NEW JOB ALERT!!! Yes, I have an exciting new job collecting salvage cars using a multi-car transporter, really interesting if you're a petrolhead and into your cars also. Check out the first video of many using the link ------> th-cam.com/video/z2o8Y7c2niM/w-d-xo.html
I was taught when leaving the yard do not expect to be home as scheduled FYI traffic,weather,accidents,breakdowns and anything what can go wrong will go wrong so be prepared if you don't like it change career because this is the nature of transportation everyday is different and when you think you know everything stop driving for a living because your dangerous you should remember it's always learning and you will never know everything and after twenty years driving from Dublin to Moscow from Helsinki to Istanbul ,from driving from the yard to my house I never had the same trip twice every time it was different and still lots to learn ps hope you enjoy your career as I loved it everyday
Love this view from the artic cockpit, taa! Surprisingly after @36:15 it seems the snowplows just vanished for the night, the very time when they should be out.
I can't believe they directed traffic off the A34 onto the A343 at Wash common and then directed towards Andover rather than through Newbury/Basingstoke. That A343 is abysmal for large vehicles (e.g buses that I drive), and in snow, the hills out of Highclere and Hurstbourne would be extremely risky. great videos and keep safe.
I remember this well, recoverd an artic from Portsmouth to chandlers ford.. 8 an half hours later i finally got back to fareham. Everybody doing 5 mph on the motorway didn't help, you go slow and the snow can settle. I carried on down in lane 2/3 in deep snow to keep grip not a problem,
Given how little it took to bring the low loader ahead of you to a halt, it makes it so clear why the Norwegian authorities stop all the trucks arriving without winter tyres. Given the UK doesn't get extreme snow often, I reckon even just swapping 1 tyre on each side of the drive axle to a proper winter tyre that can grip in the cold and snow might have been enough to at least get most trucks far enough to get to somewhere safe to stop rather than the middle of the road. The other thing that stops them here is the Eastern European trucks that are 4x2s, most Norwegian artics are a 6x2 with lifting tag axle, so if it's bad weather, they simply lift the tag axle (knowing the roads authorities will overlook the temporary axle overload) which gets them further before they need chains.
It really does annoy me how many wankers have no clue how to drive in the snow and half the time have no real reason to be on the road. They could work from home or get their hair done another day. I got stuck behind some knob the other day crawling around a roundabout at 5mph and then got stuck trying to get up the hill and blocked the road and got me stuck behind him. Luckily i actually have snow chains and put them on and managed to turn around and go back and got to work another way.
It is a pain in the backside mate, unfortunately we just don't have snow enough for people to experience driving in it, I can't believe the amount of people having to make essential journeys on Thursday afternoon 😂
We had major snow, and my route home was down to single track and blocked by an idiot who didnt have a clue. I ended up taking a route round and getting front decided to back down the road to him to tow him out so all the other traffic could keep moving. He was also blocking the snow plough
People are to heavy on the fuel..once they spin their tires their done..then they sit there burning rubber...it's really quite funny..and we drive on the road with them everyday...
@@KevTee when I was a young buck.we would gas up put on the chains if snow was over a foot deep...then go make $$ towing them out.. we followed a BMW one day. Towed him out 4 times in 3 hours..😆😆😆😆
I was sent out a 2pm to deliver milk to portsmouth when the snow came down. It took just over 2hrs to get from the M3 (14 EB) to Portsmouth. I was stuck out for the night at Sutton Scotney services NB.
I've had several people take the piss out of me for having an emergency bag in the car during the winter months. I tend to keep packet soups, noodles and those sorts of things with me, along with a flask of boiled water and a sleeping bag. If I'm going any distance I add a gas stove to that and a large container of water. It's come in handy a couple of times; got stuck heading back from Holyhead a couple of years ago, so I camped for the night in the car...norra problem. :)
Yeah, I was one of em, stranded, tipped in Glasgow, and told by the planners to head for Malcolm's yard in Penrith as the weather was getting worse. A69 reopened so I was told to use that. Got onto the A1 and got stuck in traffic as a artic had jack knifed due to the extreme weather. I went over my drive time and work time.
remember this beast very well, moreton in marsh to bampton 35 mins not this night 4 1/2 hours it took me , i dont drive in snow anymore lol , i do follow your new job lol
I had a Southampton to Stansted drive to do Friday, so Thursday night I went to check the car out and see driving conditions. By 2100 Soton city centre was as clear as I’d ever seen it, but then I made a poor choice and pulled onto Millbrook Road West, which was completely clear until half a mile further when I guess I got the end of what you were stuck in, took me half an hour to go 200m before I could do a U turn and go back! So annoying! Up the M3 was absolutely fine and empty by Friday afternoon, M25 was slushy and freezing rain but not bad.
