Was just having a nose and spotted this , is it normal on car transport work that it less money for loading then driving
indeed.co.uk/m/viewjob?jk=8 … &from=serp
Most car transport pay agreements are based on some sort of productivity arrangement, if you paid that £14 an hour across the board there would be little incentive to move at anything other than snail pace or get anything done as the clock would be ticking.
As it is if you can load the lorry in an hour (you can do this after some time) and get going, if you deliver 10 cars (another hour) you’ve earned 2 x £9.10 + £21.90 car money, plus obviously the travelling time @ £14 an hour.
No the rate isn’t fantastic by any means, but they are prepared to train from scratch for the right applicants.
If you got the right work, ie 11 cars to port, collect another 11 and return and deliver the same day, so 6 hrs driving pay £84, £48.18 car money, and say 3 hours loading and strapping £27.30, adding up to £159.48 for 9 hours work plus unpaid (we assume) breaks.
On the other hand a multi drop run taking you all day to deliver one load would work out somewhat different, ie 11 cars £ £24.90 over 5 drops, so 6 hour driving £84, 6 hours poncing about delivering £54.60, making a total of £163.50 over 11 hours, plus unpaid (we assume) breaks.
You might also only be carrying 3 large vans instead of a full load, so your car money if the linked site tells the full story would be down to £6 
(some pay agreements extra large vans are at 3 x the car rate), so you’d have to hope the turn arounds were quick and maximise the driving hours to make it up.
Car work has always depended on getting the right work to make the best wages, but it’s not alone in that, swings and roundabouts in every pay scheme.
Some of the hardest work out there by the way.
Tell him…
It’s a godawful job when it’s raining.
yourhavingalarf:
Tell him…It’s a godawful job when it’s raining.
On the plus side…you get to park in the coach bay in the services 