Driveroneuk:
What exactly is the issue so many of you seem to have with one of, if not the, most successful road haulage company in the country and those who work for them?
Personally don’t have a problem with Stobart but for example if you were a company director of a large Transporter firm and heard Stobart was going to be your competitor you’d be slightly worried for your business. Their so big they can undercut everyone then once they have the market sewn up they can bump up their rates.
If someone like dhl or norberts wanted to work for the ■■■■ rates stobart work for then Eddie would be gone in twelve months.
who do u work for whirlwind?
ajt:
Driveroneuk:
What exactly is the issue so many of you seem to have with one of, if not the, most successful road haulage company in the country and those who work for them?Personally don’t have a problem with Stobart but for example if you were a company director of a large Transporter firm and heard Stobart was going to be your competitor you’d be slightly worried for your business. Their so big they can undercut everyone then once they have the market sewn up they can bump up their rates.
i can only speak of the chilled side,and we loose as many contracts as we gain from competitors,granted some are contracts they want rid of as in alot of cases they were inherited contracts,its a few years ago since i did multi drops but the places i went to,got to know the folks,owners in most cases stobarts were far from the cheapest ,they could get there products moved for less but for whatever reason they prefered to stay with stobarts,i know not long ago we lost a contract to a competitor for a £1 per pallet,a month later were back i there,wheras our trucks were there on time,the firm who took over sometimes there trucks never arrived.
years ago you may of been right about undercutting,but the fact we loose as well as gain contracts makes me think its not the case so much now,if you were right wed never loose a contract,wed just keep gaining them
matizerSCANIAR480:
How long before I’m driviing a Stobart Powder tanker I wonder ■■?
More like how long before there going in to wholesale markets 
never going to happen really, too much work there for a stobart driver and too much sense used 
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no good sending us to wholesale markets,were tight as ■■■■,youd not get us paying a forkie a fiver to tip us
Another point worth a mention, a lot of the big boys with storage barely make a profit on the haulage side of the business, they make their money on the storage, ND Depot at Grantham for example barely turns a profit and sometimes a loss, I think this is why you don’t see these guys being all that bothered with general haulage tbh.
gogzy:
I still wouldnt like to work for 7.75 an hour, thats like half what i get right now, and id have to work double the amount of hours to get close to what i earn.
do you know gogz you are always bleating on about what you earn or skidding round in a car, nobody gives a ■■■■ 
BanburyDan:
Driveroneuk:
Whirlwind:
Go on then Haribo, what is it that makes you elf’s the most successful haulage company in the uk ?For a start you could look at what the company contribute to the economy. Just a few examples:
All utility bills associated with running them as well as maintenance.
Purchase of new trucks and trailers (there’s a lot of them for anyone who hadn’t noticed)
None of which goes back into the UK economy - our utilities providers are all foreign owned bar one, and I have not seen Stobarts operate a truck built by a UK company (Scania, Volvo and now Mercedes).
i thought volvos were built in scotland, but then again i wouldnt buy an english built truck either.
jessicas dad:
gogzy:
I still wouldnt like to work for 7.75 an hour, thats like half what i get right now, and id have to work double the amount of hours to get close to what i earn.do you know gogz you are always bleating on about what you earn or skidding round in a car, nobody gives a [zb]
+1
if that pic is a stobbie car transporter …sign me up…2 cars ahhhhhhh bliss.
all the bull about how much /how less we all earn is purley that…not many drivers will post a wage slip of actual earnings.
heres my typical one for a 50 hour week 
£1644 for a 50 week or am i missing something 
take home …but thats what we get 
any better job offers around here would be gratefully appreciated.tramping no problem
works out at £8.50 per hour me thinks
Take home per month for a 50hr week or £1600+ per week take home for a 50hr week ■■
gezt:
if that pic is a stobbie car transporter …sign me up…2 cars ahhhhhhh bliss.
all the bull about how much /how less we all earn is purley that…not many drivers will post a wage slip of actual earnings.
heres my typical one for a 50 hour week
isnt that jurgenrich,forklifts,didnt nightfreight have the contact for that once,if theyve still got it,id say its monthly,not weekly,im sure i rember seeing them at nightfreight depot at willenhall,not main hub,smaller depot where we dropped off tyres,if theyve still got it cant see them paying those wages per week,monthly more like
Jd, i have a life now, i dont wanna spend days away cooked up in a tin box, you drive a ford mondeo your opinion doesnt count
anyway i wasnt talking [zb] each is one week well the 2nd one is, the first is like 3 days. no nights out nothing
1st payslip is my hourly rate on my inverness run
2nd is the longer run to penrith
ady1:
gezt:
if that pic is a stobbie car transporter …sign me up…2 cars ahhhhhhh bliss.
all the bull about how much /how less we all earn is purley that…not many drivers will post a wage slip of actual earnings.
heres my typical one for a 50 hour weekisnt that jurgenrich,forklifts,didnt nightfreight have the contact for that once,if theyve still got it,id say its monthly,not weekly,im sure i rember seeing them at nightfreight depot at willenhall,not main hub,smaller depot where we dropped off tyres,if theyve still got it cant see them paying those wages per week,monthly more like
nightfreight still do that contract and yes its monthly as stated
jessicas dad:
BanburyDan:
Driveroneuk:
Whirlwind:
Go on then Haribo, what is it that makes you elf’s the most successful haulage company in the uk ?For a start you could look at what the company contribute to the economy. Just a few examples:
All utility bills associated with running them as well as maintenance.
Purchase of new trucks and trailers (there’s a lot of them for anyone who hadn’t noticed)
None of which goes back into the UK economy - our utilities providers are all foreign owned bar one, and I have not seen Stobarts operate a truck built by a UK company (Scania, Volvo and now Mercedes).
i thought volvos were built in scotland, but then again i wouldnt buy an english built truck either.
Not 100% sure, they may well have a factory there (you aren’t the first person to mention it). Either way, Volvo is NOT a British company.
BanburyDan:
jessicas dad:
BanburyDan:
Driveroneuk:
Whirlwind:
Go on then Haribo, what is it that makes you elf’s the most successful haulage company in the uk ?For a start you could look at what the company contribute to the economy. Just a few examples:
All utility bills associated with running them as well as maintenance.
Purchase of new trucks and trailers (there’s a lot of them for anyone who hadn’t noticed)
None of which goes back into the UK economy - our utilities providers are all foreign owned bar one, and I have not seen Stobarts operate a truck built by a UK company (Scania, Volvo and now Mercedes).
i thought volvos were built in scotland, but then again i wouldnt buy an english built truck either.
Not 100% sure, they may well have a factory there (you aren’t the first person to mention it). Either way, Volvo is NOT a British company.
Volvo Trucks closed the factory in Irvine in 1999
Reaper KH:
who do u work for whirlwind?
Currently subbie for Dhl
