Morning all, What's average earnings these days in the trucking game and how many hours to get there?

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scottPurple
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Re: Morning all, What's average earnings these days in the trucking game and how many hours to get there?

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JurkieNIP wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:16 am
scottPurple wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:15 am
JurkieNIP wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:14 am Depends what you drive… iveco drivers £6.50 an hour and lucky to have a night heater per night out, Scania V8 drivers £750 an hour and £1000 a night out and £20k a week bonus for polishing someone else’s wheels and tank for 50 hrs a week
what are man drivers on...asking for a friend.....🤔💋💋
no more than a Volvo in pink
Get extra if your trucks pink i hear
Malcoin.Vod
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If you're looking into it because you've heard the money is good then I can tell you now it's not. Don't do it for the money because you'll soon regret it.
JACKIETY2.0
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Re: Morning all, What's average earnings these days in the trucking game and how many hours to get there?

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Malcoin.Vod wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:18 am If you're looking into it because you've heard the money is good then I can tell you now it's not. Don't do it for the money because you'll soon regret it.
x driver, toying with returning but not really seriously I don't think
russe+Darth
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Re: Morning all, What's average earnings these days in the trucking game and how many hours to get there?

Post by russe+Darth »

Genuine response here, out of the 3 lorry jobs I’ve had
£700/£750/£700 take home is about what I’ve had, all without O/T to home every night as well
russe+Darth
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Re: Morning all, What's average earnings these days in the trucking game and how many hours to get there?

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forgot to mention the hours:
the 1st was 11hr days min.
2nd was tramping @ 10hr days,
3rd currently is minimum 9hrs a day but sometimes less (approx 40hrs/week)
petronLand
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Around 40-50k down south and 27k a year up north
H.Hanllonpo
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petronLand wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:23 am Around 40-50k down south and 27k a year up north
Depends on who you work for “up north”. I’m on 40k (ish) a year for a 40 hour contracted week but it’s annualized hours so some weeks I may only do 30 hours some weeks I can do 50 ish. 7 weeks off a year and sick pay, profit related bonuses and the option to take part in the share scheme if I want to. No nights out.
petronLand
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H.Hanllonpo wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:24 am
petronLand wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:23 am Around 40-50k down south and 27k a year up north
Depends on who you work for “up north”. I’m on 40k (ish) a year for a 40 hour contracted week but it’s annualized hours so some weeks I may only do 30 hours some weeks I can do 50 ish. 7 weeks off a year and sick pay, profit related bonuses and the option to take part in the share scheme if I want to. No nights out.
ye lad, I'm clueless on wages it's just something I wrote from top of my head.
What I was intending to communicate was that wages differ from the area you live in. It's like nobody on this group takes it in to consideration.
Somebody like me on 35k a year on class2 and somebody for the same money does abnormal loads for the same money somewhere in Cornwall and scratches he's head and thinks why my puddle jumper work pays more then him doing more 'skillful" work
M.Mattnexu
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petronLand wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:23 am Around 40-50k down south and 27k a year up north
define "up north" because if you mean North East I can assure you that earnings easily match the higher number, not tramping, decent hours, home everyday etc etc
vadimer470
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petronLand wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:23 am Around 40-50k down south and 27k a year up north
27k up north? is that part time?
barryness80
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5k a week in a v8. I took the pay cut to work for this firm as I got a jacket and a microwave.
Microwave don’t work.
Currently on strike.
It’s not like there’s thousands of dreamers that believed the BBC and are willing to work for £10 an hour so I reckon it’ll get fixed well quick…
Graam_Tin
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Varies from industry and hours
BrendexSell
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Realistically 40-50k depending on a few things - days, nights, hours, company etc. - and 50k+ tramping
FREDDERVE
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Re: Morning all, What's average earnings these days in the trucking game and how many hours to get there?

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How many will say they get 2k a week? 🤣🤣
ZakBigg
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16.50 a hour 10 hour shift 2pm till 12pm Monday to Friday class 2
mallone.post
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£41k, Monday-Friday, no nights out, current average is 42 hours per week, pick my lad up from school 9 times out of 10. I don't see what people moan about 🤷🏻‍♂️
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mallone.post wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:36 am £41k, Monday-Friday, no nights out, current average is 42 hours per week, pick my lad up from school 9 times out of 10. I don't see what people moan about 🤷🏻‍♂️
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thomoCars
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£50k is average around Essex
tommBlue
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£18.55 PH over 45hr week. O/T @ £27.62 after 9hrs a day.
Mon-Fri no bank holidays on class 2
Joneci+Fizz
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About 70k for 1 hour a day with a 45 minute break 😂
NigNimbus
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I pay them £50 a day to drive a V8 Scania but the high heels are killing me 🫣
johnymp.66
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2 years of tramping £38000 P.A
KYLLEDraven
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4-4 nights Scotland £16 per hour
I tramp the 3 nights though and I do 13's to 15's on all my days, store deliveries and backloads to the central belt, as I tramp the 3 nights I fully expect to fill my card though, I'm no one of the guys that moan about having to actually put the hours in and work🫡
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How are you lot getting 50 hour weeks? 👀
WagRocker
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Just depends. Aslong as you are happy with your work you'll actually never work another day in your life. Personally I work 55-60 hrs a week with 2 nights out and earn enough to provide my family and myself with a very comfortable standard of living.
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