Getting into a mess is part of trucking. How well your get yourself out is what makes a good driver.
@SAGGYSACKS5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely spot on
@andrewdavis70177 жыл бұрын
I've been at this game for nearly 30 years. Am i perfect ? no will i ever be perfect ? no. My daily aim to get from the start to the end of a shift without doing any damage to my truck myself anything and anyone around me. Have i managed it every time no i haven't Don't beat yourself up over it mate these things happen. The upside you've learnt a lesson and won't do it again
@englishmaninengland14516 жыл бұрын
Andrew Davis absolutely bang on with your comment. I’ve been driving 16 years you do learn by your mistakes.
@1975toochubbs6 жыл бұрын
Where do I start?? It's simple pal accidents happen yes you do learn with experience but it still happens none the less. All boils down to what day you are having.
@englishmaninengland14516 жыл бұрын
Boils down to concentrating & looking in front of you. Experience is another benefit. We all have to start somewhere.
@lottielove73836 жыл бұрын
It does not matter how long anyone has been driving HGV's .....You learn something new everyday!!!!
@ScottAndrews6 жыл бұрын
+Lottie Love Very true!
@darrallmogg65406 жыл бұрын
You just need to slow down and check everything twice mate just don’t rush . That advice comes from driving roadtrains in Australia for almost 30 years
@stuartpattison15766 жыл бұрын
My dream that, to drive roadtrains in OZ. Need multicombination for that don't you?
@darrallmogg65406 жыл бұрын
Yes mate we call it a mc costs a fair bit to get.
@elizabethtaylor93215 жыл бұрын
Darrall Mogg And listening to Slim dusty trucking songs, great !
@weejock64337 жыл бұрын
That's how you learn mate 👍your doing fine.
@JamesSmith-bs9rx6 жыл бұрын
Every day is a school day in this line of work lol
@mikeclifton77784 жыл бұрын
Respect to you for letting us know you made a small error. There will always be someone making more than others. As long as you are doing your best then happy days.
@mikeslater18656 жыл бұрын
Just found your story today, and even though it happened a few weeks back now, don't worry about it too much, these things happen! I once pulled down a steel gate post (with gate and lump of concrete still attached!) with the under run bar of my trailer while making a tight turn into a yard! (A yard which I had driven into many times) Wasn't a beginner driver, should have known better, was literally trying to cut a corner and failed! The yard man wasn't too happy about it, but I pointed out that if it was that easy to pull down, it must have been ready to fall down anyway! Some muttering from him about "bleeping drivers", etc, and to my surprise, never heard any more about it! Went back there much later and a new post and gate was in place, yard man didn't recognise or remember me! Accidents happen in the world of road transport, the main thing is to learn from them and live to fight another day. At least no one was injured, that would have a different story! Thanks for sharing mate!
@angelaevalynnwainwright44945 жыл бұрын
watching this almost two years since it was put up and am glad that you shared it. You survived and have learned so much through the experience.
@peterlisyak53965 жыл бұрын
Scott, You know what this vid shows????? Your human mate, take a breath, don't beat yourself up over it, it's you're first and won't be your last. Keep doing your best, nobody can ask more. I'm a 60 year old Australian truck driver and have driven this country from top to bottom and East to West, And yes, I've made plenty of mistakes and been caught in others as well, keep up the good work son.
@adobe39107 жыл бұрын
I've hit a warehouse door before with a 44t full weigh lorry when I first started driving..... was nothing left of the door haha
@ScottAndrews7 жыл бұрын
Bet it never knew what hit it haha
@adobe39107 жыл бұрын
Scott Andrews haha
@tompodmore53996 жыл бұрын
I myself am young driver (20 passed at 19) I know what you mean about getting judged more for smaller mistakes but I see it as just learning, every driver has been through it, it's our turn now dude!! Gotta keep going! 👍
@martynlawrence23652 жыл бұрын
We have all made mistakes and still make the odd one now to this day and I have had my class 1 for 45 years. All down to experience which you learn over time. Keep your chin up!
@MrSquirrels686 жыл бұрын
Don’t beat your self up mate I’m only 19 I make mistakes everyday , you learn something new everyday
@expensivegardens65216 жыл бұрын
Done it a couple of times driving rigid with HIAB. Always happened when reversing before the wagon has fully leveled. Spray suppressor caught under the wheel and ripped the mud guard off. They say you learn from your mistakes but I'm obviously a slow learner. Nice video, safe travels.
