Seems about right pay albeit bank holiday Sundays are usually approaching 28/hr....but to confirm how awful rates can still be..was called today by company seeking an employed, class 1 driver for nights and was surprised when I declined being employed for £15.00/hr! The recruiter actually tried to assure me the role was 50hr working week Monday to Friday, it was highly paid!!! Also, a 'wonderful' addition was an annual bonus of £2000.00 if no days or nights were taken off for sickness or other reasons apart from statutory holidays each year! Yep not one day off all year to get bonus!!!! Declined the Simarco role as the £45k 'earnings potential' was BS unless you're a wiling slave?
Getting paid £23 per hour doing a Sunday and working late is poor. I’ve said it time an time again. Drivers should be on a minimum of £20 per hour days. There are certain company’s out there who have ruined this industry. That’s why the rates are so poor. It needs a serious overhaul otherwise you will get driver shortages eventually
Fairplay to you buddy helping out alot of new drivers You mentioned in one of the videos you didn't know how to find the trailer make Look for the vtg certificate on the trailers chasis. Will also give you all the axle weights, should be one in unit too. Enjoyed my time driving but fixing them now prefer to be home every night Hope you and the family are well brother 💚
Haha blast from the past !!! Thanks for the advice mate!! Hope you and yours are well !! And yes sometimes nothing beats coming back to your own home every night.
Now at the stage where the missus says stop watching some guy drive a truck. It’s more than that 😂😂 amazing work, considering a career change from your usual office worker to a HGV driver over the next 12 months. Love watching the videos, wishing you every success mate
Thanks Kev, a good watch. Ive got my practical coming up in a few weeks, looking forward to it and already looking at jobs and what sort of pay for a new driver. Id be happy with £17-£18 an hour, but out the gates id settle for a less, just to gain experience more than anything, and depends on whats involved. My brothers company are taking on new drivers at i think he said £37k a year, think he is on 48k as he has been there a good few years.
Interesting video and really great your trying to be helpful to other new drivers. I'm a farmer so I quite enjoy anything with a truck, meet a few truckers every year and all have been spot on. I doubt you'd like drops to farms as every farm is a different, some with great space and others very tight. I've subscribed and kept watching this video as you seemed to have a good way with you and obviously enjoying what you're doing 👍
Your first drop at Sainsburys was my first ever drop after passing my class 1 test. That was a Sunday too. R.F. Fieldings at Bird Hall Lane Stockport, 4 on 4 off. Could I get it on a bay... could I bollocks. Best money I earned, Arla foods, north Leeds, doing supermarket drops of milk cages, manual off loads in 2008. £850 PW take home. Great job too, until my back said no more abuse thank you. It was hard work at times, but it did pay VERY well.
I’m a plasterer, doing site work for the most part. We should be earning between 1250-1600 a week. I’ve started the process for my hgv as I need something that’s recession proof for a couple of years,but it’s quite disheartening what people earn when you come out the trades . When you see jobs advertised at £15ph maybe, after spending so much on your license, it doesn’t really make sense.
Yer the time vs earning ratio doesn’t work out well there is definitely money there depending on where you go and what you are willing to do in this industry….. after a good year of continuous, diverse work I’m half way through a video braking down “how much UK HGV DRIVERS EARN” hopefully it can help people 🤷🏽♂️
Liked the vid ive never had that sorta money but im further up north, but you will get in freezer turcks some external pick ups in yards thats dodgy to say the least, but im down to 3 shifts a week my age telling me to slow down :(
Yes so I am currently working on a meat processing line packing chunks of deer and beef into baskets and putting them onto a conveyer belt or hand packing onto a pallet. Work is absolutely piss easy and my standard wage is £13.20 overtime is time and a half and is £19.80. I think even though I would love to drive a truck I'll stick to the factory floor until pay improves massively.
PPS 30 m gap is OK as vehiclemin front is also moving? And of course, really informative video and a good listen....Q. A video about the worse paying/conditions firms/agencies? I detailed one below...if drivers were informed about the awful firms/agencies....they could be forewarned thereby, avoiding horrid times? Also, the best Ones need a mention...one good place, DHL Ipswich ...paid per shift but rarely work a full shift even on RDC/Hub drives and when over shift time..paid good hourly rate...not uncommon an 8hr day for a 10hr paid shift.
I’m getting my licence in October and I’m very happy I hope I get it and you make me feel so happy to do it I will send you more messages and be in touch I will need your help many thanks for what you doing here 👍🏻
Great channel buddy , look forward to every vlog . Very informative and in the same boat as me. I work full time but funded my class 1 for weekend work on agencies too . Not as easy in East kent to get local work but have to travel to get it . Keep them vlogs coming and keep up the good work 🚛👍
Do you manually input all your full time hours from your other job in to the tacho when you drive at the weekend? Presumably your full time job isn't driving hgvs but those hours do have be declared even if you only drive once a week. You also can't drive hgvs on both Saturday and Sunday if you do another non hgv related job Monday to Friday.
Yes bud , to a degree as I am a rolling week shift worker and normally drive a couple of times a month only but generally I have had 48 hrs rest from my other job before one of those chosen rest days to drive. It’s a paid hobby more than an additional income for me at the moment . But you have to be transparent and legal it’s as simple as that .👍🚛
@@THEDAVIESTRIBE Got caught out myself around 15 years ago doing a non hgv job Monday to Friday and then some agency work at the weekend. I was pulled in by Vosa on a routine check but as soon as they saw no entries for the rest of the week, they got suspicious. I gave them some BS excuse and thought I'd got away with it. Around 4 weeks later I was called to a meeting by my boss in my non driving job who said that he'd had a letter from vosa enquiring about my usual working hours even though I hadn't even disclosed to vosa that I had another regular job. Turned out the HMRC gave vosa those details and my boss therefore replied and told them that I did work there full time Monday to Friday. If I recall correctly, I got around a £800 fine for not having the minimum weekly rest and not recording my non driving hours anywhere. Plenty of drivers still doing exactly the same as I did and most agencies couldn't care less.
