My HGV Training Episode 10 - My HGV Class 2 Test
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2022
- This is my actual driving test footage. I also analyse my 3 driver faults on why they happened.
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Did my class 1 licence (CE) only after 1 year for car driving (I'm 22 btw) failed my first and second but nailed it at 3rd. And my examiner was chief examiner of the test center. I was more woried because he was chief examiner but we had few nice conversations and it calmed me down. And luckily we did 2 hour practice drive before test and begining was the start of test route. I still feel ecstatic about having full HGV licence. And starting my new job as a HGV driver in a few weeks time.
Once you've passed then you learn to drive was my fathers motto. How true once you do it for a living. Congratulations Ashley especially on the commentary explaining why you made certain decisions .
My dad kept telling me that when I was a learner. The only problem was that he insisted on teaching me how to drive before I passed my test. Unlearning the bad habits he taught me cost me a fortune.
Congrats again, can't wait for the class 1 series!
Lewis, has the Class 1 video been done yet?
Congratulations Ashley. A really interesting series following your progress. Can't wait for more on progressing to your class 1.
sometimes you have to get into the lane you want early otherwise chances are that cars will just keep coming up on the outside of you and wont let you change lanes because they don't want to be stuck behind a slow lorry. Congrats for passing your test.
For the past few months I've been thinking about learning to drive a lorry and after seeing this and hearing what you said at the end about going for it, I think I will! Great video Ash, thanks and well done!
Hi Ashley, Greetings from Cork in Ireland. Just want to say thank you so much for everything. Your no-nonsense practical advice and commentary was invaluable to me getting my Category C licence today. I’m absolutely thrilled! You do fantastic work on this channel!
Congratulations 👏
First of all congratulations on passing your test Ashley and thanks for taking us along for the ride. I've really enjoyed this series and loved the commentary you provided during this video to explain what was going on.
I for one would love to see you learn to drive buses always was a childhood dream of mine to drive buses for a living I never got there ( still time yet) but did end up driving mini buses for a living for 15 years.
Well done Ashley. The blind-spot fault reminded me of my PSV driving lessons. I was criticised by my instructor for not checking my mirrors, although I actually was. The problem was that he couldn't see my head moving, so we re-set the mirrors slightly so I had to move my head markedly to get a good view. That way the examiner would be in no doubt that I was doing the checks. It worked!
Great video Ashley as always, thanks for the insight and well done on passing. Doing similar for the buses would be really cool, has always been something I’ve thought about doing.
What a thoughtful and interesting video. This has reinforced my habit of being extra patient and aware around LGVs and HGVs.
It was never in doubt you would pass Ashley, Congratulations. Have much appreciated this series of video's seeing things from a lorry drives point of view, hopefully we will all pick up a few good habits from what we have learnt from this series. 👍😁
Thanks Ashley, your videos helped me a lot prepare for my test. Great to see an instructor of you grade challenge yourself on larger vehicles. Carry on the great work
Doing my practical class 2 and practical class 1A over a 1 week fast track course at the start of July in Teesside/Tyneside these videos are a great help
Cracking series of videos Ashley and well done on the pass from a fellow professional driver 👍🏻
This has been a very interesting set of vids. Thanks for showing me them.
Great to see an instructor doing a test hope it's been a great insight into being on the road in a truck good luck with your class 1 test
Many congratulations on your pass. Well done and keep up the good work
Your videos for both cars and hgv helped me massively along with Learn Our Way to pass my B to C+E today. I pretty much done the same route as you with a few minor changes. Keep up the excellent work 👏
Congratulations Mark!
Cheers Ashley. I was hoping you was going to do your class 1 before i did mine so i could see this on your channel. Hope this is still your plan for the future!
Congratulations, never in doubt obviously, but well done anyway. Your videos kept me calm when passing my car licence a couple of years ago, this will help anyone doing their class 2 i'm sure.
The leaving while looking in mirrors is something I’ve learned to do since starting to drive a van. Looking over my shoulder doesn’t really work to the right and I have a significant blind spot on the left of the vehicle. A lean forward is very helpful, especially when moving back into an inside lane on a motorway.
I've got my class 2 course in a couple of weeks, found your videos really interesting & useful 👍🚚
Well done.
I passed my class 1Christmas Eve last year.
Thankfully we went on mostly country roads where it was quite. Only fault was not checking my blind spot on one moving off.
This has to be the best video you have posted. It`s ram full of of the details that you need to know and what to expect.
