This is on the proviso. We can find a place with big enough doors to get your head through.
There you go, absolute turnips. No drive, no ambition except to wear rigger boots and drive a topliner. Sorry guys but £270 per week with your nights out is all you will ever earn with an outlook like you have. Nobody dare to challenge me to my bet of a grand to prove it because you know I am right and you are nothing but a bunch of sorry arses for working for buttons. The more you rant and call me a liar without accepting my challenge, the more you look like jealous minimum wage whingers or to put it in terms you will understand “typical drivers”.
Truckbling:
There you go, absolute turnips. No drive, no ambition except to wear rigger boots and drive a topliner. Sorry guys but £270 per week with your nights out is all you will ever earn with an outlook like you have. Nobody dare to challenge me to my bet of a grand to prove it because you know I am right and you are nothing but a bunch of sorry arses for working for buttons. The more you rant and call me a liar without accepting my challenge, the more you look like jealous minimum wage whingers or to put it in terms you will understand “typical drivers”.
If money is your motivation then IMO thats a pretty worthless life, there is no prize for jumping into your box with the biggest bank balance 
I will admit I am not on a brilliant wage, but combine the job, hours and what it pays me, despite my moans (drivers perogative) its a bloody good package that I have, and allows me to live a lifestyle that maxxing hours away from home would not allow me to.
I used to chase the £££’s previously, only to be skanked by the ex missus and a corrupt business partner, Money is not everything, if anything.
I used to supply drivers on a temp to perm for one of the companies listed above and he regualry earned £500-£600pw on agency with me, although by the same token I tried to provide drivers to one company who paid there agency a flat rate of £10per hour for class one ADR drivers!! Oh ow I dont miss owning an agency anymore 
You’re never going to get figures or company names from currently employed drivers on a good screw, they’d be bonkers to advertise the fact so every tom ■■■■ and ivan, who would never by their own nous find or get these jobs, apply in their droves and quite possibly bollox the job up for everyone if they did get a start.
For one thing every one of these (full employed on paye) jobs will be properly unionised, that eliminates a large minority straight away for obvious reasons, the company might not mind non union membership (though it might be ‘suggested’), but the blokes already there who have negotiated their twice average drivers terms and conditions over many years will mind, certain people get recommended and others don’t for a variety of reasons.
Secondly these jobs usually require a good provable work record, hence my comment in another thread where many were urging someone to change jobs instead of waiting 5 minutes for the job they really are aiming for, the better employers usually invest serious amounts of money into training, they don’t want here today gone tomorrow charlies, a CV peppered with umpteen jobs dumped for silly reasons will be binned.
Thirdly, often the best jobs don’t have flash lorries, and will probably be shared vehicles, hence only those who put terms and conditions first would be interested at all.
Definatly agree with the above post
I’m self employed (Through agency) and my best week so far was just shy of £800 for 55 hours.
However, My face didn’t fit with the client and I’m now getting the silent treatment.
Not a problem, plenty of other work out there.
And when I was on that money…it was in a Daf cf310 day cab artic…real flash or what
(Oh and that is in the North West)
Truckbling:
There you go, absolute turnips. No drive, no ambition except to wear rigger boots and drive a topliner. Sorry guys but £270 per week with your nights out is all you will ever earn with an outlook like you have. Nobody dare to challenge me to my bet of a grand to prove it because you know I am right and you are nothing but a bunch of sorry arses for working for buttons. The more you rant and call me a liar without accepting my challenge, the more you look like jealous minimum wage whingers or to put it in terms you will understand “typical drivers”.
Wind it in a bit dude, I think there was only one or two lads that was doubting you & you’ve slightly gone past the point of rubbing it in! I get your drift though, if you want it you have to find it.
Truckbling:
andy12:
Drivers do come out with some serious bullshine maybe thats why I am sceptical about these figures, Youve got more chance of winning the lottery than getting one of these top jobs anyway, especially if you dont know anyone who works there.To the poster who offered to prove how much he earns get a grip eh.
I offered to prove that I earn more than a grand per week to any [zb] who says it is not possible. I offer this on proviso that said [zb] pay me a grand upon seeing such proof. I will not disclose where and who I work for or with. I will show invoices and bank statements proving that the invoice has been paid into my account.
