I know most companies in the Maritimes just include vacation pay in your wages at 2 cents additional per mile. This is either in with your take home wage every week or put aside each week in to a pot to draw from as and when.
dozy:
Rob K:
limeyphil:
We all want more money no matter what we earn, But what is your average pay after tax with meal allowances and subsistence included?
Do you think it’s about right? Average? Poor? or Excellent?The reason for the question isn’t to be a nosey git, It’s to help one another know what the average driver is on, or should be on. Some may be earning a huge amount compared to others, Yet think that they are being screwed. Some may think they are getting a decent wage, Then realise that they are being screwed.
No-one else’s business.
Oh yes it is,you for years have made a career of trying to belittle people’s wages,peanuts,buttons etc,so go on let’s see a example of one of your mega bucks wages pckts,p60 from last year,or is that why your saying its no-one else’s business,the cat would be out the bag
That’s because you lot are on buttons and you like to make a big point of mentioning it in all your posts like it’s something to be proud of.
And there’s no need to post my earnings because being an agency driver everyone knows that they’re all on at least a grand a week. 
Rob…, do you belittle the class1 drivers to their faces at the haulier you are presently working for?.I went there to enquire about a job, six months ago, and the hourly rate is less than £8 p/h.I very much doubt you are on a bucketload more than that.
LeedsChris:
Rob…, do you belittle the class1 drivers to their faces at the haulier you are presently working for?.I went there to enquire about a job, six months ago, and the hourly rate is less than £8 p/h.I very much doubt you are on a bucketload more than that.
How much I charge is my business. Suffice to say that it’s a rate that I’m happy with. You can guess and think what you like chap. 
Some drivers could openly reveal their earnings but the lesser earners would just shout them down as liars, even if proof were shown, some drivers simply don’t like to be proven wrong.
If you work hard, learn where the good payers are, keep your head down, learn where you can get good hours, learn where Sundays are regularly available and get good at what you do then there is no reason whatsoever for you not to be banging out over a grand a week. Its not bragging, its fact.
too many driver terrified of disclosing their wages in case others apply? 
when I was driving it was 8-9 basic then time and a half after 8 hours (99% agency work). best paying job was royal mail 11.75 per hour and easy work!
If you look at the top of this page, There is a banner promoting Trg, They advertise the rates that they pay. So anyone can find out what rates the drivers are on. At least they show the rates, Far too many firms advertise a job but won’t advertise the wages.
I appreciate some people don’t want to discuss wages, That’s fine, But a bit old fashioned as far as i’m concerened.
An open discussion about wages around the country can only be a good thing, Many people ask on here about the money at one firm or another.
Just a little point mostly for new drivers. There are jobs out there that will give you a take home pay of £650 to £900 per week, But take home is the funny phrase “you don’t get home”. Others are satisfied with £400 to £500 and being home every weekend or every night.
It would be appreciated if more expat drivers would join in so we can see how things work around the globe.
Winseer:
How many have a job that’s 36 hours a week in line with other industry?55-60 hours a week for the same pay as a 36 hour worker outside haulage gets is slavery, let alone 84+ hours a week. It’s the hours that are wrong in the haulage business, rather than the cash.
Think of all those lives that would be saved if we didn’t have to work stupid hours half asleep just to make ends meet…
I dont think you’ll find that people are earning as much as you think in other Industries for an hourly rate, neither are we as an industry, but workers on the high street and clerical positions in offices are as poorly paid as driving, none of it is right. Even the big money to be made in building has gone for the time being, and mostly you had to be self employed to earn it, and alot off people dont want the agro.
If there was such good wages in 7-8 hour day industries why has the government bought in a £500 benefit cap. to read some of the posts in this thread, you’d believe that all other jobs are paying £15 an hour and clearly that is a lie. like many on here, these workers will be getting tax credits and even housing benefit due to their poor wages. its a country wide issue for average wokers in whatever industry.
As for me I’m happy with what I get, I travel to get it though, which many arent prepared to do, as this sometimes means stopping in the lorry for no night out money. but thats my choice
3 wheeler:
Depends on your outgoings as to what you need, Average 3 bed house in Bucks is £335k, average in Burnley £200k probably…■■■■ big difference in the mortgage payments.
