My First EVER Night Out In A Truck
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 พ.ค. 2024
- My FIRST EVER Night Out in a Truck, but not everything goes to plan....
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James, every single driver has been where you are at right now, Inexperienced and not wanting to mess it up.
Reversing is an art in itself. And with an artic, even more so.
Just take your time and try not to let the other drivers give you a hard time. As I say, Every single one of them has been where you are at right now. Not all, but some of the older experienced drivers will try giving you a hard time, but take no shit James.
As i've always said, once you pass your test is when you learn the most. The tutors just train you enough to pass the test. The real learning starts from the day you step into the cab on your own.
Well done, congrats and welcome to the trampers club. I love it!!
Thanks mate I love this comment 🙏 I am aware it all comes with time and practise….. unfortunately I’m just not that patient 😂
Appreciate it mate 🙏
Absolutely mate!! Well said 👍
@TruckinWithJames I'm the same in the patience department. I want do everything all the time.
My first hgv job was dustcarts with rear steer. 😳 no easy gig.
Now I'm on tankers with both twin drive axles and rear steering, a pig of a truck in tight housing estates, but, it all takes time and once you get used to the turning angles, it'll become second nature and you'll wonder why you struggled at first.
If at first you don't succeed, just stop, look, aim and shunt it if needs be.
I couldn't imagine doing another other job now.
Its best having a go reversing with No power streeing ? You soon get the drop on it then.
Don’t stress about not being able to park the lorry first time, they’re massive and take a lot of time to master it, any professional driver would be patient and wait and if they’re nice enough will even help you and give you advice!
Yeah, I mainly stressed as when I was trying to reverse into a space, I had about 3 artics push on past whilst I was reversing!! Put me off 🤣 Hopefully will master it soon enough!!
@@TruckinWithJames just remember when you first passed your class 2 and how you struggled reversing into spaces and getting down tight roads, then after a few months, these manoeuvres are nothing, it’ll come with time and the more you drive the more confident you’ll get, just don’t let it get to ya mate
Just take your time when reversing, the slower you go the easier it is to adjust. Don’t let anyone pressure you into feeling like you’ve got to rush. Professional drivers should always be patient , we’ve all been there as a new driver, so just focus on your manoeuvres and assume the other drivers are friendly.
If they’re not, that’s their problem!
Great video mate. Inspiring.
😎👍🚛💨
@@BrotherTruckerUK thank you man appreciate that a lot 😊👍
Get yourself Lenor fabric softer bottle, it has a wide neck and you don't have to leave the truck to have a widdle LOL
Ohhhh love a bit of Lenox fabric softener 👌
Just a tip, try not to run your engine at night or in the morning any longer than you need to. Nothing more annoying when you're trying to sleep and people start and just leave their trucks running
I will bare that in mind next time mate thank you 👍👍
don't stress just plan ahead and expect the unexpected and always remember carry extra equipment with you and you'll be fine
Congratulations on yours First night out.. i enjoyed it..
Watching from Cameroon Central/West Africa
Thanks mate appreciate it 💪 glad you enjoyed it!! And hello from England 👋
I’ve been driving nearly a year and still struggle with reversing at times so I wouldn’t sweat it, just don’t let anyone rush you and get flustered you’ll be fine
Thank you mate appreciate it 👍👍
Congratulations mate on passing your class 1, don’t worry about the reversing it will come over time. King of the road mate! 👍🏻
I feel your pain reversing James I’ve been on class 1 a couple of weeks it can be mental reverse parking I struggle but don’t worry mate take your time and shunt as much as you need to, we all got to learn and one day we will get it in first time. Keep on trucking….
You do look knackered at the end James. I hope you're enjoying the trucking, even if you'll find it a bit stressful until experience helps you to relax a bit.
Great video mate. Spotted you on the A38 just outside Saltash this week, the rigid looks lovely!
