I wanted to be a driver like you but it didn't happen. I drove a lorry for a bit during my training and I must say it scared the shit out of me. Not for me. But you guys have my deepest respect for doing this job. Stay safe.

@jumalauta4223

10 ай бұрын

I was scared shitless through my first driving lessons too, but like most things you grow used to it. I passed for my truck + trailer in september last year, switched back to my previous employer, and do occasional runs now locally while still working at the yard full time. Just gotta wait it out until a truck becomes available to me. I'd say try it again, you might just get used to it.

@Omni_Shambles

10 ай бұрын

It's cute that he is jealous of the store drivers. xD

@GsCConcrete123

10 ай бұрын

its just a job. we all do it. we have eyes in the ass and more. so you no. 🤣🤣🤣

@colinrunciman5166

10 ай бұрын

@jumalauta4223 courage that's all,

@woodsy.2977

8 ай бұрын

It is absolutely not easy at all, you are right on that. Super stressful with the situations you’re put in

I ride a motorbike daily. One thing I always make sure to do is respect the truckers. Not only because a collision for me would be lethal, but because I can't image how difficult this job is when bikers try to tuck and sneak in and out. Nice work mate.

As a former forktruck driver & instructor who unloaded artics, I always greatly admired the skills of the drivers. But seeing videos of their daily driving skills takes my admiration to the highest level. You guys deserve every penny you earn! EVERY car driver should watch these videos, and learn to give HGV drivers MORE consideration than they usually do.

You sound so chilld bro x) This kind of work looks incredibly stressful to me, you guys are legends and - thanks to channels like yours - I treat HGVs differently now when I'm drving my wee car.

@terrystratford1235

10 ай бұрын

It is a difficult job at times! It's great to hear u treat us well after watching vids of our day! It's a shame it took that thou! We deliver stuff so everyone can buy things.....everything everyone has, has been on a lorry! The bricks for houses, your sofa, bed, clothing, food, even your car! 😎

@colinrunciman5166

10 ай бұрын

39 years I did it , and thankyo

@colinrunciman5166

10 ай бұрын

Golden if you under nerves you are go to make a mistake, rule 1 do not pannick!

@Dortchskii

8 сағат бұрын

that's the secret. When i start talking about every action, and my surroundings in detail. I'm stressing out. maybe its the same for a lot of drivers.

started store delivery in in march, straight after passing, and I love it. 5 drops a morning in a double decker, the challenge keeps it interesting for me and I'm lucky enough to have a job where the hours are very good. nice video as well, going through your other videos now!

@andy1179

6 ай бұрын

Straight after passing your licence ! Stick with it and nothing will ever be impossible for you, you will be able to put a truck into the tightest and most impossible to reach places , your skills will stay with you for life !

Nice video and well handled. I do store deliveries for Aldi on both single and double decker trailers and it can definitely be super stressful. Most of the time we have to manoeuvre in tight busy carparks, often having to jackknife the trailers round the building on the blindside. If you don't kill someone it's a bonus 😅.

@JulianShagworthy

8 ай бұрын

Sounds like Aldi in Kensington Close in Northampton, classic for that!

@Dean4471

2 ай бұрын

​@@JulianShagworthyI am delivering in the north of England and there are some real tight spots 😆

Well done raul, you are a great hgv driver, I am a lorry driver as well and the general public have no idea how stressful it can be sometimes,thank you for showing us some of the challenges that we face on the daily basis

@piethein5417

8 ай бұрын

Well I don’t know for sure but the general public part who have ever used even a small utility trailer should be aware of what a pain in the ass it should be!

Food service was the worst work I've ever done. When you turn up to a pub in the middle of a small town, nowhere to park so you completely block the road, with a full cage of loose bottles of spirits that you can't push up to the door because there's no dropped kerb and they just sit there watching you make 20 trips cos you can only carry 4 bottles at a time. Sometimes 15 hour shifts. No help, just throw the keys at you with no idea where you'll be going. Fuck that shit.

Just finished after 50 years of HGV driver. Treat like a Dog and spoken to like an Animal. Best of luck its not the Job it use to be. 4 on 4 off, you only get a weekend off every 6 weeks. Your always at work when your family and friends are off. and your wrong Tanker Drivers earn a lot more than Delivery Drivers, And even that gone down by about £8 an Hour.

