I am pretty new to the forum and I haven’t yet got a licence and I’m researching the industry as much as I can, before I commit myself and to also cure my curiosity.
I’ve heard rumours about all sorts of jobs in logistics and I can never really decide if these things are true or not, so I’m just gunna go ahead and ask the question.
I’ve heard that the fuel tanker jobs are the best paid, one of the lads I know, his dad works for Shell driving the tankers and is apparantley on 40-50k a year which I thought was amazing, and he’s home everynight! But I took his figures with a pinch of salt as I thought it was a bit of an a white lie especially with the current climate we are in.
So what realistically is the potential earning driving tankers?
Also driving car transporters I’ve heard are very good as well, but can be quite high pressure?
Tipper drivers? Apparantly can earn a decent living and there home everynight
Supermarkets I also heard is good for new passes and is also one of the highest paid in general haulage?
Lastly are there any specialist type jobs are well paid, like oversized loads? Leicester Heavy Haulage springs to mind and seems a very interesting job.
If anyone could give me an idea of these jobs are like, or infact recommend a decent job I’d be all ears, even though im still a bit wet behind them lol
A lot of people on good money are on old contracts, the things you hear about things not being as good as they used to be are right, so he may well be on that sort of money for Shell doing fuel, but you wouldn’t be.
This isn’t so much a job about money, good money on Brakes / 3663 etc, but job doesn’t suit most people (some love it though).
If you WANT to become a truck driver, best to do it and find what you like to do rather than chasing the money, you’ll just end up stressed, divorced and skint
I am pretty new to the forum and I haven’t yet got a licence and I’m researching the industry as much as I can, before I commit myself and to also cure my curiosity.
I’ve heard rumours about all sorts of jobs in logistics and I can never really decide if these things are true or not, so I’m just gunna go ahead and ask the question.
I’ve heard that the fuel tanker jobs are the best paid, one of the lads I know, his dad works for Shell driving the tankers and is apparantley on 40-50k a year which I thought was amazing, and he’s home everynight! But I took his figures with a pinch of salt as I thought it was a bit of an a white lie especially with the current climate we are in.
So what realistically is the potential earning driving tankers?
Also driving car transporters I’ve heard are very good as well, but can be quite high pressure?
Tipper drivers? Apparantly can earn a decent living and there home everynight
Supermarkets I also heard is good for new passes and is also one of the highest paid in general haulage?
Lastly are there any specialist type jobs are well paid, like oversized loads? Leicester Heavy Haulage springs to mind and seems a very interesting job.
If anyone could give me an idea of these jobs are like, or infact recommend a decent job I’d be all ears, even though im still a bit wet behind them lol
Cheers
Drew
do two jobs,i.e work in a factory in day time,mon-fri,then sat- sun driving[earnt shed loads doing that],one week did fri 6 a.m-6 p.m in factory,straight to b+q and did 7 p.m-5 a.m fri night for them,then straight back to factory for 6 a.m-12a.m[6 hrs] sat morn,out on my legs, but pay pckt following week was zb hot,too me its the way to earn serious money,factory[or what ever]+driving time left over
Not sure if you have been reading the newbe forum but your biggest hurdle will be to get taken on with no experience when you pass. Many agencies want min 2 years so before you shell out 1k+ bear this in mind as plenty have passed their hgv but are unable to get a job due to no previous experience.
If you want to earn decent money in the transport industry become a driver for London Underground 50k and Bobs your uncle
DrewHughes:
Hey guys,
I am pretty new to the forum and I haven’t yet got a licence and I’m researching the industry as much as I can, before I commit myself and to also cure my curiosity.
I’ve heard rumours about all sorts of jobs in logistics and I can never really decide if these things are true or not, so I’m just gunna go ahead and ask the question.
I’ve heard that the fuel tanker jobs are the best paid, one of the lads I know, his dad works for Shell driving the tankers and is apparantley on 40-50k a year which I thought was amazing, and he’s home everynight! But I took his figures with a pinch of salt as I thought it was a bit of an a white lie especially with the current climate we are in.
So what realistically is the potential earning driving tankers?
Also driving car transporters I’ve heard are very good as well, but can be quite high pressure?
Tipper drivers? Apparantly can earn a decent living and there home everynight
Supermarkets I also heard is good for new passes and is also one of the highest paid in general haulage?
Lastly are there any specialist type jobs are well paid, like oversized loads? Leicester Heavy Haulage springs to mind and seems a very interesting job.
