Night trunks, container runs and distribution work around Torquay, covered by experienced Class 1 drivers.
Class 1 cover starts with the trailer and the route, then the driver.
A lot of articulated freight leaves the A30 and A38 trunk corridors and the Exeter distribution parks on trunk routes via the A30, the A38, the A390, the M5 as far as Exeter and the ports at Plymouth and Falmouth. That is the work our temporary C+E drivers cover.
Double-deck trailers, walking-floor units, tautliners or reefers — say what the driver will pull and we match someone who has pulled it.
Hauliers serving food and drink and agri-food processing, marine and port logistics, tourism-driven retail distribution and regional hauliers need drivers who can handle the trailer types those customers use.
Class 1 cover across the main types of artic work.
Licence, Driver CPC, tachograph card and right to work are confirmed before we name the driver.
We tell you who is starting, when and where, so the transport office can plan around it.
If the cover needs extending, you tell us and we plan the next shifts.
Some Class 1 bookings are a single night. Others settle into a regular pattern that runs for months. Both begin with the same request.
Class 1 shifts tend to fall into three shapes: nights trunking between hubs, days on general haulage and tramping with nights out. Each suits a different driver, so we ask which one you run.
For a Class 1 request, include:
We check C+E entitlement on the licence itself, review endorsements, confirm Driver CPC currency and the card expiry and check the tachograph card before the first run.
Before accepting, the driver hears the whole brief: the unit, the trailer, the start time and any nights out.
One request can cover a single night or a run of weeks.
Category C+E entitlement, a current Driver CPC — 35 hours of periodic training every five years — and a digital tachograph card, plus ADR for dangerous goods work.
Yes, where the driver wants nights out. Tell us how many nights and what the parking and facilities are like.
Planned cover is easiest with a few days' notice. Short-notice requests get a straight answer on what we can confirm.
Yes. We book Class 1 drivers for sites across the South West. Tell us where the unit is based.
Tell us the trailer (curtainsider, box, fridge, flatbed, double-deck or tanker) and we match a driver who has worked with it.
Other drivers in Torquay:
Elsewhere in the South West: