Scooby96

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S.B.

A What?

Shropshire-Guy

U can have my Class 1 mate. Had it 23 years. Hate the sight of the ruddy things. Only job where u go to jail 4 working to hard. So many bosses ie, police on your back, Ministry on your back, Public always out to get you. Customer always on to you, then your boss. Dont do it mt8. Get a proper job. Pays crap.Conditions are crap. etc etc.Need i go on.

Just my two pennies worth

S.B.

Mmmm LGV Cat C

Scooby96

Either that or couriering as a stop gap

S.B.

Got LGV C+E myself but get fed up sitting in lay-bys, cafes etc to waste time to make the 7-8 hours i have to do each day

RB5 JIM

IIRC it's about £110 per day for the training.
Depends how good you are as to how long you will need
You will also need to pass the theory test first though, and i think they've brought in a hazard perception test now?
Then there's the practical test fee which is about £75-£80.
Not cheap!.

ProperCharlie

AFAICR it costs us about £1,000 to put a driver through it. if they fail loads of times then the cost goes up rapidly. I think the record in our firm is seven attempts before passing, but these days it's more like three strikes and you're out

IanW

There is a place up in Surrey, who IIRC do a 5 day course for Commercial Driver Training, which is just under £800.

OllyK

Join your local Royal Logistics Corps TA unit and get paid to do your C and C+E

Terzo 333

I did my class 2 before christmas and class 1 last week (failed that )

You have to do a multiple choice theory test, and a hazard perception test. This will set you back £35. (If u want the theory book and CD ROM for hazard perception let me know.)

You also need to have a medical at your doctors - this takes about 15 mins and costs about £70

Then there are the con artists to deal with (DVLA) About £20 to get another catergorry put on your license.

I paid just short of £800 for a 3 day course (mon, tue, wed morning, test on wed afternoon) This included the test fee and an assesment taken a few weeks before - basically driving around for an hour and they will tell you how many lessons you need)

Hope this helps,

Matt

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

And then when you have it, unless you work in the soft south, you'll spend the next year, probably two, putting money into an agency's pocket at £5 an hour for you, as no-one will take you on without experience:

Alcazar

PeteD

I've been looking to do this just lately aswell. Anyone had any dealings with clearstone??? They carry ads in my local and some national papers.

S.B.

£5 an hour wouldn't get out of bed to drive a lorry for that

And its not soft in the south Its where the money is

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

And its not soft in the south Its where the money is


And don't we in the north know it..........only T.BLiar seems to dispute it.

And now our house prices are starting to catch up................

Alcazar