Month: July 2020

Drivers license “C1”, part 2

Martijn

After passing the first exam, it’s time for Technical and Traffic. Two heavy binders, one with all things technical related to trucks, like breaks, engine, suspension, trailer hitch and stearing. The other with, of course, traffic regulations.

Actually, it feels good to take another look at the rules for traffic, it’s been quite some years for the both of us and things have changed or simply been forgotten. It’s a nice refreshment course. There’s 6 evenings online and lots of exam practicing.

The weekend before our exam, it’s time for 1 drivers lesson in order to get an advice about whether we should take a 1-day, 2-day or even 3-day course. It’s fun, and we both get the advice to take a 1-day course, followed by an exam the same day.

“Our” vehicle

Wednesday is the day, our second exam in Arnhem. It’s a lot to learn, but we succeeded!

Passed!

Removing the body!

Martijn

We’ve spent quite some time already, with sanding the body in order to have it spraypainted. It isn’t easy, you have to crawl into the truck or stand on a small ladder.

So, considering that the body is nearly empty already, we’ve decided to take it off after all. It’s a bit of extra work, but makes the sanding and the painting much easier.

  • These need to be removed… and restored!
  • All pedals are gone
  • This needs to be restored too

It sure it a daunting task, but things are going quite well and it just fits.

We are now the proud owners of a body on miniature wheels.

After removing the last few items, it gets a good cleaning and then … sanding, sanding and more sanding.

  • Empty and cleaned
  • The bottom needs a cleaning too
  • And then, for more sanding…

Drivers license “C1”

Martijn

In order to drive our Unimog, we need a light-truck drivers license: C1. With this license you’re allowed to drive truck with a maximum weight of 7500 kilos.

There’s two exams with theoretic knowledge about required administration, technical knowledge and of course, traffic regulations. We started in June and because of the covid19 virus, our classes were online: 4 times 3 hours and quite a heavy binder to work through.

We’re learning everything a pro truck driver needs to know. Actually, this is way beyond what we will be using, but the law is the law. The day after our last online lesson, it’s exam time!

Made it!