Hello there,
So then. I’m a fully qualified TM with my international well bedded in to the old noggin.This week I am completing my class 1 training.
Truck is not yet purchased but I have some money put aside to get one.
I’m currently contracting in an airfreight operation to keep the wages paid. However when I achieve my Class 1, I want to get out there and get stuck in to running containers with a view to developing into other things later on.
O licence is covered, maintenance covered by a very well qualified friend. I have some customers but not enough to cover a full weeks work yet.
so I was wondering if I could get some positive advice on here - I’ve considered running for Pentalvers and/or Wincanton mostly out of Southampton. Perfectly happy to go tramping if that’s what it takes as long as I can be home once a fortnight to see my son who lives with the ex.(so that will hopefully fall in with the 45 hour break)
I will be putting more kit on the road when I can just not straight away.
I will be purchasing a second hand truck to start with and renting a skelly from Charlie at Collease Southampton. I have decided not to lease a truck.
So I’m wondering - are the rates from companies like Pentalvers good enough to allow an owner driver to make a decent living?