as it states does anyone or do you know anyone who does this for a living?

How did ya start up etc ,is it profitable etc any info is greatly appreciated

 

ello mate

tis bollocks i done 800miles a day 5 or 6 days a week for 6 weeks 52p a mile per parcel okay if you take 2 or 3 but you normally get one at a time for the first 3-4weeks.

you only get paid on the way out unless you hang about and collect on the way back. but then you miss getting in the que for the next parcel at the depo!!

I could have stayed at home and made more money seriously i went self employed and made about 200ish profit in 6 weeks after fuel,insurance and van costs

and trying to get a van hire company's that's not gonna cane you cos it's for multi-drop, my van i got mileage was at about 45kish i gave it back at 67k he went bonkers and charged me £400 for a headlamp.

crap job will not do again and the controlller's another story

the best 1 i found was owner driver for business post - profit related earnings and all that i'd get all my mates to use me to bump up me money.But it's 7 days you have to supply your own holiday cover.

gimme a bell if you wanna chat about it.

Cheers

Daniel

 

Funny you mention this now m8 because im just finishing my business plan to present to the bank to start nearly the same thing.

Iv'e been doing various driving jobs for years now and have a few m8's who do this and they seem to do pretty well for themselves though starting seems pretty tough (just need to find plenty of permanant contracts or lots of one off jobs).

Biggest cost to start up would be a van of course (lease or contract hire new, or buy second hand) but the newer the better to attract potential client's.

Hope you start it ok m8!

 

one of the guys left work with some redundancy and set up doing this.

seems to be doing quite well... im sending him wales tomorrow for me... he will charge me about £360 I think.

you need your name in and accounts set up with companies to get some business. there are quite alot of firms setting up.

he also has storage facilities which is something that is useful to us. e.g. i expect this for example.... pick up at 5pm..... and deliver first thing next morning at 7:30am.... so if you have a van full that means no more jobs in the evening.... or you have to unload somewhere - quite trickyt id say

 

i started doing this 3 weeks ago

and i wouldnt go back to working for any else again!!!
i get 28p a mile loaded and unloaded
dont sound a lot but you do about 400to 800 miles
plus if i got a van full of jobs for the same company i get an extra £3.50 for each drop

 

eek! we pay about £1 a mile!!

 

what made you get into this?

 

my mate has has just gone into this for business post and leases his own van and is self employed.

making goog money and he is using the van on the side for odd jobs and removals for cash

 

id been working in a factory for 12 years as a manager
one day me and the gaffer had words,talked to me like it was my first day
so i told him to stick his job and i walked out

i had been doing some work for a m8 at weekends for cash in hand
so went and had a chaT and decided to do it full time
i fell luck really got a van for 45 squid a week and used all me m8s
contacts basicly told them we are running two vans
and the phone aint stopped ringing with costumers
just have to be willing its 24hrs 7 days a week
insurance is a pain in the arse,had to take me n/c/d of me car and put on the van to get it cheap enough

 

do u want my number in case you need a driver

 

Add me to that list...!!!

I drive up to 7.5 tonne.
Do multi drop, anywhere, day or night.
I worked in London for 18 months, delivering tyres.
I've delivered just about everywhere nationwide.


Basically, I'm great. gizza job

 

I was an owner driver for viking direct (stationary equipment) had a lwb transit which i leased was a brilliant job but hard graft i used to do 65 drops a day @ £3.75 per drop 5 days a week plus every other saturday morning

you need to get git insurance and a commercial insurance policy on your van plus you need a newish van upto 6 years old or you wont get much work from the courier companies

Another thing you can try is make up some business cards and take them round to all the local haulage firms you would be surprised how many calls you get late afternoon for rush jobs collecting the odd pallet

simon

 

U still at Viking Direct Simon ?


Its about 200 yards from my house

 

No adam was about 5 years ago but id go back tomorrow money was

simon

 

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