What is the daily routine of a lorry driver?

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robroy:
Why does he specifically want to go on containers, wtf is the attraction.
I have never ever done it so maybe there is something I am missing here.
When I was young (and keen which I soon got over :smiley: ) it was after going away with my Dad on flats and tippers, and later on with a mate on tanker work, that made me want to be a driver, I did not care a [zb] what sort of work I got into then as long as I managed to obtain a Class1.

So suspicion is beginning to set in here, I am wondering if Mr O.P is genuine in his enquiry.
He said, …stroking his imaginary beard. :wink: :smiley:.

Still no response to my ‘busy day’ post yet I notice. :laughing:

theres no work like no work

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“Anyway get a tablet, decent Wi-Fi/phone tethering thing and brace yourself for a level of ■■■■■■■■■■■■ not seen since one first discovered self pleasuring.
Xhamster will be your favourite pet.”

Quality!!!

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Lets say I start at 6am.

Rise at 5am. Quick wash, brush teeth, get dressed, brew in a travel flask and in the car for 5.20am. Arrive at work at 5.45am. Park up, collect paperwork from in the office and climb in the wagon at 6am. Put card in, do manual entries, check fluid levels and get under whichever trailer, then full walk round check for about 5-10 mins, quick brew from the machine, chin wag with any mates I bump into and leave the yard at about 6.30am.

Do duties.

Arrive back in yard, drop trailer, park up unit, eject card, quickly drop keys & paperwork in the office and make a swift dart for the car before anyone has chance to clock i’m leaving (thus to avoid getting any ‘just nips’). I know my start time for the next day because I asked on the phone on the drive back.

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robroy:
Got a busy day today, picking up my money first from the tooth fairy under my pillow, then writing a letter to Santa.
Somebody told me you find pots of gold under rainbows, it’s ■■■■■■■ down today so got the shovel out of the shed.
If I cant find it, no probs as I’m gonna win the lottery next week…2 and a half million! :sunglasses:
I’ve thought about all this and I honestly believe it will happen, (if it doesn’t I will come on here and cry lol)
I feel like I’m 18 again. :wink: :laughing:

Is that subtle enough for you Evil8B?? :laughing:

Sorry mate, I was busy talking to your GP about your medication! :smiley:
And you told me there was a golden rivet hidden in the bottom of that barrel! :open_mouth:

OP - It’s your choice on what you want to do for a career, and probably like most people, you don’t really have much clue at the age of 18 as you haven’t quite worked out your strengths and weaknesses, and they are most likely still developing… There’s a few on her trying to talk you our of HGV driving, and they are probably trying to do it for the right reasons, as they probably feel they wish they had done things differently. There are also those that say go for it, as they love their job! But NONE of them are you, and only you can make the decision on what is right for you. Yes you can spend 3+k on getting your licences and go tramping for a few years and see what you think, it doesn’t have to be for life, it may just fill a gap and give you an income until you really know what to do… Men don’t tend to be as driven as women when they are young, and I think it takes longer for them to mature, I didn’t really have any focus or drive until I was in my twenties, and even then not much. So studying and doing a degree is bloody hard work when your heart isn’t in it and you are only doing it because you know it’s for the best. I hated it, and know for a fact I couldn’t have even entertained it when I was 18. So if HGV driving is right for you now then do it, it doesn’t have to be for life, and as already said, doing container work with all the sitting around would give you time to study when you have worked out exactly what you want to do.

As for truck/container firms in Southampton, I hear Goldstar transport are always hiring…
That may not be the best advert for them, but ti doesn’t stop you giving them a call and finding out the score before committing…

P.S. Some men don’t mature, just look at both the EB’s on here! :laughing:

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robroy:
Why does he specifically want to go on containers, wtf is the attraction.
I have never ever done it so maybe there is something I am missing here.
When I was young (and keen which I soon got over :smiley: ) it was after going away with my Dad on flats and tippers, and later on with a mate on tanker work, that made me want to be a driver, I did not care a [zb] what sort of work I got into then as long as I managed to obtain a Class1.

So suspicion is beginning to set in here, I am wondering if Mr O.P is genuine in his enquiry.
He said, …stroking his imaginary beard. :wink: :smiley:

Still no response to my ‘busy day’ post yet I notice. :laughing:

Why are you asking others why i specifically want to go into container work? why not just address it to me?

To answer your question, from all of the research i have done online, it seems like it is the right work that fits what i want. and as far as i can see it is one of the highest paying too?

