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hewickshaulage.co.uk/careers/

If still available…

Can this sort of money really be earned on class one?
If so I’m off too bank too push for a loan, doubt I’ll need a shooter either to get one :laughing: :grimacing:

I’ve also noticed alot of firms(Gold Star Felixstowe too name one) are offering training/loans for CE with themselves to be deducted from your wage upon completion, as they say they employ you once completed… Sounds brilliant for someone like me or are my specs on auto tint again…?

Just chucking this out in hope some of you time served may be able to give any input as to wether its worth going for these type of schemes with big firms like GS?

Much appreciate any input, and many thanks Gents :sunglasses:

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A sight more than that can be earned if you can graft and don’t mind some muck and graft and don’t worry too much about looking the part, but £35k isn’t a bad stall to set yourself, the secret is to do that £35k PAYE in less than 45/50 hours actual work and for any night out pay to be in addition, thats where hire and reward haulage usually falls down.

Just don’t expect to run before you can walk, and expect to work your way up taking some crap along the way before you find your niche.

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Juddian:
A sight more than that can be earned if you can graft and don’t mind some muck and graft and don’t worry too much about looking the part, but £35k isn’t a bad stall to set yourself, the secret is to do that £35k PAYE in less than 45/50 hours actual work and for any night out pay to be in addition, thats where hire and reward haulage usually falls down.

Just don’t expect to run before you can walk, and expect to work your way up taking some crap along the way before you find your niche.

Cheers juddian, tbh I’d been looking at maybe earning up to 20ish which is a very good wage to me so the prospect of maybe doing better is a nice goal to aim for…

As for ladder climbing, its a given you work from gutter up so no fear of that, dirt=work imop
so bring the ■■■■ storm is my mantra :grimacing:

Like I say posted more for the input of wether these scheme’s are as true as they claim,or will the wage be very low too start with?..

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We offer £32000.- for Class2 and £35000.- for Class1

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If you can keep that ethos you’ll do fine.

Expect to be crapped on, used and abused when you start out, its gunna happen anyway, it has to all of us thats been around since the year friggin dot so don’t be surprised when it happens to you :open_mouth: .

Learn the trade, perfect your job, take good care of your vehicle and take a pride in your work, be reliable and do the job to the best of your ability…even if the swines you work for don’t deserve it and the other drivers there couldn’t care less it matters not, its your standards you are setting out, work to your standards not of the sheep around you.

Sooner or later your chance comes, doesn’t matter what it is it might seem a retrograde step at the time, you’ll know when it happens to you, ■■■■■■ it up with both arms and run with it.

My big break came after about 13 years of so so lorry jobs, i took a chance when offered and moved from artics to driving vans on nights, but for some serious money, that led onto other things within that company, right time right place i had the licence and attitude they needed kerbleedingching, never looked back.

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Immigrant:
We offer £32000.- for Class2 and £35000.- for Class1

:open_mouth: I’m currently printing jobs off, and priming the carrot ready to go into a sock for a trip too bank manager :laughing:

Alas I know if I’m incredibly lucky to get ticketed asap its gonna be hard as a noob getting a start so I’ll take whatever pay/chance i can get…long as its legal I’d be happy as Larry.

Cheers Immigrant :wink:

@Juddian…

I’m very very meticulous about cleanliness, 15hrs I spent today washing my car…one angry misses hahahaha, mainly coz I spent similar time Las weekend too :smiley:

I were brought up in wagons, went all over Europe at a very young age, trunking, tramping with me dad so learnt very early on that your surroundings are essentially your home so if in a layby dad would say no ■■■■■■■ on path climb bank an do it in field, or if no fields aim for a drain hahahaha

Last job I did was as a specialist cleaner, crime scenes, bogs, pure filth 24/7 on call 24/7 all over east Anglia, into London, Kent…oh an definitely ■■■■ on regular lol but what I learnt from my dad stood me well as I lived in a van Ni on for 3yrs…cleanliness is next to as they say, and your tools pay your wage so treasure them!!

I’ve led a very broad path, but I’ve always been in roles where standards are paramount so hgv to me is where I hope I can really utilize and enjoy my way of doing things…once and right.

Working as a Bin man at moment an lads are surprised I turn up spotless yet am happy too jet wash the filth off in just a t-shirt, why coz I hate seeing wagons look ■■■■, but I’m glad they get covered in it as I appreciate it gives me a job an satisfies my ocd lol, the shower of ■■■■ raining down merely adds a dimension too the task haha

Really appreciate your input Juddian, be nice if one day I can do same for a noob, and practice your way of gaining from the job…

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Benjie83:

Immigrant:
We offer £32000.- for Class2 and £35000.- for Class1

:open_mouth: I’m currently printing jobs off, and priming the carrot ready to go into a sock for a trip too bank manager :laughing:

Alas I know if I’m incredibly lucky to get ticketed asap its gonna be hard as a noob getting a start so I’ll take whatever pay/chance i can get…long as its legal I’d be happy as Larry.

