Becoming a HGV driver (connor)
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From: Brimstone on 9 Dec 2006 07:48 Conor wrote: > In article <pNidnVvtoYx45-fYRVnyiQA(a)bt.com>, Knight Of The Road > says... >> >> >> >> >> >> "McKev" <scotsman_uk(a)hotmail.com> wrote >> >>> Id happily swap this life for office life. >> >> >> Why don't you just go on to continental work? In every other country >> I drive in, the roads are largely congestion-free and fast-running, >> you can get a shower virtually everywhere, truckstops are clean and >> serve good and inexpensive food, and truck drivers are treated with >> respect. >> >> Couse, it's "foreigners" who make all this happen, so you might need >> a slight attitude shift, but I'm sure you would find that worthwhile. >> > Downside is you end up away from home far too long for my liking. Was > talking to one driver at Worksop who'd been away for 3 weeks and > sometimes as long as 6 yet somehow he remained married which I found > strange. Perhaps, that's the way his missus liked it?
From: McKev on 9 Dec 2006 10:08 > In article <jFueh.51569$Pk.789(a)fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, McKev > says... > >> >> I can. Let me tell you why. I was heading back frm North Wales >> yesterday and had to take my 9 hour break at Chester Svcs. After a >> days (or nights as was the case) shift I naturally like a shower. >> The shower at Chester was running on cold water only. Fair enough - >> I get a shower on the way up somewhere I thought. > <snip> >> >> Id happily swap this life for office life. >> > Surprised you didn't nip into Lymm. I did recently and the truck shop has closed there. Not sure about the services. McK.
From: MrBitsy on 9 Dec 2006 10:30 Knight Of The Road wrote: > "Conor" <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote > >> Downside is you end up away from home far too long for my liking. Was >> talking to one driver at Worksop who'd been away for 3 weeks and >> sometimes as long as 6 yet somehow he remained married which I found >> strange. > > > I've been away for 13 weeks before! > > Having said that, from Kent you can do a trip to Madrid or Milan and > back in a week, and we do quite a bit which goes out and back on the > same day, or takes two days out and back. I just turned down a trip > to Greece for next week, that would have only taken 9-10 days. To go > away for three weeks would take you to Moscow or Ankara etc > > Completely different attitude towards trucks on the mainland. People > seem to realise that they are a fundamental part of an industrialised > economy, and there is none of the hostility towards them which is > found in the UK. Perhaps its the more friendly attitude by HGV drivers on the continent. -- MrBitsy
From: Brimstone on 9 Dec 2006 11:20 MrBitsy wrote: > Knight Of The Road wrote: >> "Conor" <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote >> >>> Downside is you end up away from home far too long for my liking. >>> Was talking to one driver at Worksop who'd been away for 3 weeks and >>> sometimes as long as 6 yet somehow he remained married which I found >>> strange. >> >> >> I've been away for 13 weeks before! >> >> Having said that, from Kent you can do a trip to Madrid or Milan and >> back in a week, and we do quite a bit which goes out and back on the >> same day, or takes two days out and back. I just turned down a trip >> to Greece for next week, that would have only taken 9-10 days. To go >> away for three weeks would take you to Moscow or Ankara etc >> >> Completely different attitude towards trucks on the mainland. People >> seem to realise that they are a fundamental part of an industrialised >> economy, and there is none of the hostility towards them which is >> found in the UK. > > Perhaps its the more friendly attitude by HGV drivers on the > continent. Perhaps it a general reluctance by mainland Europeans to treat everyone as is they're an absolute arsehole?
From: PC Paul on 9 Dec 2006 14:01
Matty wrote: > "Conor" <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.1fe105ecb401cf8c989f51(a)news.individual.net... >> In article <28qdnYlEEeT0lOvYRVnysA(a)bt.com>, Matty says... >>> Even though I'm only been driving for a year. I have been thinking >>> about a >>> career as a HGV driver. I love driving and could do it all day >>> long. :) >> If you like driving, forget doing your HGV. After a few years, you'll >> be sick to death of it. I used to love driving and would do 100 miles >> per day bombing around local roads in my car. Now I can barely bring >> myself to do anything other than work and back. <Snips lots of interesting Reality Usenet�> Matty, Did you have to quote the whole thing??? What I don't get is why you need a forklift to unload a tanker - must be very goopy contents... |