Harris.

Is there any of the above on here, if your an owner driver who do you drive for and what do you earn a week? Whats your out goings ie van,fuel,tax,insurance a month etc etc and is it WORTH doing ?

Any help here would ge great

Harris.

Anyone

dreamin

not an owner driver but work for a big courier and know they do WELL

kevnoize

i do removals mate house removals etc if thats what u mean?

Harris.

I work for city link at the moment but there turning into a bunch of wankers im thinking about getting my own van ,self employed

dreamin

alot depends on how hard u wanna work and wot company u work for as they control the amount of work you get , obviously the more u deliver the more u earn

dreamin

i work for Parcel Force ( i owe lee evans a smack ) lol, its not too bad , been the 18 months on a nice route too , so cant complain

Harris.

Well i can do upto 100 calls a day , but when you work for a company that wants so much off you and not giving anything back its time to get out

dreamin

for the route drivers ours is 90 del + any collections so varies but u can ALWAYS do more !! reserve drivers + owner drivers pick up the rest , there are a couple or O/D's with big routes tho that employ people to help em!!!

kevnoize

nowt better imo workin for ya sen. good money invloved too.

dannyblackpool

90 stops a day pulls around £180 for me......

Harris.

But what do you clear out of that mate

dannyblackpool

i need 750 a week to cover all outgoings inc money aside for repairs,holidays,tax,basically everything and to still pay myself 275 takehome, anymore is a bonus.

dannyblackpool

if you scam abit and are a greedy fucker then 1k a week is common enough with a 5pm finish.

ps above based on a 1yr old lt35 on a 3yr loan, insurance all in is 1800 think,do 100 miles a day and accounting for 20 days hol a year, if i dont have my route covered daily im billed 150 per day so if sick im fooked.

Harris.

Might not go down this route then £275 aint enough really

cosevo

up until 2 weeks ago worked self employed for Home Delivery Network, formally Reality and White Arrow, was on £1 per parcel, on a bad day would do 150 a day, when busy can be 250-300 so money was great, fuel cost approx £100 a week, so was raking it in, then 6 months back they dropped rate to 80p parcel with 2 days notice and work slowed right down to less than 150 parcels a day, so money dropped right off, then 2 weeks ago go sacked because I wrote "BT Please sort this out" into the scanner as had trouble delivering a BT parcel to a shop, they said this was "Ruining the companys Reputation" and that was it, gone, to be honest, they were having to pay employed drivers 10 hours money to do 6-7 hours work, so think it was just an excuse to get rid of us as we was one of only 2 owner drivers in the depot.

Now currently struggling for work, signed up on transport company last week, had 3 days work out of 9 days so far at just £120 per day, a bit worrying, but good to be self employed when its all going well and your in with a good company

Stu.H

Wouldnt do that for 360 a day

cosevo

they tried that with us, but told them to fook off as they would get another owner driver to cover if you were off which would cost them the same as they would pay you, so by charging they are just making money for nothing.

How come your costs were so high, i.e. earn 750 and only end up with 275, thats a lot of outgoings

dreamin

its piss easy m8 , im normally done by half 1 but have to wait around incase any collections come out

cosevo

Used to work Canvey Island, and also would get into work at 7am, and be sitting at home by 2pm at the latest everyday, can be easy when you know where your going. Who do you work for Dreamin, im also in Essex and looking

dannyblackpool

costs are van loan (paid off in full after 3 years), insurance,tax,repairs,tax,paid holiday inc wage for cover, clothing, fuel, national insurance, all repairs,tax,insurance on personal car (goes through accounts) basically every single thing you would pay out and basically get free personal car and all fuel etc. 275 takehome is on 750 a week but as stated 90 per day is norm so more like 375 take home?? i pay myself a basic 275 and bank the rest. obviously have value of van at trade in time which is a nice lump. Pretty fooking good wage for moochin around until 3ish at latest

100.00 for sat 3hrs usually (15-20 drops) but cant be arsed to get out of bed

Harris.

Thats the area i do, a bird was driving round in a reality van???

cosevo

we took over from the bird in the reality van when she went travelling, must of past you loads of times, lol

dannyblackpool, what compay do you work for, sounds similar to what I used to do, might be worth a look

Harris.

Good luck to her mate, wish i could do that

slowpoke

i wish on my days off from work (4 a week) i could sign up to somewhere, they give me a van and then i deliver some parcels for them

matt

dannyblackpool

work for dpd m8 (used to be parceline)



my weapon of choice....


good money but hard work, really appreciate time after doing this, worst thing i here is "ill just be a minute" .... nightmare!! like to average 12 drops a hour, could get better money wise as currently get a single stop rate for up to 5 parcels then an excess rate there after but may be getting excess rate over 1 parcel which would be cool,fingers crossed....

cosevo

my prob is only got a swb transit, was better when used to do the one way roads up southend as i can park it in the space of a car.

so they make you livery your van as well

dannyblackpool

yup cost 150 think, gotta wear uniform too, basically i look like a employee. you can lease a van and get all repairs inc in fee but then start getting mileage chargin if over cetain amount. better way to go if you dont want to get hands dirty, but obviously costlier.....

big_wig_074

fucking hell and i complain at 20 drops a day!!!!(hgv!)

CRABBY

i am currently looking into do this as well there seems to be quite a few companies who use owner drivers where we are
whats the best type of van to get i was looking at a swb transit with the 125bhp engine any good?
i have gto a friend who uses a vivaro swb but transits are a lot cheaper

Jonnyxr2i

have a look on here http://www.courierexchange.co.uk/ownerdrivers.html me and my old man wanted to start doing this but he went off it these people may be helpful to you

cossiecrew

lol i work for apc and kick off like fuck if i end up with 60+ a day i like to be finished by 12 then sleep til 14.30 or im not happy

cosevo

whats their policy of you using the van, as its your OWN van, but obviously with their name plastered down it. At present, me and my other half have our RS's and only the transit, so we use it as our car, so goes shopping, round friends, etc, prefer driving it to a car as well

Harris.

If i go owner driver at city link im not allowed to use the van after hours as there names onit , bollox aint it

CRABBY

where we are if you own your own van all you do is pay for a magnetic sign to go on the side of your van this leaves you free to work freelance for other companies

dannyblackpool

can do as you please mate but also the lads who lease them from dpd can also,they just get hammered on milage charges

cosevo

i think that proper takes the piss, if the company want their logo on YOUR van, they should be paying for it themselves and it should be magnetic so can be taken off when not working for them. And if its YOUR van how can they stop you using it at weekends and stuff, thats so wrong

Lee1410

It's not bad, but it's certainly not good either, money is brill but the draw back is leave, and constantly changing policies

jamie's

Think you'll needs to shout a bit louder, this thread is 6 yrs old