BTW I did my LGV C+E on a Thursday afternoon in Guildford (and passed). For some reason this seems to be a best time on the roads they seem extra quite.
Sorry to say I do not drive at the moment as the CPC process puts me off. Congratulations on your pass
Go for it with the CPC. It’s not hard, mostly just spending a day listening to someone talking at you. No real tests at the end. Then once you’ve done your five days (35 hours) it’s really just one day a year after that doing the same to keep it up.
Well done Ashley it was good to see your lorry driving test. You are inspiration to others. 😁
Really useful videos into the journey to getting your hgv class 2 license.
Got my test next week, thanks for the pointers👍
Well done & a HUGE Congratulations from me, Ashley buddy! I'm very proud of you, for passing the Class 2 practical test! I'm thinking about taking training, for a Class 2 licence, in the not-too distant future! I would love to see you take and pass the Class 1, Bus/Coach, Tractor, Dumper Truck and Excavator tests!!!!! Also could you possibly upload a 'Pass Plus Driving course', please! Plus, maybe a possible, 'All about a Driving Examiner' video. I would be very interested in watching that too! Once again, a BIG Well done! 👌🏻🙌🏻👏🏻👍🏻😊
Great series 👍 I passed my artic test a month ago I thought it was good when you mentioned the massive blind spot that the mirrors caused I was quite shocked. I managed to pass mine with 1 minor for hesitation on a mini roundabout that I was turning left at. I felt quite calm on my test because I had the same examiner 2 years before on my car trailer test.
Congratulations on passing Ashley! Very much looking forward to watching your class 1 training, Learning to reverse those big beasts that bend in the middle will be very interesting and will make great viewing.
Next challenge, yes, how about a bus? An Airbus A380! Seriously though, training for a GA pilot licence in a Cessna 172 would be amazing! Or maybe take to the seas and learn how to pilot a super yacht!
All the best for 2022 Ashley, very much looking forward to more fabulous videos from you, your class 1 training in particular! xx
It was a great journey. Thanks, Ashley!
Just passed my class 2 test today, your videos helped me a lot. Thanks! God bless you!!
Congratulations!
I did my class one (c+e) licence and it expanded my driving career options considerably and doing my pcv, later on, gave me further career options including an "interesting" 2 years as a London bus driver
Do the courses and do the tests will give you valuable insights into how things are "on the other side of the fence" and even doing weekend driving via an agency could work in your favour
You gain *VALUABLE* experience _and maybe some new avenues of new pupils even?_
As for doing the pcv, it's different to truck driving but not a million miles apart and the size of a bus won't feel as intimidating to you - if a bus can fit down a road, so can't truck
I can't wait for Ashley to get his class 1 and make a video on blind side reversing :)
P.S. Congratulations on passing this one!
Loved watching this series. Have my test tomorrow, whether I pass or fail it your videos have been a great help.
Did you pass?
@@sfullernj I did!
Well done Ashley, looking forward to seeing your class1 training and test. Buses too would be super interesting with the "steering behind the driver" stuff. Just get everything, fill the back of the photocard up!
Congratulations. I as told by a HGV instructor that we no longer have to look over your left shoulder when starting as your mirrors should be adjusted properly to cover blind spots! I still do it on though!
I was only taught roundabout theory as there were none in the area I learned or sat my car test. My bus test I got 2 minor faults for not checking the blind spot. The examiner said at the end that checks should be exaggerated to ensure none are missed. My bike instructor put an inch of masking tape on the back of my black helmet so it was easier to see that I was checking then removed it for my test. Failed that twice deservedly but passed 3rd time. Lorry test my head was on a big swivel as per bus examiners instruction but it was a short test due to it being rush hour on market day so we never got far.
From what I remember the bus was easier because it was automatic box but everything else was the same as class2
I've been saving watching this till the day before my test , let me tell you your test conditions were so easy , mine is 8 am tomorrow , rush hour , I went out with my instructor at that time today , really busy , narrow roads, parked cars, buses , other lorries parked up . Congrats on your pass but honestly that looked a doddle , wish me luck , I'm gonna need it ,
Your next challenge should be your pilots license , take you out of your comfort zone 😉
I’ve got my class 2 test this Friday the 4th, exact same place at 10:45. Feeling a little nervous if I focus and listen I should be okay. Hopefully. I did the exact same route today on my lesson Ashley I’ve watched this video a bunch. It really does help thanks for this .