If anyone could give me an idea of these jobs are like, or infact recommend a decent job I’d be all ears, even though im still a bit wet behind them lol
Sit back and think about why you want to drive for a living, if it’s purely to earn the big money then forget about it and move along to the next pipe dream, if it’s really something you think you’ll enjoy then go for it
Although reading your posts I doubt very much it’s for the love of the job, so good luck in finding your top paying career but I doubt I’ll be seeing you out on the roads
I am pretty new to the forum and I haven’t yet got a licence and I’m researching the industry as much as I can, before I commit myself and to also cure my curiosity.
I’ve heard rumours about all sorts of jobs in logistics and I can never really decide if these things are true or not, so I’m just gunna go ahead and ask the question.
I’ve heard that the fuel tanker jobs are the best paid, one of the lads I know, his dad works for Shell driving the tankers and is apparantley on 40-50k a year which I thought was amazing, and he’s home everynight! But I took his figures with a pinch of salt as I thought it was a bit of an a white lie especially with the current climate we are in.
So what realistically is the potential earning driving tankers?
Also driving car transporters I’ve heard are very good as well, but can be quite high pressure?
Tipper drivers? Apparantly can earn a decent living and there home everynight
Supermarkets I also heard is good for new passes and is also one of the highest paid in general haulage?
Lastly are there any specialist type jobs are well paid, like oversized loads? Leicester Heavy Haulage springs to mind and seems a very interesting job.
If anyone could give me an idea of these jobs are like, or infact recommend a decent job I’d be all ears, even though im still a bit wet behind them lol
Cheers
Drew
do two jobs,i.e work in a factory in day time,mon-fri,then sat- sun driving[earnt shed loads doing that],one week did fri 6 a.m-6 p.m in factory,straight to b+q and did 7 p.m-5 a.m fri night for them,then straight back to factory for 6 a.m-12a.m[6 hrs] sat morn,out on my legs, but pay pckt following week was zb hot,too me its the way to earn serious money,factory[or what ever]+driving time left over
Good advert to a new driver there ady1. Work 12 hours, 1 hour off (driving to B&Q) then 10 hours in charge of a 44 tonner then back to the factory.
Shame you didn’t get caught.
Aren’t you going to give us a breakdown of your pay-packet for that week?
Sit back and think about why you want to drive for a living, if it’s purely to earn the big money then forget about it and move along to the next pipe dream, if it’s really something you think you’ll enjoy then go for it
Although reading your posts I doubt very much it’s for the love of the job, so good luck in finding your top paying career but I doubt I’ll be seeing you out on the roads
All the best for your future, goodbye
Thanks for the reply mate, reading my post back it does come across that im greedy! haha, I didn’t mean it to come across like that!
I just wanted to know what jobs out there paid the best, I’m changing job to have something a little more relaxed and for me to have more time at home rather than earning big money and away for like 8 months of the year. But I wanted to know what to try and aim for later on in life when I have more experience .
Tanker drivers are being laid off at the moment. It’s quite a high pressure job too and often involves shift work. An inexperienced driver wouldn’t get a sniff of that anyway. Car transporters will see you living in a Wendy house and spending nights away and has it’s own pressures. Again lack of experience will be a considerable disadvantage. Tipper drivers usually need experience in that line of work for most firms to take you on. Bottom line is if you think it’s a good job the chances of a newby getting on are practically zero which is how it should be.
I am pretty new to the forum and I haven’t yet got a licence and I’m researching the industry as much as I can, before I commit myself and to also cure my curiosity.
I’ve heard rumours about all sorts of jobs in logistics and I can never really decide if these things are true or not, so I’m just gunna go ahead and ask the question.
I’ve heard that the fuel tanker jobs are the best paid, one of the lads I know, his dad works for Shell driving the tankers and is apparantley on 40-50k a year which I thought was amazing, and he’s home everynight! But I took his figures with a pinch of salt as I thought it was a bit of an a white lie especially with the current climate we are in.
So what realistically is the potential earning driving tankers?
Also driving car transporters I’ve heard are very good as well, but can be quite high pressure?
Tipper drivers? Apparantly can earn a decent living and there home everynight
Supermarkets I also heard is good for new passes and is also one of the highest paid in general haulage?
Lastly are there any specialist type jobs are well paid, like oversized loads? Leicester Heavy Haulage springs to mind and seems a very interesting job.
If anyone could give me an idea of these jobs are like, or infact recommend a decent job I’d be all ears, even though im still a bit wet behind them lol
Cheers
Drew
Petrol tanker jobs use to be good pay but not so much cash nowadays,
Get a job driving a fridge about the uk , you should make £35000 + , night out stuff on top .
Next year when the new recession kicks in the fridge and food industry will still be ploding on turning a
coin while the others are tightening their belts and making cut backs.
I am pretty new to the forum and I haven’t yet got a licence and I’m researching the industry as much as I can, before I commit myself and to also cure my curiosity.