Suspicion? lol, I never asked once for information on the job or advice from anyone. The only thing i asked was the daily routine. (although i really do appreciate all of the support and advice given here!)

and as for your other post about the whole fake thing… i’m assuming that’s referring to my post about my girlfriend not being the party type? I’m not sure why that is hard to understand/seems fake? and another reason i ignored it was because it is completely irrelevant to why i wrote this post.

ps, i see why they call you “ROB the BITCHMEISTER” now

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LOL, You’ve a feisty here Robroy, is he another one of yours? :wink:

You tell him Josh! :smiley:

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Evil8Beezle:

robroy:
Got a busy day today, picking up my money first from the tooth fairy under my pillow, then writing a letter to Santa.
Somebody told me you find pots of gold under rainbows, it’s ■■■■■■■ down today so got the shovel out of the shed.
If I cant find it, no probs as I’m gonna win the lottery next week…2 and a half million! :sunglasses:
I’ve thought about all this and I honestly believe it will happen, (if it doesn’t I will come on here and cry lol)
I feel like I’m 18 again. :wink: :laughing:

Is that subtle enough for you Evil8B?? :laughing:

Sorry mate, I was busy talking to your GP about your medication! :smiley:
And you told me there was a golden rivet hidden in the bottom of that barrel! :open_mouth:

OP - It’s your choice on what you want to do for a career, and probably like most people, you don’t really have much clue at the age of 18 as you haven’t quite worked out your strengths and weaknesses, and they are most likely still developing… There’s a few on her trying to talk you our of HGV driving, and they are probably trying to do it for the right reasons, as they probably feel they wish they had done things differently. There are also those that say go for it, as they love their job! But NONE of them are you, and only you can make the decision on what is right for you. Yes you can spend 3+k on getting your licences and go tramping for a few years and see what you think, it doesn’t have to be for life, it may just fill a gap and give you an income until you really know what to do… Men don’t tend to be as driven as women when they are young, and I think it takes longer for them to mature, I didn’t really have any focus or drive until I was in my twenties, and even then not much. So studying and doing a degree is bloody hard work when your heart isn’t in it and you are only doing it because you know it’s for the best. I hated it, and know for a fact I couldn’t have even entertained it when I was 18. So if HGV driving is right for you now then do it, it doesn’t have to be for life, and as already said, doing container work with all the sitting around would give you time to study when you have worked out exactly what you want to do.

As for truck/container firms in Southampton, I hear Goldstar transport are always hiring…
That may not be the best advert for them, but ti doesn’t stop you giving them a call and finding out the score before committing…

P.S. Some men don’t mature, just look at both the EB’s on here! :laughing:

Yeah i do agree, i’m not 100% on anything at the moment but like you said, it’s my choice and i will most probably try this out for a good while, if i don’t like it then i will just drop it like you said. But of course i will try and do the smart thing by studying for stuff when i have spare time. Just as an exit plan. Thank you for the information about goldstar, i have never heard of them before :smiley:

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No worries Josh, and if you do speak to Goldstar, be aware/warned that they may try and talk you into their driver training programme. I’ve not heard great reviews about that, especially as you will be tied into them for a few years. But if you do move forward into trucking, ensure you soak up all the helpful info on here, especially in the Newbie forum to start with…

Best of luck! :smiley:

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Josh641:

robroy:
Why does he specifically want to go on containers, wtf is the attraction.
I have never ever done it so maybe there is something I am missing here.
When I was young (and keen which I soon got over :smiley: ) it was after going away with my Dad on flats and tippers, and later on with a mate on tanker work, that made me want to be a driver, I did not care a [zb] what sort of work I got into then as long as I managed to obtain a Class1.

So suspicion is beginning to set in here, I am wondering if Mr O.P is genuine in his enquiry.
He said, …stroking his imaginary beard. :wink: :smiley:

Still no response to my ‘busy day’ post yet I notice. :laughing:

Why are you asking others why i specifically want to go into container work? why not just address it to me?

To answer your question, from all of the research i have done online, it seems like it is the right work that fits what i want. and as far as i can see it is one of the highest paying too?

Suspicion? lol, I never asked once for information on the job or advice from anyone. The only thing i asked was the daily routine. (although i really do appreciate all of the support and advice given here!)

and as for your other post about the whole fake thing… i’m assuming that’s referring to my post about my girlfriend not being the party type? I’m not sure why that is hard to understand/seems fake? and another reason i ignored it was because it is completely irrelevant to why i wrote this post.

ps, i see why they call you “ROB the BITCHMEISTER” now

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: Whoa Easy mate, chill out, if you are planning to become a driver, the joshing, …no pun btw :smiley: banter and ■■■■ taking come with the territory.
I asked the others opinions as this is a …‘discussion forum’ :bulb: … the ‘raison d’etre as the’ guys across La Manche say, (you will pick up all this Del Boy French when you have done a bit of Euro :smiley: ) after you gain some trucking experience btw :smiley:

Point is mate I have kids older than you.(in fact I have a couple of shirts older than you tbh :smiley: ) so I feel qualified to make a judgement, and I just thought that you were not 100% serious, being that you were picking and choosing what type of work you wanted, beggars can not be choosers in this game when starting out bud. :bulb:

I do not know your girlfriend so I was not aiming any comments at her personally, I apologise if I have offended her/you on this subject.
I was merely pointing out your level of naivety about women in general, that also comes with being 18, and again, I also (unfortunately) have a bit of experience in this field

Good luck with your plans whatever they may be :wink: from… The Bitchmeister :laughing:

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I wanted to be a lorry driver from as far back as i can remember, where other kids bought NME (new musical express) or Autocar or similar i bought Commercial Motor.

I started on Transit and 7.5ton flat beds when i was 17 doing various work, and got me class 1 at age 21.
The lorry years have been hard work but then i wanted hard work and to earn well and have no complaints, i’ve had and still have a pretty good living from the lorries but i had some lucky breaks and you do need a certain amount of (or the ability to generate your own) luck in this game and to ■■■■■■ any breaks you get instantly, the few times i’ve done containers the boredom has been endless, and please don’t get any notion there is money to be earned in container work, there isn’t unless you count a weeks wage for two weeks worth of hours good…as ever pay varies.

Some people love the container work however and if it suits you thats fine, it must be said some of the most stupid pig headed driving i ever see these days is (though hardly exclusively) by container drivers, which is a bit odd cos if they are happy to blodge out for hours on end doing sod all why drive like a ■■■ to shave 30 seconds from the race to get to blodge out site?

Lorry work has changed a lot, its generally easy now* apart from the traffic though if you specialise and find your niche there are some interesting and skilled sides to the industry that, thought they try to, they can’t really dumb down…it’s no surprise that the specialist side still provides generally the better earnings as well as being more interesting and fulfilling, my opinion only.
What lorry you get to drive really means bugger all, one mans meat etc, they’re all basically the same now, some have more kudos than others that is all, but the work you do can make a job worth doing (interesting, requiring skill, hands on etc) and if you have a job you can take a pride in doing well that makes work more fulfilling still.

*some work like multi drop and parcel work where lots of handballing can be involved is still hard going, not always paid well enough for whats involved either.

Before you spend out a large chunk of dosh to get an HGV licence, or sign yourself up to some scheme, i suggest to get a van driving job doing various work, 6 or 12 months of that will tell you if lorry driving is right for you, if it is great, if it’s not then A you haven’t wasted £3k and B you can resume the search for what it is you do want to do.

If you have a girl who can cope with the demands of this job, then good luck to you, not many can and i suggest this hasn’t improved in recent years.

Just the thoughts of an old ■■■■… :wink:

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robroy:

Josh641:

robroy:
Why does he specifically want to go on containers, wtf is the attraction.
I have never ever done it so maybe there is something I am missing here.
When I was young (and keen which I soon got over :smiley: ) it was after going away with my Dad on flats and tippers, and later on with a mate on tanker work, that made me want to be a driver, I did not care a [zb] what sort of work I got into then as long as I managed to obtain a Class1.

So suspicion is beginning to set in here, I am wondering if Mr O.P is genuine in his enquiry.
He said, …stroking his imaginary beard. :wink: :smiley:

Still no response to my ‘busy day’ post yet I notice. :laughing:

Why are you asking others why i specifically want to go into container work? why not just address it to me?

To answer your question, from all of the research i have done online, it seems like it is the right work that fits what i want. and as far as i can see it is one of the highest paying too?

Suspicion? lol, I never asked once for information on the job or advice from anyone. The only thing i asked was the daily routine. (although i really do appreciate all of the support and advice given here!)

and as for your other post about the whole fake thing… i’m assuming that’s referring to my post about my girlfriend not being the party type? I’m not sure why that is hard to understand/seems fake? and another reason i ignored it was because it is completely irrelevant to why i wrote this post.

ps, i see why they call you “ROB the BITCHMEISTER” now

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: Whoa Easy mate, chill out, if you are planning to become a driver, the joshing, …no pun btw :smiley: banter and ■■■■ taking come with the territory.
I asked the others opinions as this is a …‘discussion forum’ :bulb: … the ‘raison d’etre as the’ guys across La Manche say, (you will pick up all this Del Boy French when you have done a bit of Euro :smiley: ) after you gain some trucking experience btw :smiley:

