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Post by Joepublic on Aug 27, 2021 8:07:12 GMT 1
There was a guy delivering for Hermes last week in a Honda Jazz - for a £1 a day they'll insure your daily for busines use.
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Post by Rhubarb on Aug 27, 2021 9:59:45 GMT 1
There was a guy delivering for Hermes last week in a Honda Jazz - for a £1 a day they'll insure your daily for busines use. Which doesn't cover you, as you need courier insurance  |
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Post by Rhubarb on Aug 27, 2021 10:00:39 GMT 1
When I was made redundant 20 yeras ago I looked at HGV jobs but virtually all wanted a minimum 2 years experience for insurance reasons. That seems to have gone out the window at the moment, firms are desperate |
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Post by Rhubarb on Aug 27, 2021 10:02:54 GMT 1
Two close family members have suggested to me to go for my HGV partly because of the above reasons... I got a C+E licence - never had a lorry driving job. I would think if you gotta C licence (rigid) - you could score a nice little local wagon driving job - sand/gravel in pits in an 8wheeler. Artic driving and nights out is no fun - being away all week. What you are after is a job where the goods are unloaded for you or tipped off. Even a Hiab ticket and a job for a builders merchants would be a doddle. You don't want multidrop or stuff in cages with a pallet truck. Chap near where I live and I bump into and chat to dog walking has just taken his rigid test in his early 50's and got himself a job - driving round collecting eggs en mass from chicken farms. He rocks up in an 18ton wagon and they fork lift pallets of eggs on for him - he gets back to the yard and they forlift them off for him. He used to work in retail in a shop before this for 35 years since leaving school. He likes it 8 till 4pm - drive slowly and don't smash the eggs was the only brief... Thankyou, and yes I'm giving this some serious thought I've just dug out an old email, in Feb 2020 I emailed a local training centre, it was just under 1700quid for the Class C, plus the medical and CPC. 2000 all in I reckon |
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Post by Joepublic on Aug 27, 2021 11:24:25 GMT 1
There was a guy delivering for Hermes last week in a Honda Jazz - for a £1 a day they'll insure your daily for busines use. Which doesn't cover you, as you need courier insurance But it’s Hermes themselves that take your £1 per day if you’re working for them so it must make you legal? |
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Post by remmington on Aug 27, 2021 11:51:19 GMT 1
I got a C+E licence - never had a lorry driving job. I would think if you gotta C licence (rigid) - you could score a nice little local wagon driving job - sand/gravel in pits in an 8wheeler. Artic driving and nights out is no fun - being away all week. What you are after is a job where the goods are unloaded for you or tipped off. Even a Hiab ticket and a job for a builders merchants would be a doddle. You don't want multidrop or stuff in cages with a pallet truck. Chap near where I live and I bump into and chat to dog walking has just taken his rigid test in his early 50's and got himself a job - driving round collecting eggs en mass from chicken farms. He rocks up in an 18ton wagon and they fork lift pallets of eggs on for him - he gets back to the yard and they forlift them off for him. He used to work in retail in a shop before this for 35 years since leaving school. He likes it 8 till 4pm - drive slowly and don't smash the eggs was the only brief... Thankyou, and yes I'm giving this some serious thought I've just dug out an old email, in Feb 2020 I emailed a local training centre, it was just under 1700quid for the Class C, plus the medical and CPC. 2000 all in I reckon Don't rush into CPC - or only do two days. Most employers will pay for the other three days (they have not choice as desparate for drivers). I think they will do away with CPC - they are talking about direct access to C+E (no need to take rigid C first). Follow the news before you spend you hard earned money.