Cheers Immigrant :wink: pcl-transport.com/jobs.aspx
@Juddian…

I’m very very meticulous about cleanliness, 15hrs I spent today washing my car…one angry misses hahahaha, mainly coz I spent similar time Las weekend too :smiley:

I were brought up in wagons, went all over Europe at a very young age, trunking, tramping with me dad so learnt very early on that your surroundings are essentially your home so if in a layby dad would say no ■■■■■■■ on path climb bank an do it in field, or if no fields aim for a drain hahahaha

Last job I did was as a specialist cleaner, crime scenes, bogs, pure filth 24/7 on call 24/7 all over east Anglia, into London, Kent…oh an definitely [zb] on regular lol but what I learnt from my dad stood me well as I lived in a van Ni on for 3yrs…cleanliness is next to as they say, and your tools pay your wage so treasure them!!

I’ve led a very broad path, but I’ve always been in roles where standards are paramount so hgv to me is where I hope I can really utilize and enjoy my way of doing things…once and right.

Working as a Bin man at moment an lads are surprised I turn up spotless yet am happy too jet wash the filth off in just a t-shirt, why coz I hate seeing wagons look [zb], but I’m glad they get covered in it as I appreciate it gives me a job an satisfies my ocd lol, the shower of [zb] raining down merely adds a dimension too the task haha

Really appreciate your input Juddian, be nice if one day I can do same for a noob, and practice your way of gaining from the job…

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My highest earning driver came within a sniff of 40k ( another 5 hours o/t would have seen him clear it ). Lowest paid that doesn’t do abroad came out with £32k.

Average working/driving hours were 26 per week last year.

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albion:
My highest earning driver came within a sniff of 40k ( another 5 hours o/t would have seen him clear it ). Lowest paid that doesn’t do abroad came out with £32k.

Average working/driving hours were 26 per week last year.

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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There’s a lot of PoA! Which is paid. In theory, you can go to Sweden on our job as part of a double man crew and not actually work or drive for four and half days if the other driver feels obliging.

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albion:
My highest earning driver came within a sniff of 40k ( another 5 hours o/t would have seen him clear it ). Lowest paid that doesn’t do abroad came out with £32k.

Average working/driving hours were 26 per week last year.

Thats very good indeed, i’m averaging around 42/43 hours per week.

Mind you we don’t book a single second of POA, and thats including the 8 hours per day booked when on holiday.

I thought i was doing well, but if we assume a mean weekly wage of £700 for your lads, divided by 26 hours work in a week, you’re paying them £26.92 per hour for every hour actually worked, then nights out on top, you must be beating applicants off with a crappy stick.

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Ha, never looked at it like that!

The downside is that it’s double-manning mostly, which doesn’t suit some people though we seem to have good lads that pretty much get on. Some weeks you are away from home all week, part in hotels :wink: Spending 24 + hours on a ferry is a bit yawn inducing.

On the other hand, the actual work is not difficult and the customers generally treat you well, not like an RDC.

Most people come here and then won’t go :laughing:

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albion:
Ha, never looked at it like that!

The downside is that it’s double-manning mostly, which doesn’t suit some people though we seem to have good lads that pretty much get on. Some weeks you are away from home all week, part in hotels :wink: Spending 24 + hours on a ferry is a bit yawn inducing.

On the other hand, the actual work is not difficult and the customers generally treat you well, not like an RDC.

Most people come here and then won’t go :laughing:

Sounds a very good position indeed…so two questions…

Do you take noobs?

Where do I sign!!!

Cheers for the input Albion :sunglasses:

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At my place of work most of the 20 drivers earn between 38-40k per year, only UK work but out all week in C+E

On my last reference period my average hours were 46 a week

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Benjie83:
Careers | Hewicks Haulage Ltd

If still available…

Can this sort of money really be earned on class one?

Unfortunately, £35k for tramping work is quite common. Me personally, I wouldn’t get out of bed for it :smiley:

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Terry T:

Benjie83:
Careers | Hewicks Haulage Ltd

If still available…

Can this sort of money really be earned on class one?

Unfortunately, £35k for tramping work is quite common. Me personally, I wouldn’t get out of bed for it :smiley:

I’d never be in my bed for 35k a year, well not one in a fixed abode that’s for sure :laughing:

Now i know its tinternet, and we ain’t never met like but may I ask if its possible I could sleep in your bed for a year, I mean if roles were reversed id share some of my 35+salary, so surely your 50plusser could spare a thought for lads like me??