Lol i remember this, my parents were flying in so I was doing the whole m4 m5 and upwards from cardiff to manchester, went super early in the morning and theyre like oh yeh itll be snowing be careful, as the day went on the speed kept on shrinking and it went from be careful to do not drive at all, theres me hiding behind a lorry cab without a trailer as he clears the way for me, in summer tyres but in a 4x4 and we are doing like 30mph, so fairly quick with how bad it was, and a mini is like neh even though the cab infront and the 4x4 is drifting at times my little mini can just jump the snow bank, he indicated and i put my hazards on basically trying to say dont, he goes for it, does a 360 at 30mph and then somehow recovers and gets back behind me with his hand in there air, completely defeated like yup, i done fckd up XD
I remember driving a Sprinter van in weather like this and it didn't matter how quick my wipers were going the snow kept building up on the windscreen. Very worrying and it took me 2hrs to travel one junction on the M40
Fantastic, brilliant great vlog, can't wait to see more ,keep up the hard work ,just an idea , but in the next blog maybe you can explain to those not in transport who watch your vlogs how you managed to keep driving even tho you ran over your hours, it would be helpful to new drivers and people looking to take up position LGV driving . roll on the next VLOG
Cheers mate, all comes down to experience, unfortunately people very rarely experience these conditions down here and that's where the problems start 👍
While you had the Beast from the east, we had a whole week of 35C/95F weather with high humidity (like living in a steam room). Take care, "ye hairy doppelganger"!!! Cheers from Australia
So you not slipping and fallng on ice..your hands a not numb from the cold. Snot is not freezing from your nose..your not spending 5 bucks on fuel to warm your buggy up..another 2 bucks a day on windshield washer fluid as its to cold to use water..just staying warm in Canada is a big cost.. Probably cheaper to buy a boat and sail down under. .save some of that 95C for me...we have a traitor for a PM here in Canada who is making it even harder to stay warm...cheer up mate...at least your warm...
so you got stuck in my part of the world. fortunately in my trucking years i didn't come a cropper like that. slid about a bit. still miss the trucks - but won't be driving again - so just watch occasionally to fill the void.
I was blessed got from Leicester to Alton with my truck M 40 as a wall of snow, got through kept my wheels straight very little braking to of our trucks jackknife lol 😂
I live in Canada.. tri drive tractor unit..three sets of chains on all axles a steer chain and a chain on the trailer.. -40 plus the windchill.. diesel freezes.brakes freeze..air system freeze ..human freeze...your in summer there buddy..drive through the mountains of British Colombia..with two trailers of natural gas..
WeAther gets like that it’s always best to park it. My way of putting it is “No truckload load of frozen toaster waffles will ever be worth more than human life.” It will get there when it gets there.
i did a cardiiff to truro got there ok but got stranded on a30 for 10 hours, was my first day on the job no bedding ran out of water and food lol was a long night ha ha.always a good idea to keep supplies
In those countries winter tyres either studded or studless are mandatory in winter or certainly if you block the road because you didn't have them on you will get fined. A lot of countries also mandate snow chains be carried at all times in winter. Among other things. People also know how to drive in it. Unlike a lot of the knobs here who will go out in their RWD BMW with summer tyres and then get stuck or end up on the roof.
Actually they don't. Cars lorries buses etc by law have to have chains or snow tyres or both. The UK doesn't always have much snow so laws have not been passed, the gov expects people to plan ahead & basically not drive for a day.
@@zoidberg444 I change my tyre to winters usually as the clocks go back, its a god send as i usually drive to work at 3-4am, the difference in grip and braking distance on untreated is like night and day. I don't get why folks who spend thousands on buying the latest cars and then won't buy the right tyres for the job, even budget winters are so much better than premium summer at temps less than 7c which is quite common during winters here.
@@doncoleman4938 If said 4 × 4 is a Chelsea Tractor then it'll have road tyres on it, and it'll get stuck no matter how many driven wheels it has because the numpty behind the wheel has no more clue about driving in slippery conditions than a tea-leaf knows about the history of the East India Company. OTH I drive a 2wd car which is shod with winter tyres [n.b. *not* off-road tyres] and I do not get stuck, slide off, or rearrange the scenery, I merely drive according to the conditions. The truth is it isn't the machinery that is lacking, it is the human in control of it that is frequently lacking in; a) common sense, b) resources, and / or c) knowledge. This is true the world over, not just in the UK, Australia or wherever.
@@RichardLordRix Drivers with a lack of common sense is as common as dead kangaroos on the side of the road. Just a question about "winter tyres"; do you keep a set of wheels with winter tyres in the garage, or do you take your car to a auto services business to get them changed? Sorry if that seems like a silly question. We don't have them here-our "winter" is 20C to 25C.
Don Coleman Because were thick ! People buy 4x4 ‘s with summer tyres which are useless In Snow /mud . The main purpose of 4x4s in the U.K is to take the kids to school and back . Very few ever venture off solid tarmac roads . They’re just a fashion thing .
Kev tee why don't you come and drive for stobarts l carry cars from crick in the west midlands to island love your videos hope theirs more hgv work for you other wise come to our yard and join our company stobarts
I was trying to clear my wind screen and all i was doing was pushing blocks of ice about lol. We pulled in to a services to try and fill up with screen wash, they had froze up. I was a nightmare.
I have a 4x4 Land Cruiser I didn't get stuck anywhere but I suffered so much abuse with drivers thinking I should stay in the line up with them Plenty of rear wheel drive BMWs were the main hold up
KevTee my father once told me that back when rear wheel drive car where common place people would do things like put sand bags in the boot to put some weight on the back end and this help to reduce wheel spin that being said I had little pity for the drivers of Mercs and Audi struggling to get up hills
I missed most of the fun stuff as I was in loughborough trying to do my Class 1 but they abandoned my test on Thursday :( due to snow on the reversing bay rebooked now for the 12th lets hope the show does one as I have had to contend with that during every outdoor part of my HGV training ...... Class 2 DEC 11-14 we had snow that week it was showing on my CPC and I got the beast during my training for class 1 :D
Great upload kev, all exciting in them situations but would grind after 10 hours for sure. Question what do you do regarding tacho card driving hours etc. Cheers carl
I'm watching this now and we are almost in June, I'm from near Liverpool at the moment the weather is almost 30 c it's been very hot for weeks, after watching this video it would be lovely to have that snow back at least for a day lol
First week driving after passing test worst weather ive seen thankfully was only a skip motor was a task trying to weave in and out all the stuck snow ploughs :)
"Windscreen wipers frozen" Just put them on full speed to (hopefully) throw some of that snow off, and when that doesn't work you should stop and clear them. Then put them on full speed from time to time to avoid the problem as much as possible.
Hate to say it Kev, but for me this was your best video yet!!! Great choice of music, and great footage! I know a few people have commented already, and please don't take my comment the wrong way, but reading other vloggers comments.... you can 'get away with' poor video, but, you cannot get away with poor audio. If you want the channel to really grow, that really has to be addressed mate. Congratulations on the Volvo FH...she looks virtually new !!! A bit different to that rented 'pile of poo' you were driving before eh? Looking forward to the up and coming video's !! Stay safe mate.
Thanks for the feedback Paul, I know the audio is holding the channel back and it's something I'm working on sorting as soon as I can, I just wish it was an easy fix without spending a shed load more money 😔 Yes the new truck is a whole world away from what I'm use to driving 👌 take it easy mate.
Hi mate great to see your new job is going off to flying/sticky start :-) so is this a direct job your with? I do like a Volvo truck. Personally I think they are best but that’s just me. Is that a little truck snobbery I hear about the class 2 work hahaha! When I finally move house I might save & give class 1 I go. But we’re see :-) Great video. Oh one more thing. That’s my hat your wearing! I’ve that one from trespass. Never without it in the winter months
We have good taste in hats mate 👌 it is a direct job, I'm employed by Burdens. I do really like Volvo's to, so we'll made. No truck snobbery mate, just prefer class 1, hats off to you guys that drive them permanently, I just find class 1 much easier 👍
KevTee This is true. Multi drop can suck sometimes. I will try my hand at class 1 soon & see if I’m any good. Burdens are a good company bit of burden mind you hahaha. Well done & thanks for the videos.
Great vlog kev 👍 What was your start and finish time that day and how many working time and driving breaks did you need to make it back to the yard? Could you explain on next vlog
Hi mate, I started at 06:00 and finished at 04:30, I didn't exceed my driving time and took regular breaks/sleep to ensure I wasn't tired. I exceeded maximum working time of 15 hours and 9 hours rest in a 24 hour period from start of shift but this was unavoidable. There are allowances for exceeding drivers hours and extreme weather conditions are one of them, otherwise you would be more of a hindrance blocking access routes for emergency services and snow ploughs.
Always carried water and a few emergency pot noodles when I was tramping the highways. Wouldn't go back to driving for a living for all the money in the world.
You know when your stuck in traffic for that long kev , like hours on end. Does that still class as driving time or wack it on poa. . Sorry for the random questions new driver in training here . Love the vids
Drivers hours can be exceeded in extreme weather so you are able to get to a safe place without you blocking the roads preventing vital services and ploughs from clearing the roads.
I like your new ride. Volvo (hp ?), is that your permanent tractor unit or will you swap around a bit ?. The driving you did was great. I think, had there been less road users, you'd have probably kept going, seemed very confident. Still, 'variety is the spice of life'. Great video. Loved the ending, great snowman. ;)
Cheers Chris, yes the Volvo is my permanent unit I've been allocated, I'll have to get back to on the hp though. Your right, my only issue was the other traffic, bit you can't expect everyone to have the same level of confidence in the snow.
Very true regards the 'confidence in snow' comment you made. Its nice that the Volvo is your permanent tractor, you can deck it out inside just how you want it. Takes time, I know. Good luck with your new path. I'll keep watching.
I'm newly subscribed to this channel, I have watched 2 vlogs so far, one wind one snow hopefully the next one the weather might be a little better. Stay safe buddy.
A general question, please. For most of my car-driving life (nearly 50 years), lorry drivers would flash their headlights when it was safe for an overtaking vehicle to pull back left into lane. This rarely happens now, if ever. Any thoughts?
Hi Kev, great video, I’ve just come across your videos and I have to say, they are the best trucking vids on TH-cam, I love the speed up sections and the background music. I love listening to you too but your speech is a little muffled, I don’t know what kit you use but a bit of microphone update would be great if you can find a way round. Until then, drive safe and keep up the great work. Cheers, Jon.
Hey Jon, thank you for the very kind words and thanks for watching. The muffled audio is an ongoing issue I have with the GoPro, I'm currently working on improvements 👍
I can only imagine the difficulty trying to control a HGV on icy roads , driving a 7.5 ton for a living is difficult enough in snowy/icy conditions .Companies should not allow a HGV on the road in certain conditions putting the driver and other road users at risk !
ken boon hi ho silver! If you parked the haulage companies up in the UK because of weather I don’t think it would be long before the shelves would be empty, I remember when I was driving in the 2000s, The university of the west of England did a study on feeding the UK and it was said that people would be staving within a working week if the wagons stopped running.. That was nearly 20 years ago, our little island’s population has grown some what since then!!!
so as a fin i find it ridiculous that the uk grinds to a halt with about 20cm snow in a day, also its January and we have no snow in the southern parts of Finland :(
Quick question Kev, what did you do as far as your tacho was concerned when this happened, I'm going into class 2 driving in the next 3/4 months and wondering what you do or am supposed to do in that situation
you do a print out and write on the back what happened, then sign and date it. under extreme conditions you can keep going till your ever home or safely parked up. if you have day cab keep going till you get home.
Nice truck, good luck in the new job Kev! Are your new company happy for you too film inside their trucks? Also when is a cab tour coming up? Was you near the stobart widness depot?
NEW JOB ALERT!!!
Yes, I have an exciting new job collecting salvage cars using a multi-car transporter, really interesting if you're a petrolhead and into your cars also.
Check out the first video of many using the link ------> th-cam.com/video/z2o8Y7c2niM/w-d-xo.html
I was taught when leaving the yard do not expect to be home as scheduled FYI traffic,weather,accidents,breakdowns and anything what can go wrong will go wrong so be prepared if you don't like it change career because this is the nature of transportation everyday is different and when you think you know everything stop driving for a living because your dangerous you should remember it's always learning and you will never know everything and after twenty years driving from Dublin to Moscow from Helsinki to Istanbul ,from driving from the yard to my house I never had the same trip twice every time it was different and still lots to learn ps hope you enjoy your career as I loved it everyday
I was told to stand down for 2 days as my company did not want to risk my life. I do a lot of Scotland routes.
Love this view from the artic cockpit, taa! Surprisingly after @36:15 it seems the snowplows just vanished for the night, the very time when they should be out.
Good to see you back! Glad your happy. Keep the positive vibe going!
That's a dusting of snow where I am from..when your pushing snow with your bumper that's snow..
I can't believe they directed traffic off the A34 onto the A343 at Wash common and then directed towards Andover rather than through Newbury/Basingstoke. That A343 is abysmal for large vehicles (e.g buses that I drive), and in snow, the hills out of Highclere and Hurstbourne would be extremely risky. great videos and keep safe.
I remember this well, recoverd an artic from Portsmouth to chandlers ford.. 8 an half hours later i finally got back to fareham. Everybody doing 5 mph on the motorway didn't help, you go slow and the snow can settle. I carried on down in lane 2/3 in deep snow to keep grip not a problem,
When we get snow the UK just shuts down. Nice video hope you kept warm.
Given how little it took to bring the low loader ahead of you to a halt, it makes it so clear why the Norwegian authorities stop all the trucks arriving without winter tyres. Given the UK doesn't get extreme snow often, I reckon even just swapping 1 tyre on each side of the drive axle to a proper winter tyre that can grip in the cold and snow might have been enough to at least get most trucks far enough to get to somewhere safe to stop rather than the middle of the road.
The other thing that stops them here is the Eastern European trucks that are 4x2s, most Norwegian artics are a 6x2 with lifting tag axle, so if it's bad weather, they simply lift the tag axle (knowing the roads authorities will overlook the temporary axle overload) which gets them further before they need chains.
Some very valid points mate, if it was my truck id be running a spare set of winters 👍
Kev, you must have ran out of time on that day. Fair play to you for sticking with it. I think I would have done the same. You had no choice.
It really does annoy me how many wankers have no clue how to drive in the snow and half the time have no real reason to be on the road. They could work from home or get their hair done another day.
I got stuck behind some knob the other day crawling around a roundabout at 5mph and then got stuck trying to get up the hill and blocked the road and got me stuck behind him. Luckily i actually have snow chains and put them on and managed to turn around and go back and got to work another way.
It is a pain in the backside mate, unfortunately we just don't have snow enough for people to experience driving in it, I can't believe the amount of people having to make essential journeys on Thursday afternoon 😂
We had major snow, and my route home was down to single track and blocked by an idiot who didnt have a clue. I ended up taking a route round and getting front decided to back down the road to him to tow him out so all the other traffic could keep moving. He was also blocking the snow plough
People are to heavy on the fuel..once they spin their tires their done..then they sit there burning rubber...it's really quite funny..and we drive on the road with them everyday...
@@KevTee when I was a young buck.we would gas up put on the chains if snow was over a foot deep...then go make $$ towing them out.. we followed a BMW one day. Towed him out 4 times in 3 hours..😆😆😆😆
Damn! That looks awful :(
But I've learned something from this: always keep an emergency bag with noodles with me :D
Can't beat noodles when the shit hits the fan 😂
I was sent out a 2pm to deliver milk to portsmouth when the snow came down. It took just over 2hrs to get from the M3 (14 EB) to Portsmouth. I was stuck out for the night at Sutton Scotney services NB.