I’ve heard rumours about all sorts of jobs in logistics and I can never really decide if these things are true or not, so I’m just gunna go ahead and ask the question.
I’ve heard that the fuel tanker jobs are the best paid, one of the lads I know, his dad works for Shell driving the tankers and is apparantley on 40-50k a year which I thought was amazing, and he’s home everynight! But I took his figures with a pinch of salt as I thought it was a bit of an a white lie especially with the current climate we are in.
So what realistically is the potential earning driving tankers?
Also driving car transporters I’ve heard are very good as well, but can be quite high pressure?
Tipper drivers? Apparantly can earn a decent living and there home everynight
Supermarkets I also heard is good for new passes and is also one of the highest paid in general haulage?
Lastly are there any specialist type jobs are well paid, like oversized loads? Leicester Heavy Haulage springs to mind and seems a very interesting job.
If anyone could give me an idea of these jobs are like, or infact recommend a decent job I’d be all ears, even though im still a bit wet behind them lol
Cheers
Drew
do two jobs,i.e work in a factory in day time,mon-fri,then sat- sun driving[earnt shed loads doing that],one week did fri 6 a.m-6 p.m in factory,straight to b+q and did 7 p.m-5 a.m fri night for them,then straight back to factory for 6 a.m-12a.m[6 hrs] sat morn,out on my legs, but pay pckt following week was zb hot,too me its the way to earn serious money,factory[or what ever]+driving time left over
Good advert to a new driver there ady1. Work 12 hours, 1 hour off (driving to B&Q) then 10 hours in charge of a 44 tonner then back to the factory.
Shame you didn’t get caught.
Aren’t you going to give us a breakdown of your pay-packet for that week?
you mean a break down of 2 pay packets[agency+ factory] ,as for if they caught me,not a thing they could do,one job was working in a factory,one was driving
ady1:
as for if they caught me,not a thing they could do,one job was working in a factory,one was driving
BWAHAHA what a clueless ■■■■■■■■ you are. You could have had your licence revoked and ended up in prison. It would take a traffic commissioner precisely 10 minutes to find out what other work you’d been doing other than driving with one single phone call to HMRC.
Any other work is classed as other work under tacho rules and what you did was completely illegal under EU drivers hours rules as you didn’t have sufficient daily or weekly rest. ALL NON DRIVING WORK is classed as other work under EU Drivers Hours regs. So say you start driving at 8am and finish at 4pm then go to a factory and do a night shift from 5pm to 3am then you’re back in the wagon at 8am you’ve not had sufficient daily rest of 11hrs - you’ve only had 5 because the factory work is classed as other work for tacho regs.
ady1:
as for if they caught me,not a thing they could do,one job was working in a factory,one was driving
BWAHAHA what a clueless [zb] you are. You could have had your licence revoked and ended up in prison. It would take a traffic commissioner precisely 10 minutes to find out what other work you’d been doing other than driving with one single phone call to HMRC.
Any other work is classed as other work under tacho rules and what you did was completely illegal under EU drivers hours rules as you didn’t have sufficient daily or weekly rest. ALL NON DRIVING WORK is classed as other work under EU Drivers Hours regs. So say you start driving at 8am and finish at 4pm then go to a factory and do a night shift from 5pm to 3am then you’re back in the wagon at 8am you’ve not had sufficient daily rest of 11hrs - you’ve only had 5 because the factory work is classed as other work for tacho regs.
■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■,working in a factory has got zb to do with driving a truck
how do you think the
fireman
sqaddie
window cleaners
taxi drivers
caravan repair bloke all do it,work in day,drive evening/nights,are you saying they all run bent,stupid ■■■■
the only thing that amazes me is you havent blamed it all on P.O.A like you normally do,and for your info i was stopped more than once by vosa and they never said a word,just checked my tacho,truck and sent me on my way knowitall who knows zb all
ady1:
as for if they caught me,not a thing they could do,one job was working in a factory,one was driving
BWAHAHA what a clueless [zb] you are. You could have had your licence revoked and ended up in prison. It would take a traffic commissioner precisely 10 minutes to find out what other work you’d been doing other than driving with one single phone call to HMRC.
Any other work is classed as other work under tacho rules and what you did was completely illegal under EU drivers hours rules as you didn’t have sufficient daily or weekly rest. ALL NON DRIVING WORK is classed as other work under EU Drivers Hours regs. So say you start driving at 8am and finish at 4pm then go to a factory and do a night shift from 5pm to 3am then you’re back in the wagon at 8am you’ve not had sufficient daily rest of 11hrs - you’ve only had 5 because the factory work is classed as other work for tacho regs.