@JaidenJimenez866 жыл бұрын
Lol I got a rigid stuck down a single track lane. Customer's place was down there, they said to come down, checked it all out on gmaps. Gets steeper and steeper, but I'm still OK to reverse out. Get to a corner, stop, got out and eyeballed it to be sure it didn't get worse further on. Hop back in and try to reverse to get a better angle at it as it was quite tight. Can't reverse, can I? It's winter, and the tyres are on the mud either side of the tarmac. All that happened was the truck kept skidding forwards. Nose touches the hedge, so I stop, got the customer then called the depot. Explained all this and said I'm not going to get through the corner without damage as I can't backup to get the side of the wagon away from the side (stone wall on the inside of the corner...). "Well we can't do anything for you so just crack on and do the best you can". Fair enough, I thought, I just stuck it in low range first and crept round, tearing the door mirror clean off as I go. Halfway round I stop and get out again to eyeball things, get back in, try to move off, wagon doesn't move. This whole time I'm fucking about with the clutch, parking brake etc so I assumed the air was getting a bit low so I just gave it some welly. Still didn't feel right, so get out again, but this time I look up, and see that my tail sweep has gone in the hedge, and a hidden tree stump had wedged itself in the top corner of the box, tearing a 6 foot hole in the curtain. Also the tail light had been ripped off. Phoned the depot again, explained it, asked if they were sure they want me to carry on... "yes" was the answer. Couldn't move, customer comes out with a chainsaw, cuts the tree stump out. By this time, some older guy who said he'd run a haulage firm of 20 years comes out. I told him what I'd done, and that I was a new driver and needed a bit of guidance. "No worries, you're clear now, follow me up to my yard at the top of the hill and I'll get a forklift out to tip you, I know these customers". With no nearside mirror, had to go up a 3m wide narrow track covered in mud from tractors, with camber to the nearside, no nearside mirrors, telegraph poles on the nearside, and it was STEEP. Back end of the truck was stepping out the whole way up, I just left it in a good gear and booted it to keep the speed up. Got up without a hitch, got tipped, van from the company comes out to replace the light and the mirror, I drive home with a torn curtain and a severely dented frame. Went back to the company the next day to have a chat with the boss off my own back to keep them happy, they said it wasn't my fault (even though I'm the driver, not anyone on the phone), agency said the same thing, everyone was happy. It was a shitty old wagon anyway. Lessons learned - check your notes. Guess what I was delivering to a small residential cottage? 2 dumpy bags of bloody gravel. How was I supposed to get that off? Could have abandoned that drop entirely. Also, never believe it when someone says "We get trucks down here all the time"....they're probably thinking of Luton vans. Funnily enough was in a tiny little 12 tonner not long after and refused a delivery due to a sharp corner, customer gets severely pissed that he had to meet me off-site, got all sorts of complaints. You can't win lol.
@ScottAndrews6 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear they were understanding about the situation and you had help to get out. And had plenty of those Gravel bag drops to last me a lifetime
@letshaveya6 жыл бұрын
I had a similiar situation to that but I had a big audience while dealing with it. I was doing bus charters and following the directions I had been given and they sent me into a small street that quickly became a narrow lane way in the city centre. I had 50 school kids and 2 teachers on board that all told me I should have turned the street before to which I said if only you had of said that before I turned into this one! So now I am stuck with 1mm clearance either side of the bus with a light pole on one side and a car parked directly opposite the pole. To make matters even worse everyone that was walking around and see's the bus in this lane way stops to watch how im going to get myself out of this mess, about a group of another 10-15 people with more amassing at the end of the street all pointing. I had to tuck both mirrors in and drive blind and rely on the kids and teachers telling me if I was about to hit the car or pole, Igot there eventually but my god did I give the person that wrote those directions out a spray when I got back to the depot. This was in the days well before GPS was around before anyone asks why didnt I use one. The fun and games of heavy vehicle driving, did it for 25 years that was enough.
@simonbroome71562 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate every ,day's a school day H G.V, 15 years . still have the odd moment. keep on trucking 🚚
@kebab65976 жыл бұрын
Every day is a school day bud, 25 years as a class 1 driver and I learn something new everyday
@taxidude6 жыл бұрын
Years ago, I was driving a Ford Cortina as a minicab. I parked in a pub car park facing a wall that was about 2 feet high. After sitting for about 10 minutes I got a call on the radio for a pick up. I forgot the wall was there as I couldn't see it from the drivers seat. I let off the handbrake and accelerated hard into the wall, creasing both wings and the front valance. I was angry with myself but not exactly a hanging offence!