London £450k. So you cannot afford it or you have to do without Food !!!
So many variables…same with wages to a lesser degree.
The only thing I will say is its cheaper up North in general , and the wages are smaller but not by that much.
The national average home value is £167,500,Burnley is nowhere near to that,let alone £200,000!!!
eddie snax:
Winseer:
How many have a job that’s 36 hours a week in line with other industry?55-60 hours a week for the same pay as a 36 hour worker outside haulage gets is slavery, let alone 84+ hours a week. It’s the hours that are wrong in the haulage business, rather than the cash.
Think of all those lives that would be saved if we didn’t have to work stupid hours half asleep just to make ends meet…
I dont think you’ll find that people are earning as much as you think in other Industries for an hourly rate, neither are we as an industry, but workers on the high street and clerical positions in offices are as poorly paid as driving, none of it is right. Even the big money to be made in building has gone for the time being, and mostly you had to be self employed to earn it, and alot off people dont want the agro.
If there was such good wages in 7-8 hour day industries why has the government bought in a £500 benefit cap. to read some of the posts in this thread, you’d believe that all other jobs are paying £15 an hour and clearly that is a lie. like many on here, these workers will be getting tax credits and even housing benefit due to their poor wages. its a country wide issue for average wokers in whatever industry.
As for me I’m happy with what I get, I travel to get it though, which many arent prepared to do, as this sometimes means stopping in the lorry for no night out money. but thats my choice
Who are all these people driving past us with 13 plates? They can’t all be getting brand new cars on tick they can barely afford on their meagre wages surely?
I always seem to be surrounded by people with more money than me when I’m on the road… Is it an illusion? Are they all on the verge of bankruptcy because they’ve not reined in their debt already?
Am I really better off having kicked all my debt away years ago, but now refusing to partake of anything beyond my means? - Or are they just all in higher-paying jobs out of my reach?
There are drivers here getting £15+ pay. They don’t talk about it of course, since it wouldn’t be prudent, lest someone else poach their job off them.
There does seem to be a difference in wages between hauliers and firms that run their own trucks for their own use.
Winseer:
eddie snax:
Winseer:
How many have a job that’s 36 hours a week in line with other industry?55-60 hours a week for the same pay as a 36 hour worker outside haulage gets is slavery, let alone 84+ hours a week. It’s the hours that are wrong in the haulage business, rather than the cash.
Think of all those lives that would be saved if we didn’t have to work stupid hours half asleep just to make ends meet…
I dont think you’ll find that people are earning as much as you think in other Industries for an hourly rate, neither are we as an industry, but workers on the high street and clerical positions in offices are as poorly paid as driving, none of it is right. Even the big money to be made in building has gone for the time being, and mostly you had to be self employed to earn it, and alot off people dont want the agro.
If there was such good wages in 7-8 hour day industries why has the government bought in a £500 benefit cap. to read some of the posts in this thread, you’d believe that all other jobs are paying £15 an hour and clearly that is a lie. like many on here, these workers will be getting tax credits and even housing benefit due to their poor wages. its a country wide issue for average wokers in whatever industry.
As for me I’m happy with what I get, I travel to get it though, which many arent prepared to do, as this sometimes means stopping in the lorry for no night out money. but thats my choice
Who are all these people driving past us with 13 plates? They can’t all be getting brand new cars on tick they can barely afford on their meagre wages surely?
I always seem to be surrounded by people with more money than me when I’m on the road… Is it an illusion? Are they all on the verge of bankruptcy because they’ve not reined in their debt already?
Am I really better off having kicked all my debt away years ago, but now refusing to partake of anything beyond my means? - Or are they just all in higher-paying jobs out of my reach?There are drivers here getting £15+ pay. They don’t talk about it of course, since it wouldn’t be prudent, lest someone else poach their job off them.
You seem to be saying that you gage someones wealth on their superficial appearance, you dont actualy know, and by the way, if you’ve got money or assets, you can borrow almost any amount you want. but it doesnt mean you have a good wage. you maybe a couple who both work, and use one wage to buy your 13 plate car and 2 holidays a year, it doesnt mean that either wage has to be particularly big.
