war1974:
typical full time driver ^^
He’s been disowned, whipped on the steps of his club and had his tie snipped in half. He’s back on the Eastern front of agency as we speak.
Awe away and take your head for a ■■■■■■ you got nothing better to do than talk negative about lorry drivers. You’re like a broken record a right boring record, that after then first few plays ya want to top yourself listening tae your pish.
merc0447:
Awe away and take your head for a [zb], you got nothing better to do than talk negative about lorry drivers. You’re like a broken record a right boring record, that after then first few plays ya want to top yourself listening tae your pish.
Who?
merc0447:
Awe away and take your head for a [zb], you got nothing better to do than talk negative about lorry drivers. You’re like a broken record a right boring record, that after then first few plays ya want to top yourself listening tae your pish.
Ohhhhh check you out,all angry and stuff.
Meanwhile as for fire trucks all being rigids.Although only a rigid driver would prefer to have another driver helping to seer a semi trailer. 
ckm1981:
merc0447:
Awe away and take your head for a [zb], you got nothing better to do than talk negative about lorry drivers. You’re like a broken record a right boring record, that after then first few plays ya want to top yourself listening tae your pish.Ohhhhh check you out,all angry and stuff.
Be careful mate, that’s Ronnie Pickering you’re talking to.
It should be fairly obvious which is best, class1 always comes before class 2. Nobody starts on the big stuff and moves down do they? When was the last time you heard any class1 driver say " I can’t wait to move down to class 2" or " yeah I’m only driving class 1 today because my rigid is in for service/mot" Exactly.
Contraflow:
ckm1981:
merc0447:
Awe away and take your head for a [zb], you got nothing better to do than talk negative about lorry drivers. You’re like a broken record a right boring record, that after then first few plays ya want to top yourself listening tae your pish.Ohhhhh check you out,all angry and stuff.
Be careful mate, that’s Ronnie Pickering you’re talking to.
Who■■? 
BillyHunt:
It should be fairly obvious which is best, class1 always comes before class 2. Nobody starts on the big stuff and moves down do they? When was the last time you heard any class1 driver say " I can’t wait to move down to class 2" or " yeah I’m only driving class 1 today because my rigid is in for service/mot" Exactly.
Strictly speaking under the old class number system 1 meant artic which didn’t necessarily mean bigger or heavier.
Class 2 . 
as you said albion there are good and bad drivers wherever you go,i don’t mind admitting I have cocked up a few times over the years myself, we all make mistakes,some just don’t like admitting it
Carryfast:
BillyHunt:
It should be fairly obvious which is best, class1 always comes before class 2. Nobody starts on the big stuff and moves down do they? When was the last time you heard any class1 driver say " I can’t wait to move down to class 2" or " yeah I’m only driving class 1 today because my rigid is in for service/mot" Exactly.Strictly speaking under the old class number system 1 meant artic which didn’t necessarily mean bigger or heavier.
Class 2 .
Call it whatever you wish, the fact is, as I regularly point out to lesser licence holders, I can drive your vehicle & therefore do your job, you cannot drive mine. The End.
Lol. Brutal and cutting comment Billy.
Nice. A bit like offering your 6 year old son a toy rigid, or a toy artic.
We all know which one creates smiles, and which one is greeted with ‘WTF’ emblazoned across their face.
BillyHunt:
Carryfast:
BillyHunt:
It should be fairly obvious which is best, class1 always comes before class 2. Nobody starts on the big stuff and moves down do they? When was the last time you heard any class1 driver say " I can’t wait to move down to class 2" or " yeah I’m only driving class 1 today because my rigid is in for service/mot" Exactly.Strictly speaking under the old class number system 1 meant artic which didn’t necessarily mean bigger or heavier.
Class 2 .
Call it whatever you wish, the fact is, as I regularly point out to lesser licence holders, I can drive your vehicle & therefore do your job, you cannot drive mine. The End.
Trust me there are probably plenty of ‘class 1’ drivers who really wouldn’t want to try that idea in the case of that impressive outfit.While being laughed at by the ‘class 2’ driver with drawbar grandfather rights when it all goes embarrassingly wrong for them.
BillyHunt:
It should be fairly obvious which is best, class1 always comes before class 2. Nobody starts on the big stuff and moves down do they? When was the last time you heard any class1 driver say " I can’t wait to move down to class 2" or " yeah I’m only driving class 1 today because my rigid is in for service/mot" Exactly.
Waves…
around 86 i left an artic job to drive 35cwt vans on nights, for a hell of a lot more money i should add, twas my first big break.
around 90/91 got made redundant from that same job (which had morphed into a seriously well paid night trunking artic job) and went driving cars vans and small lorries on trade plate deliveries, that led me into full size car transporter work.