@JaidenJimenez866 жыл бұрын
Oh and another time I rushed out of a yard as I was several hours late, drove 2 minutes down the road, join the A30, TNT 7.5 tonner flashing his lights and beeping his horn at me. Was thinking about it as I went down the slip road. As I join the A30 "Ah....bollocks"......I'd left the tail lift down and the door up xD Swung into a layby to pack all that away before someone spotted it hahaha
@mackan985026 жыл бұрын
i have been a trucker for just over 6 months now and done loads of misstake, i have pulled of a hose with some alcohol based liquid in it with out releasing pressure- ended up smelling like alcohol for a month, i have had to scrap 25 tones of cyanide because of misstake from me, the guy unloading and the one who sent the tankcontainer, i have reversed in to a staircase, sent a coworker to the get the wrong tank, forgotten to close bottom valve (severaltimes), showered in bindings (technicly not my fault but still, and obviously been late several times (mostly cus of my boss making bad planing), still only had one job tho and seams like i will be there a while. shit happens and it is something you just have to exept.
@adrianpoole9201 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like your a fkng disaster area.
@almostanengineer2 жыл бұрын
I know this video is 4 years old now, but I had an incident with a forklift, I saw a poorly placed pallet and went up to straighten it out, as I inserted the forks I clipped the middle rail of the pallet, and due to the angle I was trying to sort out, it got shunted off the back rail, and landed on the sprinkler pipe, causing it to rupture and flood that section of the warehouse, a total of £40k damage. I still work for that company, and I still don’t live that down, that was 5 years ago.
@tsankotsankov97723 жыл бұрын
I'm happy to see hgv driver share mistakes during the day, WE TEACHING FROM MISTAKES, all other hgv drivers are mistake less and given only TIPS .BIG RESPECT (SA)
@juliangriffiths72982 жыл бұрын
Loved listening to you "rambling on". Thanks
@scootyman29746 жыл бұрын
I've just started driving buses in August and after 2 million miles of taxi driving I'm starting over with the learning process. Totally different and I'm going through exactly the same as you. Every day is different with a new scenario or situation to deal with. The reason I think you will do well is you are taking on board what you did wrong and learning from it rather than keep doing the same things again. You will go far with your attitude I'm sure, subscribed and all the best 👍
@ScottAndrews6 жыл бұрын
+Scooty Man I doubt it will be the last time I do this in my career lol but have indeed learnt the lesson. Good luck on the buses
@stevenfraser26406 жыл бұрын
As long as you learn from your mistakes then you will be ok. Due to a faulty fifth wheel my trailer dropped off I was loaded with glass for recycling luckily it didn’t do any damage and I also hit a gas tanker on a single track road my lorry was a right off. Did I learn from my mistakes yes I slowed down and constantly check my lorry and load. Do all your daily checks keep to the speed limit take your brakes and most of all is if you don’t feel well don’t drive. I was a lgv 1 driver for 24 years never did sick always carried on till one day I found out I had a heart problem which I was born with and never knew about I handed in my license and a few months later had major heart surgery and never driven again. The doctors told me that my heart before surgery was ready to burst and I wouldn’t know a thing lights out. So never drive when unwell and if in doubt go to your doctors I was born with this and never knew about it. I’ve had 4 people die in my arms over the years due to rtcs in front of me and it’s awful. So keep on trucking be safe do your daily checks were human we make mistakes but learning from them is the most important thing
@ScottAndrews6 жыл бұрын
+Steven Fraser My trailer dropping off is a major fear of mine. Sounds like you've had it rough. Hope your alright now dude. And if i'm ever ill or tired i dont drive. Not worth the risk of getting others hurt
@stevenfraser26406 жыл бұрын
Yeah just get into a routine of how you do your checks and when you tip or load check again things can and do go wrong. I’ve had wheels come of on the M74 blow outs etc never be complacent and never think oh it will never happen to me. Your license your life 44 tonnes can do a lot of damage and kill many people. As a professional driver you have lots to think about bridges, other car drivers weather the list goes on. Any driver that says nothings ever happened to me are liars we’ve all made mistakes. If you’re an agency driver then remember you will be driving different vehicles different trailers. You just have to look on KZfaq to see things that go wrong for lgv drivers and there’s stuff you can watch to see how to do it. I was always a believer in watching and learning and asking if you’re not sure never be afraid to ask it’s better than the phone call you have to make when you make a boo boo and it normally costs more to. Be safe my friend keep trucking and don’t worry about what other people say we all had to start at the beginning and we’ve all made mistakes and always will it’s learning from them that’s important because if you don’t you could have plenty time when you go to jail. Stay safe
@AbdulMateen.6 жыл бұрын
Steven Fraser I work in a warehouse loading and unloading trailers. A driver backed on to a bay and went off to the drivers waiting room whilst I took the load of the trailer, I emptied the trailer and all I needed to to was check all the right stock had been sent to us but it was my break time so I went off to my break. Whilst having my break the driver had a heart attack in the waiting area. If I had checked all the stock before I went to my break he would have been back in his wagon and had his heart attack on the road somewhere causing unthinkable damage to other road users. So lucky in a way but still bad he had a heart attack.
