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I see the figure £350 been quoted for an ETM looking after one wagon, seems to be going rate. Alot of wages are going up at the moment within the industry. I understand that a ETM is self employed and could charge what ever they want. Buy the time you've paid your insurance, travelling expenses, and tax, is 350 worth it? Would £500 for the first wagon be a big ask?

Hi evening everyone, I'm new here and I have question is CX worth paying for? Thanks in advance.

Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen,
I've got a special quest to finish of tour from Warwick to London. I'm just curious where do coaches park at Warwick Castle?
Any advice will be much appreciated!

Hello, There seem to be lots of ex Bus/Coach drivers in the Hgv industry. I'm interested to know why they change over, I always fancied Bus driving, I regret never giving it a go before going onto trucks.

So we've been given the New Daf to try for a week, it's the XG.
What are your thoughts on this motor?
I'm not that keen on it to be honest, yes it has some nice perks but it has a lot of things I don't like, no 24v socket, windows don't go all the way down, sat nav only works off your phone, draining data and battery, I hate the camera mirror.
Plus side is the bed is amazing and the space in the cab great, although cupboard space is limited.
I'm quite happy with my old XF, it's my home.
Let me know your thoughts.

Morning, Just found out I’m doing my reverse test tomorrow morning and only had 4 hours training on it, full right lock till you see the tape line and full left lock is all I know and was quite good at it by the end but not sure if I’d be hitting the offside yellow line.

Any tips?
Also any tips on where I should be when I start the manoeuvre?
Can I dry steer?
Do I have to do mirror checks before moving off?
Can I come to a stop at any point while reversing?
When coupling, if I get out and find I’m not lined up and have to re-align, is that a minor?
Anything that could get me a major while doing walk around check before coupling?
Do I need to wear safety boots to pass?

I was told I would be doing some reversing today as well but did not do any, just on road so not had chance to ask these questions or review as I also didn’t know my test was tomorrow morning, I thought I’d have the morning to practice then have a test.
I won’t name the training company as they did not organize the...

Hi, I'm a recently qualified TM and have been made aware that I need to have a Adblue monitoring system in place.
Could someone please shed a little more little light on this subject, in regards to what the purpose of the system is and also what information needs to be gathered and documented.
Thank you in advance

Hello evening guys. Honest opinions please on this, small operation, been going 10 years, never had any need to enquire about factoring until now, a bad run of mechanical issues on trucks while trying to update them has left cashflow non existent and business under pressure, bank is not really interested, so looking at independent finance company for factoring/discounting to help us get on our feet again. Would like to hear from any one used it positive and negative, many thanks.

Hi. Im dropping off at Heathrow T5 tomorrow. After the roundabout where the road forks do I follow over height vehicles or follow drop off. Also can anyone confirm it's bay 31 to drop please?

Thank you in advance

Afternoon everyone, I'm thinking of getting my Coach Bus Licence, do I need to do theory again? Only had Class 1, 4 years. Cheers!

Hi guys, a bit of help understanding the 6 hour rule.

Say I start at 6am
6am start
10am 15 min break this covers till 12pm
2pm 30 min break this covers till 6pm
If I want to go over 12 hours I need to take another 15 after 3pm but before 6pm to cover me till 9pm
Is this right?

Thanks

Good morning folks, I feel sorry for this Drive, the Pallet has broke and slid, he's having to use a wheelbarrow to empty the bag, one of them days!

Evening. I am currently an internal TM and sole TM with the help of 10 OLAT trained employees, 1 at each of our depots and my directors have asked me to provide them information of what would happen if I went on long term sick. I know the rules and regs etc and what is required legally but would like to know what the cost of an external TM would be please?

