Are you not going to be stuck with no experience? Should you not be taking any class one you can get to gain some? Rather than trying immediately for the higher profile jobs. You know that old saying about walking before you can run? Only saying, good luck to you anyway.
bigtruck:
Are you not going to be stuck with no experience? Should you not be taking any class one you can get to gain some? Rather than trying immediately for the higher profile jobs. You know that old saying about walking before you can run? Only saying, good luck to you anyway.
I know whatbyou mean trouble is my current class 2 job pays better than most class 1 work Im seeing advertised. Although I want to get om the class 1s I kinda like my current wages! What if I stick it in a drawer for a couple of years?!
Maybe I should move abroad? Not fussed where I go or what I do. Got now woman, kids, morgage to worry about?!
Pat Hasler:
Here ! … head for heights ?
youtube.com/watch?feature=pl … A_h2AjJaMw
That’s insane. No way could I do that. I like the bit where he stands on the very top. I’d love to know what was so important to have to go up there! What the hell is it anyway?
Tarrman:
Pat Hasler:
Here ! … head for heights ?http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2A_h2AjJaMw
I’d love to know what was so important to have to go up there!
To change the light bulb? 
K5Project:
don’t drive a truck if you want to earn £££
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Paul:
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My brother has what I would say is the best job I know of working on the offshore wind turbines, ok he has spent a couple of grand on courses such as working in confined spaces, first aid, helicopter evacuation, deep sea diver, and some of them have to be renewed every few years, but when you look at the overall cost to get a class 1 licence from scratch compared to the money he earns it was well worth it, he also has his PSV and LGV 1 licence too. He wasn’t the brightest spark at school and left with no proper qualifications went into the army at 16 and left there with the knowledge of how to shoot someone and jump out of a plane with a rucksack on his back.
He now earns £20 per hour, gauranteed 12 hours per day ( 4 hours of that can be sailing out to the platform and back ) , 7 days a week,3 weeks on 1 week off and is home every night on the present job they are doing. If the weather is too bad to sail out to the platforms, as long as he has turned up at the dock he still gets paid a full shift. Ive known him only actually work 2 days in a week but because the weather was to bad to sail the other 5 days he still got full pay for the week. He was the one my parents thought wouldnt make anything of himself in life and I was the one they thought would go the furthest how wrong they were
totally agree with you Paul, my mates on the offshore wind farms, mega money.
Pat Hasler:
Here ! … head for heights ?
youtube.com/watch?feature=pl … A_h2AjJaMw
■■■■ THAT !!!
your best bet is joining any old driving agency looking for class 1 drivers
they wont pay that much
so you just go to the social and tell them you have 4 kids that live in poland
then they will pay you child benefit for the kids
making you the highest paid hgv driver for miles around
Become a rent boy! 
but use flavours! 
it tastes muck nicer! 
Makes mockery of having class one, if you earn more on class two! the country’s ■■■■■■■ 
think of the children! for you my friend, Canada, USA, new Zealand or Australia!
i was getting sick just looking at that film 
gunna hurl…
try tower cranes - money in the region of £15p/h according to my sister - she was operating on the olympic park project last year and she’s go some stuff going on in manchester — i went up one once and i now know why i drive forks
try mining - canada, south africa, oz apparently it’s money and i know that Ekati (canada) diamond mining is taking on staff. but remember there’s no moeny in trucks - sad but true…
good luck