@stevenfraser26406 жыл бұрын
Abdul Mateen yeah it’s funny how things work out. Like you said if he was on the road you don’t know what damage he would have done I’ve had friends die at the wheel of his bus after dropping of his passengers. One died in the back of his lorry another died climbing into his cab. To all drivers if you don’t feel well don’t drive get yourself checked if you don’t and you do take ill and kill someone you will have plenty time on your hands to think about it in jail. Stay safe
@georgerichardson9643 жыл бұрын
introduced my wife into your videos and showed her this one!!!! OOOOO he is so young
@johnmoloney5296 Жыл бұрын
Happy new year, just stumbled on this older video of yours,as we say in Ireland,the fella that never made a mistake never learned anything
@BrowerBandit6 жыл бұрын
we had a new guy roll a truck, he keeped his job, mistakes are made and trucks are being paid for.
@a320nick2 жыл бұрын
I was with a mate who did the navigating so we were in France heading back to UK and the route he chose was over the Massif Central, in a Westerly or Northerly direction. Narrow, very high, no barriers, fun city! And that was a 7.5t, I can't imagine that in an Artic! Another time in Germany, the fork lift entered the back of truck raised his forms and the fork lift guiders went up straight through the plasticky roof!
@438harry2 жыл бұрын
The time to worry is when somebody is injured. The rest is repairable...
@robertirving52932 жыл бұрын
Hi Scott been driving 35 years yes I have drop some clangers in my time not perfect dust your self off you go you are right as you are doing good job .
@bucketsamson83146 жыл бұрын
Wow, that was about the most tame trucking story I've ever heard...
@splitters24776 жыл бұрын
We all have little bumps now and again.... if your not sure about any thing... ask.. and take your time...
@owenlewis80066 жыл бұрын
Shit happens. First month on the road I managed to get the bloody thing stuck in a Devon country lane.
@ScottAndrews6 жыл бұрын
+owen lewis bet that was a fun day! I haven't gotten myself stuck just yet ... knock on wood 😂
@JaidenJimenez866 жыл бұрын
Let me guess - South Hams? That place is a no-mans-land for wagons, 7.5t restrictions everywhere as well, which don't come up in atlases or sat navs, either. Cornwall is worse, mind.
@owenlewis80066 жыл бұрын
Kingskerswell, just outside newton abbot. The route would have taken me to my delivery- if I'd been in a car. The proper route I should have taken was only slightly better!
@nervo63214 жыл бұрын
Dont beat yourself mate...we all did daft stuff in our early days...there is a hell of a lot to learn...i have been a trucker for 30 years and still learning...as technology changes etc
@MattFanelli6 жыл бұрын
It was my 3rd time backing up a double trailer, I was not paying enough attention and I jackknifed my 2nd trailer and hit the wall of the warehouse.
@jamescraig51445 жыл бұрын
First day on first driving job for an ironmonger, delivered to a building site and was a bit tight to swing the van so I went onto the grass on front of a new house. Didn't know the grass was just laid, sunk like the titanic. Wheels spinning and the woman of the house screaming out her window. Luckily enough the site foreman got the grass fixed and I went on my way. Kept the job for 3 years lol
@wullymc14 жыл бұрын
The 50 YO newbies you mentioned. I'm one of them lol. Passed my class 2 10 days ago.
