Id say alot of lads here were HGV drivers in their time.. My dad was one for years, done the continent for years, germany, france, spain, africa, the UK hauling mussels most of the time, smelly job it was as i was on alot of trips with him to UK and france mainly.. Dad also took the plunge and bought a rig back in the 80s and another rig in the late 90s but it got to a stage were dad had enough of it and sold the rigs.. Thou i started out shunting the 40 footers in the yards at 17 for 2 years anyway, actually loved shunting the trailers about.. I wanted to get the HGV aswel but dad wouldn't let me, didn't want me going through the same crap he did over the years so im doing my PPL H in july and see what happens for me..