It gets easier as your confidence grows 👍🏻
100% cheers Ryan 👍
Great vlog pal.. hope you enjoyed your first night out.. looking forward to future posts👍🏻👍🏻
Glad to hear it Paul 👍 the future of the Channel is very bright and interesting 👌
Nice video James. So good for people to see what it is like over night and stopping at a truck stop.
Thanks John bud, yeah hopefully will give people some insight 😊
Great video James but so glad when you got back and were able to go home to the family, look after yourself mate..👍🏻🚛
Thanks Roger mate appreciate that, glad you enjoyed!!
A very good Sunday evening to you all
Brilliant video James you done a great job
Thank you Dawn 😊👍
congrats on your class 1 James, been watching your videos for a while and they helped me decide to get my license as I had been on the fence for a while haha. passed my car to class 1 in march and only just managed to job doing class 2 work but I'll be moved up to class 1 once there's space but I guess its not a bad thing to get my confidence back and experience under my belt! Can't wait to get in the class 1's! - hopefully we'll cross paths one day!
Thanks Rob appreciate it buddy 👌 glad I could be of help making your decision my man, doesn’t really matter where you start….. aslong as you’re happy wherever or whatever you end up doing 😊 good luck with it though!!
Will hope you see you on the road too mate!!
Wow! When did you start playing with the big boys?!….welcome to the big league 😊
Not long ago mate 😂 thanks bud!!
I’m no trucking expert but get urself a bar kind of like a Acroprop where both ends hook over the doors hands and u wind the centre in which keeps the doors from being pulled open
Not a bad shout 👍👍
im currently in the progress of getting my trucking driver license so this is a great insight of what it"ll be like, Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed 👌👌
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done. Don’t stress with the parking. It will be second nature quick enough x
Glad to hear it Jen 💪 yes I’m sure it will come around eventually 😊
Nice one James cracking vlogg as they say practice makes perfect more you do reverse better you be loving watching your journey 👍
Glad you enjoyed Jason 👌
Well done James, 1st night away :-) don't be worried about what others think - shame you can't put a P plate on the back :-) Steve
Yes 1st night away done 💪 I know right!! Maybe I might buy some P plates for the back of the trailer 🤣🤣
Best video Iv watched in a while thank you James.
Glad you enjoyed 👍👍
great video mate! awesome job!
Thank you!!
Congratulations on passing your class 1 and welcome to the club. I've been driving 2 years as a class 1 driver and enjoy most parts of it, as for tramping my best advice is kit yourself up as if it's your second home. Last couple of bits of advice is plan ahead and always have a plan b and c. That goes for hot water facilities, coffee machine, kettle and cooker. Enjoy the experience and take your time.
Thanks mate!!
Thanks James nice catching up with early days on your class 1 bud,
Will
Thanks mate glad you enjoyed 🙏
24:44 Get some cardboard and cut it to the same shape as that window then you can pop it in place at night. Just make sure that you take it back out in the morning.
27:50 You will most likely find that he has started his truck as he is running a microwave through an inverter or something high draw like that and so keeping the batteries sweet.
1st point is a cracking idea, I will get on that 👍👍
Yes it did sound like it struggled when it started 🤣
Good video and congrats on your first class 1 drive on your own. Reversing will get easier with time. Don't be scared to shunt it a few times I have days where I park trailers in bays perfect but then somewhere down the line I take 3 shunts to get it in 😅. Welcome to class 1 world. You'll not want to go back. 🚛💨
Thanks Martin! Yes I’ve just got to learn to be patient 🤣 thanks buddy!
@TruckinWithJames I tend to go to services when I can to have a break gives you a chance to practice reversing. You'll soon find out you have to have a lot more patience now you're in class 1 truck. You'll be sound looking forward to future videos bud.
I’m a hgv driver myself based in Essex. I agree and feel your pain about all the roads 😂
Hahaha thanks mate 😂
This was seriously interesting. Great vlog xx
Glad you enjoyed Michelle!!! Xx
Fantastic sunrise up the A38 this morning can't wait for next vlog
Thanks mate 😊👍
Really enjoyed that, felt like a proper insight into trials and tribulations of HGV driving.