30 HGV’s over 2 ‘O’ licences with 10 operating centres in total. Both licences at under 2.0 on OCRS. Based in Lincolnshire. Just need a guide price for them (then they may be shocked at what little they pay me). Please let me know if you need any further information to give me a guide price. Thanks

Hello, Just got a couple questions as my dream goal is to eventually become an Owner Operator.
I would just like to know, how bad actually is it? the few people I have spoke to about it say its not worth the stress or hassle etc.
I cant find anywhere online to get a rough idea of what you can earn or how to go about it.
If anyone has the time, I would just like to find out more about it, to know if I should give up on this dream of mine or if its actually possible.
Will only be running 1 truck which I will just be mine, but would love to be able to do it all up like I see at the truck shows.

Hi everyone, I’m guessing there’s loads on here with class 1 licenses. Just wondering why you prefer doing coach driving instead?

Good afternoon. Question, If I only have 1 day off last week and 1 this week what do I do at the end of week 3? thanks.

Quick question. I thought I knew the answer but my instructor is saying I'm wrong.
Driving along a 30mph limit road then turning right into a new single carriageway road. No speed limit signs, no street lights, no pavements, no buildings. What's the speed limit?

MORNING guys, It cant just be me who passed all their tests 1st time no problem and still has absolutely no idea at all how driver hours work? :lol:
I keep seeing loads of posts from people asking. Any advice is welcome.

To all 3.5 Luton drivers out their what Luton would you recommend or have driven that you can rely on? Thanks

Hello, Anyone work for First?
If so how long roughly did they take to get back to you after your initial application submission?

Can someone educate me please,
Going up the A1 yesterday, just north of Doncaster but before you get to the M62 turn off there's road works and it goes down to 1 lane on both carriageways.
In the highway code it states merge in turn (like a Zip).
Why do some lorry and coach drivers hang back in lane 2 creating a longer tailback?
There's possibly a reason and I'm willing to learn it.

Afternoon all
Need some advice about agencies
Allegedly I scraped the passenger side of my unit.
Don’t remember doing it and looking at the photos they sent if I did do it was at very low speed.. but my issue is with the cost. The agency are now trying to charge me £700 for it. (Total repair) Looking at my contract it says I will be expected to contribute to any fault accidents
Firstly is this normal? Standard practice?
Where do I stand with this.

Here's one for you,
2 trucks going to the same place, with the run just over 10hrs drive time so multi manning 2 trucks with 3 drivers
Eg, driver 1, driver 2 start in same truck 1, driver 3 starts in truck 2, after 2 hours down the road, driver 1 gets into the passenger seat of truck 2. After another 2.30 drive time, driver 3 then jumps into the passenger seat of truck 2 arrive and tip at drop, then turn and burn and do same on return leg and a very big multi national says this is legal, under creative planning?

I'm thinking of becoming a coach driver. I haven't driven professionally previously and wondered what I need to know? I've been looking at various companies and most of them do holiday or day trip type work.

The main question I have is what is a reasonable expectation of the driver vs. what a company should be providing? From what I can ascertain, the driver can be expected to plan the trip, stops, etc., in addition to the obvious of driving, looking after the coach, and acting as liaison.

Is there anything to watch out for? I don't wish to be negative just aware.

Afternoon guys, Got a tri axle Vanhool. Would it be ok to turn left from Victoria Embankment on to and over Westminster Bridge as I'm in London next Tuesday and I've worked my route out and thinking this is the best way to get to where I need to be. Would this be OK? Forgot to mention I will also have a trailer on aswell.

Good morning. Any tips on closing curtains when it's really windy? I won't be receiving any help. I used to drive tankers now I'm sluming it with curtain siders.

Does anyone know why my tomtom sat nav keeps going to a black screen had it from brand new less than a month the one I had before done the exact same thing when your driving down motor way it’s still 100% battery life the screen just goes black

Hi, So one firm Restricted Licence, who I am a Consultant for, insists on continuing to use Self Employed drivers. Is there any comeback one me if the s**t hits the fan. I have put it in writing my views on the use of them.

Good evening all, How much is all the insurance roughly on like a transit sized van? TIA