Health & Safety Gone Mad!

[@roncouch]

intriguing…a different slant on HGV driving I, as an armchair driver, was totally unaware of. Ever thought of getting into TV presenting? You’d fly it! Very engaging and made what is seen by most as a very boring job, a very enjoyable watch……impressed!

[@ThatRegularGuy94]

Met Luke the other day whilst delivering to the range Cannock seemed like a top lad and his videos were what inspired me to make the change and become a driver, best decision I've ever made, the happiest I've ever been at work and currently saving for my first house. Keep on trucking dude 👍

[@JohnSmith-zv8km]

Watching you drive makes me realise just how much responsibility and skill is involved.

[@XaviRonaldo0]

For f all pay

[@bellowsmain6762]

Really enjoying you content. Takes me back, driving all over the country for my job. Mostly alright but some days, bloody frustrating. Keep up the easy going attitude. It will keep you mentally healthy.

[@dustinmarshall6013]

I've only had my class 2 license since May this year. Your videos have saved me on things I've been to embarrassed to ask the hardened lorry drivers lol. But I'm loving driving a HGV. Class 1 in a few months most definitely. You've got another regular watcher 👍

[@gary63693]

Please remember that. The vast majority of drivers will help you if they can. Never be afraid, because one day, you may do something and it could be too dangerous or illegal. When i first passed my class 2, i asked questions. All the best to you and drive safe

[@dustinmarshall6013]

@@gary63693 thank you mate. Im really trying my best.

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

Luke As my old class 1 instructor used to say , there are drivers and there's Screwdrivers 🤣🤣🤣 Keep on Truckin Bro 👍👍

[@fatman2570]

As my my old instructor told me in 1968 you are not a real trucker until you've roped and sheeted and hand balled you load on and off.

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

@@fatman2570 Well, I've Roped and Hand balled , so 2 outta 3 ain't bad Fat man !! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@guymeadows7300]

Hello Luke. I passed you on the M56 today in my old manual Scania with a blue 45ft. container behind me (She does lead on a bit). We made eye contact & i was going to wave hello but i got distracted. Stay happy!

[@cartersubaru]

Just found your channel. I am Now a new subscriber. Nice to see the difficulties that HGV drivers go through. I am a milkman and have been for 30 years. Drive safe.

[@harrislondon]

It's funny I was an FLT driver for 8 years till I recently moved on to a HGV driver. My site would initially enforce on day 1 10 pallets high max due to seeing over the pallets. Both when loading curtained at 15 or flatbed at 20s. This changed when they timed it and realised its taking twice the time to do the same job... as well as an inexperienced driver having the potential to stack the second lot off centre leading to issues at unload. So they changed it to 15/ 20 if you're comfortable doing so 😅 they prefered seeing a 15 minute full load instead of 30-45 minutes clearly. Time over safety!

[@jaybatsford]

My old man worked for Chep at their place near Birmingham Airport, he remembers when the stack rules changed. It was the result of an incident where a lift truck operator was loading a HGV and was driving forward with a high stack and the stack went over and the top most pallet skimmed across the floor taking the legs from underneath the HGV driver while he was sorting out his curtains. The driver got swept under the trailer and hit his head on the trailer side fairings knocking him unconscious.

[@bally55andy]

Great channel Luke, Just found you by watching Trucker Jenko channel. The first drop is just down the road from my house.

[@leebenson2802]

They stack 10 high because when the pallets are back in the factory for checking and repair the workers check in shacks of 5 and it's easy to count stock.

[@christyler373]

yep

[@PeterPan-my7nb]

They can very well load the pallets one at a go as long as they pay for the time it takes. Charge them properly for the transport.

[@ANDREWB7360]

BRILIANT VIDEO LUKE. RE THE BEEPING NOISE HAVE A WORD WITH MARTAIN. HE HAD AN ISUE WITH HIS KEPT GOING OFF ALL THE TIME.

[@timtwyford815]

Nice video,I work at Batleys opposite Chep in Swindon.We load em 15 at a time!!