Yes mate self preservation is key as the agencies just want the bum on a seat ,unfortunately for you a costly lesson learnt. I luckily sat down and studied rest periods initially for the tachograph but also for my current safety critical employer and identified only 2 shifts per month that were legal and I stick to them religiously but do have example hours in my personal drivers log were I to get stopped and I would be happy for vosa to look in to . I’m fortunate that I only choose to drive HGV part time to keep me current and experienced as a back up to my main job . If it become a hassle I would just give it up .
MAN not DAF good vlogs still, I passed my class 1 on the 6th of August after watching your videos , as a newly passed Hgv licence holder, what tips have you got for me, I'm jobless at the moment should I go for agency work? Or go for full employment in companies like Culina, DHL and that
There’s pros and cons to both but I feel like if you’re starting out try and find a company that will take new drivers, build six months worth of experience and then apply for good job or do agency shift every now and then as they pay really well , also check out my other video on how to find good jobs 👌🏻it will help
I just got my class 2. Right now in Ireland it's a driver's market. So many companies willing to take on a new driver and they pay well. It was a very difficult decision but I decided to work with an agency, my first job is next week. I've heard it's going to be a difficult multi drop job but they're paying €24 p/h and I can pick my hours weekly with no shortage of work, that was one of the main reasons. The agency will give me a range of experience compared to sticking to one company, as well as the agency being one of the best driving schools for me to get my class 1 and ADR. Any thoughts on working full time for an agency as opposed to a a company? Loving the content 😊
thanks bro!!! firstly i couldn't have said it better myself haha ... amazing rates of pay good experience and flexible work, however its not going to be something you can do forever, multy-drop is demanding and tiring especially if its your day to day job... i would use it as a steppingstone bud that's my thoughts anyways...
Need to pull my finger out had my class 2 since Nov and drive for hermes 6 house drops a day and clear out 1 sub with no more than 4 pallets Finnished by 11am and park up rest of the day till 3pm but done my class 1 3 months ago and have shunted 3 trailers in work and that's it 😆 🤣 need to step out comfort zone and try a few agency's for some class 1 work and earn some extra ££££ every other Saturday and that will be over time as it will be over my 39 hours a week and take home £1750 a month not bad for the work that I actually do but need to earn some proper money instead of £12.50 an hour ... time for a change
Interesting , i been Health and Safety advisor on major projects for at least 20 years, had enough of all the bs now , billy no mates, just getting medical done etc etc
Doing my class one lessons/ test in July , already spoke to DHL , Eddie stobart and a couple of others , they all said they would take me on once I pass my test , plus Eddie stobart and DHL wanted me to go and train with them they would pay for everything, but decided to fund it myself in case I didn’t want to stay with them ,oh once I pass I’m looking to do fridge work possibly tramping .
I can do that on Taxis, I’m looking to get into lorries but my research is showing it’s not worth it at all. On taxis I ain’t got to worry about hours etc
I am considering a career change. I worked in the offices for last 12 years and I hate it. I love driving and I’m thinking about trucking career. I love your content. I have subscribed to your channel. Any advice you can give me on my start of the journey?
Thanks mate, and Yes bro !!!! This why I make videos !! Go and get your licenses and do part time weekend work to get a feel for it all before committing to a new career, as well as enjoying a double wage the experience your get will allow you to start applying for real high paying well established jobs after a few months. That’s my advice !!! Also go strait into class 1 and enjoy it mate !!!
Salary!!! Depends witch area you work.Lincolnhire class 1 professional driver 11-13£ and you by lucky if you have 5 day work.Dag walked GED pay 12£ xxxxxx
Enjoyed the vlog, however can you clarify whether taking a statutory break whilst on a loading bay is legal ? as you are not able to dispose of your time freely even if they have the keys you are still in their premises under their control & supervision.
They have facilities for your to have a brake and take full responsibility for vehicle and load therefor you can take it as a brake mate, not to mention these guys can sometimes hold you up for hrs....
You said greenwood to offload for your first RDC to visit. You should of said Greenford Sainsbury's RDC on Auriol Drive as I've been there more time's than having hot dinner's
What sat nav you recommend and advice to not stuck under low bridges or narrow roads? so many videos on RU-vid where lorry stuck under bridge or in very narrow roads
Shortage of Drivers :))))))) 😂 if anything we are to many and not organised. Actually is a shortage of companies wich pay decent , i dont her about a good company to have a problem not finding drivers.... That's why we earn / hours less than a cleaning lady . Its true we earn good mony but just because we work long hours.... and with wath sacrifice. No social life and hard to build a family in this field....
10 quid an hour is a joke for class 2 let alone class 1, I was earning 10 quid and hour back in 2011 -2012, so to be paid that from an agency it a joke and not worth it, Some warehouse working are on more money and that not even skilled labor, and some are right minimum an hour should be 20 quid or more as you are classed as skilled and for how much it cost to become a driver what with medical, CPC, Taco Cards and all the other crap needed just to start a job. and that's only if your able find a job that a non English speaking driver is not taking the work
I’m just about to do my part 4 for my cpc so I can start driving again after a 7 year break from it. Just a bit puzzled as to why an agency would take an hour of my pay.
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