UK Trucker I've Had Enough!
Vložit
- čas přidán 5. 04. 2024
- Experience the daily life of an HGV driver in the UK as they navigate the roads towards a better tomorrow. Join us as we delve into their struggles, triumphs, and the pursuit of a brighter future in the trucking industry. Stay tuned until the end for some exciting news that promises to shake things up! Subscribe to our channel for more inspiring stories and updates from the world of transportation.
#HGVDriverLife
#TilburyDocksAdventures
#LocalRunChallenges
#TransportationTales
#BehindTheWheel
#RoadWarrior
#DeliveryDriverDiaries
#UrbanHauling
#OnTheRoadAgain
#LogisticsLife
www.truckitprayle.com
follow me on.
Instagram | Truck it Prayle
tiktok | samuelthomas03
facebook | Truck it Prayle
Ive got a class 1 license but drive a 7.5 ton on more money than my artic friends but i do more drops , loving it.a lot of uk roads arent built for artics.
Another great video.
It was coming....and you'll be fine....my mantra, if your not happy within where you are, move. It may not transpire to be better but, it'll be different and somewhere fresh to move on from. Do it...many friends made it far away from where they started.
Cheers bro its gona be a long challenging process but it's something we have spoke about for along time. 🤞
Well said mate 👍
Myself, am fully 'qualified' with class 1 & CPC, Tachograph, military trained. Recently had my over 45 years of age medical although I'm closer to 60....! Done lots of Agency work. Pay for the hassles & responsibilities isn't great. Decided to go down the Security route with SIA in pocket & earn for a 12 hour shift much the same without the grief & stress. I've seen £12 & £12.50 advertised for class one by agencies down here in the SW. Disgusting....! Cheap labour cos it ain't easy looking out for those bridges, etc.....!
Nice one Sam thanks for vlog
Thank you matey 👍
Awesome mate. Would love Australia. Good luck to you!. Oh and by the way I have finally got my first class 1 job on the Isle of Wight!
Well done mate thats brilliant news!! 😉
I always wake up feeling like i've a hangover if i've had something with a lot of garlic in it especially home made garlic bread
Oh never heard of that before, sonething to look out for i guess 🤔
I’m 33, looking at a career change and you Chanel has motivated me and given me a real eye opener in the world of being lorry driver. And quick tips and advice?
Start networking with people, as in speak to potential conpanies in your area that will take on new starters,.
@@truckitprayle I have 2 friends that are HGV drivers and he’s being giving me good advice, just want to say thank you for your channel. Educational and funny to see you in some tight scenarios and interesting to see how you get out of them. My partners also a teacher so we have something in common lol
Haha, glad you enjoy the content mate, best of luck let me know how you get on!
good luck Sam !
Cheers buddy 👍
Thank you for the vlog and good luck with your plans to move abroad. There does seem be a shift in people's desire towards wanting to leave the UK for a better/different life elsewhere. These stat's make for interesting reading:
"Are millionaires leaving UK?
The figures form part of an ongoing decline in the number of UK high-net worth individuals, with 12,000 millionaires having left the country since 2017, according to separate data."
Never thought I would want to leave the UK but more recently, the thought keeps popping back into my head.
Yeah, i just can't see it getting much better the country has been run into the ground and anybody that can get out is by the looks of it.
Me and the wife applied yrs ago.but they said we were 1 yr to old to get visa...all you had to do was nick a loaf of bread a 100yrs ago and it was free to get into Austraila
Haha aint that the truth! 🤣🤣
Best of luck pal, I'd love to move to Canada.
Hope we continue to get some great vedios of you in a B Double very soon.
The last 30 years inflation up 125% Hgv wages only up 75% your worth less now than you were 30 years ago. They want us to take on more work and responsibility for less pay and what's worse we do it :(
Stopped 2yrs ago, best thing I ever did. Now earning th3 same money but home every night, no pressure.
What do you do now then?
Sheep farming
@truckitprayle was doing agency work, on and off until I got really fed up of supermarket work. I'm now training at 67yrs old to be a Ambulance driver and really happy to go to work.