I've had several people take the piss out of me for having an emergency bag in the car during the winter months. I tend to keep packet soups, noodles and those sorts of things with me, along with a flask of boiled water and a sleeping bag. If I'm going any distance I add a gas stove to that and a large container of water. It's come in handy a couple of times; got stuck heading back from Holyhead a couple of years ago, so I camped for the night in the car...norra problem. :)
Yeah, I was one of em, stranded, tipped in Glasgow, and told by the planners to head for Malcolm's yard in Penrith as the weather was getting worse. A69 reopened so I was told to use that. Got onto the A1 and got stuck in traffic as a artic had jack knifed due to the extreme weather. I went over my drive time and work time.
Was a nightmare mate, I was having wiper issues too, neat all seasons screen wash wasn't touching it. Glad you safely made it through in one piece.
remember this beast very well, moreton in marsh to bampton 35 mins not this night 4 1/2 hours it took me , i dont drive in snow anymore lol , i do follow your new job lol
Hey kev tee tramping is the very best thing to do full time as lm now driving for a very special trucking company from crick
Good intro, you are getting better at this editing lark. Well done matey. Drive safe
I'm getting there mate 👌
I got stuck last week on Worley hill Rotherham, delivering canceled not a good start lol 😂
What a week to start the new job... Great vlog, looks like there is more exciting content coming our way.
Cheers Mitch, certainly was an interesting first week and plenty more great content planned 👍
I had a Southampton to Stansted drive to do Friday, so Thursday night I went to check the car out and see driving conditions. By 2100 Soton city centre was as clear as I’d ever seen it, but then I made a poor choice and pulled onto Millbrook Road West, which was completely clear until half a mile further when I guess I got the end of what you were stuck in, took me half an hour to go 200m before I could do a U turn and go back! So annoying! Up the M3 was absolutely fine and empty by Friday afternoon, M25 was slushy and freezing rain but not bad.
Yeah it wasn't great mate and all because they closed the flyover. Glad you managed to avoid the worst of it 👌
what a start to a new job. New roads, new loads, hope it all goes well. All the best, looking forward to new vids.
Cheers Paul, it's was an eventful week for sure 💪
Don;t need snowchains in snow, in the Uk. the potholes break up the slide and give grip! lol
Lol i remember this, my parents were flying in so I was doing the whole m4 m5 and upwards from cardiff to manchester, went super early in the morning and theyre like oh yeh itll be snowing be careful, as the day went on the speed kept on shrinking and it went from be careful to do not drive at all, theres me hiding behind a lorry cab without a trailer as he clears the way for me, in summer tyres but in a 4x4 and we are doing like 30mph, so fairly quick with how bad it was, and a mini is like neh even though the cab infront and the 4x4 is drifting at times my little mini can just jump the snow bank, he indicated and i put my hazards on basically trying to say dont, he goes for it, does a 360 at 30mph and then somehow recovers and gets back behind me with his hand in there air, completely defeated like yup, i done fckd up XD
I remember driving a Sprinter van in weather like this and it didn't matter how quick my wipers were going the snow kept building up on the windscreen. Very worrying and it took me 2hrs to travel one junction on the M40
Kev the m3 always is like that just without the snow LOL.
Fantastic, brilliant great vlog, can't wait to see more ,keep up the hard work ,just an idea , but in the next blog maybe you can explain to those not in transport who watch your vlogs how you managed to keep driving even tho you ran over your hours, it would be helpful to new drivers and people looking to take up position LGV driving . roll on the next VLOG
Thanks mate, really glad you enjoyed the video and that's a good point about explaining the driving times 👍
Good vlog
Good to see confident experienced driving in heavy snow conditions etc
Cheers mate, all comes down to experience, unfortunately people very rarely experience these conditions down here and that's where the problems start 👍
While you had the Beast from the east, we had a whole week of 35C/95F weather with high humidity (like living in a steam room).
Take care, "ye hairy doppelganger"!!! Cheers from Australia
Ha ha Thanks Don, hope your enjoying all that terrible weather your experiencing, think I need to emigrate 😂
So you not slipping and fallng on ice..your hands a not numb from the cold. Snot is not freezing from your nose..your not spending 5 bucks on fuel to warm your buggy up..another 2 bucks a day on windshield washer fluid as its to cold to use water..just staying warm in Canada is a big cost..
Probably cheaper to buy a boat and sail down under. .save some of that 95C for me...we have a traitor for a PM here in Canada who is making it even harder to stay warm...cheer up mate...at least your warm...
Good Blog as well Kev, I finally got going myself about 3am Friday morning but I did get a reduced 9hr break.
Yeah was a bit of a ball ache, all part of the job though 👌
Only started watching your vlogs. Very good mate, been thinking of doing me class 1 for awhile now. I'm doing class 2 muiti drop work all local
Glad you enjoy the videos mate, tends to be easier work on class 1 so give it a go if you fancy it 👍
so you got stuck in my part of the world. fortunately in my trucking years i didn't come a cropper like that. slid about a bit. still miss the trucks - but won't be driving again - so just watch occasionally to fill the void.
First time I've been stuck like that and I don't mind sĺipping about but it's a nightmare when you can't even move anywhere because of the traffic.
I was blessed got from Leicester to Alton with my truck M 40 as a wall of snow, got through kept my wheels straight very little braking to of our trucks jackknife lol 😂
The best trucking vlog on you tube, Really enjoy watching.