Yes I know there are drivers on £15 ph, but there is also drivers £6.50 ph, and its exactly the same out in normal hours land. Were there will be people on good money, who can afford new cars, though many of these people will be professionals whom command a higher wage than a trucker, which like it or not is regarded as semi skilled trade/profession, and its to simplistic to look at the cars going by you and decide that these are all tesco/macdonald employees earning shed loads, and that every ■■■■ heap car is some over worked underpaid trucker.
The fact is that there are some bloody good job in whatever line off work you do, and there are some really poor ones too. all you can do is keep your ear to the ground to find out were the good jobs are, and then try and get on there. But in my experience I’ve found that there is generaly alot off BS spoken by drivers and what they earn, and I dont why.
Odd… can’t post in this thread. I hope the reason isn’t like the DM parser, ie certain keywords have been detected in my rant?
Ok… I give up. Which is the keyword causing my attempted big post to fall over with a 404 error despite shorter posts like this one going through ok? 
Immigrants seem to be better at living within their means than the rest of us, seeing as they don’t spend money like water even if they are on fairly good money.
Borrowing money to buy a wasting asset like a car seems pretty dumb to me, but not to millions of others to be sure.
Winseer:
Ok… I give up. Which is the keyword causing my attempted big post to fall over with a 404 error despite shorter posts like this one going through ok?
Maybe it’s the length of the post that’s causing the problem? You’re not exactly known for keeping it short and sweet after all.
I agree with the point phil said some are very happy with £400-£500 take home pay if they are home every night. I for one dont earn no where near as much on class 2 hiab. But if I had a chance to earn that and be home every night I would be very happy and live a nice life.
Me and a friend had this conversation a few weeks back, he says you will only be well happy because you pay less on rent then others as you have a council place. I think his right it made a huge difference to my life, so if I had a £500 take home I would be well chuffed with the extra money and very grateful. But I won’t get even £400 on class 2 from what I see
Bring just short of 500 for around 45hours… There’s a bit of unsociable in that, though. Weekends and early starts. Weekends aren’t optional but you do 50/50 but the earlies are.
Good money but I don’t drive a new 13 plate car… I run an old 206 GTI worth about £1k, but I lease a brand new 13reg motor for my wife at £144 a month. Don’t even notice that come out the bank and we’ve plenty of money for other stuff after mortgage/bills.
I’m pretty happy.
Winseer:
Borrowing money to buy a wasting asset like a car seems pretty dumb to me, but not to millions of others to be sure.
thats true, I run an 02 Passat, my last car I had til last year was a P reg A4, ran that car for 9 years, didnt owe me a alot but had finnaly got to the point were I reckoned I needed something “new”, from a 15year old car to a 10 year old car. Though when I pass you dont assume I’m on rubbish money even though I’m not in a 13 plate
Contraflow:
Winseer:
Ok… I give up. Which is the keyword causing my attempted big post to fall over with a 404 error despite shorter posts like this one going through ok?Maybe it’s the length of the post that’s causing the problem? You’re not exactly known for keeping it short and sweet after all.
He’s becoming the new Carryfast with his mentioning of immigrants and governments in every ■■■■■■■ post. I actually think he’s Happy Keith under an alias as he posts the same kind of bull ■■■■.
LeedsChris:
Rob…, do you belittle the class1 drivers to their faces at the haulier you are presently working for?..
yes he does 
Look at the figures on my wage slip and some of you will laugh, BUT
I get paid a Class 1 rate for driving or mating a Class 2 (were crewed in 2’s) My hours are 8am to 5pm with anything outside at O/T rate of time n half, night rate and Sundays is double, may get that rate once a year if were lucky and Pippa Middleton does a ■■■■ shoot
I average 3 hours O/T a week at a push, I get a meal allowance, fed and watered by some of our outlets plus other little perks that add up over the week/month, and its only 1 mile from home,
No I dont clear £5/600 a week but I dont expect that, the job is very conveniant for my lifestyle and I have enough money to run my house, car, bikes, prostitute habit, buy me a beer and taking me out to a restaurant twice a week,
Yes I could earn more and be out all week putting mega hours in, but I really cannot be arsed 