I have 6 points on my license will I have a hard time getting a job as an hgv driver

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West1990 said:
Thought someone would pick up on that , wheels weren't maintained because I was unemployed for a short spell all my savings have been going towards my training course and needed DIY .was going to get my tyres changed literally tomorrow , just real bad luck
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"I was just about to get the tyres done" comes up often on Police Interceptors and similar cop shows.

You're supposed to get them changed before they get below the limit, not when you get pulled!
 
chaparral said:
What the pay like for an HGV driver ?

Am guessing it going be somewhere around £12 to £15 per hour
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I wish! - I’m on £10.25 Monday to Friday, £10.75 on Saturday, £13.00 Sunday.

I rarely work Saturday and never on Sunday.

Agency work pays better but the downside of that is work can be patchy (especially at this time of year) , your rarely working at the same company for long and your viewed like **** by the industry (usually with good reason!)

Pay has historically been low in transport, the only thing that puts the wage up is long hours, I’m about to start today yet I’ve already booked 42.5 hours this week!
 
Get a job as a tube or train driver, maybe an airline pilot, I mean you can drive can't you, don't have to worry about tyres too much then.
 
Scania said:
I wish! - I’m on £10.25 Monday to Friday, £10.75 on Saturday, £13.00 Sunday.

I rarely work Saturday and never on Sunday.

Agency work pays better but the downside of that is work can be patchy (especially at this time of year) , your rarely working at the same company for long and your viewed like **** by the industry (usually with good reason!)

Pay has historically been low in transport, the only thing that puts the wage up is long hours, I’m about to start today yet I’ve already booked 42.5 hours this week!
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does the rate depend on what you carry? back during the petrol strike i heard the tanker drivers were on very very good pay ~ exaggeration, or hazard element included?
 
wolfie138 said:
does the rate depend on what you carry? back during the petrol strike i heard the tanker drivers were on very very good pay ~ exaggeration, or hazard element included?
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Same tbh. 60-70k per year was a number thrown about.
 
Scania said:
Nah, the requirement these days seems to be...

Eastern European
Dislike of baths
Inability to speak English
Inability to understand bridge heights
Inability to go anywhere without blindly following Sat Nav!
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Add a love of strong pornography and killed a few prostitutes.
 
wolfie138 said:
does the rate depend on what you carry? back during the petrol strike i heard the tanker drivers were on very very good pay ~ exaggeration, or hazard element included?
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Hazardous chemical drivers with a Haz Chem license can earn more, but that’s only good if you’ve got a depot within reasonable travelling distance.

£35k pa with limited hours and no nights away has its advantages, so long as you’ve got an operator in your area as I say.

I work in general haulage and distribution, carry everything from Jiffy bags to Aircraft engines, what I’m pulling makes no difference to me, I don’t hold a haz chem license and don’t want one.

I know of a mate who was on a good screw delivering chemicals, one day he had a leak on his tank and inhaled fumes.

He’s permanently disabled now with acute COPD as a consequence.

He got a big (£150k) payout but it’s hardly made up for his life now.
 
lol at £70k

Salary is usually relevant to your locale.

ie: Not enough but good enough.

I'm salaried (*Job & Finish) on night trunks, Sunday night to Thursday night and with rota'd overtime every other Friday night I'm on £34k.

So far our company has given us a £500 pa pay rise every year.

*I said in my previous post I'm on a mega easy week. SO far this week I've been to Redditch twice (four hours & home) and Luton last night (2¾) home. Sunday I was in the yard shunting.

 
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I worked for ASIG at Heathow, contracted by Shell to refuel aircraft, this was back in 08 and I was on £28k (before O/T) before the recession took hold and I was made redundant.

The Hoyer fuel haulage company (also Shell) got a 28.5% pay increase over 2 years around August of that year, their starting pay was equal to ours. We only got around 17.5% over 2 years but again this was almost 10 years ago.

The equivalent job now at Heathrow is circa £30k but I believe from a friend that still works for Hoyer they get around £35k starting wage for experienced drivers.

Good jobs/salaries are out there.
 
Outcast said:
lol at £70k

Salary is usually relevant to your locale.

ie: Not enough but good enough.

I'm salaried (*Job & Finish) on night trunks, Sunday night to Thursday night and with rota'd overtime every other Friday night I'm on £34k.

So far our company has given us a £500 pa pay rise every year.

*I said in my previous post I'm on a mega easy week. SO far this week I've been to Redditch twice (four hours & home) and Luton last night (2¾) home. Sunday I was in the yard shunting.

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Nice job on the blind side reverse, slow and steady is the way to go. I passed my test in Dec 2016 and the reversing does not prepare you for the real world.
PS I hate them bananas on bay's
 
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