Really appreciate the kind words 👍
I live in Canada.. tri drive tractor unit..three sets of chains on all axles a steer chain and a chain on the trailer.. -40 plus the windchill.. diesel freezes.brakes freeze..air system freeze ..human freeze...your in summer there buddy..drive through the mountains of British Colombia..with two trailers of natural gas..
I imagine that one that had "gone" on the A31 had momentum, but not in the right direction.
Was looking forward to see what was caming up and was not disappointed good vlog
Thanks Wayne, glad you enjoyed it 👌
Shocking that major roads were allowed to get into the state they did....see what this year brings!
This didn’t age well
I have got British army ration packs in my cab and self heating cookers to heat the food . come in handy this week
Yep always pays to be prepared mate 👌
just watched this video and wondered where do you stand with regards to driving / working hours when this sort of thing happens
WeAther gets like that it’s always best to park it.
My way of putting it is “No truckload load of frozen toaster waffles will ever be worth more than human life.”
It will get there when it gets there.
I take my hat off to you sir,you are the lifeblood of the country,safe and happy driving
Thanks for the kind words mate 👌
fantastic video mate,thanks for all your effort making it.be safe mate.
cheers Mick, thanks for watching 👌
i did a cardiiff to truro got there ok but got stranded on a30 for 10 hours, was my first day on the job no bedding ran out of water and food lol was a long night ha ha.always a good idea to keep supplies
not good mate, always good habit to check the weather and have a grab bag to chuck into the cab if things don't go to plan 👍
What do countries that have a heap more snow than us use to keep there roads clear as we are bloody useless at it.
Countries that have a lot more snow invest millions to keep the infrastructure moving, it's not worth the UK investing for a once in a 5 year event.
In those countries winter tyres either studded or studless are mandatory in winter or certainly if you block the road because you didn't have them on you will get fined. A lot of countries also mandate snow chains be carried at all times in winter. Among other things. People also know how to drive in it. Unlike a lot of the knobs here who will go out in their RWD BMW with summer tyres and then get stuck or end up on the roof.
We get used to it. It's all relative.
Actually they don't. Cars lorries buses etc by law have to have chains or snow tyres or both. The UK doesn't always have much snow so laws have not been passed, the gov expects people to plan ahead & basically not drive for a day.
@@zoidberg444 I change my tyre to winters usually as the clocks go back, its a god send as i usually drive to work at 3-4am, the difference in grip and braking distance on untreated is like night and day. I don't get why folks who spend thousands on buying the latest cars and then won't buy the right tyres for the job, even budget winters are so much better than premium summer at temps less than 7c which is quite common during winters here.
"I have a 4x4"... means nothing when you have road tyres. Snow/winter tyres would make all the difference.
Why would you have road tyres on a 4x4? Is that what Brits do? In Australia just about every 4x4 has off road tyres.
@@doncoleman4938 If said 4 × 4 is a Chelsea Tractor then it'll have road tyres on it, and it'll get stuck no matter how many driven wheels it has because the numpty behind the wheel has no more clue about driving in slippery conditions than a tea-leaf knows about the history of the East India Company. OTH I drive a 2wd car which is shod with winter tyres [n.b. *not* off-road tyres] and I do not get stuck, slide off, or rearrange the scenery, I merely drive according to the conditions.
The truth is it isn't the machinery that is lacking, it is the human in control of it that is frequently lacking in; a) common sense, b) resources, and / or c) knowledge. This is true the world over, not just in the UK, Australia or wherever.
@@doncoleman4938 yup. Road tyres instead of off-road
@@RichardLordRix Drivers with a lack of common sense is as common as dead kangaroos on the side of the road. Just a question about "winter tyres"; do you keep a set of wheels with winter tyres in the garage, or do you take your car to a auto services business to get them changed? Sorry if that seems like a silly question. We don't have them here-our "winter" is 20C to 25C.
Don Coleman Because were thick !
People buy 4x4 ‘s with summer tyres which are useless In Snow /mud .
The main purpose of 4x4s in the U.K is to take the kids to school and back .
Very few ever venture off solid tarmac roads .
They’re just a fashion thing .
Excellent video kevtee, thanks for sharing,, STAY SAFE ON EM ROADS,,,
Cheers mate, thanks for watching 👍
Found this from you being on trucker Jay's channel :)
Kev tee why don't you come and drive for stobarts l carry cars from crick in the west midlands to island love your videos hope theirs more hgv work for you other wise come to our yard and join our company stobarts
it was CAOS in the north i was literaly snowed in and the A1 was gridlock
I was also stuck on the A31, i didn't even get to the depot until 3AM!
Need to turn those ‘noodles in a cup’ into a ‘supernoodle sandwich’ - banging! 👍🏻
Now there's an idea 👌
I was trying to clear my wind screen and all i was doing was pushing blocks of ice about lol. We pulled in to a services to try and fill up with screen wash, they had froze up. I was a nightmare.
