OllieNotts:
Trev_H:
gogzy:
im 24, passed class 2 at 21 and class 1 at 22, always been the youngest driver at places.Get all the enjoyment and laughs you can Gogzy, it passes in the blink of an eye !
You mean we’re allowed to laugh in this job? When are we supposed to do that then??
Well you can whinge and moan it won’t get you anywhere ! and the pay is a good laugh isn’t it !
I passed my class 1 when i was 22 as the company i work for paid for me,i’m now 33 and was the youngest till a couple of years ago only 1 person younger than me.
In T&D this month it has a bit about a girl who is 19 and drives a tipper for her dad’s company.
Grasshopper:
In T&D this month it has a bit about a girl who is 19 and drives a tipper for her dad’s company.
Is she in 3D? 
At 22 i was sat in the passenger seat of a brand new version 2 FH having a cuppa when a guy came over and said “When ur dad gets back can u ask him to put it on bay 2!” … I nearly cried, cheecky bugger!!!
I’m 32 now and out of over 150 drivers at our place i bet there aint 5 or 6 younger than me!
Gaz:
At 22 i was sat in the passenger seat of a brand new version 2 FH having a cuppa when a guy came over and said “When ur dad gets back can u ask him to put it on bay 2!” … I nearly cried, cheecky bugger!!!I’m 32 now and out of over 150 drivers at our place i bet there aint 5 or 6 younger than me!
APMSFL. 
gogzy:
im 24
I thought you were in your mid 30s! Didn’t realise you were still a kid. 
Rob K:
gogzy:
im 24
He talks like a man in his late 30’s early 40’s 
Trev_H:
OllieNotts:
Trev_H:
gogzy:
im 24, passed class 2 at 21 and class 1 at 22, always been the youngest driver at places.Get all the enjoyment and laughs you can Gogzy, it passes in the blink of an eye !
You mean we’re allowed to laugh in this job? When are we supposed to do that then??
Well you can whinge and moan it won’t get you anywhere ! and the pay is a good laugh isn’t it !
I dont whinge or moan anymore much to the surprise of my new employers the other lads never stop 
Saying that the pay certainly is a joke 
Keeping my eye out though and got an app in to another decent looking firm who advertised an “excellent salary” so if it is more then £7 an hour they wont be wrong
Rob K:
gogzy:
im 24
LMAO, yep still a kid. why do u think lucy always says im wet behind the ears? even though ive been driving for 12 years…
With all due respect u may not be wet behind the ears but u are rubbish at maths!
Gaz:
With all due respect u may not be wet behind the ears but u are rubbish at maths!
i first got behind the wheel at 12. was in a jaguar xj40 3.6 litre.
and before anyone asks it was private land.
i first drove aged 6, in a dodgem, which with the aid of a pillow is as simple to drive as an XJ40 Auto!!!
You’re wet behind the ears for driving class 1 commercially, Gogz, that’s all.
I started at 23, I’m 34 now, and am one of the younger drivers at our place… Although that’s probably because it’s very much a retirement job for old heavy haulage and Continental hands on account of how we work. Standing joke is that they like you to be a minimum of 60 with 35 years experience.
Gaz:
i first drove aged 6, in a dodgem, which with the aid of a pillow is as simple to drive as an XJ40 Auto!!!
wasnt an auto though lol
Lucy:
You’re wet behind the ears for driving class 1 commercially, Gogz, that’s all.I started at 23, I’m 34 now, and am one of the younger drivers at our place… Although that’s probably because it’s very much a retirement job for old heavy haulage and Continental hands on account of how we work. Standing joke is that they like you to be a minimum of 60 with 35 years experience.
lucy ive passed the 2 year mark for class 1, and so what if i havnt been driving them long, ive been driving commercially since i was 18 all over the uk and most of europe. im still young and im getting about so i must be doing something right
God i’m nearly 10 years into class 1 now, never drove a class 2 for money, just on my test!
gogzy:
Lucy:
You’re wet behind the ears for driving class 1 commercially, Gogz, that’s all.I started at 23, I’m 34 now, and am one of the younger drivers at our place… Although that’s probably because it’s very much a retirement job for old heavy haulage and Continental hands on account of how we work. Standing joke is that they like you to be a minimum of 60 with 35 years experience.
lucy ive passed the 2 year mark for class 1, and so what if i havnt been driving them long, ive been driving commercially since i was 18 all over the uk and most of europe. im still young and im getting about so i must be doing something right
You must be indeed, but since I consider myself VERY much a junior driver with a FULL 10 years tramping behind me, you must still be a newbie. Logical, see?
Im 53 but feel about 63 old and knackerd 
manowar:
won’t do anything to increase your chances of getting a decent job within the HGV industry.
I wouldn’t be too sure!
I phones a low-loader company about a year ago. Explained my [low loader] experience and other industry related qualifications (managed to get quite a few through work over the years) and his reply was “Wow! That’s quite impressive! Have you got your Driver CPC?” When I told him I hadn’t (at that time) he siad to call him back when I had!!!