Well done mate! I passed my class 1 (C+E) in October and usually I don't get nervous during a driving test, however on this test they crept in and I found myself having to calm myself down which took my concentration of the test. This only cost me 2 minors which I can live with 😂. It was nice to hear your're doing this to give you HGV drivers point of view which you can pass onto your students. It just shows what a professional you are and I have huge respect for you👍Looking forward to your class 1 videos and how you find driving an arctic. The main thing that shocked me driving one for the first time is how much of the mirror you loose even with the smallest bend on with either the trailer headboard or curtain. Well done mate 👍
How much does it cost to learn and pass the class 1 hgv? Thinking about doing this for a living. Not sure how much it will cost me.
@@adnanlfc1 if I was you do your class 2 first that way your never have to pass your theory test and hazard again
I am going for my class 1 next week, have had class 2 for about 10 years so should be ok with general roadcraft, but the reversing exercise and coupling uncoupling being the main differences. Thank you for sharing.
Congrats and looking forward to seeing the C+E videos 👌🏻. I did car to class 1 recently and passed my test with 3 minors. To anyone thinking that they simply must do class 2 before class 1 - I'd save you're money and just do your class 1 as it's an entirely different beast to class 2. Class 2 can have it's challenges but throw a 40ft long trailer into the mix and it's a whole other ballgame.
Well done mate. Enjoyed the video. Passed my c+e last Thursday. Still buzzing.
Nice one!
13:04, a driver who understood what you were up to and didn't even flash their headlights. Like you said, legend.
An excellent series of videos. The biggest thing that I drive regularly is a long wheelbase, high roof minibus. The thing that I see compared to when I'm driving my car is 'Chelsea tractor' drivers being confused that they can't use the size of their vehicle to bully their way through. It makes me laugh every time. Occasionally when they start mouthing off about driving it through residential streets, I politely reply with 'I'm the same size as an ambulance and a lot smaller than a fire engine that might need to get to your house'.
I did my HGV by an intensive 2 days (approx 16 hrs) of driving, test on the 3rd day. Very crammed adn thankfully I only got one minor, which was very fair tbh as they missed me rear wheels went over a flat curb turning a tight left junction. They were also impressed with me using all my lane when i needed it. My test was in the Mids, heavy traffic, suicidal kids running into the road. I haven't driven since 4 years ago, my day job doesnt need it done my CPC all up for 10 years. Debating doing my Class 1. Well done Ash! Do your Pilots Licence next =)
I'm not surprised you passed Ashley; I think I speak for most if not all of us when I say we aspire to be as good as you. Can't wait to see you get class 1. Wish I had done mine years ago. Can't now sadly. And yes do your bus; and race car because that I would like to see.
I must say, driving a large vehicle on those roads seems heroic. Lane conflicts are basically not a thing anymore in the U.S. or Canada. Any road narrow enough that you would need to enter the opposing lane to pass a parked vehicle is a no parking zone here, with no exception to mind in my city. We also do not erect traffic signals without pedestrian signals, at intersections with pedestrian crossings. We have one major roundabout around here and it doesn't produce much drama (except in the season when the new young men come to station at the air force base here).
Congratulations! You now need to do some "real" driving experience with the "real" pressures that wagon drivers have to deal with! As an Instructor, I always found the most fair examiners to be the ones who had previously done the job, not the ones who had just passed a test!
Welcome to the world of LGV’s .Don’t forget that you can only do 1 extra day in any consecutive 2 weeks period (6 day week) assuming you do a 5 day week which I’m sure you do. Your time as an instructor is classed as work don’t forget. As an assessor on LGV’s myself and dealing with drivers their is at times a real concern at just how many do not understand EU and working time directive rules. Do something on the subject in future productions you have a very clear way of explaining if I had a £1 for everyone who fails I could retire. Great work very informative and always learning from your content 👍 Looking forward to the class 1 adventure
Congrats...just passed my cat C too.... feels good... proper hurt my neck doing all the mirror and over the shoulder checks the day before my test. could hardly move it on test morning! Happy safe driving cheers for posting:)
Nice drive by the way
Passed my driving test last August and instantly fell in love with driving, I'd be lying if I said the thought of HGV and LGV driving hasn't crossed my mind. Definitely going to look into it now.
Congrats on passing and sharing the points raised 🙂
Simply.. great job !!! Very helpful. Thank you so much !!!