How you finding that? 🤣
You should definitely make the move down under. Have been considering a move to Aus or NZ myself on and off. I've got family already over there, UK is becoming more of a cesspit each passing day sadly. Good luck buddy I hope it all goes smooth if you decide to go 😃
Cheers matey, it's not gona be easy but hopefully worth it in the long run!
@@truckitprayle I'm sure you won't look back 😉
Is that cross and wells Sittingbourne at the start ?
Oh! Good luck with that! (Much more expensive over there but your wages should compensate). Can totally appreciate why you would want to leave Blighty (it’s a complete s.hitshow here). I’m off in a couple of years when we finish off the mortgage.
Nice bit of manoeuvring back at the farm, i can’t see an AI unit doing that anytime soon.
Yeah mate it's been a long time coming and things here don't seem to be getting better any time soon.
And yeah would be interesting to see an ai do that.
@@truckitprayle Quality of Life, first. We only have so long so it’s essential we make the most of it. Good luck!
Thats it mate thats what its all about!
Great that you are considering moving to Australia, I'd jump at the chance of getting out of this decaying country!
Yeah mate im fed up of never seeming to be able to get ahead here.. seem to always be chasing your ass!
Australia aint no different, mate. It is decaying just as fast as the rest of the socalled Western Civilization.
How do i determine that, sitting here in the Netherlands?
Well, i go back just a year or 2 and look at how the reaction was from Australia to this "pandemic"
People over there went crazy in no time.
All it took was a nonsense Pandemic to get Australians to behave like lunatics.
And it hasn't yet stopped.
Now they think they should follow their leaders, the US, in a war against China, over Taiwan.
I mean, who are we kidding here?
Sure, Britain has been demolished ever since Churchill came to power.
If the Soldiers who went up the beaches in Normandië could see Britain as it is today, they would probably not have gone up those beaches to sacrifice themselves for some globalist's idea.
And in the east of Europe we see the result of Globalist's ideas, as well as in the middle East we see the result of such ideas.
And sure, you will call me all kinds of names, i am certain. BUT: if British people were to actually LISTEN with their ears to what a certain guy once said, they would have NEVER EVER destroyed that country.
Churchill himself asked the question, and a book was written about it: Are we Beasts?
Mainly because it was him and those around him who ordered the bombing of civilians in cities in WW2, which then escalated the entire ordeal into what it became.
O wait, sorry. Churchill, the greatest Britain that ever lived.
Sorry. I should suck up to him.
But no, i cant. I am from the mainland of Europe, the Netherlands.
And i have the opinion that when ever a law is introduced to protect something, the truth has not been told.
Anyways, do with this as you please.
But Australia may be better climate, but the society is just as bad as it is in the rest of this socalled Civilized Western World where we allow one of our Allies to commit a G... en....oooo. cide.
Again, just an opinion from a dutch trucker.
@@truckitprayle
Hope it happens for you, if it wasn't for family, I would have gone in a heartbeat. Supposed to be very family friendly and lovely weather. Whats not to like.
What gets my goat about truck driving (been at it 20 years) is that a train driver earns 2 to 3 time the amount i do and does a quarter of the work..
Thats life mate seems the less ypu do the more ypu earn as you go up the chain, own a business and everyone does the work for you.
@@truckitprayle you drive a truck not for the money i think i do because i actually like it 😏.. ive probably got some hidden mental issues🤣🤣🤣
Never get rich in this game mate haha
@@spenstrangward5126 got diesel in your veins not blood.You wake up one day an it's their.But your never stop bitching about what a shit job it is.lol
Could have gone to new zealand 30 years ago but the wife wanted to be near her mum. Wish I had now as we are entering a long period of being worse off year on year. Just go do it.
Yeah its been a dream of mine for a long time so i got to atleast give it ago!
Container work is the easiest work in class 1
And to retake your test down under is so much hassle and they don’t use Digi cards there it’s still on a log book average time for your test and pass is 14 months
I have 3 friends that moved there last year and they got their licenses really quick. But yeah log book is a bit of a bummer haha
That's one seriously impressive reverse. Moving down under? Go for it! You have one life, live it. You'd get a trucking job there easily too. Who knows, you might even end up on the huge road trains, that's a job we couldn't comprehend in the UK. Is it true that HGV driving is a relevant skill for the Australian visa? I was led to believe you need a trade or qualifications to get into Australia (according to heresay) unlike the old days when all you had to do was rob a bank or kill someone and get a free boat trip 🤣🤣🤣
Haha well my partner is a teacher so she is in high demand so we would be going on her visa.
