bigtruck:
As limeyphill says half of them don’t do the training,a couple of laps of the parade square and they’re signed off, given an hgv to help them return to civvy st but most of them have no notion or even interest in it. Add to the fact most can’t think for themselves after being told when to eat sleep and poop, their is an old saying " never a driver came out of the army".
Yea and both of you are talking out of your ar$e. With attitudes like that no wonder people no longer ask for help for fear of cbeing laughed at by people like you n phil
bigtruck:
As limeyphill says half of them don’t do the training,a couple of laps of the parade square and they’re signed off, given an hgv to help them return to civvy st but most of them have no notion or even interest in it. Add to the fact most can’t think for themselves after being told when to eat sleep and poop, their is an old saying " never a driver came out of the army".
Yea and both of you are talking out of your ar$e. With attitudes like that no wonder people no longer ask for help for fear of cbeing laughed at by people like you n phil
Obviously another ex squaddie, probably a very sensible confident hgv driver as well but that’s not what the army taught you, had you worked as a helper and then moved on to be a driver you would have had more knowledge at an earlier stage is merely what I’m trying to say. But as for whiping your bum with 3 sheets, saluting everything that moves and whitewashing everything that doesn’t I’m sure you were top of the class.
bigtruck:
As limeyphill says half of them don’t do the training,a couple of laps of the parade square and they’re signed off, given an hgv to help them return to civvy st but most of them have no notion or even interest in it. Add to the fact most can’t think for themselves after being told when to eat sleep and poop, their is an old saying " never a driver came out of the army".
Yea and both of you are talking out of your ar$e. With attitudes like that no wonder people no longer ask for help for fear of cbeing laughed at by people like you n phil
Obviously another ex squaddie, probably a very sensible confident hgv driver as well but that’s not what the army taught you, had you worked as a helper and then moved on to be a driver you would have had more knowledge at an earlier stage is merely what I’m trying to say. But as for whiping your bum with 3 sheets, saluting everything that moves and whitewashing everything that doesn’t I’m sure you were top of the class.
At least he will be able to spell wiping his bum as oppose to whiping his bum! Maybe you need a helper to do that for you? Maybe you already have one?
bigtruck:
As limeyphill says half of them don’t do the training,a couple of laps of the parade square and they’re signed off, given an hgv to help them return to civvy st but most of them have no notion or even interest in it. Add to the fact most can’t think for themselves after being told when to eat sleep and poop, their is an old saying " never a driver came out of the army".
Yea and both of you are talking out of your ar$e. With attitudes like that no wonder people no longer ask for help for fear of cbeing laughed at by people like you n phil
Obviously another ex squaddie, probably a very sensible confident hgv driver as well but that’s not what the army taught you, had you worked as a helper and then moved on to be a driver you would have had more knowledge at an earlier stage is merely what I’m trying to say. But as for whiping your bum with 3 sheets, saluting everything that moves and whitewashing everything that doesn’t I’m sure you were top of the class.
At least he will be able to spell wiping his bum as oppose to whiping his bum! Maybe you need a helper to do that for you? Maybe you already have one?
Yea am an ex squaddie and proud of it to. You show me one person that is confident after passing their test!!! Everyone was at that stage one time or another and the only way the confidence gains is by doing the job and asking questions and getting the right answers so why slag the bloke for giving it a go!!! Least the army has taught him to get off his arse and get a job and give it a go unlike some ‘drivers’ who have been there n done it all but not wanna work and sit around.
Give the bloke a break we all make mistakes when we start out some more then others
bigtruck:
As limeyphill says half of them don’t do the training,a couple of laps of the parade square and they’re signed off, given an hgv to help them return to civvy st but most of them have no notion or even interest in it. Add to the fact most can’t think for themselves after being told when to eat sleep and poop, their is an old saying " never a driver came out of the army".
Yea and both of you are talking out of your ar$e. With attitudes like that no wonder people no longer ask for help for fear of cbeing laughed at by people like you n phil
Obviously another ex squaddie, probably a very sensible confident hgv driver as well but that’s not what the army taught you, had you worked as a helper and then moved on to be a driver you would have had more knowledge at an earlier stage is merely what I’m trying to say. But as for whiping your bum with 3 sheets, saluting everything that moves and whitewashing everything that doesn’t I’m sure you were top of the class.
At least he will be able to spell wiping his bum as oppose to whiping his bum! Maybe you need a helper to do that for you? Maybe you already have one?
A childish reply, yes I agree. But then it was answering one.
bigtruck:
As limeyphill says half of them don’t do the training,a couple of laps of the parade square and they’re signed off, given an hgv to help them return to civvy st but most of them have no notion or even interest in it. Add to the fact most can’t think for themselves after being told when to eat sleep and poop, their is an old saying " never a driver came out of the army".