@andyg817 Жыл бұрын
There's a Difference Being a shunter around the yard to a full day or week behind the wheel is totally different,.. keep fighting on... .. 😊
@gary636937 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear what happened Scott. Drive safe matey
@ScottAndrews7 жыл бұрын
gary63693 cheers pal! wasn't a big deal in the end. Just kicking myself over something silly that was easily avoided
@edwardjthirkill4009 Жыл бұрын
Hi Scott look how far you've come, proud of you 🤙🤠
@ScottAndrews Жыл бұрын
Thanks Edward
@edwardjthirkill4009 Жыл бұрын
@@ScottAndrews no problem safe travels
@bend3rbot6 жыл бұрын
Remember EVERYONE else was once new at it, AND they stuffed up! Half-baked heroes are a penny a pound in the industry always with their opinion of what you did/how good/bad you are for participating. They are the worst guides, and protective of their tiny knowledge. If you strung all your lessons end to end, you could get it all learned in less than a week, but how much did you stress learning it yourself, or dwelling on their opinions. Ignore them and be the change in the industry that transforms it to welcoming and helpful. The best blokes I remember in my work stopped to wish me well, say hello, wind a leg, hand up a strap, or offer some good advice. I try to be like them all the time now, and my crew like me for that, like the culture we've developed on shift, and pass it on, because we're all much happier doing our jobs without the bitches at our backs.
@jamesgraeme36576 жыл бұрын
Everyone who works makes mistakes. If you worked in an office the worst mistake would be spilling coffee over your keyboard or an email sent in error. Because you drive a truck the mistakes are more dramatic, but its human nature to make an error once in a while. What was it that George Harrison wrote in his song 'while my guitar gently weeps' ,? He wrote "with every mistake we must surely be learning" a wise man and great musician .
@mikeh20066 жыл бұрын
You'll be fine. I drive a class 2, had a couple of knocks since i started, but not for a couple of years now. I have been lucky enough to not damage any cars or anything of great value in my time (aside from the wagon). The loaders cause damage to it weekly though. May go for class 1 eventually, not sure i trust myself driving one though.
@JohnJohn83UK6 жыл бұрын
As long as your a good worker companies often except mistakes. I made a mistake and they could of sacked me but I got final warning then within a year I made a different mistake but due to problems at home effecting my work but I still excepted it and was expecting to be sacked as had a final warning within a year ago but I ended up getting an extended final written warning so I have great respect for my boss and company, very greatful. Been there almost 14 years.
@ScottAndrews6 жыл бұрын
+JohnJohn83UK That sounds like a good firm your with there
@JohnJohn83UK6 жыл бұрын
Scott Andrews Fedex Express. You work hard and they recognise it. Has its bad moments but I'm greatful for my first few years I was given more than enough chances. Been with them since I was 20 driving vans, I'm 34 now driving class 2 for past few years and hopefully they are putting me through my class 1 soon.
@richardnewton6383 жыл бұрын
We all started some time. But one thing most drivers of a certain age will try to stay away from is double deck trailers. Stepframe, lowboy, extenders, triple extenders upto 100ft long no problem . But once a week you will have some drama with deckers.
@woychck46 жыл бұрын
Dropped a trailer on my truck back of the frame just past the king pin. Did not check the locking mechanism around the pins. We all have those days driving. Just learn from your mistakes and double check all the time. Be safe.
@blobby2736 жыл бұрын
I once reversed up to the bay and didn't notice my container door had blown round destroyed the bay door and frightens the shit out of one of the staff I had been driving 8 years at that point
@ScottAndrews6 жыл бұрын
+frustratednomad bet that was quite a day lol
@jaredpeel18886 жыл бұрын
I did a similar thing, reversing down a slope on to a bay, the chain snapped holding the door back. As I was going down hill it swung out of view went through the shutter door and snapped two of the hinges on the trailer door, been driving 15yrs never happened before, just one of those things!
@Otacatapetl6 жыл бұрын
Jared Peel Exactly the same thing happened to me. Brand new Amazon warehouse in South Wales, forget exactly where. The place had just been built and the doors were new - came right off!
@o.l._l.o.0003 жыл бұрын
First night I've driven I went where postcode pointed me. It was tight neighbourhood street, the only way out of it was blind side reverse. Fortunately all went well.
@Theoriginalbigbrillo6 жыл бұрын
Scott, the same thing is easily done if you un-couple from a weighted trailer and dont bother lowering your air bags on the tractor unit , because you've done it a 1000 times before without any issue. Until this time your un-coupling from a brand new tractor unit and everything is still nice and new and tight, and you rip the mud guards, lights and all off ...........................ouch You learn every time you go out and drive, and you keep learning until one day you decide you have had enough, which in my case is fast approaching :) Class (1) 27 years on nights.................................................................
@paulra20025 жыл бұрын
Mistakes happen, we just need to try and learn from them. Respect on the driving through those narrow streets boyo.