@user-wl5nn9on9q

9 ай бұрын

salute

@kamranhashmi1575

9 ай бұрын

50yrs on the same job?

@newton18311

9 ай бұрын

50 years as a HGV DRIVER@@kamranhashmi1575

@TheLondonCyclist

9 ай бұрын

That's your fault for being a bum growing up and not getting a proper job. Don't blame others.

@JulianShagworthy

8 ай бұрын

4 on 4 off is the best shift pattern going.

This driver is chilled….. The rules are to read your notes..HOWEVER….if he’d of got out and asked once on site,the job would of been easy. Sometimes we all mess up,the key is to keep calm and not spiral out of control. A Cup of Tea always resets your brain. Excellent Video 👏🏻

Great video mate and well done on being so relaxed in what can be stressful situations..

Fantastic Raul thank you for an insight into your life

Great video again. It would be nice to see some outside loading and on loading as well if you can . Thanks love the videos

Getting my license soon so it's cool to have some insight! Thanks man.

You make it look so easy, I love watching these! I'm sure it's not easy though, you just have the skill :)

I would call you chilled too. Excellent job matem❤

This is exactly the kind of content that i've been looking for. Keep going!

Another awesome video. When I am going to places never went before, always check on google maps satellite and street view. This is our life :)

Nicely done bro ! Calm & level headed wins the day.. 👌👌👌👌

I Always admire the HGV drivers who make our stock deliveries. Watching them drive such a large and sometimes long vehicle makes me nervous!. Thanks for this insightful video!

This guys funny. He's so chilled 😂

Awesome vlog, Man. I would lose my mind doing store deliveries.

Nice video Raul you seem a relaxed sort of guy who takes things in your stride wish I was like you when I’m driving trucks

Not me thinking I could do this easily cause I play a lot of ETS 2 :D But you're a very relaxed driver and easy going content, thanks for your work

@notirishrider7953

9 ай бұрын

Yeah ETS2 Pro Mods map really teaches you some truck yoga

Class driving and reversing Raul

I work for Screwfix and I feel your pain. Some of the places they send us are so challenging but it makes you a better driver. Enjoy your videos and stay safe

I drove an artic and I absolutely loved it. I would love to do it part time on the weekend or whenever I'm free. It's such a joy, and the size feels incredible. The only thing I don't like is when you drive in unfimiliar areas where the roads can get narrow or blocked completely by road works. Than can be stressful because you're constantly worried about getting stuck.

Ive had to call ahead a few times, usually in greater london when security have to lift a gate for you to drive under a store, a real pain in the arse when they dont answer! Great to see your channel growing so fast! Im hoping my channel blows up soon too! All the best 👍

You randomly popped up into my recommended and you are in MOLD, my childhood town I grew up in. I’m so shocked

I wish I was you, you're so good, so calm. You make it look easy

Really enjoying your videos.

As a Sheffielder, Hillsborough is such a pain to drive in. So many bus gates and one way systems. I get annoying just driving in a standard car to hats off to you!

i was just thinking as you reversed out the gate to turn "well that's how the gate got damaged " 😂😂😆 then you said it

You are an excellent driver.

I did Aldi Coulsdon and the instruction was to call an hour before arrival. I did this but the girl I spoke to didnt pass the message on. It turns out that they need this time to put cones out in the carpark as you have to drive into the car park and screw right around to get onto the bay. So when I turned up there was a line of cars parked across the turning circle. Ended up waiting until each one had loaded their shopping then put a road cone in that space, then sit back in the cab until the next one came out and repeat for about 15 cars. Then get on the bay, tip yourself, put 33 pallets in a space big enough for 10 pallets and job done.

@Raul689

10 ай бұрын

easy 😄

@Luki-jz6gm

10 ай бұрын

@@Raul689 my dream job 😅

@Ryan-uh9le

4 күн бұрын

Lidl is the same, lasted 3 months.

Great video mate 👍🏽

I've always been impressed by how truckies can reverse a trailer into those spots. I can't even reverse a small box trailer with my car. I thought our Aussie streets were narrow in cities, but boy those streets look barely wide enough for your truck.

@crezzwell

8 ай бұрын

That's because reversing a small box trailer behind a car is much harder than reversing an articulated lorry. I've been driving HGV's for 18 years. If you can reverse a car and trailer or land rover with horsebox etc then you can reverse an articulated lorry with your eyes closed!