[@dripdrop28]

Great channel Luke, Just found you by watching Lena Trucker at Truckfest. Keep up the great work.

[@THDMNTR-qb3mz]

We use a similar warning system on our trucks for turning left, on the actual unit there might be a twisty turny thing that turns the volume of that beep down. It's still obnoxiously loud but it does help 😀

[@theenglishbiker8293]

That coupled with a sneaky bit of electrical tape makes it almost bearable. But still loud enough to be noticed when it needs to be

[@jojobroom]

As someone who loads pallets onto lorries for a living, I use a fork truck with double forks and load 15 high. So I take just 14 lifts to load a lorry. 10-15 minutes max. A tidy well stacked yard ready for our customers ie you lovely lorry drivers. The guys I load love coming to where I work as we are ready and professional and quick.

[@TruckerKelsonn]

I have the same sensors in my rigid, I’m at the point of not wanting to indicate left as I always finish work with a headache now

[@MrFlash4203]

When I was a forklift driver we were only allowed to lift 8 high the size of a regular palates goods. We were told the reason was because in wet weather Especially the pallets could slide off and could cause injuries also when driving if you have to stop suddenly they could shift more and fall of the front. Plus it moves the centre of gravity etc. Loads of different reasons.

[@MrTerryb1956]

Congratulations on getting married wishing you all a great life together x

[@spacedetective4445]

Bent

[@ibexdnb2879]

All the bloody sensors we must have on our lorries now is insane. Drive me mad! 😅

[@jamesnoonan7450]

I work in logistics (factory stores) doubt HGV is for me, but love the videos. You HGV lads put the graft in 👍 keep up the great content

[@morph1155]

Firstly, congratulations on the change of status!! 🎉🎉🎉 secondly at 1:01 and 4:17 into the video, KZbin have run adverts over it both of those times. Since the video was sponsored I though you’d like to know, I may be wrong but I though KZbin was not allowed to do that on sponsored videos.

[@muskateer12345]

snitch

[@thomashill3349]

nice one Luke, visions of vicar of Dibley when you jumped into that puddle

[@OMGitsAdaam]

Congrats on getting married. Just saw the old daf xf on the M5 southbound today. Gave a toot 😀

[@Jellan]

Trouble with that left turn beeper is if you modify it YOU are liable for any incidents, as you have modified safety features on the vehicle. Doesn’t matter if it’s not involved in the incident either. I’ll agree though it’s annoying. They should be able to turn the volume down for you at least.

[@Blackwater_House]

Do yourself a Huge Favour, don’t wear the Ring whilst working. Rings are incredibly dangerous in an Work Environment. Many a Finger has been lost because of them.

[@louiswojcik8008]

Had to laugh at that beeping🤣 see you at devon truck show

[@volvos60bloke]

What a brilliant video. Discovered this today, have subscribed!

[@TimmyTj]

NiCe love Trucking was a forklift and Reach truck driver myself but would have loved to actual Truck drive instead. Love your attitude & personality so far m8 Your entertaing as well for now time will tell i watch more of ya have only just subscribed after watching this vid :)

[@ronkeefe6780]

I used to drive a wagon and drag on the chep contract in the midlands, we ran 20 pallets high with 600 on the lorry. The chep employees used to load 60 at a time, 3 stacks of 20 on their FLT, they where good but some of the customers where terrible, used to stack them on 20s but would only load in 10s etc.I loved the job but not some of the customers

[@qasimiqbal1999]

I think the 104 lifts thing is ocd its satisfying I prefer to do this sometimes when im loading i line up the pallets and then load its just feels quicker than going backand forth idk

[@JohnWilliams-di3zs]

A great vlog Luke. Cannot believe that rule about number of pallets to be loaded at a time. Trucker Jenko had a similar problem which he resolved .Such a nuisance though. Stay safe and take care.

