HGV class 2
- Thread starter Robt
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Haven't done it recently but I would say you probably need the training, it's as much knowing what the examiner expects as anything else. If I was you I would go for class 1, sods law at some time in the future you will wish you had and it's not going to cost you any more to do it now.
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- East Sussex
Don't forget the CPC!!!!
And definitely go for Class 1.
And definitely go for Class 1.
Party Pete
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I think nowadays you just do a class 1 and that’s it . Not 2 tests like it used to be . The actual driving of the thing will be no problem if your used to tractors etc but probably worth getting the training for all the finer details , the instructors know what the examiner looks for
I did the class 1 at easter, 2 four hour training sessions Wednesday/Thursday before easter 1 session Tuesday after easter a 1 hour lesson Wednesday morning followed by the test, all training was done in an artic, L & T Driver training that I used were happy to do a 3 day course as I have driven tractors and large trailers for years, It is normal for the course to also include 2 more lessons in a rigid if someone has never driven anything bigger than a car, You could possibly pass without training but the reversing and couple / uncouple the trailer is taken during the lessons by one of the other instructors, I did feel that it was a good thing to re evaluate my driving as it was 40 years since I last took a test , when I sat in the truck for the first time on my first lesson the instructor asked if I wanted him to drive it out of the depot and out of the village of Fitzwilliam as it is a bit awkward, I said to him that I would happily drive it to anywhere in the country but I knew that I would not do it technically correct and that I needed teaching to pass the test rather than to drive the truck, I passed first time with 5 'minor faults' I think that you can pass with up to 15! , it cost me £90 for the medical, £37 for the hazard perception and multiple choice theory test £1635 for training and test and then £400 for cpc, I needed class 1 hgv as I do some work on with tractor and tanker for Yorkshire Water and they insist on us having class1 hgv to enter their sites although it is not needed to drive on the road, I think it is their way of stopping the 17 year old rally drivers.
My advice would be for anyone thinking of taking the hgv would be to get on with it whilst you can go straight to class1 rather than 2 tests and 2 sets of lessons, this vas brought in during covid to speed up filling the driver shortage gap but this could change back at any time.
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My advice would be for anyone thinking of taking the hgv would be to get on with it whilst you can go straight to class1 rather than 2 tests and 2 sets of lessons, this vas brought in during covid to speed up filling the driver shortage gap but this could change back at any time.
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Be 20odd year since I did my HGV had to do the rigid and artic, was an old guy I did it with and I was supposed to go for a driving appraisal to see how much training I needed before the test date he'd booked me in for. Got close to the date and on phone bit of chat what are you used to driving etc and I just went out on the sat and sun for some lessons test first thing mon morning ended up doing exactly the same with the artic. Is there any grants etc? I know a guy I used to work with that is now an instructor for a firm and I'm sure he told me alot were doing it at one point on funded courses.
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- North West Wales
You’ll never pass it without some training as the tester will fail you on some technicalities by a roundabout or junction or hesitating too much somewhere else!! You need to drive the thing like the clackers at certain points to demonstrate your ability and take a 70/30 type ownership of both lanes in certain junctions etc. Another thing now is thatthe coupling and uncoupling and the reverse manoeuvre is now done in house by the training provider as opposed part of the test.
Did both mine in 2014 with some farming connect funding! Failed the Class 1 on the reversing! It was raining near horizontal all morning, was wet after the uncoupling and coupling back up, cab was all misted up as were the mirrors so just swung the trailer into the cones, went out to check as you can once, was just over a meter away so tried judging a meter by using the box profile sheets on the building we were next to but apparently the trailer bump stops touched the stick on top of the two cones. They didn’t move or fall over!! Tester did more or less tell me he wouldn’t of failed me but there was another hitler, sorry tester doing another test at same time in the test centre. Had to come back week after and do it again!!
Did both mine in 2014 with some farming connect funding! Failed the Class 1 on the reversing! It was raining near horizontal all morning, was wet after the uncoupling and coupling back up, cab was all misted up as were the mirrors so just swung the trailer into the cones, went out to check as you can once, was just over a meter away so tried judging a meter by using the box profile sheets on the building we were next to but apparently the trailer bump stops touched the stick on top of the two cones. They didn’t move or fall over!! Tester did more or less tell me he wouldn’t of failed me but there was another hitler, sorry tester doing another test at same time in the test centre. Had to come back week after and do it again!!
Party Pete
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I remember doing my drop and catch the examiner said get on with it I’m off for a pee behind that shed . Was fairly confident at that point I had passed
on a similar topic has anyone done any cpc online? mines up havent done any driving lately, I used to do a bit for a firm that went tits up just before covid always did my cpc days tagged on with there lads. was thinking a few wet winter days I might do it just to have.
- Location
- North West Wales
No, but I need two by end of year. Some do split two evenings and seen one do a two hour online prior learning session then a session 5pm -10.30 to get the 7hrs. That’s tempting for November time
Just done 5 days at our yard apart from tacho and first aid absolute waste of time
Timbo
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- Gods County
I would consider going straight the class 1.
14hrs, yes you will, at least- there's a specific "style" of driving the tester will expect. You'll fail straight off without that.
CPC also- as said.
smcapstick
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- Kirkby Lonsdale
Yes, there’s a minimum training period. It’s also unlikely that you would pass without it, as they drill procedures in to you that the tester is specifically looking for.
Any of us that can competently drive tractors, trailers, farm pickups etc. can drive a lorry. But it’s the little things that get scored.
Also, do class 1. It’s pretty muck the same price and covers you for the rest of your career.
Even if you’ll only ever need a rigid, it’s handy having the option of dragging an Ifor behind it from time to time.
Any of us that can competently drive tractors, trailers, farm pickups etc. can drive a lorry. But it’s the little things that get scored.
Also, do class 1. It’s pretty muck the same price and covers you for the rest of your career.
Even if you’ll only ever need a rigid, it’s handy having the option of dragging an Ifor behind it from time to time.
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- Wales UK
How much is it all these days.
Use to be subsidised if went through a firm or something.
Used to be a grand years ago but bet mega now??
Use to be subsidised if went through a firm or something.
Used to be a grand years ago but bet mega now??
various prices quoted here https://www.benshawtraining.co.uk/
goodness, cost me 400 quid for class 1 thought that was a lot of money
TheTallGuy
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- Cambridgeshire
I did class 1 a couple of years ago - as others have said it's definitely worth going for that over the rigid as it covers you for both. You get an initial 5 years CPC with your licence, if you need to keep your CPC going then you can do one module per year to keep it up rather than cramming 5 modules into the last year before renewal.
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