Glad you enjoyed!!🙌🏻
Next to the Docks, Is a Fuelling station, may save you time for a refuel for future reference. Which also has truck wash faclities. put that in your diary/phone.
You're doing alright mate, just make sure you do your checks as I've seen drivers hook up in 3 minutes flat. From locking in to driving off out of the gate. I'm anal about checks before i drive and I've been doing this for twenty years. Your reversing is brilliant mate considering you've just passed your test!!! I had a blow out last week on the M6 at Jc 19. First time in twenty years. Keep trucking mate stay safe!!!👍
100%…. Always do my walk around a in the mornings and do a quick walk round whenever I tend to stop 👍 Thank you buddy!!
Reversing into parking spaces - Take it slow, nice slow movement with good well timed steering, use all the room available, every inch helps, look out your window as well as using mirrors.
On the approach, with the space inline with your side windows, full lock the steering wheel away from the space, moving nice n slow, until you see (in the mirrors) the back end of your trailer lining up with the space. Then, straighten up the wheel, and just make small adjustments when backing in.
Most importantly, take as much time as you need, even get out and check if you need to.
It does get easier, the more you do it. Check out my videos for some HGV driving/reversing tips. 😎👍🚛💨
Loved the vid as usual! Keep up the good work 😊
Thanks Jay mate 💪
@@TruckinWithJames no worries! 😎😎😎
Seen it and been on it! Hated it every time...... EVERY TIME😂
Ref reversing you want to let the vehicle do the work ie should only need half a turn on the steering wheel ? full turn max, Donot keep winding the wheel when you are not moving you will get yourself in a pickel and F/U
Also try to stop going forward with the cab in the right position for your reverse movement, then follow it in with very little steering movement, ( ie Vehicle doing the work ) you will then find its piss easy to do lol
Thanks mate appreciate the feedback 👍👍
Love video
Try not to cover the Side Door glass as it maybe part of the FORS system going into London.
Well done mate solid couple of days overall
Thanks mate!
I did the M25 for the first time ever when I went to Canterbury then to Lincoln for the truckshow. From Cornwall. It wasn’t the best but there was traffic so it bought me a little bit more thinking time for my next step. First time doing the major roads and I quite enjoyed it. Definitely a trucker in the making 😀
Legend mate glad it all was good for you. I prefer the quieter roads of the south west 🤣💪
Just came across your channel. I'm from Glasgow, ex Royal Mail class 1 driver so will come on your travels. Never done a night out as RM don't do that. Subbed and liked.
Thanks Ronald mate, appreciate it!! Would love to visit Glasgow one day 👍
Argh the m25 😂😂 never get enough
im learning to do my c1 I couldn't imagine driving a big truck id love to tho fair play to you pal it isn't easy everyone was new at some point you can also buy a lil tv for your cab or DVD player for them nights :)
Exactly mate, we’ve all got to start somewhere!! And yes I would love to do that at some point
Congrats on the Class A. You’ll do very well
Thank you 🙏🙏
Congratulations on passing your class 1 James
Thanks Brian mate!!
Bet you miss 5th wheel vlog for driving info and chats .Well done James.a.okx
Great video James- no one is interested in seeing miles of motorways whizzing past- we want to see what you have to go through as a trucker to make us all feel better about our lives... the services...the food you eat...the tramping....how you brush your teeth..... I couldn't do it!
Did you enjoy the night 🌃 out in the Volvo FM 500 James and thanks again for your road 🛣️ videos 😊
Get yourself a comfort softener bottle off your lass. Perfect size for your helmet ⛑️... saves you getting out the truck during the night for a piss. I would also recommend putting a third strap on the tube pulling the opposite way. It's one of the worst things you will move 👌
I passed my class 1 last month I’ve been out now for 3 days in my new job on containers. I’m still struggling with the reversing sometimes I’m perfect mostly I’m way off and need lots of shunts. I’ve already had someone pull out on me and I barely stopped luckily I was unladen I’ve also had another trucker trying to cut me up from the left to get in my lane and nearly take my wing near side mirror off 😂 it’s all an experience every day I’m in at 4 tomorrow going to Birmingham can’t wait 😜
Glad to hear you’re getting on well mate. Same here… shunting mainly when reversing but practise makes perfect as they say!