[@domg5163]

I thought i felt the earth shudder on friday, must have been you jumping in that puddle. You can wrap a load of duct tape around that bleeper, does the trick for me and i think some of them also have a little volume roller on it but probably won't do much

[@derbyphoter]

Oh i'm so glad i had to retire 15 yrs ago when my back went, places like this would do my head in

[@malcolmyoung7866]

First day on weekly rest...and I'm watching Luke C in a HGV....I need to get a 'feckin' life...

[@philmo5962]

We use long forks and lift 40 pallets each lift. 2 x 20 stacks. That's 16 lifts of 40 which equals 640 pallets and that still takes a little while. N.Z

[@briforks7681]

Worked at the factory that made most of UK's chep pallets (we called them GKN back then)used to store in 40s and move around in 20s,can only see moving in 10s necessary where lots of pedestrians which should be segregated from flts anyway.

[@tonylewis472]

Hi Luke and thanks for a great vlog, take care and stay safe.

[@robsmith8272]

If you do chep a lot bud. I recommend getting a few books from them if you haven’t already. Can write out all your own paperwork etc. I used to always carry a book when I did a lot of Chep work.

[@fredyoung5014]

We load pallets 20 high on flate bed and 18 on a curtain

[@seberous]

See this is what's crazy with health and safety. They address the risks of pallets falling by reducing stack heights, but don't take into account the extra risks from: the job taking longer so the forklift operating for longer, the risk of hitting someone when lining up pallets and restacking them, and the driver getting annoyed about how long it's taking or their concentration slipping from doing it for so long. Crazy world

[@jamesrichards9567]

My workplace brought in a similar pallet hight rule. It's frustrating for the warehouse staff as it is for you.

[@robertalford2257]

'Wont be going to The Range in Avonmouth'. I used to pray to hear them words 3 times a week, but they never came. Must be the worse security lodge I've ever had to fight/beg my way past.Hang on though, and there were the Aldi/Lidl warehouses I still get nightmares about. Congrats on marriage, and as we truckers say, - 'Have a good 'un'.

[@edwardwoodward8052]

The state of that place too, disgusting.

[@lisamounteney2519]

Congratulations hun. On wedding. Great video as normal.

[@LA-fr7fx]

Thank you.

[@richardpeacock7195]

I had the same issues at a big company just of J16 M4 but worse he only did 5 pallets at a time so every thing was tripled

[@alansimpson8735]

Hi Luke first of all i hope you and your family had a great holiday and Congratulations to you and your wonderful lady wife on both your very special Wedding day and have a very happy and wonderful life life together , I hope you and your wonderful lady wife and two beautiful daughters are all well and safe and i hope both of your familys are all well and safe has well , another great video just like always with great views has well keep up with the great work that you do and keep them great videos coming i wish your videos would be alot longer thou but i know that it takes hours to edit them Luke Drive carefully and stay safe Luke I cant wait to watch your next video just to let you know that i really look forward to watching your videos I am a disable guy and i havent been out of my flat now for just over 6 years now thats why i always look forward to your videos Luke my friend

[@markm-ci6rj]

Having to wear high vi's jackets all the time are h s gone mad, so are steel capped shoes in many cases and safety belts, so are speed limiters but forever heavier and bigger trucks that is OK, so is being sent out in ice, snow and high winds

[@brendanmichaelhughes8128]

Good video: really enjoyed it! And congratulations to you and you wife, on both your special wedding day> Drive safely.

[@stevemasters3753]

Congratulations 👍🥂

[@domainnameguy]

aa an ex coubterbalance forkie in a very very busy rdc goods in etc the chep truck gets loaded as and when it can but the forkie doesnt always know when the chep truck is coming in plus the reach trucks have to bring the pallets out of the warehouse etc then thhe yard forkie has to find time in their very busy day to load the chep whilst keeping the ramp clear of vans and 7.tt and class 2s etc plus because you arent in a flatbed the pallets have to be perfectly straight to fit flush etc you aint ald waffling tonight lol

[@michaelthomas3646]

yeah picking up a stack, then dropping them closer to the trailer, unless it was to seperate the stacks then it is just wasting time. shame you didn't get to see Martin, but yeah legal requirements are more important, not just the job.

