Alright troops 
Finaly passed my class 1 today
This was my third and final attempt at the test
First (failed) stalled on hill start right at the end of my test + 2 minors 
Seconde (failed) He failed me for block gear changing 
Third (passed) good clean drive 4 minors 1 for shunt on reverse 1 for speed
(doing 30 in a 40) 2 for failing to click the indicator back on once they cancel
themselves on roundabout
all in no bad 
celebrating with a few beers tonight
here s a pic of my training wagon
the company i work for are getting brand new fleet in a few weeks
hopefully enough time for me to get my digi tacho card 
all i know is that they will be volvo’s but lookin forward to it
this is what i drive just now delivering steel i swap between this and another truck (which has sleeper cab)
I have been driving class 2 for 3 months now and safe to say am still learning
My bucket of crap lol
Anyhoo i have been reading the site for a wile now and you guys and gals are
very informative and freindly
just whant to thank the members of trucknet yous didnt know it but yous
helped 
CheeRS Troops
Yo,
Congrats on passing your C+E, 3rd time lucky hey!
You say that this was your 3rd and Final attempt…does that mean someone else was putting you through the course or did you only have enough bucks for 3 goes??
If you knew that was gonna be your last attempt at it then that must of piled more pressure on you!?
Still, Congratulations noneoftheless!!!
Richard
Hi ROG
thanks for the welcome
ROG:
Welcome and WELL DONE darr686
Did you find that driving C for a while helped you with your CE ?
Yes very much so especialy with confidence and being able to judge gaps
and overall road position needed
ROG:
Second (failed) He failed me for block gear changing
- odd
I thought they liked you to block change 
After the test i questioned the examiner on this he said that i had to drive
the vehicle as if it was fully loaded
i then told my instuctor who brought it to the attention of another examiner
he said that he would talk to him as i must have misherd
later he came back and said he felt i had not been given a fare test and that
i was right to block change as it was the way i had been taught
he said he would take matter futher as there was no minors on my sheet just
the 3 or 4 (?) for the gear changes
but as far as i was concerned i wasnt going to sit another test (cost)
The Lyonator:
Yo,
Congrats on passing your C+E, 3rd time lucky hey!
You say that this was your 3rd and Final attempt…does that mean someone else was putting you through the course or did you only have enough bucks for 3 goes??
If you knew that was gonna be your last attempt at it then that must of piled more pressure on you!?
Still, Congratulations noneoftheless!!!
Richard
Hi Richard
I was booked with clearstone but i didnt take the pass plus option so when i
sat my test a seconde time it was more money
about a month after my seconde attempt the contacted me to say that the
complaint had been investagated and would grant me a one day refresh
course and next day eary morning test
as for presure it was the opposet am happy driving my class 2 and hadnt
given class 1 any more thought so just looked at it as 2 days of work and
a shot in a truck lol as it turnes out this worked to my advantage as on the day
i just drove the truck and didnt put to much thought into it
i know it sounds daft but i think this it was made me look confident and
relaxed behind the wheel basicaly my attitude was diffrent compared to
my first 2 attemps
i hope that makes scense
congrats and well done for standing up to them and getting a retest
Thanks mr jinx & Reef
well on wednesday a got my first shot in the artic (company only has 1)
nice and simple run from Glasgow to Rotherham taking a load down then
bringing a load back
TM said its a good way to get use to the size of the vehicle without worrying
to much about corners
the run whent fine and smooth except when parking for the night … my TM
said i would make it to scotch corner which i did but i parked between the 2
stops he told me about (in layby off scotch corner hotel roundabout â– â– ?) but i
will remeber for next time
was strugelling (spl) with the low gears seemed very diffrent to my trainer truck
but am slowly picking it up
same goes for reversing but am confident al get used to it lol (no option)
Today i was out in eastkilbride and stirling all whent well again but was very
very diffrent to my usual drops in rigid
all i can say is its amazine … i have wanted to do this since i was 12 am now 27
and finaly doing it lol
anyway heres some pics of my rig never herd of it before so would like to here
some comments good and bad of course a luv it just now as its my first
artic lol
sorry for the long post just luvin my job just now lol … Thanks for looking
Congrats,
I bet you are pleased as punch… nice truck to start out in … when i did my first class one job it was for lynx in muswell hill… a beaten up ERF (R REG) did about 2 million miles lol and went to heathrow to change trailers … on way back to hub in nuneaton off the A444 and the gear stick fell off in my hands great start to life as a trucker lolololol.