Now i am well made up with myself, i did my LGV early on this year, and like yourself had just three driving faults which i considered a result, especially now considering how good a driver you are, and the much greater meeting situations involved around the Stanton Hill test centre, i deliberatly avoided Stockport 14 miles away, for Stanton Hill 35 miles as i know Stockport very well but also how busy it can be my test day was about as busy as yours, i also chatted with the examiner, to try and relieve my own tension but you as you said need to be mindful of it distracting you, which i was when i was near the test centre expecting a right turn instruction i didnt anticipate a light change and picked up a fault on that, and i verbalised some of my descision making on the test to break my own tension and it kinda fills in gaps, lifetime ambition fulfilled.
Well done 👍 . I started driving Artics in the 1980s and one of my first jobs was to take a 60ft extender trailer loaded with steel girders from Thirsk to Huddersfield ......with one of those you don't just grab the 2 nearside lanes for a left turn , you take the bloody lot 😂 . Welcome to the Ranks.
Well done Ash, well come to the club!!!
Congratz on the pass, though I knew you would pass it, regarding the first 'pull over in a safe place' I was surprised he used that sentence as my class two and my class one tests they state whether to ignore driveways or not when pulling over i.e. 'pull over in a safe place ignoring driveways', but ok at least you passed so it doesn't matter.
I have my second test attempt at Class 1 tomorrow (19/04/22), a little pressure as the company is paying for this one but if I fail again I have to pay for the next one which for me £500 is a lot of money.
Definitely a quite different skill set required in a large vehicle and an interesting learning curve. I would argue it would be a good idea for ALL drivers to have some large vehicle experience. Good job on the pass 👍
Just like a professional . Well done sir .
Well done 👍 Ashley!
I've subscribed for future tips. I will now look to see if you have done a Class 1 video as that's the licence test I'll be taking coming up. Thanks again buddy.
Congratulations on Passing your Test Ashley. Of course you passed, I had no doubts 👍👏👏👏
Thank you so much!!
That was a good video Ashley..
And congratulations on your pass also ..👍
Well done mate just about to start my hgv practical ( done the therpy side tests etc..
i took my driving test on the 4th at 8 in the morning i only stopped once or twice good weather passed first time. Heart was racing for the rest of the day and congrats by the way
Thanks, got my hgv2 training and test in 3 weeks, will watching this a few times, already picked up some points to remember. Have alway remembered my psv test examiner, asking me to take the 1st exit of the roundabout, I point out a bus could not fit down there he replied Muswell Hill. That was the 2nd exit. ( luckily I was a milkman down the road he mistakenly asked my to take)
Good luck!
congratulations. Found that series really interesting.
Excellent thanks 👏 I'm bus driver for 5 years and its the comfort in the cab that's giving me back pain, as on older buses they've welded drivers seat solid to the floor and the driver absorbs every bump in the road and its time to move up 👆
Interesting video Ashley. The roads were also pretty quiet for my Class 2, which was nice, although my Class 1 was at rush hour so that wasn't as good.
I would be interested to see you take the test in an unfamiliar location, as I did, because you really do have to read the road and drive to the conditions you are presented with. If you have lots of local knowledge, you have an idea of how tight a corner is, or are expecting some of the awkward moments, or know that the speed limit is about to change etc. I'm not suggesting you would have found it a lot harder, but I did my training and test in an unfamiliar location, and although I passed first time with 7 minors, I think the local knowledge may possibly have played a significant part in how easy you found it, as its one less big thing you don't have to think about?
Can't wait to see the advice you have on giving larger vehicles the room they need. One of my biggest pet peeves when driving HGV's, more in Class 1 than in Class 2, is lane discipline on larger roundabouts. Quite often you will need to get right up to the line on the right to make the turn on to, or off the roundabout. But I am surprised how often cars will cut the corner into my lane, and not give the room needed, so you end up having to wait for them to pass, or cutting the corner of the lane to the left unnecessarily. They don't even need to give extra room a lot of the time, they just have to stay in the middle of their own lane. I would be interested to see if you find this to be a problem when you get out driving the bigger stuff.
Well done. I passed mine with 2 minors at 1600hrs on Friday driving a 44 Tonne with 16 gears (manual) through the Town Centre.
When I was learning to drive, I was taught to make deliberate, exaggerated head movements to communicate to the examiner that I was checking my mirrors and over my shoulder.
Knowing your area and test routes is a huge advantage. I did my test around wigan /greater Manchester. Although I drove the routes in my training it's a lot to take in in 3 half days of driving. Hence I failed my first test . I will admit I wasn't ready . I passed second time with only a couple of minors .
