Hello to everyone.
Just signed up on the forum after much deliberation.
Having been very active in the road transport industry up until I had a stroke nearly 3 years ago and still off work now because of it. I know that I will not be able to return which I am gutted about as I have diesel running through my veins. Trucks and transport are one of my great passions.
Having started from the ground up by driving 7.5 tonners I then moved onto rigids then passed my class one 12 years ago and then cut my teeth on the agencies. I joined a company as a transport supervisor and occasional relief driver. There I passed my CPC freight national back in Sept 2005 and then 6 months later I passed my international.
From there I always wanted more and was constantly on the lookout for that dream job which I found in Jan 2007 when I landed the job of European Operations Manager for a leading UK Heavy Haulage company.
I loved that job. Working with specialist equipment day in day out was brilliant.
Unfortunately with my new found responsibilities comes added pressure and the grief that comes with being a manager. I then suffered a stroke in October 2008 and have been off work ever since.
In hindsight and knowing what I know now, being off ill for the past 3 years has been very tough. It begs the question. Was trying to better myself worth it in the end?
Well I am still here, but things could have turned out much worse.
Hello and thanks for the welcomes.
Alex. Regrettably I am not James May. Wouldn’t mind his bank balance though.
Will not even be able to continue driving heavies anymore even if I wanted to as a by-product of my stroke I have developed epilepsy, so it is bye, bye class 1:-(
Malc44:
Hello and thanks for the welcomes.
Alex. Regrettably I am not James May. Wouldn’t mind his bank balance though.
Will not even be able to continue driving heavies anymore even if I wanted to as a by-product of my stroke I have developed epilepsy, so it is bye, bye class 1:-(
you may not be able to drive but surely theres something within this industry you could do,PLANNER,i can only speak personally but it was be nice to speak to someone who understands what your trying to tell them,i said the same when they got rid of all the 65 yr old old hands,all that knowledge lost ,missed a trick there],youd be much more use to me than a blonde big breasted bird whos only intrested in filing her nails when i need to sort a problem.
and welcome.
Hello malc44. I have a mate that had a stroke back in april. He was a class 1 driver as well and only in his 40’s. He lost his hgv but not his car and motorcycle licence, although they told him he would not be able to ride his 1300 yam again as he would not be strong enouth so he sold it. Lucky his wife can drive as she has to take him everywhere in there people carrier. Welcome and take care. Peter.
Malc44:
Hello to everyone.
Just signed up on the forum after much deliberation.
Having been very active in the road transport industry up until I had a stroke nearly 3 years ago and still off work now because of it. I know that I will not be able to return which I am gutted about as I have diesel running through my veins. Trucks and transport are one of my great passions.
Having started from the ground up by driving 7.5 tonners I then moved onto rigids then passed my class one 12 years ago and then cut my teeth on the agencies. I joined a company as a transport supervisor and occasional relief driver. There I passed my CPC freight national back in Sept 2005 and then 6 months later I passed my international.
From there I always wanted more and was constantly on the lookout for that dream job which I found in Jan 2007 when I landed the job of European Operations Manager for a leading UK Heavy Haulage company.
I loved that job. Working with specialist equipment day in day out was brilliant.
Unfortunately with my new found responsibilities comes added pressure and the grief that comes with being a manager. I then suffered a stroke in October 2008 and have been off work ever since.
In hindsight and knowing what I know now, being off ill for the past 3 years has been very tough. It begs the question. Was trying to better myself worth it in the end?
Well I am still here, but things could have turned out much worse.
All the best
Malc
Helo Malc, in a word YES! its all worth it. i like you have derv running through my viens. i cleaned buses for a living in the early days, then got the license and became a bus driver after a few years became a cop, didn’t like that so became a LGV driver, been one ever since. During my time as a LGV driver i have ALWAYS strived to improve on it. I am now a DIAMOND advanced driver, Rospa Gold Advanced driver and tutor, ADI but got no intention of EVER teaching anyone, 4 months off being a Fleet driver trainer, I will be on the LGV voluntary register for LGV trainers within the next 12 months, I am studying for all sorts of driver training stuff and i will die doing it. I would say YES it was worth trying to better yourself all of the time. If I ever thought otherwise life wouldn’t be worth living!
Hi guys and thanks for the warm welcome.
Thanks for the words of support, Lee. I appreciate them. I have, like yourself started from the bottom and got to where I am with sheer hard graft. I think that drivers can relate to someone who ends up being a manager after once being a driver themselves rather than a wet-behind-the-ears university graduate who doesn’t know one end of an artic from the other.
I even managed to achieve Chartered Membership of the Chartered Institute Of Logistic And Transport. That along with me gaining my CPC National and International is my proudest moment. The CILT don’t dish out that unless you can demonstrate that you are on top of your game. In order to gain it I had to put alot of work in again. In my opinion you can never have enough qualifications. What is the saying. “Knowledge is power”. Each to their own at the end of the day,but my thirst for trying to better myself has never gone away.
At least I know that I have done everything 100% off my own back and the sense of achievement that gives. Well you cannot put a price on it.
All the best
Malc
,missed a trick there],youd be much more use to me than a blonde big breasted bird whos only intrested in filing her nails 