Pros and cons… Which do people think would be the better…
Really depends on what your preference is. I work on tankers and love the job more than I did doing general haulage, With tankers there is a lot less manual work but I find the reverses into a lot of tight areas a bit more challenging than say for example a large site that is designed for large vehicles. Once again you can get challenging reverses with either but I have found more so with tankers.
Thanks for that…I guess tanker work is the better paid ?
Either one will require the inevitable, and often elusive, “experience required”
squiddley21:
Thanks for that…I guess tanker work is the better paid ?
I dont carry fuel but our average is 40k with a bit of overtime… I dont work weekends but they are optional and available if wanted. I do the odd saturday til 12 ish. The work is easy and takes aprox 20 to 30 mins to load or unload so not really a big job to do either. Some sites we dont even have to take hoses off our trucks as the sites are already connected and ready to connect to our tanks. we just start the donkey engine and pull a few levers and watch our pressure gauge. Easy peasy.
Zac_A:
Either one will require the inevitable, and often elusive, “experience required”
As I’m new to this… Im starting to see this appear ,a lot. Thank you.
squiddley21:
Zac_A:
Either one will require the inevitable, and often elusive, “experience required”As I’m new to this… Im starting to see this appear ,a lot. Thank you.
You might want to look at non ADR tank work first before trying for ADR work, lots of leachate work off landfill sites and waste water type work where you might get a start as a newbie. ADR tank work tends to require this sort of experience first along with the magic two year driving experience.
Yorkshire Tramper:
squiddley21:
Zac_A:
Either one will require the inevitable, and often elusive, “experience required”As I’m new to this… Im starting to see this appear ,a lot. Thank you.
You might want to look at non ADR tank work first before trying for ADR work, lots of leachate work off landfill sites and waste water type work where you might get a start as a newbie. ADR tank work tends to require this sort of experience first along with the magic two year driving experience.
I like the thought of HIAB work, as I guess this will be varied some what… but as you say ,experience needed.
squiddley21:
Pros and cons… Which do people think would be the better…
It is one of those things. Personal preference and variety. Tanker work could involve collecting milk, or waste collections, or ADR work. HIAB work will usually be delivering building supplies. It is going to come down to what you like.
What you are posting for advice is quite difficult to answer. Tanker work tends to be pretty specialised (in my knowledge) and would be going round a round.
The driving for tankers for milk would be totally different to ADR work.
I know that doesn’t help. If you enjoy going to new places and interacting with new challenges, go for HIAB. If you enjoy going to familiar places and that is your comfort zone, Tanker work.
My two pence.
I do HIAB. We deliver cabin for building sites. Years ago I also did Jewsons but binned that asap as that was just garbage.
With the HIAB you will get dirty/wet/hot all depending on the weather as obviously its an outside job. HIAB work is more graft than driving so dont expect to be sat on your backside all day.
msgyorkie:
I do HIAB. We deliver cabin for building sites. Years ago I also did Jewsons but binned that asap as that was just garbage.
With the HIAB you will get dirty/wet/hot all depending on the weather as obviously its an outside job. HIAB work is more graft than driving so dont expect to be sat on your backside all day.
Interesting. How much graft is it, because you are pulling levers, not lifting loads, surely?
Hiab work covers a wide range, from doing local builder merchant work, (same town, home every night) to being away all week (or longer) maybe doing one or two lifts a week.
Tanks can be depot to delivery, (or collection with milk) home every day, to distance work. Maybe on own account or general hire.
Again might be local to Euro work.
Food and chem work are often 24hr/365 days a year work, builder stuff, less so.
Id say think about what work patterns you want (not many offer 1 day a month for a good salary, Ive looked) then work it out from there.
stu675:
msgyorkie:
I do HIAB. We deliver cabin for building sites. Years ago I also did Jewsons but binned that asap as that was just garbage.
With the HIAB you will get dirty/wet/hot all depending on the weather as obviously its an outside job. HIAB work is more graft than driving so dont expect to be sat on your backside all day.Interesting. How much graft is it, because you are pulling levers, not lifting loads, surely?
Well with Jewsons you would be handballing bags of cement or sheets of plasterboard because sometimes there was no room to use the HIAB or maybe overhead powerlines stopping you from lifting.
On the site cabins we have to bolt them together so up and down ladders bolting them up then erecting and dismantling the staircases that go with them. The toilet blocks for example have a steel platform with steps that have to be drilled and bolted whilst crawling in mud underneath.
My mate does a lot of “General Hiab” and can be lifting anything from boats to steel beams all usually involve messing about slinging the loads. Its not just a case of “pulling levers”!
The easiest way in to Hiab would be a merchant doing kerbside offload to get some experience.
Actually using a Hiab as a crane to place and install items is something the
At carries a lot more risk of damage to property and personnel so most companies will demand experience.
It can pay very well but you have to earn that money. Being confronted with a large amount of random items that need transporting will require plenty of clambering about slinging them and placing them to make the 3D Tetris load all fit on.
Unless you know someone is skilled as a slinger you probably will want to do all your own loads, and refuse casual help.
Ultimately when you are on the levers it’s your neck on the block if it goes ■■■■ up
msgyorkie:
stu675:
msgyorkie:
I do HIAB. We deliver cabin for building sites. Years ago I also did Jewsons but binned that asap as that was just garbage.
With the HIAB you will get dirty/wet/hot all depending on the weather as obviously its an outside job. HIAB work is more graft than driving so dont expect to be sat on your backside all day.Interesting. How much graft is it, because you are pulling levers, not lifting loads, surely?
Well with Jewsons you would be handballing bags of cement or sheets of plasterboard because sometimes there was no room to use the HIAB or maybe overhead powerlines stopping you from lifting.
On the site cabins we have to bolt them together so up and down ladders bolting them up then erecting and dismantling the staircases that go with them. The toilet blocks for example have a steel platform with steps that have to be drilled and bolted whilst crawling in mud underneath.
My mate does a lot of “General Hiab” and can be lifting anything from boats to steel beams all usually involve messing about slinging the loads. Its not just a case of “pulling levers”!
Thanks for the insight [emoji846]
Jewsons used to do a weeks course to train you up for the HIAB if that is what you want to do. Working for them will certainly sharpen your driving skills taking a rigid in places I wouldnt take my car.
My mate got his via jewsons.
I’m from Manchester. He was sent to Bradford hotel meals paid for for a week’s training.
Then a job afterwards.
What’s not to like really
Gives you the experience. And a foot in the door .
I kept thinking about it but they expect you to work every Saturday morning .
making sure you just get you 45 hours rest before starting again Monday morning.
But jobs set hours home every night. So can kind of make plans .