Good day all.
I am a man with a van - long wheel base, high top transit.
I like to know which companies are best to register with for courier, removals and transporting. I have already registered with anyvan.com but would like a couple more to help me get going.
Thanks in advance.
Think you are on the wrong site this isn’t van net!
Iv got a truck 
Your at the wrong meeting fella 
It’s like this
Hi I’m LS I’m A Alcoholic!!!
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Oooh ■■■■ wrong meeting this is mothers and toddlers meeting today
Simple don’t do it the market is saturated hence why in driving trucks
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Where does it say you gotta drive a truck to be a professional driver? 
This would be a good place for you to read and learn from:
codforum.org.uk/courier-owne … topics.php
Courier Owner Driver forum is more geared towards your Transit van type of business than here on TRUCK Net… 
(The clue is in the name 
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Good Luck…
bigvern1:
Where does it say you gotta drive a truck to be a professional driver?
I don’t think he was questioning his professionalism!
TruckNet
Van drivers don’t count as they are just cars with no back windows.
Sorry just kidding.
There’s been a few threads here about courier van driving and I’m sorry to say they all looked bleak. As a previous poster said, the market is saturated. Put an ad in the local paper for any type of work to start with and research if there are any online delivery companies, small manufacturers etc in your area that you could work with. Good luck!
Courier Companies will take you on if your vehicle is under 5 years of age and you have correct level of GIT insurance and PL insurance.
Try all the nationwide couriers.
Load boards (Shiply,uShip, anyvan) etc will give you work provided you don’t mind working for pennies. It’s. good way to get you home if you are stuck.
You could try some of the next day carriers. When i did it for Fedex they paid £160 a day.
weeto:
bigvern1:
Where does it say you gotta drive a truck to be a professional driver?I don’t think he was questioning his professionalism!
My post was meant to say because he drives a van he can’t use this forum? In reply to GB PUB
Wouldn’t it be a better idea to research market/sort out possible work before you got the vehicle?Unless you already have a van from some other line of work,loads of builders trying to get into courier work,do you have a business plan?
Think you’l find the courier job,rolling round pick up/drop off saturated,big co’s will take you on subbying,be lucky if you make half decent wage,will also depend on age of van?
Maybe your not only on wrong site,but ‘barking up wrong tree’?
courier, i did the morning papers for menzies many years ago self employed,worth a try as a bit of bread and butter,used to start at 3.00am and finished at 6.00am then you could do your own work…good luck.
The guy was just asking a polite question. Why do so many folks gleefully take the opportunity to be ignorant and rude?
Isn`t there another thread about why drivers talk so much BS?
This is a truck forum, the guy was asking about freight. Trucks carry freight. Do you get the connection?
Ok we can now have a mindless argument about whether a van is a truck…
Anyway it is a hard way to make a living, thats one thing we can all agree about I think. However in the real world not everybody can be in cushy jobs all the time and we sometimes have to accept what we can get.
Good luck.
cypry0:
You could try some of the next day carriers. When i did it for Fedex they paid £160 a day.
How long ago was that? I’d be amazed if they paid anything like that now.
alliance:
courier, i did the morning papers for menzies many years ago self employed,worth a try as a bit of bread and butter,used to start at 3.00am and finished at 6.00am then you could do your own work…good luck.
They want the work covered 7 days a week 52 weeks a year and you have to pay someone else to not turn in or smash your van when you want time off for what amounts to no more than wages.
My mate had a van business, but struggled to make money from it, had a warehouse and two lutons but the only way to make money was to run over weight and work 20hour days. He moved pool tables mainly but sometimes removals came up which he earnt well out of.
If you are on facebook look for facebay around your area as lots of people want stuff picking up i.e settees,washing machines and the like.guy round my area charges £10 minimum for just a couple of miles.
we use rico and citysprint lots off work