I have a 4x4 Land Cruiser I didn't get stuck anywhere but I suffered so much abuse with drivers thinking I should stay in the line up with them Plenty of rear wheel drive BMWs were the main hold up
The rear wheel drives were the worst, most were just spinning in circles 😂
KevTee my father once told me that back when rear wheel drive car where common place people would do things like put sand bags in the boot to put some weight on the back end and this help to reduce wheel spin that being said I had little pity for the drivers of Mercs and Audi struggling to get up hills
I missed most of the fun stuff as I was in loughborough trying to do my Class 1 but they abandoned my test on Thursday :( due to snow on the reversing bay rebooked now for the 12th lets hope the show does one as I have had to contend with that during every outdoor part of my HGV training ...... Class 2 DEC 11-14 we had snow that week it was showing on my CPC and I got the beast during my training for class 1 :D
That's unlucky and very frustrating mate, I'll have my fingers crossed for the 12th, good luck 👍
Hello, good luck with the test the weird thing about this is that Loughborough is my hometown , Who are you doing your test with
KevTee than hopefully no snow lol
Spencer Wright I am with Hughes over at the airfield
Shaddaz1 okay
One thing I´ve always kinda wondered, how much does something like this fuck with your driving hours and rest etc.??
Quite a lot but there are exemptions for extream weather conditions, they would rather you were off the roads than sleeping on them 👍
Great upload kev, all exciting in them situations but would grind after 10 hours for sure. Question what do you do regarding tacho card driving hours etc. Cheers carl
Great video Kev really enjoyed it I prefer the Volvo they are lovely to drive. Not the best week to start your new job with the bad weather
Cheers Craig, the Volvo is a nice truck, gearbox is lovely compared to what I'm use to. Hopefully this week goes a little smoother 👍
I'm watching this now and we are almost in June, I'm from near Liverpool at the moment the weather is almost 30 c it's been very hot for weeks, after watching this video it would be lovely to have that snow back at least for a day lol
Ha know what you mean Mark, I love the summer but could do without the sweaty night's 😂
First week driving after passing test worst weather ive seen thankfully was only a skip motor was a task trying to weave in and out all the stuck snow ploughs :)
Certainly was a testing week John, as long as you made it through without damage consider it a success 👍
OMG, I was sat eating Noodles myself Thursday Night too Lol.
Haha you can't beat emergency noodles 😂
"Windscreen wipers frozen"
Just put them on full speed to (hopefully) throw some of that snow off, and when that doesn't work you should stop and clear them. Then put them on full speed from time to time to avoid the problem as much as possible.
Hello Kev and lol have you nicked my duvet and pillows?
Hate to say it Kev, but for me this was your best video yet!!! Great choice of music, and great footage! I know a few people have commented already, and please don't take my comment the wrong way, but reading other vloggers comments.... you can 'get away with' poor video, but, you cannot get away with poor audio. If you want the channel to really grow, that really has to be addressed mate. Congratulations on the Volvo FH...she looks virtually new !!! A bit different to that rented 'pile of poo' you were driving before eh? Looking forward to the up and coming video's !! Stay safe mate.
Thanks for the feedback Paul, I know the audio is holding the channel back and it's something I'm working on sorting as soon as I can, I just wish it was an easy fix without spending a shed load more money 😔 Yes the new truck is a whole world away from what I'm use to driving 👌 take it easy mate.
What happens to driving times in situations like this?
Hi mate great to see your new job is going off to flying/sticky start :-) so is this a direct job your with? I do like a Volvo truck. Personally I think they are best but that’s just me. Is that a little truck snobbery I hear about the class 2 work hahaha! When I finally move house I might save & give class 1 I go. But we’re see :-) Great video. Oh one more thing. That’s my hat your wearing! I’ve that one from trespass. Never without it in the winter months
We have good taste in hats mate 👌 it is a direct job, I'm employed by Burdens. I do really like Volvo's to, so we'll made. No truck snobbery mate, just prefer class 1, hats off to you guys that drive them permanently, I just find class 1 much easier 👍
KevTee This is true. Multi drop can suck sometimes. I will try my hand at class 1 soon & see if I’m any good. Burdens are a good company bit of burden mind you hahaha. Well done & thanks for the videos.
Try Scotland highlands. That’s where you get blizzards. That’s a snow shower
Brave Man great vid one of the best I have ever seen Brilliant,...
Cheers Malcolm, glad you enjoyed it 👌
You put some hours in that's for sure! You seem to work 12 hours a day. Killer hours.
Great vlog kev 👍
What was your start and finish time that day and how many working time and driving breaks did you need to make it back to the yard?
Could you explain on next vlog
Hi mate, I started at 06:00 and finished at 04:30, I didn't exceed my driving time and took regular breaks/sleep to ensure I wasn't tired. I exceeded maximum working time of 15 hours and 9 hours rest in a 24 hour period from start of shift but this was unavoidable. There are allowances for exceeding drivers hours and extreme weather conditions are one of them, otherwise you would be more of a hindrance blocking access routes for emergency services and snow ploughs.
Always carried water and a few emergency pot noodles when I was tramping the highways. Wouldn't go back to driving for a living for all the money in the world.
You know when your stuck in traffic for that long kev , like hours on end. Does that still class as driving time or wack it on poa. . Sorry for the random questions new driver in training here . Love the vids
enjoying the vids, look forward to more
When drivers get stranded somewhere how does that effect your driving times?