[zb] [zb],working in a factory has got zb to do with driving a truck
how do you think the
fireman
sqaddie
window cleaners
taxi drivers
caravan repair bloke all do it,work in day,drive evening/nights,are you saying they all run bent,stupid [zb]
the only thing that amazes me is you havent blamed it all on P.O.A like you normally do,and for your info i was stopped more than once by vosa and they never said a word,just checked my tacho,truck and sent me on my way knowitall who knows zb all
Conor is completely correct ady1. You were bang out of order and if you’d had a bump or fell asleep etc they would’ve nailed you to the wall by your ■■■■.
If you drive for reward in any given week, you come under Tacho rules. ANY paid or voluntary work counts towards other work. You weren’t resting because you were working in a factory so you didn’t have sufficient daily or weekly rest.
As for,
Fireman
Sqaddies
Window cleaners
Taxi drivers and
Caravan repair bloke.
Emergency services and the Armed Forces are exempt.
Window cleaners, Taxi Drivers and the Caravan Repair Bloke, they’re not carrying goods, nor are they over 3.5 tonnes.
ady1:
as for if they caught me,not a thing they could do,one job was working in a factory,one was driving
BWAHAHA what a clueless [zb] you are. You could have had your licence revoked and ended up in prison. It would take a traffic commissioner precisely 10 minutes to find out what other work you’d been doing other than driving with one single phone call to HMRC.
Any other work is classed as other work under tacho rules and what you did was completely illegal under EU drivers hours rules as you didn’t have sufficient daily or weekly rest. ALL NON DRIVING WORK is classed as other work under EU Drivers Hours regs. So say you start driving at 8am and finish at 4pm then go to a factory and do a night shift from 5pm to 3am then you’re back in the wagon at 8am you’ve not had sufficient daily rest of 11hrs - you’ve only had 5 because the factory work is classed as other work for tacho regs.
[zb] [zb],working in a factory has got zb to do with driving a truck
how do you think the
fireman
sqaddie
window cleaners
taxi drivers
caravan repair bloke all do it,work in day,drive evening/nights,are you saying they all run bent,stupid [zb]
the only thing that amazes me is you havent blamed it all on P.O.A like you normally do,and for your info i was stopped more than once by vosa and they never said a word,just checked my tacho,truck and sent me on my way knowitall who knows zb all
Conor is completely correct ady1. You were bang out of order and if you’d had a bump or fell asleep etc they would’ve nailed you to the wall by your ■■■■.
If you drive for reward in any given week, you come under Tacho rules. ANY paid or voluntary work counts towards other work. You weren’t resting because you were working in a factory so you didn’t have sufficient daily or weekly rest.
As for,
Fireman
Sqaddies
Window cleaners
Taxi drivers and
Caravan repair bloke.
Emergency services and the Armed Forces are exempt.
Window cleaners, Taxi Drivers and the Caravan Repair Bloke, they’re not carrying goods, nor are they over 3.5 tonnes.
Baby1 in the firing line again I see. Makes a change from me I suppose.
@ Drew, as a very general rule - if you love/enjoy driving then you’ll be able to put up with all the BS that comes with the job in order to earn some fairly decent money. If you don’t enjoy driving and would have no interest in this sector whatsoever if you hadn’t heard about the potential earnings then my advice to you is to forget it and look at other sectors as you’ll get ■■■■■■ off with it in no time at all. Really, enjoying driving is what makes the job relatively stress free for a lot of us.
A lot of people rave about supermarket work as being the ‘daddy’ in terms of pay but I disagree. When you factor in all the weekends and bank holidays you’ll be working on your rolling rota the money isn’t really anything spectacular. The only thing really going for it is that you’re home every night and know when you’ll be starting and finishing each day. Of course if you’ve got family commitments then that’s worth a lot, but it isn’t for everybody.
Rob K: Baby1 in the firing line again I see. Makes a change from me I suppose.
@ Drew, as a very general rule - if you love/enjoy driving then you’ll be able to put up with all the BS that comes with the job in order to earn some fairly decent money. If you don’t enjoy driving and would have no interest in this sector whatsoever if you hadn’t heard about the potential earnings then my advice to you is to forget it and look at other sectors as you’ll get ■■■■■■ off with it in no time at all. Really, enjoying driving is what makes the job relatively stress free for a lot of us.
A lot of people rave about supermarket work as being the ‘daddy’ in terms of pay but I disagree. When you factor in all the weekends and bank holidays you’ll be working on your rolling rota the money isn’t really anything spectacular. The only thing really going for it is that you’re home every night and know when you’ll be starting and finishing each day. Of course if you’ve got family commitments then that’s worth a lot, but it isn’t for everybody.