@loadapish4 жыл бұрын
I done something similar. I was in a flatbed truck and i pulled down this little road. Realised that my drop was just round the corner but i had to turn. There wasnt much room so i reversed up a kerb aggressively and ripped the mudguard off. I was sweating trying to refit it while my mobile was constantly ringin in my pocket. I was trackered and they were watchin me just sittin there. In the end i came clean and drove the rest of the shift with a giant mudguard in the passenger side 😂
@donkmeister6 жыл бұрын
~20 years ago I saw a 50 tonne front loader reverse into a Ford Transit... That left a mark - one of the loader wheels pretty much ran over the bonnet. Fortunately no-one was inside at the time but the Ford was written off, the plant driver wasn't held to blame as the Transit had been driven into an area where they would stop the loader if people or other vehicles were around, so no banksmen required when the loader was operating. Parked right behind the loader (in his blindspot) and wandered off.
@ScottAndrews6 жыл бұрын
+donkmeister sounds like a pretty typical parking scenario. Doubt he made that mistake again
@Oheky5 жыл бұрын
Everyday is a challenge, don't break your self up about it. I have so.... many stories, but the most fondant one is backing down a country lane in the pitch black to unload 24 tonnes on cabling for a solar farm, being reassured that the surface at the end of the lane is strong enough to take the weight of the loaded trailer. Well 6 hours later being towed out by a bulldozer obviously proved the surface wasn't suitable. The mud was at the top of the legs forced into the chassis and the unit and trailer looked like I've been rallying in it. The boss was not to pleased.
@andygotting91526 жыл бұрын
We all make the occasional mistake, the trick is to not repeat them. Truck on driver.
@sylvaindrasse42616 жыл бұрын
I've been a truck driver for 29 years and I can tell you that yes, it is possible to have a blowout at under 5 miles per hour. Sometimes, all it takes is to get to where you are going just before it blows, and then it does blow once you start manoeuvering, especially on a trailer, because of the flexing of the (weakened) sidewall.
@cazpaton36716 жыл бұрын
I have only just discovered you today, you came up in my recommendations and I have to say, I like you!!
@AdrianWilsonBridders12345 жыл бұрын
Don’t worry mate, I’ve done the same, pulled the mud guard off on a high kerb whilst reversing, felt a total arse
@neilsowden8005 жыл бұрын
i hit a low bridge. i had heat exhaution and my mind had gone. no air con, prob 80 degrees in cab. just auto piloted into one of my regular car routes. wouldnt wish the experience on anyone. question myself a lot now
@davidevans2629 Жыл бұрын
It's alright scott.i knocked someone wall down in reverse when I first was let loose on a class1.it was a country lane very tight and I hit it and knocked it down.😭
@spinaway6 жыл бұрын
I've been at it for thirty years and I'm still learning. Shit happens.
@stuartpattison15766 жыл бұрын
My bad day was few months back. I went Fosters Bakery to collect a load of gluten free bread buns , thousands. Strapped them all in, just going round a roundabout and heared a load of rumbling, opened the back doors and the buns were everywhere , ruined, I didn't close the straps properly , got a final written warning .
@T55Kev6 жыл бұрын
I'm that 55 year old that's done all the same stuff mate and I feel just as stupid but it's all in the past. I've run mudgaurds over same as you....got an artic stuck across the road in Portsmouth on the first day on my own and jammed the city centre up...twatted my mates shiny artic with the tail end of my first 26 tonner....and he got me the job lol. Now I just take it in my stride. Join the club dude and just suck it up. 🙄
@putanothershrimponthebarbi15926 жыл бұрын
You aint a proper lorry driver till you hit something. 20 years and im still learning. Dont let things like that get you down.
@ScottAndrews6 жыл бұрын
+Kevin Williams I get told that quite a lot, thanks Kevin
@JohnJohn83UK6 жыл бұрын
Kevin Williams I've had things hit me and all I've hit are big arse branches on country lanes taking out my mirrors. Does this count?
@stuartpattison15766 жыл бұрын
Tell me about country lanes. I got lost near Stoke . The M6 was closed from junction 18 going north, so I took this country road thinking it would lead me back on M6 further up which it would have if it wasn't for a flaming bridge 2inc too tall I was. Had to reverse quarter of a mile in the pich black night, stressful it was.
