Want to do mine in the coming months
Well I am off to start training on the big stuff - first lesson in an articulated lorry starts in 40mins.
To all those in the Wirral / Chester area - beware of the big yellow and blue truck!!! Test is next Wednesday so pretty intensive and will hopefully
start a new job very soon after that. Beats sitting in an office anyway hey!!
Later
Paul
Good luck
Want to do mine in the coming months
All the best Paul!
Steve
Good luck mate. If you master that reverse parking I can guarantee you'll pass just from the confidence you'll exude. I nearly shoved the
trailer through the wall at Kirkham Prison on the first go. The examiner was a one armed fella who had to drop his folder to throw his arm up and
scream 
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Originally posted by mistergrumpy
Good luck mate. If you master that reverse parking I can guarantee you'll pass just from the confidence you'll exude. I nearly shoved the trailer through the wall at Kirkham Prison on the first go. The examiner was a one armed fella who had to drop his folder to throw his arm up and scream
Good luck, just keep on trucking.
Oh aye, and it might sound cheesy but I watched all 3 Smokey and the Bandits several times throughout my week of lessons and was constantly humming
the tune. It just got me in the mood and stuff. Was great. "We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.....watch old Bandit
run yee haa!!"
LEGEND
(and good luck with the training and test)
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I used to shunt and sheet trailers before these fancy Tautliners came in. Long trailers are a doddle to reverse, the 28 footers we used to use for
short drops were b@studs to control though
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Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
Well I am off to start training on the big stuff - first lesson in an articulated lorry starts in 40mins.
To all those in the Wirral / Chester area - beware of the big yellow and blue truck!!! Test is next Wednesday so pretty intensive and will hopefully start a new job very soon after that. Beats sitting in an office anyway hey!!
Later
Paul
Thanks all. Well that was fun - driving around town centres with 18m of wagon!!! I have a really tall wagon too so it cuts the available test routes
down due to all the low bridges and so on around the North East Wales area where i'm taking the test next week - pretty much keeps me out of
Wrexham town centre anyway which is good!!!
Do reversing tomorrow - looking forward to that!!
Off to the pub with Richard Quinn off here soon. No excuse - we're just going!!
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Originally posted by mistergrumpy
Good luck mate. If you master that reverse parking I can guarantee you'll pass just from the confidence you'll exude. I nearly shoved the trailer through the wall at Kirkham Prison on the first go. The examiner was a one armed fella who had to drop his folder to throw his arm up and scream
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Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
Do reversing tomorrow - looking forward to that!!
!
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Originally posted by b16mts
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Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
Do reversing tomorrow - looking forward to that!!
!
Now i've not done it before, but I think you'd stand more chance looking backwards! or at least in your mirrors!
Martin.
PS, was hoping to come over this weekend but it keeps looking less likely.
Incidentally I had an application in to that prison for a job too. Good job I didn't take it eh