Because it does not matter how many times you go along the same road you will always see something different.
When i do Europe i always look upon it as an adventure. 
Fell into it really…
Worked on Security Vans (now if you think trucking is crap you’ve seen nothing!) and did my class 2 as I got paid more and could use the 26T wagon…
Then did my class 1 as I had a few quid spare and was buying a house so thought it would be an ok thing to fall back onto.
Then applied for my trolley job as soon as my license came back. Got straight in and have never looked back.
Home every afternoon, no hassle, short days, decent kit, comfortably over 30k etc etc.
Because I like talking to myself and have no interest in hearing anyone else’s opinion so on my own every day is perfect!
philmots:
Worked on Security Vans (now if you think trucking is crap you’ve seen nothing!)
Ive been told about that, heard people try to rob them quite often?
fozzie:
why are you a truck driver?
Because it’s easy. Anybody who says it isn’t easy is mentally handicapped and shouldn’t be driving a truck.
Oh, and before you say it’s not easy, city centre deliveries, blah blah blah, TM hassling you on the phone, blah blah blah, car transporters, blah blah blah, driving to Russia, blah blah blah; remember you’re sat on your arse most of the time listening to the radio.
It’s easy, end of. That’s why I’m a truck driver, just like everybody else; laziness.
SmashedCrabFace:
fozzie:
why are you a truck driver?Because it’s easy. Anybody who says it isn’t easy is mentally handicapped and shouldn’t be driving a truck.
Oh, and before you say it’s not easy, city centre deliveries, blah blah blah, TM hassling you on the phone, blah blah blah, car transporters, blah blah blah, driving to Russia, blah blah blah; remember you’re sat on your arse most of the time listening to the radio.
It’s easy, end of. That’s why I’m a truck driver, just like everybody else; laziness.
Exactly some people seem to make out its up there with been a doctor though.
It’s like when you see crap on Facebook madding out lorry drivers are heros. FFS your not dodging bullets in Afghanistan.
The other one is if we went on strike the country would grind to a halt. Yeah maybe that is true well until they ship more eastern blockers in. If doctors and nurses went on strike the country would be in trouble pretty soon.
kr79:
SmashedCrabFace:
fozzie:
why are you a truck driver?Because it’s easy. Anybody who says it isn’t easy is mentally handicapped and shouldn’t be driving a truck.
Oh, and before you say it’s not easy, city centre deliveries, blah blah blah, TM hassling you on the phone, blah blah blah, car transporters, blah blah blah, driving to Russia, blah blah blah; remember you’re sat on your arse most of the time listening to the radio.
It’s easy, end of. That’s why I’m a truck driver, just like everybody else; laziness.
Exactly some people seem to make out its up there with been a doctor though.
It’s like when you see crap on Facebook madding out lorry drivers are heros. FFS your not dodging bullets in Afghanistan.
The other one is if we went on strike the country would grind to a halt. Yeah maybe that is true well until they ship more eastern blockers in. If doctors and nurses went on strike the country would be in trouble pretty soon.
I totally agree about the doctors and nurses bit. However, as a person who’s not seen my doctor in over 20 years the trouble might take a while coming. If every lorry driver went on strike the effect would be immediate and catastrophic. Remember the merest whisper of fuel tanker drivers strike brought about panic buying and extreme shortages almost overnight.
I agree that they could import half the eastern bloc to drive, or maybe open up another box of soldiers (the ones they haven’t made redundant or sacrificed to one mans vanity that is) but the sheer numbers required would only make that a sticking plaster serving no real use.
Imo there are only two sectors in Britain that could bring the country to its knees overnight and that’s us and the police.
To be honest I quite enjoy it…Life is far too short to do something you don’t enjoy doing…
To all the posters who don’t like it, go and do something different…
Discovered I was wrong ■■■ to be a high end prostitute 
Wheel Nut:
Discovered I was wrong ■■■ to be a high end prostitute
+1… i still pimp on the side though…
I used to be in an office job doing R&D stuff. Interesting work, but I used to enjoy the times out on the road visiting sites to do installs and visiting suppliers more than the office work. From there I went on to be a field service engineer running a van up and down the country all week and I envied the trucks cos I thought they were limited to 9 hours a day (how wrong I was!)
After that I got a job doing 7.5t work (still believing it would be a max of 9 hours a day) and then passed my class 2 which is where I’m at now.
I’m tempted to go for my class 1, but I enjoy what I’m doing now and it seems a lot of money to spend with no guarantee of a better job.
I’m glad this thread was posted as I’ve been getting irritated by little things recently such as having to come off the limiter cos someone pulled in front of me and slowed down or I had to wait to get tipped or there was a road closure, but remembering the stress of my earlier jobs puts it in to perspective. Smashcrabface is right. The job is a doddle and ideal for the lazy.
Wheel Nut:
Discovered I was wrong ■■■ to be a high end prostitute
I’ve seen pictures of you. Trust me, you ain’t just the wrong ■■■ to be a high end prostitute. You look like Susan Boyle.
I hope this helps.
My grandad was a Shell Tanker driver for many years and he always talked about it which got me interested, I worked in an office on computers for a while then woke up one day and discovered I absolutly hated it and wanted to work outdoors and see the world rather than being stuck in same dull place
SmashedCrabFace:
Wheel Nut:
Discovered I was wrong ■■■ to be a high end prostituteI’ve seen pictures of you. Trust me, you ain’t just the wrong ■■■ to be a high end prostitute. You look like Susan Boyle.
I hope this helps.
That’s true, but then I don’t have to hide behind an irritant label 
kr79:
SmashedCrabFace:
fozzie:
why are you a truck driver?Because it’s easy. Anybody who says it isn’t easy is mentally handicapped and shouldn’t be driving a truck.
Oh, and before you say it’s not easy, city centre deliveries, blah blah blah, TM hassling you on the phone, blah blah blah, car transporters, blah blah blah, driving to Russia, blah blah blah; remember you’re sat on your arse most of the time listening to the radio.
It’s easy, end of. That’s why I’m a truck driver, just like everybody else; laziness.
Exactly some people seem to make out its up there with been a doctor though.
It’s like when you see crap on Facebook madding out lorry drivers are heros. FFS your not dodging bullets in Afghanistan.
The other one is if we went on strike the country would grind to a halt. Yeah maybe that is true well until they ship more eastern blockers in. If doctors and nurses went on strike the country would be in trouble pretty soon.
+1
Paid tourism basically 
Hey Smashed crab, did ever tell you about when I went to Russia ■■?
SmashedCrabFace:
fozzie:
why are you a truck driver?Because it’s easy. Anybody who says it isn’t easy is mentally handicapped and shouldn’t be driving a truck.
Oh, and before you say it’s not easy, city centre deliveries, blah blah blah, TM hassling you on the phone, blah blah blah, car transporters, blah blah blah, driving to Russia, blah blah blah; remember you’re sat on your arse most of the time listening to the radio.
It’s easy, end of. That’s why I’m a truck driver, just like everybody else; laziness.
so come on crab face…lets hear it…describe your typical working week
what yer carrying etc
billybigrig:
Hey Smashed crab, did ever tell you about when I went to Russia?
No, but somebody else has. What’s his name? That funny looking fella who drives around in an old Renault with kitchen cabinets nailed into the cab and thinks he knows everything about everything. What’s his name? It’ll come to me in a minute.
to murder prostitues, eat lots of bacon sarnies, a big fat belly, oh yeah lots of yorkie bars.
I was around trucks as a young child and worked with them since I was about 14. It’s a job I enjoy and pays well. I can’t really see myself stuck on an office or on a factory production line all day.
Someone told me I could get paid to sit on my arse looking out of a window all day…