James you are amazing
Cheers Paul 👏
I passed my coach test in January this year now thinking of doing my hgv but it’s the reversing that scares me with a coach it’s all in one, with Hgv it’s not 😮
You seen so happy now well done
Another issue is when going for a hgv job most companies want 1 years experience. If u have just passed your test how u ment yo get ur first hgv job
Jacko
Motorway that takes you around London, not to London. M25 is London. Britain's Busiest Car Park. Don't worry about people watching. Those Drivers have been where you are. Time and patience makes better drivers. Can't believe you was 5 Minutes away. Would of Made you some fresh Coffee etc. I live Basildon, Near Tilbury. Its not to bad in Tilbury, Stanford le Hope and Basildon. If you not got a Load, always leave the trailer open if on the side of Roads over night. But yeah its safe. Good to see what its like in the Truck stops. Thanks for a great Video. See you on the next one.
Yes I am aware now, I got confused 🤣 Yes, it’s just not nice knowing that someone is probably taking the p*ss when watching me park up 🤣
I will let you know when im next in the area 💪💪
First time I've seen your post take it from me I've been a long distance tramper for years, it doesn't mean you have to live like a tramp..
Shower and clean facilities are the most important and try and get a home cooked meal at a truck stop or pub restaurant or a company canteen..
Always park in a safe place no laybys overnight try and stop with other drivers around.
The most important thing is you not the load or the wagon that's what insurance is for, take it steady and no rushing around when you're a tramper.
No 100% mate 👍 I kind of realised that half way through the night. My original plan was to load up…. Head back and stop wherever. But ending up staying it that secure & clean facility was actually nice…. Especially knowing I was safe. Stay safe mate 👍
James... im in one of you videos reversing, you remember the evans truck in bideford... think its the giamt lego block one, u clapped for me... that was like 2 months into driving dude, but i was doing it daily for 2 months, everyday, reversing 4 to 5 times, youve literally just got in a truck mate, if you can get it into the bay even with 3 or 4 tries your doing fine bud, dont stress, its just practice and be honest, they didn't really teach you how to reverse one did they, so just watch how others do it and ask others for advice or help mate, trust me, i bloody did lol 😂 well done on getting you class 1 buddy
I REMEMBER YOU BUD 💪 Thanks mate appreciate it, I will get there eventually 👌
@TruckinWithJames i saw nothing wrong with your reverse mate, lack of confidence, made worse by filming yourself 😂😂 u were good enough to pass... your still good enough now dude
Hi well done mate nice truck I drive a Renault more space in a volvo I do tramping still not got the right stuff yet
I learnt in a Renault 👍 not bad wagons!!
if you have time at truck stops ask the veteran truckers for advice that helped them in thier younger starting years...never be afraid to do that.....I always ask vet truckers for advice or pointers even tho I just drive a 10 tonner...one never knows maybe their advice helps in sticky situations
Thank you mate, I will try and buckle up the courage to do that 👍👍
What an adventure😂
I KNOW 😂
M25 is pretty much my daily drive in my truck, morning rush hour is the absolute worst, just count yourself lucky you went north not south, from the M3 south on the m25 you wouldve ended up stuck at the a3 junction
Thank god 🤣👍
@@TruckinWithJames pretty much all of the second half of last week for me was m25 back and forth to the same place, car transport is a little like that
@@TruckinWithJames and massive congrats on your class 1 mate
Good that you survived first time tramping, and your first journey on your own as a class one driver. Is this something you will need to do now on a regular basis? I can imagine missing your family is not something you will get used to. Your trucking diary will be full, with lots of hours and lots of mileage recorded, from now on.
