Видео

@@sffpv9671 personal information that you don't just give them things out🤯🤯🤯 I'm A2 C of C drone pilot with all the good stuff that comes with it. You can find me on Facebook under Simon SMF 😁😁👍🏼👍🏼

I got it from a local material shop and it was ballistic nylon waterproof coated. Then I got an awful lot a cardboard and put the baby on top and pegged it out and then traced round the shape of the bivvy and cut it out. Remember to leave half an inch border around it for folding and stitching. 😁😁👍🏼👍🏼 I hope this helps.

@@simonlongman4509 thanks mate I’ve just brought a T1 mk2 so I need a ground sheet now lol

Please do have a look around and you will find certain van driving jobs pay a lot more money than HGV. I couldn't believe it when I actually found it but it was the last place I thought that I would get decent money.

Thanks buddy it was a hard and tough decision to make when you love driving so much. But unfortunately when you drive a HGV for a living they think you have no life. I will always say the same thing change the industry and things will get better. 😁😁👍🏼👍🏼

@@simonlongman4509You sound switched on. The extra things you can do sound really positive. Sounds like you have some transferable skills. I'm mid 50s but not giving up- people will want you. All that shift work the same- aircrew, traincrew, police etc- shifts= end of your life. You are 100% correct. Anything has to be better. Good luck you'll be fine with your attitude.

Yes buddy and it has been an absolute cracking bivvy

@simonlongman4509 thankyou mate much apreciated I will be picking one up in the morning, thanks again 👍

Thanks Steve and yes I don't think anybody will be able to afford their own car in the future they'll all be rentals. That's what the government wants to track your vehicle everywhere you go so they know everything about you.

Thanks Steve and all the best to you 🍻🍻 it's always good to come back and hear from everybody and what they have been up to. But on another note let's see what this year brings 😁👍

Yes hopefully 2023 will be a lot better 🤞lol

Hi John hope you're ok and had a wonderful time over the festive period. It's good to be back I've just had an awful lot on my plate at the minute but getting things sorted. I too have noticed a lot of new learner drivers on the road taking lessons but yes let's see how long they last when they get fed the bull s*** that we've had for many years 😉😉👌👌

@@simonlongman4509 totally agreed Simon. Reverse has been taken out the test now I got told it’s the biggest part of the job the whole thing stinks. And driving a truck is still rubbish I haven’t been near one in 2 years.

Thanks Kev it's nice to hear from you and I hope you're well and everything is ok 👌👌. I know you're definitely not on the lemming line because you have taught me a thing or two in the past and pointed me in the right direction 😉😉👍👍

🤣🤣🤣🤣 no buddy just had an awful lot of problems with my sinuses and swelling behind my eye from it amongst other things up there and several broken noses that where are never fixed. Hope you're OK buddy it's nice to hear from you all again 😉😉

I think they were ntg gear. But fox black label have since brought some out that I'm thinking of upgrading to because you can put your swingers straight to a clip-on bottom.

Have you got a link to the fox ones please

@@floyd19474747there on Amazon if you can't find them give me a shout and I will send you a link😁😁👍👍

Are they the hockey stick snag ears

@@floyd19474747 Fox Black Label Snag Ears + Swinger Tag Standard amzn.eu/d/1wvphdH

Whoever you're going with is telling you absolute rubbish. When the law changed in 1997 you then had to do Class 2 first but there was never any minimum wait time to then go to Class 1 in the UK. This clearly made a mockery of why you needed Class 2 first if you didn't need to gain any experience whatsoever before progressing to Class 1. Since late last year, you can absolutely now go straight to Class 1, just as it was before 1997. Unfortunately mate, you've found one of the dozens and dozens of HGV driving schools that still aren't prepared to accept the new changes so are effectively miss selling their training courses (which is a consumer offence) by giving you false information about still having to do Class 2 first. May I suggest that you ask them to put it in writing regarding allegedly having to do Class 2 first. I think I already know what their response will be.

No actually it turns out I made a mistake. When I booked to do my training they asked if I wanted to do it all in one hit or split in two. I thought splitting it in two seemed a good idea as my boss might not be keen on me taking longer off work. But I didn’t understand that he was offering me to do the class 2 first as I’m more likely to get a job in a class 2 than going straight to a class one as a lot of companies won’t employ drivers who have no previous experience and have gone straight to class one. So that was a bit of a misunderstanding that I only just got straightened out today. That said, my other comment regarding it’s all about the training and the specific vehicle has been highlighted by the fact that even the instructors there said to me that really their companies artic is really too small and too easy for training and is easier to get around a town in than their rigid, it’s actually a challenge to hit a curb in it. Anyway, it was never my intention to get into an argument about whether the new rules are a good thing or not but just to look at it from another view point. Is it really that bad that drivers can go straight to class 1. Are there really going to be loads of accidents as a result? After all it’s not as if they’ve made the test easier, that is just as hard and strict, so maybe there will just be a higher failure rate and retakes, I guess only time will tell. Both the instructors at the driving school have been driving lorries since they were kids and both said there isn’t really a great advantage in doing class 2 first because what they see happen is they pick up a lot of bad habits, develope their own style of driving which they then have to unlearn when they come back to do class 1. So as I understand it there are pros and cons and not enough negatives to worry about. Cheers Guy