Point is mate I have kids older than you.(in fact I have a couple of shirts older than you tbh :smiley: ) so I feel qualified to make a judgement, and I just thought that you were not 100% serious, being that you were picking and choosing what type of work you wanted, beggars can not be choosers in this game when starting out bud. :bulb:

I do not know your girlfriend so I was not aiming any comments at her personally, I apologise if I have offended her/you on this subject.
I was merely pointing out your level of naivety about women in general, that also comes with being 18, and again, I also (unfortunately) have a bit of experience in this field

Good luck with your plans whatever they may be :wink: from… The Bitchmeister :laughing:

lmao, yeah i know :stuck_out_tongue: i wasn’t too serious and was just messing about lol :smiley: it was pretty late when wrote that so im sorry if i came across as having a go at you :stuck_out_tongue:

Yeah i understand that you’re extremely experience with this and that’s why i really do appreciate everything here :slight_smile: Thank you for the good luck :smiley:

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#Edit *Wrong topic

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Josh641:
lmao, yeah i know :stuck_out_tongue: i wasn’t too serious and was just messing about lol :smiley: it was pretty late when wrote that so im sorry if i came across as having a go at you :stuck_out_tongue:

Yeah i understand that you’re extremely experience with this and that’s why i really do appreciate everything here :slight_smile: Thank you for the good luck :smiley:

No need to apologise for having a go at me, I get used to it on here :smiley: , and I’ve been sworn at in about 5 different languages before in this job, so it’s water off a Mallard’s back mate. :wink: :smiley:
Last bit of advice is as the other lads said, if you want it go for it, just do not look at this job through rosy glasses, it maybe aint as good and as lucrative as you think, and the hours over the years have got to the ■■■■ ridiculous stage.
When you hear guys saying the hours are acceptable, they have not done the job long enough. :bulb:

When you have a pint at the end of the week with your mates, they will more than likely winding down after 40 hours, you will have likely done nearly twice that, and even if it is on your container job where you sit hours tipping (I’m led to believe) it is still hours spent ‘at work’ .
It costs a lot of money these days to get an artic licence, then unless you are lucky you end up on for a crap firm until you gain experience and are ready to move to a better job.

Imo the outlay does not justify the (lack of) benefit,

If I sound negative, fair enough, but on the other hand I have had good times, and good jobs in this game, and been to a lot of interesting places.

We have all been young and keen and not listened to advice (me included) , so make your decision wisely bud. :bulb:

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robroy:
We have all been young and keen and not listened to advice (me included)

Pardon? :open_mouth:

Josh - One more thing about containers, and while I don’t know the story around the country, it appears that in Southampton most firms want a minimum of between 6 months and 2 years Class 1 experience first. So while you may have your sights set on containers, it may be a little while before you can get on them. As I have said before, I’ve not done them but that’s what I’ve heard from reliable sources…

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I am the mature, considerate, intelligent EB.

The other one stinks of ■■■.

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Sorry mate, got caught short and had to crap in a bag! :open_mouth:

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Lol! According to some, that makes you a ‘proper driver’…

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^^^ Desypete outed, whoda thunk it :laughing:

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Haha. He is my new hero Clown (not discounting you of course…).

I have just smashed the [zb] out of my sat-nav, asked the gaffer for the oldest crappy CF shunt unit(manual 25 over 25 gears with quadrouple split), and I have gaffa taped my Phillips to the steering wheel.

Thing is, I am a tight fisted sod and forgot that carrier bag’s are now 5p. So the upshot is this;

I have no bag to crap in tomorrow because I won’t pay for one. But it’s immaterial anyway. Because I would only crash the truck anyway looking at my map. And then more crap would come out on impact.

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robroy:

Josh641:

robroy:
Don’t forget as a new driver, you have to take your turn in the barrel once a week. :wink: see dipperdave for details. :smiley:

For some reason, i’m not looking forward to whatever that is lol

An 18 yr old got a job with a container firm.
Boss says ‘‘We look after our drivers here, we are our own community, we pay you, feed you, and even provide ■■■■■■ services for you’’

Lad says ‘‘Wow, what’s the story with the ■■■■■■ services’’

Boss says ‘‘Have a go now, go in that old container in the garage, you will see an old barrel with a hole in it, ‘do the business’ through the hole, and come back and tell me what you think’’

Lad goes in, sees the barrel with the hole in it and does it.
He comes back to his boss and says ‘‘That was great, how often can I use it’’

Boss says ‘’ As many times as you like except on a Wednesday’’

‘’ Why not on Wednesdays said the lad’’

Boss says…‘‘Cos it’s your turn in the barrel on Wednesdays’’

The OLD ones are the best. :wink:
Thank you and goodnight. :sunglasses:

Lmao loved that

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