You’d be contributing too the RHA’s " noob development trust", a very worthy charity imop :laughing:

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Benjie83:
Careers | Hewicks Haulage Ltd

If still available…

Can this sort of money really be earned on class one?

Place I’m at pays a salary of £41,500 for Class 1 on days based on a 56hr week plus bonuses for various things (got £50 in October which is their busiest month just for doing my job and I’m only on agency there), generous company pension, free shares, a free kitchen at 25 years service and this week all the staff at the company are able to go to a company Xmas do where all the drinks are free, they’ll put you up in a hotel or pay for a taxi there and back even though for most its a 70 mile round trip and for some its a 70 mile each way journey - something which apparently costs the company millions. Job is easy, you’re given loads of time to do a run, wagons are washed at the end of every shift which means most get washed twice a day. Completing day deliveries to stores within the targets set is put above how much it costs to do. However just because targets are set doesn’t mean they run you stupid. Delivery targets for stores are 4 hour windows so they’ll be either an 8am-12pm, 10am-2pm or 12pm to 4pm. We’re expected to take half an hour to get our trailer and do our checks at the start of a shift. They expect you to have at least 15 minutes under a trailer when you change them to do your checks. A run from Howden to Lockerbie on nights for a trailer swap and back is booked as a 10hr 45 minute run even though it can be done in far less to the point if the A66 is shut and you need to do an extra 40 miles each way to get to the Lockerbie changeover you can do it in the time they give you with about 10 minutes spare without rushing. Driving like your arse is on fire, literally hooking up and going at either end its possible to do it in 9hrs so 10hrs 45m gives plenty of leeway. If you have to go over the total time calculated then as long as you have a good reason like a hold up for roadworks or accident or breakdown they’re not bothered.

As you may deduce from the free kitchen for 25 years service that even though they have over 100 lorries and several hundred trailers that they’re not a transport company but a kitchen manufacturer. Sadly because its a good job its also a dead mans shoes job.

The really good money, perks and conditions are with companies that have lorries but don’t make their money from transport.

I’d been looking at maybe earning up to 20ish which is a very good wage to me

I earn that and hardly any weeks I do 5 days a week, usually its three or four on average, some weeks as low as 1. I’m on £10.50/hr and £10/hr is what you want to try and get for Class 1.

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Considering we usually hear about companies paying £20K for class 2 and £23K for class 1, I am rather surprised with some of the figures bounced around here, although whether these companies take on new drivers is another matter.

Benjie83 - if you get that and need holiday cover, can I apply (assuming the rate is a portion of the £35K)? :slight_smile:

Immigrant - who on earth do you work for that’s paying £32K for class 2? Beats £8/hour by the sounds of things.

albion - doubt any of us newbies looking for a first job would qualify, but have bookmarked this thread for a few years time…like 20 just incase you’re still paying that much!

Conor - that’s an interesting approach to take. Never thought of the non transport companies. I’m guessing that’s either the one beginning with W who use wagon & drag a lot (forgot their name), or Magnet unless there’s other companies I don’t know of.

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trevHCS:
Considering we usually hear about companies paying £20K for class 2 and £23K for class 1, I am rather surprised with some of the figures bounced around here, although whether these companies take on new drivers is another matter.

Conor - that’s an interesting approach to take. Never thought of the non transport companies. I’m guessing that’s either the one beginning with W who use wagon & drag a lot (forgot their name), or Magnet unless there’s other companies I don’t know of.

Wren kitchens? They’re also at Howden.

The place I’m at has taken on several new drivers this last year, some of them didn’t have licenses and were taken on as part of a driver training scheme they started when they realised how old their workforce was and that the agencies had on several occasions had trouble meeting demand, especially on a Friday night, with some loads having to be moved to the weekend as a result. Its quite sad that a kitchen manufacturer can recognise the urgent need to train lorry drivers more than a haulage company can.

Working for non-transport companies is definitely the way to go. One company near me which makes paper sacks and who run several lorries were advertising for Class 2 paying just short of £9/hr on days with time and a half after 8hrs. Britax in Bridlington where they make the lights and mirrors is another which pays daft money, gives you mad amounts of times to do a run and is a dead mans shoes job.

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Benjie83:
so surely your 50plusser could spare a thought for lads like me??

Not a 50plusser mate.

But not far off :smiley:

I’m away all week though. Don’t be in such a hurry to spend the majority of your life in a truck. It’s a short term means to an end for me. Once my financial target is hit I’ll be working to live instead of the other way round.