Its the age old thing, companies wont give you a shot as you haven`t got the experience, but how do you get the experience if no one will give you a shot?? 
Im lucky that I have the offer of lots of backside in seat time through various folk I know, through working in haulage for a number of years, but how do most people go about getting the chance to drive? Do most people just go to agencies or is there another option that Ive missed?
Buy your own lorry .
Times are a changing Trouble 
These hairy-eared old boyâs with stories of manual gearboxes and something called â roping & sheeting â are in for a shock.
Us new lads are a much better breed. In fact, I reckon most of them have no chance of reading an e-mail, texting the girlfriend, playing Candy Crush Saga and updating Facebook whilst wearing headphones at 56mph.
Punchy Dan:
Buy your own lorry .
Dont think Ive quite got a good enough credit score for a V8 Scania just yet 
eagerbeaver:
Times are a changing TroubleUs new lads are a much better breed. In fact, I reckon most of them have no chance of reading an e-mail, texting the girlfriend, playing Candy Crush Saga and updating Facebook whilst wearing headphones at 56mph.
What is this roping and sheeting you speak of?? 
and uuuggghhhh hairy ears, so wrong, haven`t these people heard of âmale grooming productsâ
I see ,V8 scania ey ,so your really wanting to from 0 to hero
Punchy Dan:
I see ,V8 scania ey ,so your really wanting to from 0 to hero
Already been driving one mate ⌠thats the problem, been spoilt already, then climbed down into a dirty DAF ... **Sigh** ... Im a Tang at heart 
What you can do is what many of us did, you go round knocking on doors asking for a job and when that doesnât work, you start again, follow up any lead and basically get it known in the industry that youâre looking for a job.
Hopefully one day youâll walk into the right place at the right time or in my case youâll get a phone call asking if you can do a rush job in a rigid, once youâve delivered the goods and got the truck back in one piece they seem far keener on you driving for them, even let you loose with an Artic.
My lad just emailed companies. Got a job within 2 weeks of passing his test doing pallet network multidrop. Not the best job or pay in the world but once youâve got 6 months under your belt youâre a whole lot more employable.
Trouble:
Punchy Dan:
I see ,V8 scania ey ,so your really wanting to from 0 to hero
Already been driving one mate ⌠that
s the problem, been spoilt already, then climbed down into a dirty DAF ... **Sigh** ... Im a Tang at heart
Nowt wrong with a DAF!!!
I loved my XF 460 like it was my own babyâŚ
muckles:
What you can do is what many of us did, you go round knocking on doors asking for a job and when that doesnât work, you start again, follow up any lead and basically get it known in the industry that youâre looking for a job.
Hopefully one day youâll walk into the right place at the right time or in my case youâll get a phone call asking if you can do a rush job in a rigid, once youâve delivered the goods and got the truck back in one piece they seem far keener on you driving for them, even let you loose with an Artic.
Ok, so door knocking, literally. Yeah that makes sense I suppose, and as you say once youve been given a chance, you can prove you can bring it back in one piece, its just getting your foot on the first rung of the ladder.
Conor:
My lad just emailed companies. Got a job within 2 weeks of passing his test doing pallet network multidrop. Not the best job or pay in the world but once youâve got 6 months under your belt youâre a whole lot more employable.
Wow, that`s good going, do you think you need a sprinkling of luck as well? Like right place right time sort of thing?
DAF95XF:
Nowt wrong with a DAF!!!
I loved my XF 460 like it was my own babyâŚ
⌠Yeah, I know, lol ⌠just jesting, but the extra 210 bhp comes in handy on those hills 