When I took my HGV Class 2 and Class 1 - things were different and sadly allot cheaper. I only took mine - in case I got a recovery truck over 7.5ton and I never did - have used my license in the early years for some extra work at weekends moving forklifts and plant about for some extra cash when the kids were little |
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Post by Rhubarb on Aug 27, 2021 14:57:10 GMT 1
Which doesn't cover you, as you need courier insurance But it’s Hermes themselves that take your £1 per day if you’re working for them so it must make you legal? It's all legal until something happens. Anything more than 3 drops a day equals courier...Business insurance is used for the likes of travel to a different site for work or collecting some equipment.. Hermes have stopped messing about around here and fully employ someone with a nice signwritten parcel van. There was recently a case where a youngster lost his licence for buying business insurance to deliver fast food(same as above, multi-drop) He paid 1200 for the year for the business insurance as an add on..Police stopped him, he lost his licence..Newish driver(6 points your banned) In the end it went to court as his mother helped him source/buy the insurance(she's a driving instructor)..The Court did give him his licence back as the youngster had made an honest mistake.. |
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Post by Rhubarb on Aug 27, 2021 14:59:18 GMT 1
Thankyou, and yes I'm giving this some serious thought I've just dug out an old email, in Feb 2020 I emailed a local training centre, it was just under 1700quid for the Class C, plus the medical and CPC. 2000 all in I reckon Don't rush into CPC - or only do two days. Most employers will pay for the other three days (they have not choice as desparate for drivers). I think they will do away with CPC - they are talking about direct access to C+E (no need to take rigid C first). Follow the news before you spend you hard earned money.
When I took my HGV Class 2 and Class 1 - things were different and sadly allot cheaper. I only took mine - in case I got a recovery truck over 7.5ton and I never did - have used my license in the early years for some extra work at weekends moving forklifts and plant about for some extra cash when the kids were littleI saw a training firm in Wales (news article) today that suggested doing away with the theory test and hazard perception part of it, and having examiners as part of a driving school...At present (he said)it can take 16 months to get a licence?!?! I'm not rushing into anything I'm not up to it at present as you know..Did 12 miles in a car today and I was knackered. |
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Post by remmington on Aug 27, 2021 17:58:21 GMT 1
I don't regret taking my lorry test at all. I have used it for: 1. A bit of extra work when I was younger to pay for summer holidays when the kids were little (I was grateful to old man Bridges the forklift man in King's Lynn for the extra money at the time - RIP "Mr Bridges" - he is long dead now - but he was a nice chap - he always paid me). 2. I have sold Tachos - I am an auto electrician and test drove trucks on the "one mile test". 3. Taking lorries for "plating tests" and road testing them after repairs. 4. I have also moved a few trucks about on "tradeplates" for other people over the years.
Plus at the back of mind - in times past - if my little garage enterprise failed - I could have gone "lorry driving to put food on the table". I had it in my mind - there is always a driving job to be had - even if you don't like it - you will find a weeks wages driving a lorry.I have not had the full use out of my C+E license - I would not dare describe myself as "proper lorry driver" but I am glad I did it...  My Brother has been a lorry fitter all his life - until he packed it up with bad health (bad back) - he never took his... |
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Post by rhyds on Aug 28, 2021 6:48:58 GMT 1
I don't regret taking my lorry test at all. I have used it for: 1. A bit of extra work when I was younger to pay for summer holidays when the kids were little (I was grateful to old man Bridges the forklift man in King's Lynn for the extra money at the time - RIP "Mr Bridges" - he is long dead now - but he was a nice chap - he always paid me). 2. I have sold Tachos - I am an auto electrician and test drove trucks on the "one mile test". 3. Taking lorries for "plating tests" and road testing them after repairs. 4. I have also moved a few trucks about on "tradeplates" for other people over the years.