The thing is as a paye driver you will not see these figures, ever! you need to be self employed and know where the money is to be earned with the companies offering the hours to make such figures.Just because YOU do not earn this amount of money does not mean that others do not. I know of at least 2 other members on here that regularly bust a grand per week but all the thick doubters can do is call them liars. Proves why drivers earn minimum wage really when you read some of the comments in this thread.
I think you will find he was doubting the wages ! i.e. as a PAYE you are obviously S.E. and I presume invoicing out weekly or monthly, which you must admit is a bit different.
B1 GGK:
Truckbling:
There you go, absolute turnips. No drive, no ambition except to wear rigger boots and drive a topliner. Sorry guys but £270 per week with your nights out is all you will ever earn with an outlook like you have. Nobody dare to challenge me to my bet of a grand to prove it because you know I am right and you are nothing but a bunch of sorry arses for working for buttons. The more you rant and call me a liar without accepting my challenge, the more you look like jealous minimum wage whingers or to put it in terms you will understand “typical drivers”.If money is your motivation then IMO thats a pretty worthless life, there is no prize for jumping into your box with the biggest bank balance
I will admit I am not on a brilliant wage, but combine the job, hours and what it pays me, despite my moans (drivers perogative) its a bloody good package that I have, and allows me to live a lifestyle that maxxing hours away from home would not allow me to.I used to chase the £££’s previously, only to be skanked by the ex missus and a corrupt business partner, Money is not everything, if anything.
Hi. First post!
Who said anything about needing to do max hours to make good money ? Whilst I don’t make the £60-70,000 claimed by some members above I do pretty well from driving wagons and I don’t do anywhere near max hours, nor do I do any nights out. As the doubters will probably call bull [zb] any moment now I will post a screenshot of my February business account statement:
Week 1 was 4 weekday shifts + sunday
Week 2 was 3 weekday shifts + sunday
Week 3 was 4 weekday shifts
Week 4 was 4 weekday shifts + sunday
I am in the north of england and sub-contract my driving services (ltd co & vat reg) to a large well known haulage company. Clean and easy work, never touch the load.
Whilst it’s not amazing money like some members have posted it’s enough for me to live comfortably and also enjoy my home life and hobbies. I work to live not the other way round hence why I refuse to sleep in a tin box all week working as a full-timer doing 75hrs hours for £500 a week plus night out money and have no home life, but each to their own.
Most drivers seem to think that £500-600 a week is about the limit for earnings for driving a truck. Good money is out there to be had but it won’t be handed to you on a plate, you have to get off your backside and go find it.
Self employed is a totally different thing to what the original poster was talking about■■?
andy12:
Self employed is a totally different thing to what the original poster was talking about■■?
How do you work that one out? There is nothing in the OP’s post stating employed/self employed or what.
Just I’m earning X, can I do better?
Truckbling:
There you go, absolute turnips. No drive, no ambition except to wear rigger boots and drive a topliner. Sorry guys but £270 per week with your nights out is all you will ever earn with an outlook like you have. Nobody dare to challenge me to my bet of a grand to prove it because you know I am right and you are nothing but a bunch of sorry arses for working for buttons. The more you rant and call me a liar without accepting my challenge, the more you look like jealous minimum wage whingers or to put it in terms you will understand “typical drivers”.
There’s not much worse than a lorry driver who thinks he’s somehow better than everybody else. You seem very angry about this grand a week thing. If you’re getting that fair play to you. I don’t think most on here really give a [zb] what you earn in a week but boasting about it as though it makes you better than anybody else is laughable.
Olog Hai:
Truckbling:
There you go, absolute turnips. No drive, no ambition except to wear rigger boots and drive a topliner. Sorry guys but £270 per week with your nights out is all you will ever earn with an outlook like you have. Nobody dare to challenge me to my bet of a grand to prove it because you know I am right and you are nothing but a bunch of sorry arses for working for buttons. The more you rant and call me a liar without accepting my challenge, the more you look like jealous minimum wage whingers or to put it in terms you will understand “typical drivers”.There’s not much worse than a lorry driver who thinks he’s somehow better than everybody else. You seem very angry about this grand a week thing. If you’re getting that fair play to you. I don’t think most on here really give a [zb] what you earn in a week but boasting about it as though it makes you better than anybody else is laughable.
