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Money involved in driving lorries

  • 21-07-2009 3:22pm
    #1
    workaccount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    Someone I know wants to get into this?

    I'd imagine you need to start out on rigid or box trucks. How much money would you be on?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    donkey balls
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭donkey balls


    first of all the person should hold a full B licence(car) then they apply for a provisonal licence for the ridgid truck C also have to do a medical/theory test.again this has to be repeated for the artic licence.

    wages depends on what company you work for there is a load of companies that exclusively employ cheap foreign labour.

    one example is there looking for drivers to work for less than 9.50 an hour
    an average a good driver working for a decent company driving an artic earns between 35,000 40,000 per year.


  • #3
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    donkey balls wrote: »
    one example is there looking for drivers to work for less than 9.50 an hour

    :eek:
    You'd earn more pulling pints!
    That's pretty poor money


  • #4
    donkey balls
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭donkey balls


    You'd earn more pulling pints!
    That's pretty poor money

    i know and the responsibilty that you have pulling a 45 foot tralier around the country and these companies want you to work for just above the min wage.


  • #5
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    The haulage industry has taken a massive hit the last 12 months or so.
    I personally know 4 or 5 people that had their own companies(3 or 4 trucks) and the majority of them are either off the road altogether or are only doing the odd day here and there.


  • #6
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    As the previous posters have pointed out the rates of pay in haulage have collapsed in a lot of cases. With the downturn in the economy, industry and particularly the construction sector there's an awful lot less loads to move around the country. Most companies still shipping product regularly are probably eeking out every last cubic foot when sending out loads. Also, anecdotally commerical truck/trailer sales have collapsed to the point where some of the sales people are barely earning a living and even when someone does buy they'll be trading in two or more old units. That hardly makes for a healthy market...


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  • #7
    workaccount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭workaccount


    What defines a good driver other than skill?

    What chances does a guy with no experience and a new C licence have?


  • #8
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    workaccount wrote: »
    What defines a good driver other than skill?

    Clean licence for a number of years with a full reference history.

    workaccount wrote: »
    What chances does a guy with no experience and a new C licence have?

    Honestly?

    SFA.

    Unless he is willing to work for peanuts.
    Then again,like every industry,there are lots of people with experience that will work for peanuts.


  • #9
    donkey balls
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭donkey balls


    Clean licence for a number of years with a full reference history.
    100% agree with the above also take in apearance/manner of the driver i ws lucky to get my first job at 23 which back then was un heard of due to insurance costs for the company employing you.

    and as nedtheshed has pionted out you will find it hard to get a job with no experience and if you do its paying peanuts but hey its a start.

    the industry at the moment is flooded with cheap labour guys willing to work 14hr days for 90 euro so thats what your going be up against.


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