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Sprinter-Saurus Forums Junkie Location: Sydney Registered: April 2003	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise Sat, 04 June 2005 14:20 I'm a truck driver, and I've got to say it's pretty good, out in the sunshine all day, doing easy stuff like ropes, straps, dogs and chains, a lot of the stuff you do is mentally easy, but phyiscally harder, like climbing up on the tray or on top of loads to pull straps and ropes over a load, or even to tarp a load if the weather looks bad. I drive an MR truck, which means it's a Medium Rigid, so I can drive any truck with 2 axles total and upto a GVM of about 16 tonnes. I work for a transport company that is run out of Dubbo, but I work out of the smaller Sydney depot, which is good as we don't cop any flak from the admin in Dubbo as my boss here in Sydney keeps our depot running smoothly. We carry general freight, which means just about anything, from tyres, wood, steel, pallets of anything, chemicals, motor-bikes, smaller trucks, 4-wheelers, anything you can think of, if your thinking of driving a truck, make sure you know what you want to carry before you look for a job, it will make it easier to find something that suits you. Your best bet would probably be to get a HR license, which is Heavy Rigid, as then you can drive any truck under a semi, which would give you more of a chance of landing a good job, I'll probably be upgrading my license soon to HC, which is Heavy Combination, which is a semi-trailer license, as I'm looking to switch over to car-carrying sometime in the future, but a lot of the time your only driving an MR or HR when carrying cars, but it just gives you more scope for later on. I reckon if your considering giving truck driving a go, head to a Heavy Vehicle License Instructor and do the course with them and get your truck license and you will see if it's what you want to do or not, as someone else said it will cost you a bit to get the license initially, but then once you've got it you'll always have it, even if you don't get a driving job straight away, it will always be there and you can fall back on it anytime. Getting the license is easy, it's mostly common-sense, you've just got to be more aware of your surroundings and know the vehicle dimensions well, oh and also watch out for just about every car on the road, because car drivers seem to think an truck big or small can brake and pull up in the same time and distance as a family sedan lol. [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Dilema.....Job Wise	KOFFEE-BLACK	Thu, 02 June 2005 21:53
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	Hi-Ace	Thu, 02 June 2005 22:32
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	KOFFEE-BLACK	Fri, 03 June 2005 00:13
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	ra_28	Fri, 03 June 2005 00:23
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	rob_RA40	Fri, 03 June 2005 00:26
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	TurboRA28	Fri, 03 June 2005 00:27
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	KOFFEE-BLACK	Fri, 03 June 2005 00:40
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	rob_RA40	Fri, 03 June 2005 00:43
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	acreese	Tue, 07 June 2005 07:23
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	CLG	Fri, 03 June 2005 14:55
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	BOCKA	Fri, 03 June 2005 00:40
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	TurboRA28	Fri, 03 June 2005 00:48
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	KOFFEE-BLACK	Fri, 03 June 2005 01:00
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	Mookie	Fri, 03 June 2005 01:01
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	Ribfeast	Fri, 03 June 2005 01:17
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	KOFFEE-BLACK	Fri, 03 June 2005 01:20
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	AJ200	Fri, 03 June 2005 01:50
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	jackel	Fri, 03 June 2005 11:20
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	peeack	Fri, 03 June 2005 16:39
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	shcao	Fri, 03 June 2005 16:45
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	thu187	Fri, 03 June 2005 16:14
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	KOFFEE-BLACK	Fri, 03 June 2005 21:43
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	Hi-Ace	Fri, 03 June 2005 21:59
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	Yian	Fri, 03 June 2005 22:30
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	river	Sat, 04 June 2005 00:02
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	Sprinter-Saurus	Sat, 04 June 2005 14:20
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	KOFFEE-BLACK	Mon, 06 June 2005 05:11
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	unforgiven	Mon, 06 June 2005 05:23
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	EldarO	Mon, 06 June 2005 06:05
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	Sabbie	Mon, 06 June 2005 06:30
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	Mookie	Tue, 07 June 2005 03:04
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	shcao	Tue, 07 June 2005 04:50
	Re: Dilema.....Job Wise	bubbles	Tue, 07 June 2005 04:55

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