Before you go flapping your lips any more madguy and others I’ve been in slims’ situation not with a DR on the brief although that was down to luck but most of the rest and my licence didn’t look pretty with all that ink on it! I had 2 years+ on the dole in an area of high unemployment and in that time the only sniff of a job I got was as a van driver and I hadn’t passed my test yet but I doubt their insurance company would have done anything but laugh! So I had to wait until the licence was presentable again before I could consider
driving as an option. In the meantime I took the first job that was offered to me, as a cleaner, passed my test and got on with it. You lot of ■■■■■■■ nannies can wet nurse the brat if you want but I was that brat so I think I can say I know what I’m talking about. These ■■■■■■■ kids want everything on a plate these days and you half wits who are old enough to know better ain’t really doing them any favours. It’s a tough world kid, you ■■■■■■ up now ■■■■ it up and get on with and stop whining!
44 Tonne Ton:
You post could be interpreted that way.You must be sponging off somebody if not the dole?
Sorry, can’t agree with that. I’m not working, I’m not on the dole and I’m not “sponging” off of anybody.
The OP asked a reasonable question. There are plenty of people with DR10s who are working as HGV drivers, and he’s asking advice as to where to look to find a similar position. Can’t see the problem with that myself.
Harry Monk:
44 Tonne Ton:
You post could be interpreted that way.You must be sponging off somebody if not the dole?
Sorry, can’t agree with that. I’m not working, I’m not on the dole and I’m not “sponging” off of anybody.
The OP asked a reasonable question. There are plenty of people with DR10s who are working as HGV drivers, and he’s asking advice as to where to look to find a similar position. Can’t see the problem with that myself.
Do you think I gave him a realistic appraisal of his situation and sensible advice aside from that comment?
44 Tonne Ton:
Before you go flapping your lips any more madguy
Well i just read through my post and I cant actually see where i mentioned your name but you obviously thought that it was pointed at you, did I hit a nerve??
Anyway maybe as i am a newbie on here i have got things a little wrong, i thought these forums were a place to chat, ask questions, get advice, find friends, and generally ask advice from our peers, you know the people that have been there and done that, that battle scarred commandos of the industry who have seen all the pit falls and done the job time and again, the people that us meer mortals look up to, the people we aspire to be as we climb the great trucking ladder of life, however the thought of someones size 10 stomping on your head as your climbing doesnt exactly fill me with inspiration!
As a newbie to the HGV world but and experienced PCV driver (who carried more than just boxes or potatoes) who be happy to try to help any other new PCV driver with whatever advice, help or insight I could after all some simple mistakes can be costly.
I for one wish him all the luck he can get and I hope he gets somethig soon, and good on him for getting out there and asking, cause if you dont ask you wont get, at least he aint sitting on his arse and taking whatever he can get from the dole unlike some people out there.
Have a nice day now,
44 Tonne Ton:
Do you think I gave him a realistic appraisal of his situation and sensible advice aside from that comment?
With all due respect, no. It’s even harder to find a job which does not require qualifications- cleaner, for example- than it is to find one where you do need some type of vocational qualification.
I do not think his prospects are zero. Certainly it will be harder to find a job with a DR10, but it would not be correct to say that it would be impossible. I know people with DR10s who are driving. My advice has been and will continue to be to look at the lower end of the market, small operators running fewer than half a dozen trucks and to be prepared to compromise on wages in order to defray any increased premium which an insurer would require.
My advice certainly wouldn’t be to just go belly-up and forget the idea. And I for one won’t moralise because as I’ve said before, if we were all judged by the worst thing we have ever done, none of us would come out looking too squeaky clean. 
Harry Monk:
The OP asked a reasonable question. There are plenty of people with DR10s who are working as HGV drivers, and he’s asking advice as to where to look to find a similar position. Can’t see the problem with that myself.
indeed, and any prospective employer could be certain he won’t do that again
Personally, if I operated trucks, and someone with a DR10 came to see me about a job and they seemed suited to the job then I would find out how much the extra insurance premium would be, divide it by 52 and then offer them a job subject to their agreeing to have the increased cost of the premium deducted from their wages on a weekly basis.
I don’t know if this would generally be considered to be fair or not, but that would be my approach.
As it is, I don’t operate rigids and doubt I ever would for the simple reason that every time I try to reverse one, I always turn the steering wheel the wrong way.
Harry Monk:
44 Tonne Ton:
Do you think I gave him a realistic appraisal of his situation and sensible advice aside from that comment?
With all due respect, no. It’s even harder to find a job which does not require qualifications- cleaner, for example- than it is to find one where you do need some type of vocational qualification.
I do not think his prospects are zero. Certainly it will be harder to find a job with a DR10, but it would not be correct to say that it would be impossible. I know people with DR10s who are driving. My advice has been and will continue to be to look at the lower end of the market, small operators running fewer than half a dozen trucks and to be prepared to compromise on wages in order to defray any increased premium which an insurer would require.
My advice certainly wouldn’t be to just go belly-up and forget the idea. And I for one won’t moralise because as I’ve said before, if we were all judged by the worst thing we have ever done, none of us would come out looking too squeaky clean.
Show me where I’ve been moralising.
