Sleeping Out Tonight Delivering To Kent & London | Vlog 228

[@ItsRyan.]

Great video Darren, Thanks for taking us along! Nice long run today not so local haha, Have a good weekend mate, Catch you on the next one! :)

[@Life_of_Darren]

Thanks, you too mate

[@rickreid8572]

A night out!!! Looking forward to this....

[@StephennnR]

Nice video mate, its one place I don't fancy at all is London in terms of driving my lorry. Furthest south I've been is a place called Congleton, some recycling place with a trailer full of crushed drinks cans if I remember right. Have a nice weekend you deserve it after this run. Rather you than me haha 🙈💪

[@Life_of_Darren]

Thanks bud, we used to cover Congleton pretty regularly, nice windy roads Have a great weekend bud

[@jackpaulpennington7168]

London anytime is a nightmare mate good to see you at Stafford loving the videos hope you and the family had a great break ❤

[@Life_of_Darren]

The time off goes way too fast, it was nice though.

[@twocanchew6998]

Got through my first day as a class 1 driver Wednesday Darren. 5 drops in London,13 hours carnage but I got through unscathed thanks to your vids and little tips. Thank you.

[@StephennnR]

That sounds a tough first shift so fair play to you 👌 if there's one bit of advice I could give you I learned the hard way is just follow your gut instinct, if you don't like the look or sound of something don't do it, never mind if "the other driver does it that way" it's your licence/confidence and pride at stake not theirs. Happy trucking bud 💪

[@twocanchew6998]

@@StephennnR thank you, I will definitely take that advice . Definitely not going to just rely on the stinky sat nav. Got me in some sticky situations.

[@Life_of_Darren]

Good advice bud

[@Life_of_Darren]

That sounds a tough start mate, just remember not all days are like that. Take your time and don’t be pressured by the car drivers too. Hopefully it went a bit smoother for your second day

[@twocanchew6998]

@Life_of_Darren I'm on agency at the moment, been driving a class 2 the rest of week for a different company. a full week of class 1 next week, back on the curtain side. I love the advice from the experienced drivers. Thank you again

[@williamHayes-g6h]

Tidy vlog Darren enjoyed that cheers bud, Will

[@Life_of_Darren]

Your welcome, thanks Will

[@NapierNimbus]

Great video and manovering really good. That blue car so called merge lol! horrendous! I glance over my shoulder as final check before pulling out.

[@Life_of_Darren]

You’ve got to give that final Quick Look before pulling over, it’s crazy how some people drive in their own little bubble

[@MichaelLewis-y8c]

Nice blog 4 0clock start best part of the day down south early start always best 👌 night out no crap drive safely and keep smilling 👍 ♥️

[@Life_of_Darren]

It’s completely different and so much better when there’s no traffic on the roads

[@Stewart.fryers]

Tom Cruise has a house near that first drop that you did as it’s only a few minutes from Biggin Hill airport. The tankers at the tunnel are normally fuel and they shut the left tunnel and escort them through together for safety

[@Life_of_Darren]

It’s a good idea with the tankers, never knew that thanks bud

[@Jason.988]

Best time off day Darren sunrise amazing views and so quiet 🤫

[@MargaretMckenna-jc1ee]

That sunrise was amazing and once againthey have there own rules looking forward to part two take care

[@Life_of_Darren]

Perks of the job, getting to see the world at a nice time of the day

[@michealmorris2513]

They hold the tankers and escort them through the tunnel

[@Life_of_Darren]

Aahhh yeah that would make sense 🤣🤣

[@Sammyboy1991]

I got caught up when they sat on top of Dartford bridge for 2 days. All deliveries to Kent at our company had to be postponed. Caused chaos.

[@Life_of_Darren]

Could imagine that being absolutely chaos all around that entire area

[@colinrichardson305]

another great video 👍

[@Life_of_Darren]

Thanks again!

[@M0RLEY]

Hi Darren, nice video. I was wondering what you, and anyone else reading this thinks about ADR or HIAB work? It seems to me like they get paid more for doing basically the same thing? I've been driving artic 1 month now so I don't know much. I need to earn back the 3k I spend on my licence 😅

[@Life_of_Darren]

You will earn it back don’t worry bud, ADR is always good to have if you get the opportunity to do it (preferably if the company pays for it) but it’s a lot harder to get your foot in the door as once the driver is in they rarely leave that job. Hiab on the other hand could be fun but a lot of their deliveries are harder to access etc because you will be lifting goods into place, which sometimes could be someone’s back garden over the wall etc

[@inkedtrucker2695]

You can spend your money on ADR licence but without experience nobody gonna give you a job. You may gonna get multidrop on packages +20 drops a day if you lucky but the question is if you wanna do multidrop in the artic? Don't think so. If you talking tankers you will need also PDP passports for a terminal to collect fuel but you can't do it yourself company have to pay for it so without connection your ADR is useless. Pay for ADR these days are no worth a hassle. If comes to HIAB in class 1 is very good pay you can make easily £60K a year but you have to tramp all week and your hours are maximum you can do. Building sites are not fun belive me. Hard to access not much room to maneuver plus all the dirt. But if you like lots of stress and bit of challenge may be for you. Usually companies will pay for your HIAB but you will have to work this back 1-2 year contract with them at least. And last thing is that most companies want at least 2 years class 1 experience so is still to early for you. If you find companies who are taking new passes these are companies who experience drivers don't wanna work for as the company is sh*t so they have no choice and they have to take new passes. ( Talking from my experience)

[@briancorbett3209]

Darren, what is a Euro trailer, and do you like them? Are there any good points or bad points about them?

[@Life_of_Darren]

Tbh mate I think there a little longer than a standard trailer… I’ve not used one as of yet

[@AndrewMcNamara-q5t]

What is the Sat Nav you use, just finishing my C+E lessons and then hitting the road so keen to get your advice on best say nav

[@Life_of_Darren]

I’ve currently got 2. The Ohrex is a cheaper model but is a really good one that I’ve never had any issue with. The Tomtom is the more expensive one, still be a little cautious still and if unsure just double check the route as even the Tomtom can take you down roads you don’t want to be going down 🙈 I’ve drop a link for them bud so you can have a look. Ohrex Sat nav: amzn.to/3Vssynq TomTom Sat nav: amzn.to/4cuqF0p Hope this helped

[@AndrewMcNamara-q5t]

@@Life_of_Darren cheers, appreciate that

[@andredanielpsilva00]

Hi Darren, I have a question and if you don't want to answer it, I understand. Doing your type of job, nights out some days as a class 1 hgv and stuff... Roughly how much can you earn monthly? Cheers mate

[@Life_of_Darren]

It depends on the areas your based mate, in the northwest the your looking around 2.5 - 3.2k per month, in the south it’s generally around 2.8-3.5k per month after taxes etc. again this can change depending on the hours you work etc

[@andredanielpsilva00]

@@Life_of_Darren Jesus! If the immigration process wasn't so difficult, I would love to move there and work. Damn it 😅