Drivers hours can be exceeded in extreme weather so you are able to get to a safe place without you blocking the roads preventing vital services and ploughs from clearing the roads.
Thanks 🖒
Just finished watching the video, really good video but that must have been one hell of a long day 😕
Biker Si Technically you can’t put it on POA
Get that kettle & night heater on.
I like your new ride. Volvo (hp ?), is that your permanent tractor unit or will you swap around a bit ?. The driving you did was great.
I think, had there been less road users, you'd have probably kept going, seemed very confident. Still, 'variety is the spice of life'.
Great video. Loved the ending, great snowman. ;)
Cheers Chris, yes the Volvo is my permanent unit I've been allocated, I'll have to get back to on the hp though. Your right, my only issue was the other traffic, bit you can't expect everyone to have the same level of confidence in the snow.
Very true regards the 'confidence in snow' comment you made.
Its nice that the Volvo is your permanent tractor, you can deck it out inside just how you want it. Takes time, I know.
Good luck with your new path. I'll keep watching.
How do cars possibly topple over in the snow :/ without involving other vehicles
I'm newly subscribed to this channel, I have watched 2 vlogs so far, one wind one snow hopefully the next one the weather might be a little better. Stay safe buddy.
That's unfortunate Paul 😂 hope you found some videos with more settled conditions lol
@@KevTee seen a few others now, all with 'normal' weather. Keep up the good work and stay safe 😎
Patients of a saint m8. Glad your enjoying new job.
Thanks Ray, got to have patients in this line of work 😂
A general question, please. For most of my car-driving life (nearly 50 years), lorry drivers would flash their headlights when it was safe for an overtaking vehicle to pull back left into lane. This rarely happens now, if ever. Any thoughts?
I still get flashed in by 90% of truck drivers, the ones that don't I put down to the influx of foreign drivers that are not aware of our customs.
Hi Kev, great video, I’ve just come across your videos and I have to say, they are the best trucking vids on TH-cam, I love the speed up sections and the background music. I love listening to you too but your speech is a little muffled, I don’t know what kit you use but a bit of microphone update would be great if you can find a way round. Until then, drive safe and keep up the great work. Cheers, Jon.
Hey Jon, thank you for the very kind words and thanks for watching. The muffled audio is an ongoing issue I have with the GoPro, I'm currently working on improvements 👍
do you have any tips as i have just started having HGV lessons for driving 44 tonners
I can only imagine the difficulty trying to control a HGV on icy roads , driving a 7.5 ton for a living is difficult enough in snowy/icy conditions .Companies should not allow a HGV on the road in certain conditions putting the driver and other road users at risk !
ken boon hi ho silver! If you parked the haulage companies up in the UK because of weather I don’t think it would be long before the shelves would be empty, I remember when I was driving in the 2000s, The university of the west of England did a study on feeding the UK and it was said that people would be staving within a working week if the wagons stopped running..
That was nearly 20 years ago, our little island’s population has grown some what since then!!!
so as a fin i find it ridiculous that the uk grinds to a halt with about 20cm snow in a day, also its January and we have no snow in the southern parts of Finland :(
Quick question Kev, what did you do as far as your tacho was concerned when this happened, I'm going into class 2 driving in the next 3/4 months and wondering what you do or am supposed to do in that situation
you do a print out and write on the back what happened, then sign and date it.
under extreme conditions you can keep going till your ever home or safely parked up.
if you have day cab keep going till you get home.
Nice truck, good luck in the new job Kev! Are your new company happy for you too film inside their trucks? Also when is a cab tour coming up? Was you near the stobart widness depot?
Thanks bud, really enjoying the Volvo and a cab tour will coming once I get myself settled. I was tipping in Stobart Widness 👍
Cool customer no ffn or blinding . Just done what had to be and got home safely.
Thanks John, all in a days work 😉
Looks like your new job is awesome! I will definitely spot you one day! (: Very enjoyable aswell, good job mate
Cheers Josh, so far so good and really enjoying it, yeah you shouldn't miss me with the wrap on the truck 👌
Definitely (:
good vid glad you got home to your family, take care bud
Much appreciated Tony, take it easy mate 👍
😂😂😂 its snowing.. Not mutch...its snowing ,its not a storm. 😂😂😂
Come summer it'll be hard to believe it actually happened. Did well avoiding getting stuck yourself
Forgot about it already, all the snow has gone and it +10°c down here today, almost time to crack out mankini 😂
Glad your happy in your new Job Kev. Did the company have any rules for you,regarding your vlogging??
Nothing apart from the obvious use of common sense regarding where I film 👍
Engine management light!? 😲🤔
Adblue issues
@@KevTee common issue across all makes of truck 🚚 great videos 👍
Awesome video as always
Thank you my dear 😁
wow those container ships are huge!
Nice vlog :)
Hi Kevin just started watching good look on your new job not a good start but all part of the job
Thanks mate, it's never smooth sailing in trucking 😁
KT, what about spicing up your blogs mate? Are you open to suggestions?
Always open to suggestions 👍
Hope you didn't get stuck or caught out in that cluster fuck on the A31 thru the New Forest on Friday?!
Ummm did you watch the video 😂😂
KevTee sorry buddy, didn’t get time to watch all of it. Will try later today 🙈
Don't forget windshield washer fluid!