Plus at the back of mind - in times past - if my little garage enterprise failed - I could have gone "lorry driving to put food on the table". I had it in my mind - there is always a driving job to be had - even if you don't like it - you will find a weeks wages driving a lorry.I have not had the full use out of my C+E license - I would not dare describe myself as "proper lorry driver" but I am glad I did it... My Brother has been a lorry fitter all his life - until he packed it up with bad health (bad back) - he never took his... Rowan Atkinson (he of Mr Bean fame) did the same thing and got his HGV ticket as a young man to fill the gaps between acting jobs. |
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Post by remmington on Aug 28, 2021 7:13:40 GMT 1
I don't regret taking my lorry test at all. I have used it for: 1. A bit of extra work when I was younger to pay for summer holidays when the kids were little (I was grateful to old man Bridges the forklift man in King's Lynn for the extra money at the time - RIP "Mr Bridges" - he is long dead now - but he was a nice chap - he always paid me). 2. I have sold Tachos - I am an auto electrician and test drove trucks on the "one mile test". 3. Taking lorries for "plating tests" and road testing them after repairs. 4. I have also moved a few trucks about on "tradeplates" for other people over the years.
Plus at the back of mind - in times past - if my little garage enterprise failed - I could have gone "lorry driving to put food on the table". I had it in my mind - there is always a driving job to be had - even if you don't like it - you will find a weeks wages driving a lorry.I have not had the full use out of my C+E license - I would not dare describe myself as "proper lorry driver" but I am glad I did it... My Brother has been a lorry fitter all his life - until he packed it up with bad health (bad back) - he never took his... Rowan Atkinson (he of Mr Bean fame) did the same thing and got his HGV ticket as a young man to fill the gaps between acting jobs. Someone my wife knows - was a chef - the day he got laid off at the start of the pandemic - he walked outside with all his stuff - got talking to some chap delivering food to the hotel. Driver said "if you had got a lorry license I could have given you a job delivering food to hospitals" the chap replied "I got an HGV license in the Army" "the job is yours then". He found another job before he got off his old employers hotel carpark. |
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Post by valhalla on Aug 29, 2021 0:12:07 GMT 1
Truck-driving is a bit tough up here; the roads are not too forgiving for even the tiniest of errors - one inch off the tarmac either side of the road, you are grabbing fast to get the truck back onto the crown again, otherwise you're in the ditch!
I loved driving my 7.5t DAF on various jobs around the place - I even took it further afield (ahem...) for the odd little excursion - but the concentration needed around tourists and other large vehicles on the roads on the Isle was a bit knackering after a while.
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Post by Joepublic on Aug 29, 2021 8:50:27 GMT 1
We have no problems on our shop. Surprising really, since it's one of the most remote shops in the British Isles. Several things conspire to make this so, but altogether it means we can beat the supermarkets at their own game; * Mrs Valhalla is just brilliant at getting the orders coordinated * She also works to 10:00pm or later every night, yet closes at no later than 7:00pm * I have a stock-control system that rivals the best out there * We have more than 28 suppliers feeding into us The problem with most shops is that they are run by people who are tired - no rest during any of the lockdowns, just expected to be there 24/7. They are also in places where the public knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing. People come from the local townships around the North of Skye ro shop with us, partly because we have a little of everything, and most of it is local, but also it means they don't have to rub shoulders with the visitors in the bigger towns. We wouldn't tolerate half the behaviour that seems to be normal in the Summer in Portree/Broadford, just utter rudeness and arrogance from people who bring their problems with them on holiday (nutcases, most of them!)
Just been Googling A87 "Skye Bridge" - 1995. BBC - Wanted: A Simple Life. Episode 3 is a program about a girl that wants to relocate from London to Skye, I'm only 10 mins in but the scenery is stunning! |
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Post by remmington on Aug 29, 2021 13:42:45 GMT 1
Just been Googling A87 "Skye Bridge" - 1995. BBC - Wanted: A Simple Life. Episode 3 is a program about a girl that wants to relocate from London to Skye, I'm only 10 mins in but the scenery is stunning! I will have a look at this... Where do I find it? - iplayer?I was interested in the Skye bridge... |
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Post by Joepublic on Aug 29, 2021 14:21:24 GMT 1
BBC - Wanted: A Simple Life. Episode 3 is a program about a girl that wants to relocate from London to Skye, I'm only 10 mins in but the scenery is stunning! I will have a look at this... Where do I find it? - iplayer?I was interested in the Skye bridge... I think so, there is some footage of the bridge, but it is brief |
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