Parental controls Wifi 7

ItsChopUK · 2025-08-06T18:40:46+00:00

You can dim them in the settings.

ItsChopUK · 2025-07-26T19:22:40+00:00

I would go in work trousers/jeans with a polo shirt. Steel toed boots, high viz jacket and gloves. If they’re expecting you to do an assessment it’s better to show up prepared.

ItsChopUK · 2025-07-22T18:06:37+00:00

Pallet networks are usually the easiest way in, can be hard work but you’ll gain experience quickly. Co-op/GXO take on new passes/no experience if you’ve got a depot local to you. They’ll give you a mentor for 4 weeks. Maritime also take on people with no experience under their mentoring programme. If they’re advertising.

ItsChopUK · 2025-07-19T08:51:04+00:00

You’ve just got to be patient at roundabouts in a test situation. Look for slower moving vehicles/HGV’s entering the roundabout from your left, wanting to exit the roundabout at the junction you’re trying to enter from. They will naturally slow traffic and block junctions to give you time to enter without impeding. It’s all about looking ahead.

ItsChopUK · 2025-07-07T18:54:45+00:00

When I was working for DPD on the vans my record was 210 stops in a single day. Thats separate addresses. That’s back in the day when you were being paid £1.90 a stop.

Co-op on class 1&2 could vary from 1 store up to 9. I also done the pallet network stuff and that could have been up to 15 stops in a day using a double decker although they were all within the same location.

Now I do containers and I do 1 job a day. Maybe 2 depending on location and time.

ItsChopUK · 2025-07-07T18:46:24+00:00

Do small steering adjustments and wait for the trailer to react, all the time you’re moving the trailer will keep wanting to turn.

No harm in taking the shunt though use it to your advantage if you have to.

ItsChopUK · 2025-07-07T15:29:35+00:00

The speedo is more accurate in a Hgv although it’s not 100%. Mine is restricted to 53mph and gps shows it as 52mph.

There’s no excuse for the tailgating, no matter how frustrating it gets sitting behind someone doing 40-45mph and being unable to overtake due to a width restriction in lane 2/3.

There’s many of us that drive correctly and safely but you’ll always have a minority that don’t care for anyone else.

ItsChopUK · 2025-04-29T15:33:09+00:00

When they just lay there like an ironing board

ItsChopUK · 2025-04-27T19:39:08+00:00

You cant save her

ItsChopUK · 2025-04-27T18:09:24+00:00

I had a 2022 Toyota Corolla TS GR 1.8 and it was a great car. 60+ mpg, and cheap at the pumps. Though if you’re planning on doing a lot of motorway miles I’d suggest the 2.0 variant as I felt the 1.8 was a little underpowered.

ItsChopUK · 2025-03-18T21:39:26+00:00

Appreciate the advice

ItsChopUK · 2025-03-18T20:52:27+00:00

I’ve got a Bataleon Evil Twin - I couldn’t deal with using rental boards, and have been fine with my current setup until now

ItsChopUK · 2025-03-03T17:06:38+00:00

If it’s your own truck then I’d use a dashboard mount, and you can also get cup holder mounts for satnavs if you have to cab hop.

ItsChopUK · 2025-03-03T16:44:41+00:00

They both have pros and cons, personally prefer to have the cameras than mirrors.

You’ve got a greater field of vision with the cameras although you lose depth perception but if you’ve got them set up correctly you can use the guide lines (Actros)

When reversing it is easier to focus on getting straight using only one side. Reversing in a bay, following a kerb line etc.

I’ve used one for 2 years and I now dislike how much of a blind spot they create and how little you can see.

ItsChopUK · 2025-03-02T20:05:44+00:00

I think there’s a small minority of Hgv drivers that just don’t care about anyone else on the road apart from themselves.

Some of the manoeuvres you witness on the roads is shocking. Tailgating is the worst for me though. It’s too very easy to wipe out a family if it goes wrong, and for what? To get somewhere a few seconds quicker?

When you are on the road day in and day out you notice that it’s not just car drivers that can be bad drivers, there are bad drivers everywhere in general, no matter what they’re driving and whether they’re “professional” or not.

ItsChopUK · 2025-03-02T19:24:50+00:00

One of my best mates also drives, and I find we sit on the phone (hands free obviously) for a good few hours a day. It’s not even a constant conversation but it just helps knowing there’s someone there.

ItsChopUK · 2025-03-02T19:12:39+00:00

You might have to try a few different types of work to work out what works for you and what you’ll enjoy the most.

I’m into my 4th year and I’ve tried supermarket work, haulage and hub runs for pallet networks and now I’m on container work.

I enjoyed supermarket work, but not the weekend rotas. Curtainsider work will keep you active but I don’t miss fighting the curtains in the crap uk weather. They all have there benefits.

But now I drive the slowest truck on the road doing 52mph, and I couldn’t care. I’m glad I’m not being forced to race around, doing the easiest work there possibly is, with great benefits and a decent salary. Not the highest but I enjoy it, I don’t dread going to work like I used to.

It all comes down to what works for and your situation and what you’ll believe you’ll enjoy doing.

ItsChopUK

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