They clearly do give a ■■■■ because every time someone mentions being on more than the standard stobart wage, people start calling that poster a liar.
TB has offered to show his wages for a fee, which sadly has been undercut by the chap above who posted his statement for nothing.
trubster:
TB has offered to show his wages for a fee, which sadly has been undercut by the chap above who posted his statement for nothing.
How business works …
Olog Hai:
Truckbling:
There you go, absolute turnips. No drive, no ambition except to wear rigger boots and drive a topliner. Sorry guys but £270 per week with your nights out is all you will ever earn with an outlook like you have. Nobody dare to challenge me to my bet of a grand to prove it because you know I am right and you are nothing but a bunch of sorry arses for working for buttons. The more you rant and call me a liar without accepting my challenge, the more you look like jealous minimum wage whingers or to put it in terms you will understand “typical drivers”.There’s not much worse than a lorry driver who thinks he’s somehow better than everybody else. You seem very angry about this grand a week thing. If you’re getting that fair play to you. I don’t think most on here really give a [zb] what you earn in a week but boasting about it as though it makes you better than anybody else is laughable.
Just don’t like being basically called a liar. Although a little seasoned in the job I don’t consider myself any better than the next driver, more savvy perhaps but not better. Anyway, thanks to ‘left hand downs’ post above maybe the doubters will be quiet now and start thinking of ways that they too could make good money.
write the money he says he earns is a bit over exagerated according to a recently left chemical tanker driver atwidnes who left there and came to our place on less money they pay 13.50 per hour straight through no overtime rate so if you calcuate it all it wont be far off mind you he said youve got to put loads off hours in thats why he left
Left hand down!:
Most drivers seem to think that £500-600 a week is about the limit for earnings for driving a truck. Good money is out there to be had but it won’t be handed to you on a plate, you have to get off your backside and go find it.
You seem to have not answered the question of who pays the best in the North West ? Instead you’ve tried to demonstrate how you’re one of the top earners?
I’d agree with what Madiganzo said, although i’ve no idea about Brenntag i do know what he says about Ford car transporters is correct. As such they’re probably
about the best paying job in the area that i know of. But they’re old contracts i think and i also think they do not get offered to new starters. I.e they are not going to be
replicated anytime soon.
£500-£600 a week is about the norm, not the limit. You’re not going to share your knowledge of who pays the best though are you?
I’ll bet some owner drivers are wincing reading this thread !!! 
Sorry for daft question but how can you do 75hrs a week I thought this was illegal with driving regs etc…
Darrenb:
Sorry for daft question but how can you do 75hrs a week I thought this was illegal with driving regs etc…
P.O.A.
eg 45 hours actual work…driving, actually loading yourself etc
30 P.O.A. and breaks…Sat in a waiting room while someone else tips you/waiting to get allocated your unit or job. You are available for work but not actually working.
You are supposed to know in advance how long you are going to be waiting. for example you book on at 6 and get told, your unit won’t be ready till 8. Thats 2 hours P.O.A
(It doesn’t count towards your “working time”)
Truckbling:
Olog Hai:
Truckbling:
There you go, absolute turnips. No drive, no ambition except to wear rigger boots and drive a topliner. Sorry guys but £270 per week with your nights out is all you will ever earn with an outlook like you have. Nobody dare to challenge me to my bet of a grand to prove it because you know I am right and you are nothing but a bunch of sorry arses for working for buttons. The more you rant and call me a liar without accepting my challenge, the more you look like jealous minimum wage whingers or to put it in terms you will understand “typical drivers”.There’s not much worse than a lorry driver who thinks he’s somehow better than everybody else. You seem very angry about this grand a week thing. If you’re getting that fair play to you. I don’t think most on here really give a [zb] what you earn in a week but boasting about it as though it makes you better than anybody else is laughable.
Just don’t like being basically called a liar. Although a little seasoned in the job I don’t consider myself any better than the next driver, more savvy perhaps but not better. Anyway, thanks to ‘left hand downs’ post above maybe the doubters will be quiet now and start thinking of ways that they too could make good money.
Well saved Sir.