses that experienced drivers use is not worrying when we make a mess of it
Exactly I only realised I had got the hang of it when I could laugh at myself
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