Hi,
I am new to the site and am after some advice about firms in the york area. I am leaving the forces after 22 years and have had my C+E licence since 1999 and i have done quite a bit of driving for both agencies and as an employed driver. I have done my 35 hrs CPC training, got my digitach card, ADR and Hiab.
I would like to do tramping so would be willing to travel about an hour or so to get to work.
Any ideas would be gratefully received.
Cheers
John
You could try T.J Smith at Nun monkton, they seem to advertise on a regular basis.
joodis.net/jobs-uk/index.php?opt ⌠id=1160071
Or Alfred Hymas was mentioned on here the other day at Burton Leonard (Harrogate area)
you could try Hull, thereâs container firms up there as well as Harrison SolwayâŚ
Try Nestles, i know their after a roamer, saw the job advertised when i was in the traffic office. Money is alright too if you get on for Nestles.
Reed/Boardall Boroughbridge are always looking for drivers.
^^^^ thatâs cos they pay crap money ÂŁ7.21ph
ianb4310:
^^^^ thatâs cos they pay crap money ÂŁ7.21ph
True, not great money but if it was a choice of working for them or not paying my mortgage I know what I would do. You get more for weekends.
Thanks for the advice so far. Donât suppose anyone knows about any firms offering chance of european jobs? I have never done it commercially but i was based in Germany for 5 years.
As always, any advice would be gratefully received.
Thanks
Reed Boardall do have some euro trampers - GAZLEEDS on here works for them on euro. If you do a search, plenty of people have had their say on RBâs terms of employment and wages etc. so you can make your own mind up.
Otherwise, try some firms in Hull or maybe places in West Yorks (Yeardley? Maru? Joda?).
Get googling, compile a list, and go knock on some doors!
rb only channel hop, max 1 hr drive, bit like going on Woolwich ferry
madmackem:
Thanks for the advice so far. Donât suppose anyone knows about any firms offering chance of european jobs? I have never done it commercially but i was based in Germany for 5 years.
As always, any advice would be gratefully received.
Thanks
Try Stobart at Sherburn.
Thereâs lads on here running on the NAAFI contract to Germany.
Mind thatâll end soon enough anyway with the drawdown.
On the European front I can give you some advice my friend. I am from York and there isnât anything round York on the euro side. Nothing. I can give you a contact number of a bloke in Sunderland that will let you keep your truck at home and youâll do three weeks away, decent money.
Maru arenât looking for anybody, they have two at the moment doing the odd day who are waiting for a full time job.
Yeardleys wonât touch you without at least three years worth of euro references.
Surefreight need a uk driver which may lead to euro work.
Neill and brown at hull wonât take anyone unless theyâre a âknownâ driver or youâre sucking the balls of one of their blue eyed boys.
Try HLH at Bradford, theyâll run you ragged but you may get a job doing belgium constantly, Steve is their gaffer.
Nidd transport sometimes cross the water but only rarely
Reed boardall only send blue eyed boys across and itâs â â â â â workâŚ
Goss international do some Italy, try them, you might fall lucky.
Gibson Taylor tranzsol never need anybody, but you can try
Viamaster donât do continental they just ship trailers.
Tap freight at Barnsley are worth a phone call. If you have ADR
Try montgomery transport at Preston but jobs are like rocking horse â â â â â â
Otherwise, call Ziegler at both Durham and Portsmouth, they both have north based subbies, explain you are looking for work and you would like them to forward your details to any haulier that might need drivers, their work is mainly FranceâŚ
Phone freightex in Dover also they will do the same.
When you phone Ziegler at Durham ask for RICHARD.
Stay away from TJsmith and RT Keedwell theyâre both â â â â firms and â â â â payâŚtry Geoffrey Munford or Munford Haulage at tollerton, your best bet is get the address out of the phone book and turn up, mr munford is a nice old bloke, old fashioned and pays well for what you do, brand new trucks and youâre finished 1400 Fridays usuallyâŚ
Also Revis of York, young John Revis is a bit of a nob, but itâs good tackle and decent money, theyâre at tockwith.
Donât bother with mill field haulage theyâre a crock of â â â â .
Donât go to stobarts, youâve watched channel five, the entire world will mouth ââ â â â â â â as they drive past. To the rest of the haulage world you will be branded a w****r. Ask ANY driver whoâs not Stobart. I bet you twenty million quid you wonât find any who think any different.
Stay away from pallet force type companies delivering groupage - it will rot your brain.
Stay away from companies that deliver to supermarket - same applies
Ps, donât go to thackrays or mike kirby⌠Run bent/crap pay etcâŚ
Any questions, just ask⌠And I hope you get on the continent, itâs a shed load easier, more relaxed and a load more fun, once youâve done it, youâll never go back to uk work those who knock it havenât tried it.
Ps, go to www.tunderman.nl and get the phone number for the office in Europoort, RotterdamâŚ
Call it, ask to speak to MARCEL⌠Heâs the boss of tunderman transport⌠You will have to catch the hull-Rotterdam boat across for your interview (ÂŁ70 quid return incl cabin at the moment and itâs two for one so you can have the day out in Rotterdam with the wife!)
He MAY give you a chance with you having worked in Germany, you would get a dutch plated left â â â â â â Scania or volvo, youâd keep the truck in hull and run ALL of Europe!
Good luck!!
Read TomToms posts above as to how advice on Trucknet really should work! Top posts.
Great posts those tomtom, cheers for the info. Will be referring back to this in the weeks to come!
Try Millfield haulage as well in poppleton just outside York do alot of class two work dont know what they are like to work for.
JellyFox:
Try Nestles, i know their after a roamer, saw the job advertised when i was in the traffic office. Money is alright too if you get on for Nestles.
I was gonna say that but thought it would be dead menâs shoes. Bet itâs an absolute doddle as well.
the maoster:
Read TomToms posts above as to how advice on Trucknet really should work! Top posts.
Thatâs what Iâm on here for, If I knew about trucknet when I started driving things would have been a lot better and some â â â â jobs avoided⌠Anybody struggling with European issues (just starting it/thinking about it/going to new countries or simply where to park or eat across Europe) can come to me tooâŚ
Iâm not a âbig 'edâ just a bloke who will share knowledge⌠I sometimes need a helping hand too!!
Silver_Surfer:
JellyFox:
Try Nestles, i know their after a roamer, saw the job advertised when i was in the traffic office. Money is alright too if you get on for Nestles.I was gonna say that but thought it would be dead menâs shoes. Bet itâs an absolute doddle as well.
You normally have to work up to roamer.
The new starter will start on internal / factory shunting round the York site.
Then double heading (days / nights)
Then roaming.
Normally thereâs someone already lined up for the roamers job from the double heading / shunting (if no double headers want it) pool.
Unusual for a newbie to go straight onto roaming.
Plus I think you need three years experiance.
Nidd go over every day, night, week. No vacancys at present as far as i know.