@mackan985026 жыл бұрын
i became a proper lorry driver my secund week than :D
@johnshelton67225 жыл бұрын
got it kid it was googles fault but now sorted,my kerfuffle was when i hitched up to my first air suspension unit to a non air trailer back in 1992,i just backed under the trailer and the trailer pin was higher than the 5th wheel and i smashed the units rear lights and put a dent into the fridge,the gaffer was not amused but he just reminded me for a month of my little mishap,your not the first and certainly wont be the last so keep the vids coming kid and give a retired class 1 driver something to do.
@jadeb73006 жыл бұрын
In oz we use a lot of truck and trailer combos, I was chaining out ( spreading )some road base cement treated rubble on a worksite in preparation for an assembled bridge move, I've been doing this a while.. The grader operator told me to put the trailer bin higher to start the product out early, I declined, was called a pussy, obviously went higher, let the brakes off, in gear, lurched forward to start the spread, load shifted and trailer fell on its ass, dolly a couple of metres in the, bent drawbar, bent towing eye. Could have been much worse. My point is, tell the operator to fuck off next time and I'll do what I do. Lol. Still gainfully employed.
@justinkelders6 жыл бұрын
lil tip its smart to bring some woodenplates with you for under the landinggear so it spreads the wait so it doesnt push into the ground.
@ScottAndrews6 жыл бұрын
Good tip. Thanks buddy
@grahamjohnson47026 жыл бұрын
And you think the pallet will support the weight of a loaded trailer do you?
@justinkelders6 жыл бұрын
mate i said a plate so like a thin woodenplank, here in holland we all do it never did one give in.
@grahamjohnson47026 жыл бұрын
Sorry miss read as pallet, in the old days when I was a driver we always had wood blocks with a saucer shaped top which wood do for legs with wheels or flat plate.
@CannaDan4203 жыл бұрын
Serious story about handbraking an empty artic on the gravel at the services somewhere on the M5, early hours of the morning next to some Eddie Stobart Lads... Parked it perfectly Drive LOL
@ElvisPresley683 жыл бұрын
About 30 years ago when Trailers didn’t have Air Parking Brakes I wound the parking brake on after dropping it on Quay Side at Grimsby Docks after dragging it from Aberdeen, Having a dodgy night out at home ! Went back next morning missed the pin Twatted the headboard trailer went into dock paper reels the lot !went back to yard at immingham picked up my next trailer bound for Great Yarmouth ! About 4hrs later rang in from customers phone telling them I’d tipped , Then the question James where did you drop your trailer this morning? Why in the yard I said ! Bollocks they not only took the shunter but a load as well ! Fortunately for me the shunt motor got nicked in the night so they presume to this day they took trailer as well !!!
@mattgibson45356 жыл бұрын
Some days its like iv never reversed before lol. we all have off days pal. Best thing to do is crack on with a smile
@19DS014 жыл бұрын
I've watched a few of your tubes (well bits of them), and had a feeling you hadn't had your licence that long. I'm not knocking you, because we all have to start somewhere. But I've been driving lorries (and that's what they are in this country) for 38 years and I'm still learning. And if you come across a driver who thinks or says he knows it all, "bullshit". We all make mistakes and sometimes really stupid one's, we all have good and bad days sometimes going into weeks, and we all beat ourselves up about it. But usually we don't make the same mistake twice, we learn from it. So crack on, you are not doing anything anyone else hasn't done.
@TonyWilliams426 жыл бұрын
By the looks of it I work for the same company Mate... Accidents will happen mate but the best thing to do is get over it and get on with it and learn from it... I've had my fair share of bumps and I'm still there lol.
@BianShaw6 жыл бұрын
Was a bad day from the get go fatigue related im assuming, all leading up to a reverse on my blind side without getting out and looking, it even felt wrong.
@theolderigetthewrongbitget47464 жыл бұрын
Hi, I've been driving buses and coaches for over 40yrs, worst of a few incidents was taking the rear window out of a coach in the first 10mins on the first day of a new job, thought I;d get fired then and there but the gods were with me and I stayed on, told not to do it again. As said every day is a school day.
@mikebowles40433 жыл бұрын
Nightmare day😬 recognise that road to mcmillians been there many times!
@doms67414 жыл бұрын
Mistakes happen. If you learn from them, that's what matters.
@gwandao3 жыл бұрын
I’ve had loads of dinks some worst than others. Problem is take your eye off the ball for just one second and that’s when they happen.
