So what’s the best work available on class 2 does everyone think? Done multi drop hated it, worked on the bins and it’s a mad rush now on skips and the pay not as good but its steady. What you guys think?
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I done pallet network for about a year that was long enough for me, could end up anywhere and out all hours was no set day I could plan anything. I’m doing fridge work now bakery supplies. Much better with rota every week and knowing roughly time I finish each day.Not for everyone but just try and find something that suits you.
There is no best work, each of us finds our niche which suits us.
Some like multi drop pallet work, some like tippers or skips or food deliveries (including bakery rounds), window frames, plant hire, building supplies, vehicle recovery.
So much to choose from, if something takes your fancy give it a go.
As with all things, best paid usually involves graft muck odd hours or the use of your brain, or a combination of some or all of those, be careful not to just look at the supposed top line of the promised pay packet, 45 hours is infinitely preferable to 60 for the same pay.
I would say skips and tippers are the best work going. Have done multi drop for shops. Dont want to do that again. I have known some skip drivers to have a side line selling stuff that they find on the skips.
tippers and store deliveries for me.
multidrop pallet work makes me feel like a 18t/26t white van man chasing my arse all day long.
All class 2 is s h it
personally i would go for gas/fuel on c2. need adr also coming into busy season so some companies possibly train you up…
Get on the tar.
■■■■■■■ or tippers. Easy money
Grab 8 wheeler work also well paid but a bit if graft involved.
Was working on gas contracts years ago 8-4.30pm or job and knovk depending on the squads you went to work for.
120 quid a day. 2nd man doing the whacking of materials going back into the utility tracks.
Plenty of cushty jobs out there for good money its just having the correct liscence for said vehicle.
Hiab work also was good. Plant machinery moving.
Theres more to a class 2 than just a curtain or a box.
ag1992:
So what’s the best work available on class 2 does everyone think? Done multi drop hated it, worked on the bins and it’s a mad rush now on skips and the pay not as good but its steady. What you guys think?Sent from my PAR-TL20 using Tapatalk
Best work or best money? Unless you strike gold it’s usually one or the other. I’ve said before and I’ll say it again, for the best money as a driver in the road transport sector you need to be aiming for 1. own account work (ie. not any company with haulage, transport or logistics in their name), 2. specialised work that requires or results in 3. unique skills, qualifications and experience which mean you can dictate your pay rate to some extent and 4. be prepared to get your boots muddy.
Our class 2 guys on farm work are on about £2 per hour more than the average class 1 pay round here, brand new good spec Scania 8 wheelers with a few frills. No rush, same selection of routes every day, know what time you’re starting and what time you’re going home, nice scenery out of the window and very nice tan for free in the summer. Not so much fun in the winter when everything is covered with at least 3" of mud, icy untreated country lanes, snow, wind, constant rain, cold, soaked wet through everytime you get out. In the winter that’s when you earn your pay while other drivers on the standard general haulage £11-12 an hour are sat in their warm, dry cab cruising up the M1 at 56mph with the arm rests down and radio on while dragging their pallets of beans to an RDC somewhere.
There’s different types of jobs to suit everyone but most don’t want to leave their comfort zone and so just flit from one logistics company to another hoping to find the holy grail and whinge to anyone who’ll listen about how bad the job is, poor pay/conditions etc.
Evolved:
All class 2 is s h it
No its not.
You might find this difficult to believe but there could be some drivers out there that have held a class 1 licence for donkeys years and have been there and that done but in recent years chose to drive a class 2 for a better wage and working conditions.
Just saying.
Try hiab builders merchants.
Usually mon to Fri and set hours . Nor.much heavy lifting.
But you do and up going to some.tight roads and housing estates
Suedehead:
You might find this difficult to believe but there could be some drivers out there that have held a class 1 licence for donkeys years and have been there and that done but in recent years chose to drive a class 2 for a better wage and working conditions.
Just saying.
Lies 
But i take back my previous statement… because I actually enjoyed asphalt work.
cgscott:
Get on the tar.■■■■■■■ or tippers. Easy money
Grab 8 wheeler work also well paid but a bit if graft involved.
Was working on gas contracts years ago 8-4.30pm or job and knovk depending on the squads you went to work for.
120 quid a day. 2nd man doing the whacking of materials going back into the utility tracks.
Plenty of cushty jobs out there for good money its just having the correct liscence for said vehicle.
Hiab work also was good. Plant machinery moving.
Theres more to a class 2 than just a curtain or a box.
Thanks mate. The skip company I’m at currently have grab wagons and they are saying how many loads they can do rushing around, then arriving back late. Doesn’t sound my cup of tea for where I’m at currently. Thinking of doing ADR in tanks or hiab for builders merchs, leaning towards hiab as i enjoy the local stuff.
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Try and get on with that company called Furlough.
Done builders merchants; depending on who you’re working (and the time of year) for it’s either a doddle or another version of white van multi-drop with the added hassles of awkward sites and customers who either keep you waiting for ages or expect you there yesterday. Still a fair bit of handball too.
Something that hasn’t yet been mentioned as an added skill is a Moffett licence. I’m seeing increasing numbers of these about on various jobs, not just drywall insulation but pallet work and general haulage as well. I’ve done it for years, delivering farm feeds; best job I’ve ever had.
Read Mick Bracewell’s post; then read it again. Sums up the situation perfectly.
Sidevalve:
Done builders merchants; depending on who you’re working (and the time of year) for it’s either a doddle or another version of white van multi-drop with the added hassles of awkward sites and customers who either keep you waiting for ages or expect you there yesterday. Still a fair bit of handball too.Something that hasn’t yet been mentioned as an added skill is a Moffett licence. I’m seeing increasing numbers of these about on various jobs, not just drywall insulation but pallet work and general haulage as well. I’ve done it for years, delivering farm feeds; best job I’ve ever had.
Read Mick Bracewell’s post; then read it again. Sums up the situation perfectly.
Thanks for the nod, sidevalve 
. Talking of earning money, earnt mine today out in the 8 wheeler battling the floods all along the River Ribble valley and River Wyre over Blackpool side. Could have easily got to the farms if not for the utter [zb]tards in cars and vans thinking that driving through 2ft of water at 40mph+ is the best course of action, resulting of course in them hydrolocking their engines and completely blocking the way for any other vehicles. Could see the farm turning 200 yards away but couldn’t get through for a van bobbing about in the flood water so had to do a 15 mile detour to get in from the other side 
. Been breezy and very rainy here but surprisingly mild once out of the breeze. Boots VERY muddy though 
. No good for these softie motorway plobbers wanting fifteen quid an hour for sitting on their arses all day .
Suedehead:
Evolved:
All class 2 is s h itNo its not.
You might find this difficult to believe but there could be some drivers out there that have held a class 1 licence for donkeys years and have been there and that done but in recent years chose to drive a class 2 for a better wage and working conditions.
Just saying.
I’m in that situation, doing plant with an 8w Hiab.
Pay is hands down much better than I could get for doing almost anything else round here. A few things would beat it but not for the number of hours worked which are M-F only and more or less regular.
Any pallet network type stuff 