Uniloads

Saw this in paper and had a look on the website they dont mind taking on people without experience as will train u up its delivering vehicles and collection across the uk there is a an application on line and thought maybe might be worth a shot so thought it was worth sharing with everybody else new looking for experience website is uniloads.co.uk : Jx

Nice one Jennie,

Do you know if they operate nationwide, especially the south??

Jennie:
Saw this in paper and had a look on the website they dont mind taking on people without experience as will train u up its delivering vehicles and collection across the uk there is a an application on line and thought maybe might be worth a shot so thought it was worth sharing with everybody else new looking for experience website is uniloads.co.uk : Jx

Everybody has their own idea of a decent job, but a search on here sometimes brings out some lurkers.

This thread may answer a few questions.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54383&start=0&hilit=uniloads

there is another company looking for commercial platers too, check out this website.

docreative.co.uk/brit/recrui … s.php?id=6

Good Luck with it

Be careful folks

I remember reading on here that some of these trade plate companies only pay you when you are actually driving and all the other time you spend going to the next job or getting back is unpaid !!

A 2 hour driving job could turn into 5 or 6 hours from start to finish and only getting paid for 2 hours

A mate of mine used to do this, he had to hitchhike back!

Thanks for the input guys if they do ring me i will make sure what the job entails and be able to ask the questions to stop me being taken advantage of and see what happens seems to me if you see anything in a national newspaper advertised might be too good to be true but with a little of your guys help we can be pre armed to make sure we ask the right questions hense my post cheers jen x

Jennie:
if they do ring me i will make sure what the job entails and be able to ask the questions to stop me being taken advantage of

That’s what I did as it seemed to be just perfect for me - driving only with no physical stuff - but I soon found out after a few relevant questions that once the vehicle had been delivered I would be left to my own devices to get to the next job or back to base which would have meant expensive taxi and train fares !! - or worse still for me, lots of walking/hitching

I was initially under the impression that they arranged transport between jobs/base but they don’t

Might try and see if i can contact the other link that wheelnut suggested im glad i joined trucknet can be fore armed these guys that advertise a lot seem to enjoy taking advantage of the newbie but i suppose every job is like that no matter what u do when i worked for the aa we used to send new patrols for spark plugs for some diesel car and enjoy the pink face on his return !!! jx

worked for uniloads in 1997,first job was a shell erf tanker from brum to heysham docks,last job was an ex council iveco daily pickup from ellesmere port to southhampton docks.
uniloads liked you to have somewhere to park vehicles at night but mainly at weekends,i left mine on a farm but uniloads payed the farmer,dont know how much.
if you had parking you always got a vehicle to go home with,not dropping one on a friday and hitchin train riding home with no setup for the monday.
got paid for hitchin,got paid for taxis buses trains, and for accomadation bnb’s hotels. you got n/o money you could kip in the vehicles or like i said find accomadation.
i did new scanias out of immingham,ivecos out of dartford,iveco’s out of winsford,allsorts out of marshalls in cambridge, bin wagons fel’s rel’s fire engines buses coaches rigid’s artics 8 wheelers 6 wheelers the good the bad and the very very ugly
its not all rosy you can make ian bothams charity walk’s look like a walk in the park !!
there is no such thing as bad weather only the wrong clothes,fabric must be breathable,sleeping bag towel washbag a must,map [presatnav days] good walking boots you are marching if you are not driving, or stoodstill hitchin.
you meet everyone and everyone when you get in to peoples vehicles ,defo the good the bad and sometimes very scary.i was fed washed put up and propositioned but not necessarily in that order.
everyones got a story and you will be the one they tell it to.
its a laugh
you will find out the true depth of human kindness. oh common sense a must.

Thanks usaname i think on that last post prob not the most sensible of jobs to take I am after all a woman and no matter how much common sense i have or that i think i can handle myself i have no chance against some bloke that has a crazed look in his eyes and i dont want to become a story for the next sun newspaper reporter to make money on best leave this one to the big boys cheers for insight jx

Jennie:
Thanks usaname i think on that last post prob not the most sensible of jobs to take I am after all a woman and no matter how much common sense i have or that i think i can handle myself i have no chance against some bloke that has a crazed look in his eyes and i dont want to become a story for the next sun newspaper reporter to make money on best leave this one to the big boys cheers for insight jx

Jennie. I worked at Ontime Automotive and most of the platers were doing new Mercedes cars out of Wellesbourne, they either used the trains or had a “chase car”, another plater who would pick 3 or 4 drivers up and return them to the yard for another car. It is worth a try and I may even go for it if my doctors stop me driving trucks full time. I need the exercise walking and it can only strengthen my weakened muscles.

I am anti social so would probably prefer using trains and coaches, hell with these cheap flights you could probably use Stelios or Ryanair to get to your next job.