@Hfanstar6 жыл бұрын
first month of driving, car with no abs, hadnt learn how to pump the brakes, straight into a wall skidding, minimal damage (scratches) just slid on wet leaves and didnt know what to do
@nathanlacey144 жыл бұрын
Spent half the video wondering how you were steering without actually steering 😂 I'm going to sit in a dark room for a while good night
@MartinTeerly6 жыл бұрын
When I passed my class one (month ago) I was trying to hook up and trailer. I had tractor too low and overshoot a kingpin. Didn't hit the trailer with a cab tho. Boss came. Helped me. Still have a job We all make mistakes bro. Dont worry
@billkillswitch45482 жыл бұрын
If you have never done anything wrong, you've never done anything! That's what an old boss said to me back in the days when I drove units. 👍
@MrLandyman1232 жыл бұрын
We all kuf up in this job, I reversed over an area managers car bonnet once blind siding it into a shop delivery. You need to have a thick skin in this job I still get taken piss out of for it now and that was 7 years ago
@leeoliver71513 жыл бұрын
Stuck in a field last Monday and at to leave the lorry stuck over night 😩😩
@alexanderSnilsson4 жыл бұрын
GOt a nice channel here, and I'm not a driver or interested in the field really. Just came for the storytelling!
@williamm38206 жыл бұрын
We all make mistakes. You seem to really care about the job though, and are trying to do your best - can't do no more than that so carry on, do things at your own pace and carry on safely :)
@GazzR846 жыл бұрын
Great vid scott, the way i look at it you've learnt from it and this vid has taught new drivers or upcoming drivers something. We all make mistakes, cheers. P.s just subscribed keep em coming
@ScottAndrews6 жыл бұрын
+Gazz R Thanks Gaz. Yep definitely learned something here lol
@pudmate63636 жыл бұрын
We all make mistakes son. 38 years driving I still make mistakes
@ScottAndrews6 жыл бұрын
+Pud Mate cheers mate
@rogeruk92633 жыл бұрын
Many times I’ve said on a bad day, “why The hell am I doing this job?”
@1234niall5 жыл бұрын
Once dropping a loaded tipper in a yard I worked at, wasn't hooked up and legs were already down, wasn't even fully under the trailer. I get in, forgetting to check whether or not the legs were on the ground, which they weren't. So I drive forward and the kingpin drops straight on top of the batteries (was in a Volvo, batteries located at the rear) At first I was worried because yknow I've just smashed a really expensive truck battery. Boss walks over, "just take it to the garage, put a new battery and cover on" say no more about it. Next shift the driver of the very same lorry did the exact same thing, shit happens!
@kitt10564 жыл бұрын
Great Story, Love it :D got my class 1 training this week and I have a feeling I'm going to be experiencing this :O
@craighughes415 жыл бұрын
plus the day u think u know it all hang ya keys up coz everyday is a learning day 👍👍👍
@markm-ci6rj5 жыл бұрын
Over the years I have done a truck full of f... ups. Missed the pin more then once, damaging the back of the truck, or the lights or the pin, forgot about a car parked next to me, ripped curtains, gone north instead of south (before sat navs) and went to wrong addresses, dropped trailers without winding legs down. In my defense most mistakes happened towards the end of the week or end of a very long shift when i was really tired. did you not think of warning the other driver, but shouldn't you leave an inch or two of drop height?
@trevthetruckie71846 жыл бұрын
keep up the good work -we have all stuffed up at some point in our career but did you learn from your mistakes ??? i did and I'm still driving lol now I'm at the top of my game! good luck mate
@deanpipe83292 жыл бұрын
You live n learn mate everyday
@jameswallace70913 жыл бұрын
If a company banned me for a mistake like this I’d count it as a good thing. Wouldn’t wanna work for a place if they are gonna be arse holes about a simple mistake
@jbaker64986 жыл бұрын
They won't ban u pal they can't get folks to do that job anymore. I used to do it .they treat u like shit
@assacoon6 жыл бұрын
Just found you and dropped you a sub! 👍👍👍 I like your videos mate. I've been in the same job which is landscape gardening for 17 years now. Been thinking of a change and doing hgv driving. Here a lot of bad things about the job these days but I suppose you just gotta love what you do
@ScottAndrews6 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate. You just got to take the rough with the smooth, but you do meet people who are constantly negative about the job, even without reason.
@assacoon6 жыл бұрын
Scott Andrews Same with any job I suppose, nothing is perfect. Thanks for the reply
@ericclark87106 жыл бұрын
You are funny,I'm from USA. Our trucks are around 86ft. I enjoy your videos.advice you drive a truck your always in a mess