Just because you might have to do Class 2 driving for a while after you've passed your test doesn't mean that drivers should waste their money by first doing Class 2 training and test. Go straight to Class 1 (which also covers you for all lower categories) and then you will already have it in your pocket whenever you or your employer are ready for you to start driving Class 1. I can also guarantee that the company who says that they want 6 months or a year of Class 1 experience will just as quickly throw that rule out of the window when they have a loaded trailer to move and only a newly qualified driver available. The splitting of the tests (and I'm not talking between Class 2 and Class 1 but the splitting of the actual test itself) was actually a new thing which also became law late last year. You now take the reverse part of the test with the training school (rather than the examiner) and this can be done up to 6 months before you then take the on road part of the test with the examiner. This was a great new initiative by the government (although many don't fully appreciate what is now being offered) and I would advise all new drivers to utilize this opportunity. Do the reverse exercise training & test and get it done and dusted and out of the way, then come back refreshed a few days or a few weeks later for the on road training & test rather than lumping it altogether as it always was prior to November 2021 and as many training schools are still structuring their training courses. WHY? If you lump them both together and then fail the Reverse Exercise test, your On road test is automatically cancelled. If you separate them, by a few days or a few weeks (as you are now allowed to do) then you will have already passed the Reverse Exercise test by the time you turn up for the On Road training and test at a later date. You don't even need to do the On Road training & test with the same training school, you could choose a different company if you wanted. Therefore, as for your comment that "its not as if they've made the test any easier" Well, they definitely did make it easier by splitting the reverse exercise in to a separate test from November 2021, but that can only be a good thing if new drivers and training schools actually used the opportunity now being offered to them to their best advantage. Since 2014, you can also take your test with an Automatic truck (as most now do) yet still receive a full manual licence (as long as you hold a manual car licence). So again, the actual practical HGV test (Class 1 or Class 2) has never been easier. Now that's not saying that new drivers don't have the additional CPC crap to deal with.

Sorry to hear about your bivvy Danny 🤬🤬🤬. The bivvy I would choose is the new Titan hide I don't own the new one but I have the old one and it is an absolutely smashing little bivvy.😁😁👍👍

@@simonlongman4509 the only prob with the hide is it has no front door, I'm allergic to mozzie bites lol and look like the elephant man after only one bite 😆

Hold your horses it's on its way 🤣🤣🤣

Hi buddy hope you're ok. Just a quick reply to your question as to why drivers moan all the time. If you watch my vlogs from the beginning I am pointing out to new drivers don't take the s*** from the crap companies. The only way we are going to make the industry better is if we all stand together for a better work life balance all around and that means helping out them that are in s*** jobs. I'm also pleased to say that I am very happy in my job to but it took a long time getting there. Love the comments buddy keep them coming 😁👍.

You're absolutely spot on👍👍 it is the most versatile pod that I've ever had.🎣🎣🎣

@@simonlongman4509 brilliant thanks. Wonder if you can buy just the main body as I’ve got all the other bits.

@@garethholdcroft4130 I'm not too sure but I think you can get the main body off foxes website under the black label range. 👍👍

@@simonlongman4509 I’ll have a look. Thank you.

All the guy does is moan

And you've been HGV driving how long 🤔🤔🤔

5 years

@@tommhurst1997 please give it time Thomas because when you have a family and they are robbing valuable time of and memories of your child growing up which money cannot buy back because the load you're carrying is more important even though you have arranged time off 🤔🤔 and you start to see a lot of things go wrong and could be done better that's when things start to nibble away at you. There's millions more things I could say about it but I'm not here to put a downer on it and I am a very calm and collective person with a wide open mind you have to be nowadays. Love the comments though buddy please keep them coming 😁😁👍👍

As I've always said if you don't mind permanent time away from your family then HGV driving is the job for you but if you want to spend time with your family then HGV driving is not for you. HGV driving is the only job I know where over time is demanded off you and not asked if you want to do it because there is another load to do🤣🤣.

Thanks for the comments and support Steve it's nice to hear you're still there 😁😁👍👍

@@simonlongman4509 always 👍

And that's one of the problems John most transport or traffic planners come straight out of college or university and don't have a clue about HGV driving. Hence why they always f*** the job up and blame the man at the bottom which is usually the drivers to get themselves out of the s***. Hope you're well buddy and keep your chin up 😁😁👍👍

@@simonlongman4509 cheers Simon stay safe keep fighting the good fight

Well done Johnny I hope it all goes well for you and just remember if they start taking the piss don't be frightened of using your voice 😁😁👍👍

And unfortunately Steve that is how this government likes it. Frighten everybody into a corner so they can't do nothing but how long is it before people start fighting back 🤔🤔🤔. The people will wake up one day but I hope it's not too late