Will prob see what they have to say wheelnut but if no guarentee of making sure i can get back might not be the job for me but there is a few plating companies out there and not all the same saying that uniload not even contacted me yet so may even be accademic as after all i am a newbie as still not driven anything larger than a van so may not want to employ me hey ho onwards n upwards as they say jx

I just had a call from this Company, unfortunately, rightly or wrongly I didn’t give the Chap the chance to explain anything regards the Job, I just said after reading a few posts on here I wasn’t interested.
Oooops, maybe I should have asked a few questions, but I can’t afford to be dropped ‘in it’.

dinosteveus1:
I just had a call from this Company, unfortunately, rightly or wrongly I didn’t give the Chap the chance to explain anything regards the Job, I just said after reading a few posts on here I wasn’t interested.
Oooops, maybe I should have asked a few questions, but I can’t afford to be dropped ‘in it’.

Wrongly probably, after all there was at least one quite positive post in this thread and it would be good experience for anyone wanting to start driving. too late perhaps, burning bridges etc

Wheel Nut:

dinosteveus1:
I just had a call from this Company, unfortunately, rightly or wrongly I didn’t give the Chap the chance to explain anything regards the Job, I just said after reading a few posts on here I wasn’t interested.
Oooops, maybe I should have asked a few questions, but I can’t afford to be dropped ‘in it’.

Wrongly probably, after all there was at least one quite positive post in this thread and it would be good experience for anyone wanting to start driving. too late perhaps, burning bridges etc

Better to be safe than sorry. After thinking about this I did the right thing, how many ‘warnings’ do you need?

On the email application form, I was a bit put off by this:

“Is Hitch Hiking a Problem For You?”

Looks a bit dodgy to me.

it always interested me in doing a job like the one advertised, but i couldnt understand why a company would ask you to deliver a vehicle hundreds of miles away, with no means or expenses to get you to your next job without hitch hiking. surely in this day and age the cost of getting the driver back, or to get him accommodation should be taken into the equasion. How can you expect a driver to only get paid 2 hours for a job that takes 5/6 hours…unless the hourly rate is £100…if the job was based on trip money then its easier to work out what you would have to spend on transport…unless they give you a company credit card…i find it unbelieveable the way trade platers have to work…and i find it difficult to help them out as we are not allowed to carry passengers…but on the other hand…they should not have to rely on lifts in order to do a days work…so all in all i dont think its for me…like the song says…i cant stand the rain or any bad weather, or even hitching when the sun is bearing down on ya whilst carrying a large holdall to hold all the bits and bobs you might need for a days work.

truckyboy:
it always interested me in doing a job like the one advertised, but i couldnt understand why a company would ask you to deliver a vehicle hundreds of miles away, with no means or expenses to get you to your next job without hitch hiking. surely in this day and age the cost of getting the driver back, or to get him accommodation should be taken into the equasion. How can you expect a driver to only get paid 2 hours for a job that takes 5/6 hours…unless the hourly rate is £100…if the job was based on trip money then its easier to work out what you would have to spend on transport…unless they give you a company credit card…i find it unbelieveable the way trade platers have to work…and i find it difficult to help them out as we are not allowed to carry passengers…but on the other hand…they should not have to rely on lifts in order to do a days work…so all in all i dont think its for me…like the song says…i cant stand the rain or any bad weather, or even hitching when the sun is bearing down on ya whilst carrying a large holdall to hold all the bits and bobs you might need for a days work.

It sort of interested me Bob, especially after knowing a few of the guys at the Ontime Plating Society They came to work and hovered around the coffee machine spinning yarns and ■■■■■■■■■■■ They were given a set of keys and a checklist and they were off for the day. I imagined a similar job with the lorries, different truck every day, loads of variety and the chance of a couple of nights at home. It seems the reality on Uniloads is different. As you say, many companies will not allow passengers, who knows what language the driver will speak nowadays if you do hitchhike?

My Brother owned a garage and he employed a retired butcher, this guy had a pensioners railcard and free bus travel, his hobby was salmon fishing so if David was given a dealer transfer in Scotland he would throw his tackle in the back and go off for a couple of days, if it was a one way trip he used buses or trains and charged my Brother by the hour plus the full train fare. I envied his freedom to travel

hi to all wanna be uniloads drivers my name is kevin and believe me this is one company you want to give a wide birth to … i started with them in march 2008 and lasted to march 2010 in which time my wage at the start was pretty decent £450-00 to £500 per wk …however in the end i was earning no more than £150 if i was lucky but evrything had changed there was no wagons being moved so you have to move cars or you get no money…so then your rate drops from 8-90ph to 7-30 ph and also the the time alloted…eg hgv from stoke to glasgow 5.5 hours =49-50 but in a car because you dont have to take a break and the fact you can go 70 miles per hour it becomes 3hr at 7-30 ph so its a big drop plus you are treated like crap by them and you have to fork out travel nd digs out of your own pocket and hope they will agree to pay it back or you sleep in the car …as i said it was ok at the start but after you try living and working like that in the middle of winter like that you soon change your mind .

. Welcome redkev57 .
Thank you for the insight - nothing like hearing what it is like from someone who actually works or worked there recently