[@almostanengineer]

It’s the same at my place, maximum 10 pallets lifted at once, stacked max 20 high, I’m not sure if move them closer to the wagon though, that just seems odd, especially when he had all those mixed stacks to sort too 🙄

[@gingernutpreacher]

Where is that? where I am I am told to shift and 15 high including Euro's

[@almostanengineer]

@@gingernutpreacher what?

[@gingernutpreacher]

@@almostanengineer in told to lift pallet's 15 high including euoes

[@almostanengineer]

@@gingernutpreacher then we clearly work for different companies, the most I will say is it's a large uk supermarket.

[@grsciekahn4718]

We at our workplace now wear bubble insulated orange hiviz bottoms and tops...throughput the year ....🙄

[@Sarge084]

We have a one minute silence button for the DVS left turn audible warning. Problem is it's in a different place on the dash in every vehicle!

[@truckersteve61]

On the warning bleeper on the inside there is a button ,turn it , it turns volume down a bit

[@Mike-gm2bd]

Stick 3 or 4 layers of tape over the speaker works a treat 👍

[@bikerboy7126]

Nice one Luke. Thanks. 👍

[@XaviRonaldo0]

18:37 how do you throw the straps over with the pallets being so close to the roof? Would need to be deadly accurate with your throw

[@lukecinahgv]

With XL rated curtains you don’t need too. If you don’t have XL rated curtains you can use internals, you could use a ratchet strap if you threw it over before it was lifted onto the truck

[@plankliveriesold]

What happened to the days of getting the trainees to just load them by hand? 20 minutes and job done, pub for lunch.

[@johnbarnes4008]

Awesome vlog mate keep safe and well

[@lawrenceedwards7344]

Great video mate

[@christyler373]

greetings luke great time at devon thank you from norwich

[@almostanengineer]

Congrats on the ‘London Edition’ unit 😂😂

[@edwardmccallum8390]

Good video luck doing a great job keep it up mate

[@billyd9205]

Hi .see when u pull in to unload the pallets do u turn the taco to other work at that point?

[@MrMort170799]

ohh god poor forklift driver we used to put on the long forks and lift both sides at once so lifting 30 at a time

[@bernardmorgan1597]

Yet man loading the pallets should do a time and motion course😂😂😂😂

[@randyzimmerman826]

Little inside forklifts are narrow track and on outside pavement that is uneven I can see the problems with pallets stacked high. With a larger forklift with a proper backstop on the mast is less prone to wobbling side to side. Wrong tool for the job.

[@MrAllister88]

Can I ask a really dull question? What are you paid for? Are you paid for waiting to be loaded? Are you paid for your breaks? Are you paid if you are tramping overnight? What happens if you run out of driving time and are stuck at a services? Do you get paid for that? Or does someone come out and rescue you? How many hours a day do you work? Sorry if this has been covered in great depth.

[@lukecinahgv]

£150 a day, regardless of hours worked, time waited or loads archived, £176 a day if you do a night out and sleep in the truck Hours vary, but it can be anywhere between 11 and 13 hours a day normally, however you can do 15 hours a day 3 times a week, but no more than that If you run out of time, you park up and sleep in the truck. If you’re close to home you may be rescued All in all, you can earn over £45,000 a year. I earn around £42,000 working in the truck. My KZbin revenue brings in around £25,000 a year, so me personally, I’m on around £67,000 a year.

[@MrAllister88]

@@lukecinahgv Oh thanks for your detailed response. Really impressed with your channel/content - gives a good insight into the job.

[@Lidds92]

The random puddle jump 🤣

[@lukecinahgv]

No one else has mentioned that 😂 thought I’d throw it in 😂

[@glennwheatley2877]

We've had the audible warnings for 5 year's now. Due a new fleet of lorries in the Autumn, so be interesting what more crap they have put on them

[@truckersteve61]

I've got a new truck, and got that warning system in, yes its annoying

[@jeffjohnson847]

Good video Luke have you seen new daf yet Wittering trucker got same device on trailer When turning but never heard any beeping sound In side cab

[@glootina340]

I used to work at chep pallets until I was sacked for having depression

[@christyler373]

i have worked to mad place lol

[@chrishar110]

Last time I was at CHEP they refused to let me in because I didn't have a hard hat. They used to ask to show it at the gate. Did they change their policy?