Please go for first class ASAP I went for class I straight from B, just recently done my 30h training where I took 10h on rigid to get familiar with size of vehicle and 20 on artic then I passed separate reversing exam and got certificate but suddenly my instructor cancel my on road test day saying I'm not ready yet for test ! So I have to take more hours and see how it go. It will be handy for me to see more videos how to handle artic. Already subscribed to your channel 😀 my extra hours will carry in March huhu...Thanks for your good job
Well done Ashley ✔ As an aside in my 1971 car test I was marked down for not doing the signposted 40 on a dual carriageway, I was doing around 35 I think.
Just watched all of these as I have my class 2 practical training starting in 2 weeks time, well done.
Let me know how you get on. Good luck 🤞
Happy to say absolutely nailed the test this morning with 2 minors, really pleased with that as I nailed my car test about 15 years ago with 2 minors as well. Now need to step up and do the CE training for artic. They have changed the test since you did it, the reverse is done separately now a few days before. @@ashley_neal
@@AndrewJBCongratz, do you know reason for that 2 minors?
@@biernabierna yes mistakes by myself didn't see a 20 zone and was doing 24 and following a little close to another HGV on motorway
@@AndrewJB I thought motorways are not included in practical driving test
Mate your a legend very encouraging cheers
Thankyou!! This videos Going to help me pass my test as well. 👏👍
Thank you! great insight
Well done congratulations and your driving experience shows in the test , perfect really . Yes you made. 3 mistakes but if you made no mistakes some would be checking that you are not an alien or robot . I think that you did a perfect drive the experience is great for others to follow . 👍
Thanks to you and traindrive I passed my class 2 today
Congratulations 👏
11mph in a 5mph zone right at the start, Ashley? 😂
I'm thinking about going for my Class 2 myself so will be giving this series a watch right the way through. This video was just randomly recommended to me. What's always put me off is it's not exactly the kind of job you can have a go at to see if it's for you before having to spend a few grand on a license. I wish companies did a ride along scheme where you go out with a qualified driver on the job for a week or so. Wouldn't even have to pay me, it'd be a good day out. I think that would draw a lot more potential new drivers in.
Congratulations , Well done
Congratulations @AshleyNeal 🎉🎉🎉 never doubted you. On the items you were not tested on, on my car driving test I never did an emergency stop,any roundabouts or go above 30mph which I was well prepared to do but a little shocked and felt I cheated the test. Also when you knew you was heading back to the test centre, on my failed test back in June I thought I was heading back because of a fault I did and my concentration dropped and that lack of concentration ultimately led to my serious fault. On my second test after watching numerous test route videos and your channel I never took the ‘heading back to test centre as gospel’ so much so that if the examiner doesn’t give you a direction to take then go straight on. Don’t know if it was a ploy to fail me or not but with less than 100 yards from a light control junction he said sorry turn left at the lights, in around 20 yards I had to slow down a little more,check my mirrors,indicate and move to the left which I think I did well to do. Im gutted I can only drive Automatic,but as I’ve said before,because of what my first instructor was doing in a manual car I decided Automatic as the instructor has no clutch pedal. I’d have loved to try a HGV test but aren’t HGV’s all Manual? Or should I think about retaking my test again in a manual?
A lot of HGVs are automatic. The one Ashley was driving was also an automatic. Where I work we have a mixture and as a holiday/sickness cover driver I have to jump between the two.
Not sure if you can have an auto only HGV license but definitely look into it.
I've got my test at Switch Island on Tue 30th August. Can't wait as I feel confident. Back in work for 4 days before my test which isn't ideal but ill try my very best to pass. Thanks for the information on this video.
Did u pass?
Yes September 13th 2022. Not used it yet as kept my current job.
Very nice and very motivated video
Brilliant vidoes, starting my cat c training this week and picked up a lot of tips of this series
Best of luck!
Good on you Mr ashley. Another pro in a big machine.. What we need
Great stuff, as for the future, would love to see you learning in and driving a bus!
Congrats!
I had my class 2 test recently - two attempts, six minors and a lot perspiration later I passed.
Thanks for these vids, Ashley; they’ve been Uber helpful!
Well done Ashley great pass👍😄
Congrats🎉
Well done Ashley
Great video.
Omg.... Ashley is going on the road all alone in a hgv, everybody stay home 😉😉😉
Nice video Ashley.
I also wanne go for my class 1 license for a fulltime job, and become a international driver.
Very good, well done
I've got my class 2 test on Friday 18th! I've passed my reversing test and I've passed my CPC module 2... I've got my CPC module 4 on Friday 25th as well. Fingers crossed!
Congratulations on passing your test.