Folks, I’m after any tips you can give me to help prepare for the “C” training and test I will be having in June.
Quick background - spent five years up to 2011 driving C1 fridge motors, mostly locally. Left that job to do something a bit better paid, with a view to saving to add the C to my licence.
Now the current employer has offered to pay for the training and test. I have naturally accepted - and am now wondering what to expect with the larger motors - I’m usually the passenger these days 
Cheers
Ainslie
Gingerpose:
Folks, I’m after any tips you can give me to help prepare for the “C” training and test I will be having in June.
Quick background - spent five years up to 2011 driving C1 fridge motors, mostly locally. Left that job to do something a bit better paid, with a view to saving to add the C to my licence.
Now the current employer has offered to pay for the training and test. I have naturally accepted - and am now wondering what to expect with the larger motors - I’m usually the passenger these days
Cheers
Ainslie
Congrats on getting your training paid for 
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You will obviously go into this with the C1 experience, which is good and bad. I was in the same position when I took my C training.
My guess is that you will hear a lot of ‘slow down’ from your trainer. Over-confidence, going too fast, harsh braking, etc are the things you will need to cure. You will be amazed at how ‘slow’ the test actually has to be for a pass.
Imagine you are carrying stacked boxes of eggs that aren’t strapped on, it worked for me.
Good luck and enjoy yourself.
Alan
It’s possible the training vehicle may be no bigger than a 7.5. But it will have at least 8 forward gears which you’ll need to master (shouldn’t take too long) and you’ll maybe discover that you need to check the mirrors a lot more often than you ever expected.
As Alan has said, take your time - expecially on approaches to any hazard eg junctions, parked vehicles etc.
Above all, listen to your instructor who should know how to get the information across to you.
All the best, Pete 
Peter Smythe:
It’s possible the training vehicle may be no bigger than a 7.5. But it will have at least 8 forward gears which you’ll need to master (shouldn’t take too long) and you’ll maybe discover that you need to check the mirrors a lot more often than you ever expected.
As Alan has said, take your time - expecially on approaches to any hazard eg junctions, parked vehicles etc.
Above all, listen to your instructor who should know how to get the information across to you.
All the best, Pete
Cat C training vehicles that look no bigger than your average 7.5t cousins are great for getting you through the training and test but don’t really prepare you for a 32ft mobile library 
Remember that you’re vehicle that you will be driving after you pass your Cat C will be different to the training vehicle. I trained in a 4x2 Class 2, and after I passed jumped straight into an 8x4 bin lorry and wondered why it wasn’t turning as well as the training vehicle did and I overshot quite a few turns and made myself look like a right fanny.
My fault entirely of course for not recognizing that the more wheels then physically it won’t turn the same but that’s one of the things we mean when we say that a test doesn’t prepare you for real world driving.
Update: Passed Cat c today with 3 minors
Cheers for the tips, all helped prepare me for the unknown!
Edit to add: Bit rude of me not to say who I trained with - Brian Cassie aka Aberdeen Training Services. Top bloke, down to earth and an excellent teacher. Highly recommended.
congratulations on the pass
jen x
CONGRATULATIONS on passing your LGV “C” test 