[@lukecinahgv]

I haven’t had to show it at the gate but you do have to wear one whilst you’re out of the truck

[@robertoverton9605]

Drawing pin through the holes you won't hear a single beep anymore

[@anderslindstrom3110]

How is your thoughts about that UK is going to start testing the 25,25 meters truck and trailer on the roads? Will if fit? Your roadnet seems to have many narrow parts 🙂

[@fireusieve2460]

i worked in a place that said only 10 high then when the realised how much longer it took they changed there minds

[@pauljohnson2843]

Luke great vlog 👍👍 stay safe

[@jameshumble_gtuk6978]

Great video luke

[@christyler373]

hi james

[@goldilocks913]

Share your pain- Asda used to load our drawbar rigs ten at a time and no higher!!

[@waynefarrer43]

Good video Luke

[@mswain844]

Why on earth does the driver need an audible warning in the cab that he's turning left/right, surely the driver already knows that. Ii get it to have a warning outside for London, but why inside the cab??

[@bandit4550]

Congratulations on your wedding🥂🎉, but can you not take that wedding ring off, I have a friend who got his ring finger ripped off when he got stuck in the cab when he jumped out.

[@ianwelburn5158]

Didn’t Jenko have the same problem with the bleeper, I think you can switch it off and only put it on while your in London

[@ibexdnb2879]

Yeah it has a cut out switch which disables the voice. Supposed to be used between 11pm and 7am.

[@stuart7578]

Hi luke The Speaker Should have a Volume button on the side Mine has.

[@malcolmanon4762]

Dumb question time - if you are stuck in traffic and you hit your drive time, what is the procedure for that circumstance? as I've been on the M25 between J5 and J6 and there's been a 3 car collision up ahead, just after I passed J5 and it took hours to get sorted.

[@lukecinahgv]

You park at the nearest safest point you can’t. You do a print out, write on the back why you went over (traffic/road closure) and keep for a month in case you’re stopped. You won’t be told off. It’s out of your control 🤙🏻

[@malcolmanon4762]

@@lukecinahgv cool, thanks for the information :) stay safe ))

[@dougwilson1769]

Another great video.

[@CcHhRrIiSs2024]

Stupid question but how do u strap the pallets down? (Throw the straps over?) it doesnt look like u have much room at the top?

[@lukecinahgv]

Simple answer is I don’t and neither does anyone else on a curtain trailer

[@andrewthornhill4229]

Yes 10 high saw a bloke with a box trailer and a pump up truck bringing the pallets to the back of the trailer these were 14 high and the top one got caught and hit the driver on the head he never drove a lorry again brain damage

[@boblawrence5011]

Just had a thought, do wagon drivers still use CB ?

[@leesvapereviews]

Hi Luke when is the next road legends podcast out mate great vlogs

[@nelsonclub7722]

You are going to have to practice the line 'more than my jobs worth guv'

[@waynehammerton5698]

Nice one Luke buddy

[@arronsmith3721]

Great vlog Luke

[@steve00alt70]

I thought the EU were going to design the lorries now to be lower to the ground with no blindspots and windows all around the front and sides down to the ground? To make it safer for motorcyclists and cyclists.

[@darthtool8131]

and take away all the advantage of a high cab, manouvering, traffic vision etc in the process? scania have done some horrible urban cabs that british gypsum use a lot... nobody wants to the drive the sh*t heaps. Low cabs are a disadvantage, cameras can make up for blind spots.

[@ffinybryn]

Someone needs to invent a pallet container system.

[@bertjesklotepino]

What is keeping you from doing that?

[@bertjesklotepino]

There are trucks with a moving floor. They should implement this everywhere. SO you only have to dock the truck and turn on the moving floor. And out goes the load...... Or in goes the load. But i guess the entire system is quite expensive