As someone who actually works at the Defence School of Transport I can guarantee you that NOBODY gets a Class C license after a couple of laps around the parade ground.
You may be referring to familiarisation but then again when was the last time you had to do a 2 day course when you got to drive a new truck and believe me if you could see my expanding waistline I obviously don’t need telling when to eat.
DST Leccy rocks, that offroad and skid course is the most fun I have had in a truck or landrover, done some really serious offroading whilst in and out of the Army and still those gradients at Leccy bring a smile to my face
Relax put it in gear and let go of the steering wheel and release the hand brake, try not to ■■■■ yourself the first time you do that lol.
I did my cross country driving on the airfield at Driffield in a Bedford MJ. I think its all been sold off now so may well be no longer there. Was in the accomodation there as well and had to get a bus to Leccy every morning.
Pretty bored of reading topics about the Army LGV test being a micky mouse one. It always seems to be from those who have no idea about it, never done it or had a next door neighbour’s nephew’s best mate’s cousin who was in the Army and he said it was easy…
Mind you, I’ve heard this more than once in a RDC drivers waiting room so it MUST BE TRUE!
Have to say that everytime they put one of our artic drivers on my wagon and drag it’s a major headache, I come back from a rest day to find ripped airlines, smashed lights and bent pins. Usual cause is going into a yard and thinking they can screw it round then find there isn’t enough space, they take a shunt and jacknife it round and smack the connectors into the trailer chassis. One went a step further and took the lights out and smashed the bodies together…new coupling please!!!
They never couple or uncouple either, one even refused to take the motor out because he didn’t know how to check the coupling was secure, shame he didn’t bother to ask how to check and drop/couple up as he only needed the prime mover anyway.
franklin:
Pretty bored of reading topics about the Army LGV test being a micky mouse one. It always seems to be from those who have no idea about it, never done it or had a next door neighbour’s nephew’s best mate’s cousin who was in the Army and he said it was easy…
Mind you, I’ve heard this more than once in a RDC drivers waiting room so it MUST BE TRUE!
cieranc:
My brother has a class 1 from the RAF and has never driven anything bigger than a 7.5 tonner. Without a trailer
This isn’t bull ■■■■, when he was in the RAF he’d NEVER driven anything bigger than a 7.5 tonner, yet he’s got a class 1. Never driven a wagon, never done a test. He thinks it’s quite funny, (he has no intention of driving wagons).
But he could go out and drive an artic having NO training/experience whatsoever.
skids:
I did my cross country driving on the airfield at Driffield in a Bedford MJ. I think its all been sold off now so may well be no longer there. Was in the accomodation there as well and had to get a bus to Leccy every morning.
No the MOD still use the airfield at Driffield, although through constant use it looks more like the surface of the moon now.
franklin:
Pretty bored of reading topics about the Army LGV test being a micky mouse one. It always seems to be from those who have no idea about it, never done it or had a next door neighbour’s nephew’s best mate’s cousin who was in the Army and he said it was easy…
Mind you, I’ve heard this more than once in a RDC drivers waiting room so it MUST BE TRUE!
cieranc:
My brother has a class 1 from the RAF and has never driven anything bigger than a 7.5 tonner. Without a trailer
This isn’t bull [zb], when he was in the RAF he’d NEVER driven anything bigger than a 7.5 tonner, yet he’s got a class 1. Never driven a wagon, never done a test. He thinks it’s quite funny, (he has no intention of driving wagons).
But he could go out and drive an artic having NO training/experience whatsoever.
Of course he did, my brother’s a BS merchant as well.
Slightly off topic but my uncle was in the army in the 80s, he RELIABLY informs me that his first car test at 17 was undertaken in a land rover around Hull with a civilian examiner which he promptly failed, however they were able to give him a test the very next day which he went on to pass. I don’t know about any HGV training he did other than he did it somewhere up near Leconfield. However why would they have to have civilian examiners for basic car test and then not for HGV test? However going further back to 60s my dads HGV test was a drive from Lindholme (excuse spelling) to Doncaster and back with an Army instructor for which he got his licence no civilian examiner was used back then! He promptly left the army in the 60s (naughty boy!) and for awhile drove round Liverpool docks before returning to Yorkshire and working in the pits. - Don’t ask for further info cos I simply don’t know
skids:
I did my cross country driving on the airfield at Driffield in a Bedford MJ. I think its all been sold off now so may well be no longer there. Was in the accomodation there as well and had to get a bus to Leccy every morning.
No the MOD still use the airfield at Driffield, although through constant use it looks more like the surface of the moon now.
Like the user picture, I’m the same skids as on RAOConline
