Has anyone had a class 2 roadsweeper job?
I’ve got an interview tomorrow for a class 2 roadsweeper job and I was just wondering if anyone has any experience about this line of work - It would be my first job in the HGV sector so any information would be appreciated.
Thanks
While back I went for interview at ACS Trafford park for interview as sweeper .was told it’s 6 days a weekm I questioned this. Was told no tacho classed it as some rule can’t remember now.
So that put me off. No idea if others operate 6 days a week
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Road sweepers
Road sweepers, providing they are constructed as such and that is their only purpose, are specifically exempt from operator licensing and not in scope of either the EU or GB domestic drivers’ hours rules.
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I have a mate that does it, he loves it. Rekons its a doddle.
He will get told to go to a site in the morning where they get charged for a minimum amount of hours even if the job takes 1 hour, then he gets sent to another site in the afternoon. Job and knock so long as he doesnt take the mick and does the job to customers satisfaction.
I did a very very brief stint many years ago on an airport sweeping runway before the runway became active for the day, it wasnt for me as I found it boring as hell!
msgyorkie:
I have a mate that does it, he loves it. Rekons its a doddle.
He will get told to go to a site in the morning where they get charged for a minimum amount of hours even if the job takes 1 hour, then he gets sent to another site in the afternoon. Job and knock so long as he doesnt take the mick and does the job to customers satisfaction.I did a very very brief stint many years ago on an airport sweeping runway before the runway became active for the day, it wasnt for me as I found it boring as hell!
Thanks mate. My impression was that it would be boring but easy.
Was it boring because you were just going around the same place slowly, or was there any other reason?
Monkey241:
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Thanks for this
stevegregory96:
msgyorkie:
I have a mate that does it, he loves it. Rekons its a doddle.
He will get told to go to a site in the morning where they get charged for a minimum amount of hours even if the job takes 1 hour, then he gets sent to another site in the afternoon. Job and knock so long as he doesnt take the mick and does the job to customers satisfaction.I did a very very brief stint many years ago on an airport sweeping runway before the runway became active for the day, it wasnt for me as I found it boring as hell!
Thanks mate. My impression was that it would be boring but easy.
Was it boring because you were just going around the same place slowly, or was there any other reason?
Yes mate it was boring because it was a 1.5 mile long stretch of straight tarmac. Its very different to sweeping the roads when you have to concetrate a bit more lol
msgyorkie:
stevegregory96:
msgyorkie:
I have a mate that does it, he loves it. Rekons its a doddle.
He will get told to go to a site in the morning where they get charged for a minimum amount of hours even if the job takes 1 hour, then he gets sent to another site in the afternoon. Job and knock so long as he doesnt take the mick and does the job to customers satisfaction.I did a very very brief stint many years ago on an airport sweeping runway before the runway became active for the day, it wasnt for me as I found it boring as hell!
Thanks mate. My impression was that it would be boring but easy.
Was it boring because you were just going around the same place slowly, or was there any other reason?
Yes mate it was boring because it was a 1.5 mile long stretch of straight tarmac. Its very different to sweeping the roads when you have to concetrate a bit more lol
Lol I can imagine. Thanks your replies
I drive one for my local council. Been doing it the past 1.5 years. Tuesday to Saturday 5am to 1pm. I have a different town/village everyday, same main roads get done every week, residential areas on a rotation every 4 weeks. Pretty much my own boss. Only time I’ll hear from office is when there’s a mess somewhere. Which is probably once a week if even.
It can get very boring at times. I find podcasts help pass the time. Although at this time of year with the leaves coming down it’s very busy. To put it in perspective during the summer I could easily go a full week without tipping, this time of year I have to tip twice a day. Had 2ton of leaves on the other day.
Any questions I’ll do my best to help
DaveyW:
I drive one for my local council. Been doing it the past 1.5 years. Tuesday to Saturday 5am to 1pm. I have a different town/village everyday, same main roads get done every week, residential areas on a rotation every 4 weeks. Pretty much my own boss. Only time I’ll hear from office is when there’s a mess somewhere. Which is probably once a week if even.It can get very boring at times. I find podcasts help pass the time. Although at this time of year with the leaves coming down it’s very busy. To put it in perspective during the summer I could easily go a full week without tipping, this time of year I have to tip twice a day. Had 2ton of leaves on the other day.
Any questions I’ll do my best to help
Thank you for this.
Do you find it boring because it’s easy, or for another reason?
stevegregory96:
Has anyone had a class 2 roadsweeper job?I’ve got an interview tomorrow for a class 2 roadsweeper job and I was just wondering if anyone has any experience about this line of work - It would be my first job in the HGV sector so any information would be appreciated.
Thanks
VERY boring, a good way to get some class 2 experience on your CV though if you are a new driver. I did about a month for Go Plant, it was scheduled around 12 hour days, maybe up to 6 jobs a day.
A job may say 4 hours on the APP but you could do it in say 2 hours but you would get the full 4 hours, so it was possible to get paid for more hours than you worked. The pay then was minimum wage x 12 hours but if your jobs went to plan you could have say 16 or more hours at min wage but only work 12.
It depends on the sites you go to whether the site managers will be happy with a 2 hour sweep for a job that is booked for 4 hours.
This was how it worked at Go Plant 5 years ago, it may have changed now.
stevegregory96:
DaveyW:
I drive one for my local council. Been doing it the past 1.5 years. Tuesday to Saturday 5am to 1pm. I have a different town/village everyday, same main roads get done every week, residential areas on a rotation every 4 weeks. Pretty much my own boss. Only time I’ll hear from office is when there’s a mess somewhere. Which is probably once a week if even.It can get very boring at times. I find podcasts help pass the time. Although at this time of year with the leaves coming down it’s very busy. To put it in perspective during the summer I could easily go a full week without tipping, this time of year I have to tip twice a day. Had 2ton of leaves on the other day.
Any questions I’ll do my best to help
Thank you for this.
Do you find it boring because it’s easy, or for another reason?
It’s very simple once u get used to all the controls. Maybe it’s boring because the machine is moving so slow, or because I’m doing the same route every week. It can be satisfying though getting a good mess and cleaning it up.
Would imagine its a good way to get your foot in the door, if you applied for a company doing Euro work wanting drivers with LHD experience. Also see quite a few sweepers with sleeper cabs so i presume some companies have contracts away from base.
once saw a roadsweeper working on a USAF airbase it had 2 steering wheels
So it could sweep both sides of the road from the same direction. Been around for years, first one I saw was mid 60’s 
shullbit:
stevegregory96:
Has anyone had a class 2 roadsweeper job?I’ve got an interview tomorrow for a class 2 roadsweeper job and I was just wondering if anyone has any experience about this line of work - It would be my first job in the HGV sector so any information would be appreciated.
Thanks
VERY boring, a good way to get some class 2 experience on your CV though if you are a new driver. I did about a month for Go Plant, it was scheduled around 12 hour days, maybe up to 6 jobs a day.
A job may say 4 hours on the APP but you could do it in say 2 hours but you would get the full 4 hours, so it was possible to get paid for more hours than you worked. The pay then was minimum wage x 12 hours but if your jobs went to plan you could have say 16 or more hours at min wage but only work 12.
It depends on the sites you go to whether the site managers will be happy with a 2 hour sweep for a job that is booked for 4 hours.
This was how it worked at Go Plant 5 years ago, it may have changed now.
Thanks for this information mate
Yeah you don’t need tacho as it counts as ‘plant’
However unless you are completely brain dead I would say you’d be bored within 5 minutes as it’s very monotonous work from what I’ve seen as a tipper driver
Plus they are left hand drive, again from what I’ve seen