UK Trucking Rates

[Jocoh]

[acd1202]

We don't have an equivalent of Landstar, more's the pity, rates here tend to be agreed on an annual basis +/- a fuel surcharge, sometimes, so current market conditions are largely irrelevant. Anyway, take the lower figure you quote and halve it, your probably still better than most owner drivers on traction only work, some get more but more than £1.80 / mile say $2.03 would be very rare. Don't forget our mileages are lower than yours between 9 hours max driving per day, compulsory 56mph speed limiters and heavy traffic nearly everywhere. If you do European, then the rates are lower, driven down by east European competition to such an extent that unless you're specialised and able to charge more Brits rarely go over, tanks, oversize, concert tours and the like. Fuel in the UK is currently about $4.10 per US gallon. So all in all, stay where you are.

[Jocoh]

We don't have an equivalent of Landstar, more's the pity, rates here tend to be agreed on an annual basis +/- a fuel surcharge, sometimes, so current market conditions are largely irrelevant. Anyway, take the lower figure you quote and halve it, your probably still better than most owner drivers on traction only work, some get more but more than £1.80 / mile say $2.03 would be very rare. Don't forget our mileages are lower than yours between 9 hours max driving per day, compulsory 56mph speed limiters and heavy traffic nearly everywhere. If you do European, then the rates are lower, driven down by east European competition to such an extent that unless you're specialised and able to charge more Brits rarely go over, tanks, oversize, concert tours and the like. Fuel in the UK is currently about $4.10 per US gallon. So all in all, stay where you are.

Yep I am not thinking of ever coming back for good ( Hard enough to get in here in the first place ) But it was more out of interest, and From the Rates that you have quoted, how the heck do O/O make a living their. And I also understand when you say about European Rate's and Foreign drivers putting down rate's. The same here many Immigrant's who come here and Buy a truck run for cheaper rate's ( Mainly Asian especially in Cali ). But overall things here are good. I also forgot about the speed limits their, over here it various but in many states its 75mph. But the of course I try to cover at least 650mile's a day when running interstate. Anyway stay safe and thanks for the information.

[Malteser]

We don't have an equivalent of Landstar, more's the pity, rates here tend to be agreed on an annual basis +/- a fuel surcharge, sometimes, so current market conditions are largely irrelevant. Anyway, take the lower figure you quote and halve it, your probably still better than most owner drivers on traction only work, some get more but more than £1.80 / mile say $2.03 would be very rare. Don't forget our mileages are lower than yours between 9 hours max driving per day, compulsory 56mph speed limiters and heavy traffic nearly everywhere. If you do European, then the rates are lower, driven down by east European competition to such an extent that unless you're specialised and able to charge more Brits rarely go over, tanks, oversize, concert tours and the like. Fuel in the UK is currently about $4.10 per US gallon. So all in all, stay where you are.

Just out of curiosity. When you say £1.80 per mile is for how much volume

[Silver_Surfer]

When you say volume what do you mean? Our weight limit for artics is 44 tonnes gross which mean you can usually carry up to 28 tonne odd. Most lads wouldn’t see £1.80 per mile on traction. The docks pay £1.30/£1.40 odd.


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