Back to work today... :(

[Martin_TD]

I go back to work today at 4:30 after two weeks off and I feel sick at the thought of going. The only thing that keeps me going is the money and once I've paid my license off 18 months away, I'll be outta there, there are some pretty horrible people in there which don't make it any better.

Rant over.

[TurboSteven77]

what you work as mate ?

lest you dont start at 3am

[Gaz]

steven you work driving, to manchester ect is there any work going from manchester to wherever?

[Martin_TD]

what you work as mate ?

lest you dont start at 3am

I'm a bus driver for First. I love driving a bus but I don't like stopping at every bus stop.

[TurboSteven77]

steven you work driving, to manchester ect is there any work going from manchester to wherever?

as far as i know aye loads of priv contracts up for grabs if you got white van and dont mind driveing silly hours

1 guy i was working with for himself has two vans cleared 5g last month seen bill on his phone from company driver gets 1,2g clear and he does 45-80 drops a day,

most folk charge 90p a mile so from glasgow to manchster and back its good money

now i am doing tractor parts localish ayrshire/dumfress start 3am till whenever do miss my manchester/leeds/york run

[TurboSteven77]

what you work as mate ?

lest you dont start at 3am

I'm a bus driver for First. I love driving a bus but I don't like stopping at every bus stop.

get your class 2 mate you cant bet it plus no bus stops bar if you stoping at shop

[Martin_TD]

I'd love to get a truck licence tbh, I also want to get my B+E which lets me tow a trailer it's a bit silly I'm allowed to drive a bendy bus with max passengers but I'm not allowed to tow a trailer with my car? money making scheme?

I got a bit of "good" news today when I went into work I'm being put on constant back shifts so no more early starts for me... thank god lol.

[Gaz]

I'd love to get a truck licence tbh, I also want to get my B+E which lets me tow a trailer it's a bit silly I'm allowed to drive a bendy bus with max passengers but I'm not allowed to tow a trailer with my car? money making scheme?

I got a bit of "good" news today when I went into work I'm being put on constant back shifts so no more early starts for me... thank god lol.

Try a cpc card thats just a money making scheme

[TurboSteven77]

You get CPU card when go for class2 it's all included now

Or if you in Scotland lid gives you 200 towards it or ask your boss nicely to put you threw it

[carlos_canter]

Try a cpc card thats just a money making scheme

Yep, not long had to do mine, why the hell do you need good english(writing) and maths to drive a truck?

I'd love to get a truck licence tbh, I also want to get my B+E which lets me tow a trailer it's a bit silly I'm allowed to drive a bendy bus with max passengers but I'm not allowed to tow a trailer with my car?

Wont your license work upto a weight restriction if you drive a bus?

12 tonne bus with 40 passengers = 16 tonne which I think is covered by a class 2
Cavalier 1.2 tonne at most with a 500kg trailer should be covered.

I have a 7.5 tonne license, and drive a spec truck which weights 6.2 tonne. can lift 1 tonne on the boom. wether I lift a transit van or a mini, im only ever lifting the weight of the front end which is a tonne max, so GVW is 7.2 tonne, but the train weight of the full vehicle will exceed 7.5 tonne.

Ideally I need a class 1, as its articulated but as the GVW doesnt exceed 7.5 tonne, I dont. Give the DVLA or your local driving test centre a ring, they may suprise you.

[mr v6]

i passed my test in october 1996 and just scraped in before they changed the trailor towing rules! did my hgv2 in 2005 but havnt driven a lorry for 2 years as was made redundant ive now got the problem of finding work were they will pay for my CPC so need to drive again soon!!

[mr v6]

if you dont have a 7.5 tonne license(i.e january 1997 onwards)your allowed to tow a small unbraked trailor as long as the combined mass dosnt exceed 3.5tonne so a cav with a 1ton trailor should be ok,i tow a 2.6tonne trailor behind a transit van for work that you cant do with out pre 1997 liscense
hope that helps

[TurboSteven77]

Try a cpc card thats just a money making scheme

Yep, not long had to do mine, why the hell do you need good english(writing) and maths to drive a truck?

I'd love to get a truck licence tbh, I also want to get my B+E which lets me tow a trailer it's a bit silly I'm allowed to drive a bendy bus with max passengers but I'm not allowed to tow a trailer with my car?

Wont your license work upto a weight restriction if you drive a bus?

12 tonne bus with 40 passengers = 16 tonne which I think is covered by a class 2
Cavalier 1.2 tonne at most with a 500kg trailer should be covered.

I have a 7.5 tonne license, and drive a spec truck which weights 6.2 tonne. can lift 1 tonne on the boom. wether I lift a transit van or a mini, im only ever lifting the weight of the front end which is a tonne max, so GVW is 7.2 tonne, but the train weight of the full vehicle will exceed 7.5 tonne.

Ideally I need a class 1, as its articulated but as the GVW doesnt exceed 7.5 tonne, I dont. Give the DVLA or your local driving test centre a ring, they may suprise you.

sorry but psv is totaly diff from class 2 my mate had psv and could not drive 7,5t had to get class 2 licences to drive 7,5t and above he mist it by 4ms he past 96 drove him nuts i could drive 7,5t and he could not but drive his big coaches and bendy buss

i am lucky can drive 7,5t on my normal liceince past pre 95 can tow trailer as well and got my card for driveing mini buss and got my cpcs card as well and diggy card tok me nearly 2 years to get f,t job and now i am back driveing 3,5t van

[mr v6]

bit like me,gone from 26tonne lorry to 3.5tonne van