smcapstick
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- Location
- Kirkby Lonsdale
The driving is the easy bit - any fool can turn a steering wheel.They could fastrac us farmers through to class one ! We are used to large vehicles.
The trickier bit is getting your tachograph hours and breaks all right, whilst still getting the job done.
The other is vehicle checks and maintenance. You have to crawl over that thing daily, weekly and monthly with increasing scrutiny.
You can't get away with 'it'll be reet'... it has to be bloody perfect for every journey, every time. That's where a lot of tractor drivers will fall down. It took me ages to get it all right but actually getting in and driving the thing was a doddle from the get go.