Why didn't you drive up to the gate on the tarmac and reverse round to the caravans keeping the green trailer on your blind side easy🎉
Because that would of been to easy 😅
Cannot wait for you to join me!! 🎉
Same matey!
I've been living out here in perth western Australia for 35 years now, great place but we have a housing shortage at the moment and it's very hard to buy or rent anything, prices are going up fast, good luck
Yeah i heard that, but part of the deal with the mrs sponsorship will be housing us and subsidised rent. 🤞
Are you trucking out there?
Not driving at the moment, I'm a bricklayer to trade, but every now and again I get bored and go back driving, there is plenty of work for drivers here, not sure about the rules with your truck licence here when I came I didn't have to do a test as I had a british class 1, but they did change it and you had to redo a driving test, but I'm sure you would have checked that out, good luck you will love it here if you like the heat
@@ianrobertson601At last an Ozzie expat that tells the truth.Oz ain't the land of honey it once was.My advice get shot of wife an go live in Thailand 😊😊
@@ianrobertson601You know billabong builders.Gary Gaffney .Perth based but now got Chippy shop in Jurien Bay. Long shot I know 😂
Moving to australia.. cool, can i come as a truckers mate fitter? only choking joking, not evan got a passport.. Good luck in your new life.. Do you watch outback truckers? Love that programme...
Yeah i have seen a few mate, i have a few friends that are truckers out there, really looking forward to a new challenge hopefully get a bit of roadtrain work.
I wouldn't move things are not what you think it is in Australia same thing here in New Zealand and around the world no housing and if you can it's very costly that's just one of the problems down under.
I done the math and financially we would definitely be better off in aus.
Cost of living has increased everywhere but the UK is just ridiculous, wages haven't moved anywhere near inflation.
Good luck mate on your journey 👍
Cheers dude where you at NZ?
Yeah mate ..wages have gone up here for inflation but they brought in Indian migration here to fill in shortage of drivers
Yeah well, i think thats just the way the world seems to be going now, i will definitely visit NZ when i get settled in aus.
Shire is on my bucket list haha massive (Lord Of The Rings) nerd! 🤓
Goodluck
Cheers dude!
@@truckitprayle im sure you will like it there..especially the weather..and thanks for all your videos..
Appreciate it dude, can't wait for the ball to get rolling now!
I left because they were trying to patch me with the apps as I know where its heading.
Where have you gone?
6:15
Me?
I would have put on my hazards and parked it for a bit to walk and check.
You just drive onto the property expecting it will be alright.
I have done that myself plenty of times, but sometimes it creates a shitload of problems which can be prevented by walking and checking if it will fit or not.
Seeing you struggle to get that trailer where you want it triggers me.
I see you start steering when the truck is moving.
Sometimes you need to steer before the truck is moving. I know, this is not nice for the tires. But sometimes you got no choice.
But i would have had that trailer backed up in that alley (9:43 the left) no problem.
I know cameras do not do justice to the situation at hand. But they do show that you aint steering too much.
When you pull it forward with max steering to one side..... before going backwards, steer it max to the other side.
By moving and then steering you only waste space.
Anyways, that is just an opinion from a dutch trucker. And i know: England is not the Netherlands. But still, it works the same.
If you move the truck and then start steering, you have wasted space.
If you steer and then start moving, you have wasted a bit of rubber, but potentially have made things a lot easier for yourself. (depending on if you are able to understand what to do in certain circumstances)
I still would have walked the distance to check if i should drive onto the property forward, or if i should back it in.
And granted, backing it in from the main road might have been difficult as well. But i rather spend a minute or 2 more to back it in and go out easy, than to drive in and get stuck on the property.
at 11:40 you still backing up and trusting the guy and his directions, and your own view of the situation.
But what is keeping you from driving a bit forward now? and countersteering????
You only make things difficult for yourself, while you now should have had room to drive forward and straighten things up a bit.
11:30: millimeters.
Yeah, if you keep pushing it backwards, it is.
But you have created space infront of you by going backwards.
Why not pull it up again???
You could have pulled it forwards again, straighten it out to be able to use the mirrors a bit better.
Man, you trigger me.
You made it look so difficult. While Stevie Wonder could have done this.
Well thank you for your wisdom, and yes maybe i did make it look more difficult than it was but at the end of the day as long as you get it done safe and don't damage anything in the process it's all good brother!
And there where vans and pallets all over the place.
Appreciate the feedback and time and effort you took to analyse it 👍
i agree, the camera does not do justice. I can not see what you see. I just judged from what i saw.
Nice job nonetheless.
But, in my opinion you made it difficult for yourself.
And sorry for analyzing stuff. It is a habit. I am no better than you are. And you are absolutely right by saying that at the end of the day the most important thing is doing things safely and trying to not damage anything. Totally agree.
@@truckitprayle
Did you have your heating on at your house or night heater on in your truck every morning I wake up I feel the same when I’ve got my night heater on
Hurry up with the next video 😂 I’m quite jealous wish I was moving to aus get on them road trains !!! 💪🏻
Haha no idea mate, just a rough night maybe 🤷♂️
Yeah im looking forward to a new challenge, we spoke about moving for a long time just got to hope the visa process all goes well!
You planning on driving over there ?
Yes mate, hoping to do some road train work if possible 😬
@@truckitprayle proper jealous mate keep the CZcams up though still waiting to see you out on the road
Just caught up with your videos. So you're coming down under. You heading to Perth or regional WA? Shouldn't have any problems going wherever you want if your wife is a teacher. A few British & Irish teachers at my boys school. And as far as your truck licence is concerned, buy yourself a packet of cornflakes when you get off the plane because that's how easy it is to get a heavy vehicle licence in all states in Australia.
Haha yes mate this is the plan, we are still deciding where to go, it will definitely be WA but not 100% sure where yet. The misses has had a few offers we just waying up our options!
@@truckitprayle I'm back in old blighty for a month in August for the first time in 5 years. First job will be to give my rental house a lick of paint which hasn't been done in over 10 years.
Perth W.A.Australians are lovely people, it's the immigrants i cant stand.And re us old school before sat navs we used this marvellous invention called the human voice You got out of cab an asked a fellow member of the human race for directions.Even worked in Europe.Ps Oz is effing expensive wages don't match what your outgoings will be.
I find £3.80 for a cup of coffe made by a machine highly offensive too my friend
Coffee *
Yeah it's a bloody joke, and sh#t coffee at that..
Was gobsmacked last night called at Costa, Cardiff West Services, M4. Bought 2 hot chocolates for £9.60 the worst purchase ever. Was more milk than chocolate was as milky as coffee latte. Never again.
Yep it's a joke especially when you have so little options aswell.
Lovely jubbly, let’s get out of here😊
You in Australia then?
@@truckitprayle No mate, Southampton area here in UK, too old for Australian visa😊
Yeah thats why it's now or never for us, we are getting close to the cut off!
You do know Andy an Drew monitor what you say.On thin ice I've been told.Unless you've got another job lined up.Go for it
Im not leaving the company, im leaving tge country big difference mate.
@@truckitprayle when
I don't know yet, im still in the early stages of looking into it, it's nothing to do with WF it's the best job I've had in fairness.
@@truckitprayle buy your sat nav of you Meet any boozer in Stanford Grays or Chafford Your choice
Pm me on whats app
Zzzzzzzzz
Thanks!
Hey Sam, jus wanted to ask, can an immigrant apply for HGV leaners licence and if so can he also apply for a job as an HGV driver, cuz i heard UK no longer wants to provide jobs for immigrants
Hi mate, I wish I could help you but I honestly have no idea. Best of luck though.
@@truckitprayle alright thanx. One more question, how many off/holidays does an HGV driver gets per annum besides being off on holidays
Is that cross and wells Sittingbourne at the start ?
Not in this video mate but many of my videos are there lol