Haha same here 😂 I’m not sure if Tramping will be a regular thing…. But longer journeys in the artic will be 👍
Well done 😂
You make me look bad not reversed in months as big gap between my 3a and practical dew to strike action at Exeter test center
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Think I learnt was don't care about others when doing parking and that and they will still end up taking shunts aswell so they carnt laugh
Remember mate if u pass jc 30 31 m25 northbound let me know mate
I will give you a shout 👍👍
I passed my class 1 last week and i have a driving assessment tommorow with a firm i want to work for. Hopefully i don't balls it up!
Don't stress take your time and you'll be alright. When on the road don't try to be too smart. Follow BLACK when couple and uncouple. Enjoy the freedom on the road 🚛💨
Good luck my man, hope it goes well for you 🙏🙏
Good Night James. I spoke to you last year after passing my Class 2. It's took me over a year to get a Job. I'm going to be driving a 18t flat bed. Can't Wait. Also gonna be Tramping 3 nights a week.
Got a few questions. What Sat-Nav do you use. Other than your Phone/Laptop/Bedding so on. Is there anything else you'd recommend to bring? - Andy
@@ShadowSniperUK hi Andy 👋 I remember!! Shame it took so long, but hopefully this is the start of good things to come for you mate 👍 I use the Garmin Dezl LGV700…. Great satnav 👍 I have a 24v kettle which boils in about 8mins but if you use it on a 12v input then it takes about 14-15mins. Packs of baby wipes, plenty of body spray and deodorant, toilet roll, a power bank, and all your shower stuff with plenty of clothes. Enjoy mate all the best 👍
@@TruckinWithJames Thank you fella. Enjoy your weekend.
Dont forget to use the sear belt to secure the Doors overnight
Didn’t reach 🤣🤣🤣
@@TruckinWithJames ypu mean you forgot 🤣
Well don’t on passing your class 1 mate. Quick question…I have been driving class 2 for a while now but I still can’t get a class 1 job, I have a class 1 licence also, did you do it through agency or something?
Don’t worry pal southmims is abit of a sh**hole tbh I drove the wrong way round an had to blind reverse into a space there don’t be scared to ask for help
Your batteries should stay charged unless you’ve had a microwave running get your self one of those comfort fabric conditioner bottles you don’t need to leave your truck to go for a wee wash it out disinfect it and use it again
Great advice 💪 thanks mate
Hi James, or anyone that knows. sorry if you’ve answered that, but why is the curtains blurred out? Cheers
Different company name on them mate 👍
The sound is not clear,background noise coming through
And it will stay like that mate 😊👍
As the saying goes don’t be a c*** give it a shunt 😂 I’ve just passed been out with mates before just enjoy it bud
Hi James, did you stay overnight at Stanford Le Hope docs called the Gateway?
Bang on Neil 👍👍
@@TruckinWithJames that’s where I live the area . if you are down next time, give me a shout. I’ll come and meet you up to you.
Hi James, with respect to driving hours, how does one manage that in traffic? Because of the 45mins rest which you must take after some hours of driving?
It’s one of those things you have to plan for, if you do go over you need to do 2 print out and write on the the back reason for exceeding hours then hand one to your TM. Happened to me first time through central London in a HGV🤣
@@markyo9579 thank you so very much for your kind response Mark, I appreciate. I had been wondering how that challenge can be dealt with because it's definitely inevitable 🤣😄
@@zebedeetufoin730 no worries buddy🤙🏻 yeah it’s one of those things, I was worried about it until it happened after that I just planned better🤣
🤣😄 ooo yeah, experience is the best teacher. Thank you for sharing your experience. I might be needing plenty of it. What's your channel name so I give it a follow?😄
He is bang on ⬆️ 👍👌
does your company hire drivers internationally by the way?
No Howcome?
WELL ALL I CAN SAY IS WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE TO SPEND THE NIGTH IN A LAYBY BY A BUSY ROAD AND TRY AND GET SOME SLEEP . WORST JOB I HAVE EVER DONE .
Hope you enjoyed!