I’ve just watched a left ■■■■■■ spend 15min trying to get on a bay on his good side how the chuff do they get their licence. The yards almost Mt and you could put 3 trailers end to end in front of the bay and still have room to spend 
Ps yes I did try to help him but he just couldn’t get the hang of that thing he has to turn 
Ooh my bad he’s still trying so that’s 33mins and still counting
And the keys are out… That’s 42min
My guess you need approx the same amount of time a for newbie after passing the uk test
nick2008:
I’ve just watched a left ■■■■■■ spend 15min trying to get on a bay on his good side how the chuff do they get their licence. The yards almost Mt and you could put 3 trailers end to end in front of the bay and still have room to spend
Ps yes I did try to help him but he just couldn’t get the hang of that thing he has to turn
Didn’t get all this excitement at Hovis did you ? I used to love watching them at my old place as they would all try and get on bays next to each other at the same time and just get in each others way and carnage would ensue. 
I witnessed a similar thing in France last Monday.
A Waberers driver trying to park up for the night.
Later that evening i got talking to him & it turns out he’d only passed his driving test the week before & been flown out to France to recover the truck…
We’ve all got to start somewhere…
We have about 4 motors a day in our place from a well known haulier beginning with a “K” and ending in “oops” (often does as it happens). I reckon that they only double man as one is in charge of going forwards and the other going backwards. It’s no problem when backwards man is on duty as it’s usually first time onto bay with no shunts, heaven forbid forward guy has a go though as it can take up to 30 minutes.
That was me 2 weeks ago at bidvest foods in Banbury after only just passing it was a challenge to say the least I can now say I’m much better at it… The only way to learn is to get stuck in
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How true it is I don’t know but according to an old driving instructor who got me through class 2 (he works for a company that employs nearly all polish) he said they basically pass their test in a car and trailer and that gives them class 1, he also said he gets alot coming wanting a job and some training, got the license but never driven an artic
Berty:
That was me 2 weeks ago at bidvest foods in Banbury after only just passing it was a challenge to say the least I can now say I’m much better at it… The only way to learn is to get stuck in.
I bet you just loved that, as it looks very similar to the one in Reading, where all the drivers are sat facing each other…
That was my first day in an artic and took me 2 shunts, I was chuffed to bits! And then they changed my bay 
The next one took me 4 shunts…
Evil8Beezle:
Berty:
That was me 2 weeks ago at bidvest foods in Banbury after only just passing it was a challenge to say the least I can now say I’m much better at it… The only way to learn is to get stuck in.I bet you just loved that, as it looks very similar to the one in Reading, where all the drivers are sat facing each other…
That was my first day in an artic and took me 2 shunts, I was chuffed to bits!
The next one took me 4 shunts…
Ye you just need to forget they are watching and concentrate on what you are doing! Thing is once your parked up you end up watching others it’s kinda hard not too haha…
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nick2008:
I’ve just watched a left ■■■■■■ spend 15min trying to get on a bay on his good side how the chuff do they get their licence. The yards almost Mt and you could put 3 trailers end to end in front of the bay and still have room to spend
Ps yes I did try to help him but he just couldn’t get the hang of that thing he has to turn
Maybe being a left ■■■■■■ he is more accomplished with the blind sides 
Credit to you for trying to give him a hand, always pleasing to see how drivers can help each other out regardless of what we might be thinking inside. Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and assume his problems were noob issues rather than a continental left hookie licence.
ORC:
Credit to you for trying to give him a hand, always pleasing to see how drivers can help each other out regardless of what we might be thinking inside. Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and assume his problems were noob issues rather than a continental left hookie licence.
You beat me to it, it would have took 1 minute to ask if he needed help, advice or guidance.
Instead let’s just watch a driver struggle,
Unbelievable
bald bloke:
nick2008:
I’ve just watched a left ■■■■■■ spend 15min trying to get on a bay on his good side how the chuff do they get their licence. The yards almost Mt and you could put 3 trailers end to end in front of the bay and still have room to spend
Ps yes I did try to help him but he just couldn’t get the hang of that thing he has to turnDidn’t get all this excitement at Hovis did you ? I used to love watching them at my old place as they would all try and get on bays next to each other at the same time and just get in each others way and carnage would ensue.
Milton Keynes BB. Nothing on 3 bays either side or in front.
The other week I stopped a driver trying to push his air deflector off with the trailer not once but 4th times… . I gave up after and just let him rip it off that was Bristol
the maoster:
We have about 4 motors a day in our place from a well known haulier beginning with a “K” and ending in “oops” (often does as it happens). I reckon that they only double man as one is in charge of going forwards and the other going backwards. It’s no problem when backwards man is on duty as it’s usually first time onto bay with no shunts, heaven forbid forward guy has a go though as it can take up to 30 minutes.
Used to see a lot of that too, one would stand at the rear waving his arms frantically as if he was trying to take off whilst it would take an age for the inexperienced driver to back on, also I reckon they shared one hi vis as the driver would be wearing it and the banksman wouldn’t have one on so you’d motion to him to put one on then he’d get the hi vis the driver was wearing.
Evil8Beezle:
Berty:
That was me 2 weeks ago at bidvest foods in Banbury after only just passing it was a challenge to say the least I can now say I’m much better at it… The only way to learn is to get stuck in.I bet you just loved that, as it looks very similar to the one in Reading, where all the drivers are sat facing each other…
That was my first day in an artic and took me 2 shunts, I was chuffed to bits!
The next one took me 4 shunts…
Did they move you from 10 to 11 then?
Actrosman:
Evil8Beezle:
Berty:
That was me 2 weeks ago at bidvest foods in Banbury after only just passing it was a challenge to say the least I can now say I’m much better at it… The only way to learn is to get stuck in.I bet you just loved that, as it looks very similar to the one in Reading, where all the drivers are sat facing each other…
That was my first day in an artic and took me 2 shunts, I was chuffed to bits!
The next one took me 4 shunts…Did they move you from 10 to 11 then?
I don’t recall the bay numbers mate, I think I was busy trying to resist the urge of punching the guy.
(Only kidding…)
I only ever went there once (thank God) and it was the bays the far side of the entrance.
Think it was the second one along to start with, and then the next after that…
The dreaded bay 2… Doddle to blind in if nothing on 3 bit harder but do’able if 3 is taken and nobody has been dumb enough to park bang opposite either of them. Gotta say though, it’s an easy bay at night as there’s only a few trailers on the bay and nowt in the way on the fence but follow the seal line in the concrete and it puts you bang on line! As for punching him, most of them in the window are cabbages and don’t know their arse from their armpit!
Part time ‘detailer’, full time truck driver
Re my last post…Left Hand drive…1st time.
I hope someone offers me assistance if im seen.
Been driving near on 40 years now and still learnig.
I wouldent hesitate to help a felllow Driver with anything if i could.
I will be in a left ■■■■■■ for the first time on monday,going to Poland,i dont mind addmiting it lm ■■■■■■■■ it,ha ha.