Is Being an HGV Truck Driver for Royal Mail REALLY Easy?

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
  • In this video, I'm covering deliveries for the Royal Mail on the run up to Christmas.
    ASMR channel here:
    / @asmrtrucking7264
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  • @petersmith2325
    @petersmith2325 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Very enjoyable dude. Done twenty years in my own trucks in the eighties and nineties. Safe driving.😁👍

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you and thanks for your service

  • @christinegibbins6105
    @christinegibbins6105 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks for the ride John. Take care.

  • @john45305
    @john45305 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi John-o
    Just thought I would drop in.
    Great video yet again, followed you from the start.
    Can you put the link in for the video as I looked for your other channel and couldn't find it.
    Thank pal.
    be safe out there.
    I just wanted to add now I've seen it all LOL
    DON'T park at the red lion pub truck stop., it is known to be a police hot spot as they like to check drivers coming out after they use the place to check if they are fit to drive or over the limit from using the pub there

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No problem here you go, and thanks for the support
      youtube.com/@asmrtrucking7264?si=EuekmZuy9GRjDdZv

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I wouldn't drink on a school night anyway

  • @brianmckenna3440
    @brianmckenna3440 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Another great video John o mate

  • @richardrice599
    @richardrice599 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great video.. must be hard adjusting your sleep patterns when you have to.. keep up the good work 😊👊👊

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Not too bad then first night or 2 is a bit tiring but I then stay in the pattern through the entirety of the time I'm doing it, even at the weekends

  • @paulgillan7622
    @paulgillan7622 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Another great vlog pal👍🏻👍🏻

  • @MargaretMckenna-jc1ee
    @MargaretMckenna-jc1ee 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Another good video didn't know Royal Mail used outside trucks thanks for informing

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah mainly to cover for the winter rush of packages that come through

    • @articeddie5494
      @articeddie5494 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      And when their on strike, some people have no morals doing scab work

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Work is work at the end of the day, if they don't do it someone else will

  • @bobdunkling3592
    @bobdunkling3592 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great videos, used to do a lot of tramping over 25 years ago (only on a 18 tonner) changed a bit now

  • @elizabethmaybrown6715
    @elizabethmaybrown6715 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi John-o, saw your colleague's lorry parked on the A38 at the end of the Wellington by-pass, had a feeling you would be on Royal Mail work.
    Have a good week out and about

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yeah he parked there most nights i think

    • @elizabethmaybrown6715
      @elizabethmaybrown6715 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @TruckerJohno nice quiet spot there, far enough off the road and still in walking distance of Wellington Town centre

  • @sardav160479
    @sardav160479 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice one John great video

  • @davidbeeston2481
    @davidbeeston2481 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Good one John.
    I see that Michael has your old numberplate 555 CFT.

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No he has L555CFT, S555 Has gone on a different truck

  • @robertmustard1711
    @robertmustard1711 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Evening johno great video mate 😊

  • @paulburridge6415
    @paulburridge6415 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What about ride alongs for charity? Will the boss allow it? Will you be able to put up with it? The Royal Mail trips, or the M&S trips out and back. Ride alongs could stop locally so you’re not sharing the truck overnight. I would live in my camper, others could stay in local hotels.

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don't think anyone would want to spend that much time with me 🤣

  • @markheasman7631
    @markheasman7631 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi John
    Great video John the are glad you for royal mail
    Tight schedule ?

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Luckily 2024 was quite easy

  • @markfoden765
    @markfoden765 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Christmas is still alive😂😂love it,so when you do royal mail it seems you might do less hours than normal so do you lose out money wise by doing the royal mail job but then i suppose you have no choice as its part of the job but i was just wandering thats all,cheers john o🙂👍

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I get paid ok from it my boss gets a set amount per day so I put down a set amount of hours each day

  • @TrevorWilliamson-bo1ug
    @TrevorWilliamson-bo1ug 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Very decent pay for truck driving I believe.
    Bit repetitive but I'm not complaining.
    Tops up my pension so keeps me going 😂

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I won't mind doing it in my later years

  • @bigdave2255
    @bigdave2255 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Pinky and the brain ahh the childhood memories

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Such a good cartoon

    • @bigdave2255
      @bigdave2255 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm going to watch some tonight on YT

  • @_Steven_S
    @_Steven_S 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    190 miles in 3:45? Yep zero wiggle room and traffic not accounted for.
    Although they'd probably say there's 45 minutes of contingency built in as it's not planned to a 4:30 drive.

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The route i had the year before didn't have much as planned for a 8h43 drive every night, this route was a lot nicer

  • @TrevorWilliamson-bo1ug
    @TrevorWilliamson-bo1ug 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I do 2/3 days a week agency for Royal Mail and it's not a bad job at all. Generally very decent people to work with, once they know you're not a plonker 😂

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It's nice easy work pretty good pay as well

  • @WayneReeves-e8f
    @WayneReeves-e8f 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What type of truck sat nav do you have

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Tomtom go expert plus

  • @anthonypaterson7066
    @anthonypaterson7066 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    hi jonho. If you run outside of the schedule or overtime in other areas of transport, the planners should be held responsible for the infringements, first and foremost.

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      In an ideal world yes, apart from certain circumstances it just doesn't go that way

  • @MattDvc
    @MattDvc 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bay reversing after eating Carolina Reaper... 😅 is that even safe?

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Christ I wouldn't eat anything that hot when on the road

  • @paulwatts2192
    @paulwatts2192 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Less traffic at night. But road closures. Bit of a pain.

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes it's indeed a pain

  • @rossyboy4726
    @rossyboy4726 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What’s the name of your other channel again Johno ? So I can subscribe Buddy. 👍

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      youtube.com/@asmrtrucking7264?si=6j0cxH1J8-iXU04z

  • @AngelaMcMenamin
    @AngelaMcMenamin 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This works even though no electric from storm four five days ago.Thanks John hope all safe and well there.a.okxx

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Good stuff hope it wasn't too bad

  • @garryshaw5742
    @garryshaw5742 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    u don't only do your own work.. but u do every bodies else's job......so nothing changed in the haulage trade..ex-general haulage 45yrs, started 1972....retired thank god

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yeah i like the variety, would get boring otherwise, I've been driving for a living for 19 years and love it

    • @garryshaw5742
      @garryshaw5742 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TruckerJohno don't get wrong...i would not have changed anything...best years of my life[freedom]

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Good to hear, thanks for your many years of service

  • @smittykoi
    @smittykoi 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Cushty 👍🤫🤣

  • @jessdoyle5931
    @jessdoyle5931 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi john-o

  • @articeddie5494
    @articeddie5494 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Not sure you should be publishing Royal Mail duty schedules bit of a security risk I’d imagine

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Schedules change every year and I didn't show the schedule number

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But if they have an issue they can email me and I'll take the video down

    • @articeddie5494
      @articeddie5494 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Exactly, that truck runs every night at that set time carrying high value goods and you’ve published the times for the next few months at least 😩

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      All finished with now 🤷‍♂️

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ....Almost like I planned this video to come out after it's all finished, magic that

  • @philpoole5670
    @philpoole5670 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Always first class in your delivery never 2nd

  • @paulburridge6415
    @paulburridge6415 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Searching asmr trucking and I can’t see you. Help!

    • @paulburridge6415
      @paulburridge6415 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Found it now. Used your link. With numerics!

    • @TruckerJohno
      @TruckerJohno  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Well done 👍👍