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What's Included
• Introduction and briefing from your truck driving instructor
• Short in vehicle briefing explaining the controls
• 10 minute session driving a 480bhp DAF XF truck and race car trailer
• A Truck Driving Experience Certificate
• Please allow 2 hours at the location
• Extended truck Driving Experiences follow the same format but provide approximately 20-25 minutes drive time
What Can I Expect
Realise a dream with this exhilarating lorry driving experience at your choice of venue! No need for a special LGV driving licence to drive one of these fab DAF lorries with automatic transmission - just climb aboard the cab, grab that Yorkie bar and get truckin'!
If you've seen the Stig's lorry driving cousin the Rig Stig on Top Gear, you'll know just how powerful these articulated lorries such as the DAF XF are.
The DAF XF was built in the UK at Leyland and offers a very large 480bhp and amazing torque worthy of the International Lorry of the Year in 2007. The tractors (the proper lorry driver's term for the cab bit!) will be towing a trailer used for transporting cars, so you'll be manoeuvring a 55ft beast of a lorry on this off-road circuit.
Climb into the cab-over-engine flat nosed tractor unit and you'll notice how comfy it is with air-suspended driver's seat, air conditioning, a sleeper berth and that elevated lorry driver's view of the road. The cab has a sort of wraparound console dashboard, so everything a long-distance trucker could need is to hand. So different to your usual car, just being in a truck is brilliant!
With a fully licensed lorry driver at your side, you'll be negotiating a course of cones and attempting a few reversing moves with your 'convoi exceptionnel' - and remember there's no rear view mirror in the cab, it all has to be done using the side mirrors on the lorry. Tricky.
Once you've mastered the art of driving a lorry why not try a tank driving activity, a truly crushing experience! You can also visit our main gift ideas section for more, truly memorable gift suggestions, or take a look at our gifts for men ideas, where there's a large selection of men's activities that are perfect for the action man in your life.
When Is It Available
• Weekday and anytime vouchers are available for extended truck drives
Location
- Yorkshire Elvington
- Surrey Dunsfold Park
- Wigan Three Sisters
Suitable For
• Minimum height is 5' 4" and maximum 6'5"
• Maximum weight of 18 stone
• Drivers must have a full, valid driving licence which must be shown on the day
• Please wear flat soled shoes/trainers. Crash helmets are not required
Spectators
• Additional spectators are not permitted to watch from a distance for safety reasons
• Any spectators under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult (other than the participant)
Anything Else
• There is no photography service at the truck circuit so feel free to bring your own photography equipment
Reviews
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