@seanyd5698

7 ай бұрын

​@@crezzwell totally agree caravans and box trailers react so fast! They are a nightmare to reverse. Also those little urban trailers are tough with no back end to guage where you pointing it. You might need more room for the big trailers but they handle much better when reversing

Job well done. I don't miss multi-dropping or doing store deliveries. Got it easy now on nights just going to the hub in the midlands then back to South Wales

Thankyou....Allways good.

love this man

Great vid! Some brilliant reversing skills too lol

Great video mate. Keep up the good work 👍

superb!!!! champion!!! you are fantastic.

Thanks raul .. allways enjoy your videos

@Raul689

10 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

That impressed me.... I was nervous for you.

Really good reversing x

Take my hat off to you. You've just gained a subscriber!

Enjoyed the video chap..Excellent

This is incredibly relaxing

Excellent video, respect!

@Raul689

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I always go onto Google maps, find where the best way is, then put the exact spot on my satnav. Never fails!

Liked this. Subbed 😊

Good work bro, keep health bro

I'm a store driver. £49,700 for a 40 hour week. Handling 200+ kg roll cages on and off a tail lift. Reversing into busy car parks. We had a new starter recently, 1st day totalled 2 cars. It was also his last day. That's life. Survival of the fittest.

@sircodezyy3514

10 ай бұрын

Bloody hell how did he manage to total 2 cars?

@asha893

10 ай бұрын

as a new hgv driver, i started driving for spar right off the gate. from a Category B car licence staight to C+E. man its a challenge, granted theirs urban trailers, but i wouldnt try to get my car in never mind ereverse an artic lol

@Nickbaldeagle02

10 ай бұрын

@@sircodezyy3514 tried to squeeze through a gap instead of waiting for them to move. My employer says they don't mind paying you two or however many hours wages if you get stuck somewhere. Far cheaper than shelling out 10 grand on crash damage. If you're late, you're late. They'll never pull your chain about it. Just be safe. He took a risk. Now he'll never get such a well paid job as this outside of petrol tankers.

@sircodezyy3514

10 ай бұрын

@@Nickbaldeagle02 Oh dear, unlucky for him! My goal for my career is to gain plenty of experience so I can become a European HGV Driver like my uncle. He loved it, constantly showed me pictures of the views he saw but don’t worry he told me all about the bad. Watch out for immigrants in your trailer, slashing your trailer, taking your diesel etc. But I could see myself being quite happy to drive a HGV for my career.

@antm2296

10 ай бұрын

Bit of a dicky thing to say really. And that’s exactly the type of talk that puts people off doing the job. You’ve got to try your best to get the experience and if planners/transport want to send new drivers to awkward places that’s their issue. Everywhere you go there’s good and bad stores, sending a new pass driver to a bad store is incompetent (as usual for planners). Drivers are supposed to look out for each other and we’ve forgotten that.

My absolute nightmare job haha - I can barely parallel park. Respect to you guys.

@MrSaemichlaus

10 ай бұрын

It's all in the practice. With experience you will mark out your next move before your inner eyes as if the road was a blackboard.

How the hell did I get here? One minute I was watching Osprey chicks on Loch Garten and the next minute I'm here. Well, after watching this fantastic, super interesting video I'm well and truly down another rabbit hole. You've clearly got the perfect temperament for this fascinating job, nice an calm with a touch of humour. Fantastic upload and fantastic commentary, cheers Raul, subbed.

@Raul689

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I unload these things quite often at my store and every time I'm stood there thinking I wish I was driving it.. We are lucky our yard has had three wagons innit before, brilliant access.. I cant imagine the others are as easy as ours. Tipped a whole trailer of cages and pallets in 23minutes the other day. New record

My favourite was a reverse across six lanes of traffic in the rush hour, in the dark and usually raining, on Golders Green Road.

Nice video. I did almost 4 years milk deliveries in and around London. Mainly Asda and Morrisons. Good experience because i use to start afternoon and didn’t get so much traffic. I didn’t get any assistance from staff but can’t complain to much.

@nohandle747

10 ай бұрын

I did this job too. Was hands down, one of the worst jobs I’ve ever head. This was when Arla were going out of their way to take the piss out of their agency staff though, things might have changed now.

@liviurosca

10 ай бұрын

@@nohandle747 nothing changed. I was lucky because at Aylesbury dairy afternoon shift only have big stores, maximum 5-6 drops. Day shift it’s a completely different story. 10-12 drops, maybe 15 drops if you work in Hatfield RDC. 😅

Best deliveries are always the ones where they stand and watch you spend 10 minutes reversing in to a tight yard, then they tell you they want it on the other bay right on the other side of the store.

wow the city is spotless very clean

I did some shifts for poundland. Never again! Those pallets full of drinks are a killer to pull with the pump truck, and some of the staff won't help, they just watch you. To be honest I'll probably go back to using my PCV licence now, as I'm sick of being lied to and messed around by agencies.

This probably gets easier with experience but as a normal car driver, this just looks so difficult. I always respect bus drivers for being able to navigate such a large box on narrow roads with all the parked cars. But HGVs are on another level with the joint and having to reverse with it. Even if i had the ability, this job would stress me out too much.

@TheStefanskoglund1

Ай бұрын

Depends on the bus and the lorry combo - a normal swedish bus has a pretty large overhang in the rear so if you don't plan ahead and watch your mirrors you will side swipe a sign, another bus or a car or a truck WHILE driving forward.... A normal 25 m comb scandinavia lorry doesn't have that behavious, and so while at least going fw they are a bit easier - but think about weight. If the road edge is weak stay away from them....

big up sheffield!

Superb driving hats off to you sir 👍👍😃😃

Im going to school soon for this work, gonna be fun.

Used to do the iceland store on the right handside as you reversed in at night and tight as hell. On the first drop as lock and drop

I do store deliveries too and I felt your pain on the second drop. Risk assessment says reverse in, but you could have easily drove in and turned inside haha. But no where to stop and go in and check first. All my drops are pains in the arse like this 🤣

@stackit303

10 ай бұрын

With the second drop....i wouldn`t mind betting there is usually cars parked up the back and that`s why your instructed to reverse in.

@sroberts605

10 ай бұрын

@@stackit303 That was my guess too, but the instructions could have explained that (plus a map with location of where to park)

Amazing vid as always. I will however stick up for not answering the phone, gone are the days when managers/supervisors are 100% in the office, they are shelf stacking, on the tills etc. Used to work for Spar a long time ago as an assistant manager and there would be only 3 of us in store majority of the time, if the floor was busy there was no-one out back. Then again shite managers and supervisors at other stores probably were which clouded your expectations of an answer. But drivers would always get a cuppa and something from the food to go section at my store.

I was like “I recognise that street” then I heard you say Mold and I was like “holy shit that’s where I used to live”

Back again , the man who's had more truck jobs than there are trucks on the road

@Raul689

Ай бұрын

At least I'm not settling for minimum wage like you probably have

That second drop was tight with those traffic lights, but textbook manoeuvres.

great video and worth a sub!

@Raul689

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

We, didn't have instructions, mate, we did by instinct, but your a good driver! .

I have a class 1 license, passed in 1997. Boy these trucks are so quiet and easy with automatic now! I had a spl;itter and a range change to contend with and sometimes double de-clutching too, it's a different world, would love to drive a modern truck now, tempting.. I have no CPC though, I passed before that was a thing.

@petermc1743

10 ай бұрын

@Robinmuk I've just got mine back after 25yrs of not driving. Don't let the CPC thing be a barrier - Do it online and it's just 40 hours of boredom and you're good-to-go for 5 years. Good luck! 👍👍

I work at that same poundland depot in Ashton-in-Makerfield as forklift driver😂 it's a small world lol

I just watch for the journey 🙂

So funny hearing your accent mixed with Welsh 😂

Skills!!

Take my hat off to you guys, i couldn't do it. I'm not a professional driver but i do a lot of miles and hate every single one of them. On another note, saw an artic reverse into a really tight gap the other day, super tight, driver done it in one with cars and obstacles all around him and he done it in seconds. He got out and looked about 14 years old! Well done mate, be a tough world without you guys.

@napalmpig3772

10 ай бұрын

To be honest once you get a feel for the size of the vehicle it becomes as easy as driving a car(sort of). Motorway driving is way easier in an artic than in a car, you've got such good visibilty. Now when I get back in my car and go on the motorway I feel like I have no idea whats going on around me.

Raul great content.If you don't mind, please share the consequences of having a small touch or a dent to a some ones car? how the company will handle it? any consequesnces for the driver? (of course consider no one is hurt!, just the damage to property) and what are the learnings if you have any, would greatly help. I am nearly an year old now into this. Lots of respect from Leicester.

Nice driving. I thought it is only me sweating when reversing in tight spaces 😅

This guy sounds just like Auditing Britain!! (Great video btw)

When did Arnold schwarzenegger do class one driving lol love the video dude

@Raul689

10 ай бұрын

😄😄

Worst store deliveries I’ve ever done are the express/smaller stores in towns. Got told to get there at 6am as the car park will be empty at that time. Backed it onto the bay, they were short staffed so one guy on his own unloading and me, took over 2 hours to tip. By the time I got back into the cab, car park was full, barely any room to get out and lots of SUVs.

theres a reason why those energy drinks are a quid mate hahaha

Used to deliver to that part of Sheffield for Warburtons in a class 2, wish they gave us delivery instructions like you, we just had to figure it out for ourselves, horrendous.

When you got out of the cab, I see you work for the same company as me 👍

I did this for 6 years in Canada, all trailer sizes, but often 53ft! Blocking traffic both ways to reverse off the street, motorists freaking out cause youre holding them up, just trying to do your job 😆

Gives me PTSD ! Had 1 place i had to go to fairly regular and i never knew how many cars would be in the car park i had to reverse trhrough, really tight entrance with old buildings where the second floor was wider than the first, the overhang was invisible in the mirrors and my left leg was shaking coz of the long slow reverse. My heart was racing before i even got there with the stress and anticipation. Then when tipped the exit would be blocked as someone "just nipped into the shop" for 20 mins !!"

The stressful bit is when other cars don’t want to wait and let you turn…..they try to get in between you or come in behind you when you are reversing….so you have to constantly look and wait and stop for them which takes longer and eventually holds up more traffic

@thesuperiorman8342

9 ай бұрын

That happens a lot if you drive in London. I don't know what it is about London but everyone seems to be in rush

They should provide a rear steer trailer for that tight lot. That's a lot of rubber off the tires just from spinning around that much, lol You handled it well. Who knows, maybe that lady was watching over her BMW ;)

Couldn't handle this at all personally, I got my class 1 but ended up ditching it within months. Got my PSV license instead and ow with less than 2 years experience I am already doing international coach holidays all summer, double manned and staying in hotels every night with full breakfast and meal paid for. Personally I like interacting with all the passengers, know some would rather work alone with their own space which is the only benefit I can see for HGV driving nowadays (with even this compromised with full time trampers having their cabs given to agency drivers on days off.)

@StefanMariann

10 ай бұрын

Yup good call.. Tour coach driver is an upgrade from hgv!

@andy1179

6 ай бұрын

Something to be said about freight that loads itself

8:11 With a 4 On 4 Off rotation you get 3 Weekends On, 3 Weekends Off and 2 Weekends with a split On/Off Off/On.

Passed my Cat C theory(s) the other day and hazard perception, just got to get me the practical training now but until then I'm stuck with driving a van although I am looking forward to upgrading it. These videos are encouraging! :)

@lapdog5067

9 ай бұрын

Night trunking is easy mate

Nice to have proper mirrors a lot of our wagons have the digital mirrors they are very bad

It's not just haulage industry, the jobs that are hard to fill are generally payed better than other just to try & fill the roles

I do store deliveries for Aldi. Day work. Its an easy job, 1 run with 1 store in the Moring and one run with 1 or 2 stores on the same trailer in the late morning/early afternoon. Self tip at store which is easy enough and load any empties on. Hardest part but you get use to it and becomes normal is some of the bays, a lot in small tight car parks and blind sides. Some cant handle the reversing and have wrecked cars but it is what it is, if your not comfortable with tight reverses its not for you. im doing about 40k-45k a year with minimal hours compared to the typical "HGV Driver hours" and I work 5 on 3 off.

I noticed the company logo of your truck was ARRA Distribution. I get them at work. I work for Dunbia. Do you ever deliver there?

I seen this thumbnail and I was thinking that's the road into my hometown... And it was! I've never watched any hgv videos before and KZread recommends one that was filmed in my small hometown. Very odd