There are no hard and fast rules about what and why we do or drive what we do, no one increased the size of their wallet or ■■■■ by driving the biggest shiniest artic ever made.
Pay me my present salary and the same hours package to deliver a few car parts and batteries locally with a little Berlingo van and i’m your man.
Carryfast:
BillyHunt:
Carryfast:
BillyHunt:
It should be fairly obvious which is best, class1 always comes before class 2. Nobody starts on the big stuff and moves down do they? When was the last time you heard any class1 driver say " I can’t wait to move down to class 2" or " yeah I’m only driving class 1 today because my rigid is in for service/mot" Exactly.Strictly speaking under the old class number system 1 meant artic which didn’t necessarily mean bigger or heavier.
Class 2 .
Call it whatever you wish, the fact is, as I regularly point out to lesser licence holders, I can drive your vehicle & therefore do your job, you cannot drive mine. The End.
Trust me there are probably plenty of ‘class 1’ drivers who really wouldn’t want to try that idea in the case of that impressive outfit.While being laughed at by the ‘class 2’ driver with drawbar grandfather rights when it all goes embarrassingly wrong for them.
Judas!
Juddian:
BillyHunt:
It should be fairly obvious which is best, class1 always comes before class 2. Nobody starts on the big stuff and moves down do they? When was the last time you heard any class1 driver say " I can’t wait to move down to class 2" or " yeah I’m only driving class 1 today because my rigid is in for service/mot" Exactly.Waves…
around 86 i left an artic job to drive 35cwt vans on nights, for a hell of a lot more money i should add, twas my first big break.
around 90/91 got made redundant from that same job (which had morphed into a seriously well paid night trunking artic job) and went driving cars vans and small lorries on trade plate deliveries, that led me into full size car transporter work.There are no hard and fast rules about what and why we do or drive what we do, no one increased the size of their wallet or ■■■■ by driving the biggest shiniest artic ever made.
Pay me my present salary and the same hours package to deliver a few car parts and batteries locally with a little Berlingo van and i’m your man.
See, always ends up back on the big stuff.
I’ve never driven the biggest, shiniest artic but I get a bigger wallet driving mine than I would driving lesser vehicles, and my todger swells appreciably.
Class 1 driver who knows well how to drive with old style drawbar combo - with 2 axles from which first one steers/turns/twists or across the pond B-train combo…
James the cat:
Carryfast:
BillyHunt:
Call it whatever you wish, the fact is, as I regularly point out to lesser licence holders, I can drive your vehicle & therefore do your job, you cannot drive mine. The End.Trust me there are probably plenty of ‘class 1’ drivers who really wouldn’t want to try that idea in the case of that impressive outfit.While being laughed at by the ‘class 2’ driver with drawbar grandfather rights when it all goes embarrassingly wrong for them.
Judas!
I always saw it more as a case of being a class 2 driver and only needing a class 1 to drive those weird silly little artic things.
James the cat:
Carryfast:
BillyHunt:
Carryfast:
Strictly speaking under the old class number system 1 meant artic which didn’t necessarily mean bigger or heavier.Class 2 .
Call it whatever you wish, the fact is, as I regularly point out to lesser licence holders, I can drive your vehicle & therefore do your job, you cannot drive mine. The End.
Trust me there are probably plenty of ‘class 1’ drivers who really wouldn’t want to try that idea in the case of that impressive outfit.While being laughed at by the ‘class 2’ driver with drawbar grandfather rights when it all goes embarrassingly wrong for them.
The fact remains the same, we would have a go & eventually get it right, you aren’t allowed to drive mine without L plates.
Juddian:
BillyHunt:
It should be fairly obvious which is best, class1 always comes before class 2. Nobody starts on the big stuff and moves down do they? When was the last time you heard any class1 driver say " I can’t wait to move down to class 2" or " yeah I’m only driving class 1 today because my rigid is in for service/mot" Exactly.Waves…
around 86 i left an artic job to drive 35cwt vans on nights, for a hell of a lot more money i should add, twas my first big break.
around 90/91 got made redundant from that same job (which had morphed into a seriously well paid night trunking artic job) and went driving cars vans and small lorries on trade plate deliveries, that led me into full size car transporter work.There are no hard and fast rules about what and why we do or drive what we do, no one increased the size of their wallet or ■■■■ by driving the biggest shiniest artic ever made.
Pay me my present salary and the same hours package to deliver a few car parts and batteries locally with a little Berlingo van and i’m your man.
Agreed , If I was offered an interesting job with reasonable pay on a van or rigid I’d be quite happy to take it over a bog standard job driving Artics
As for better drivers, passing a basic test driving an artic doesn’t make you a good driver, that takes more and can be done in anything from a car to an artic.