any one else??
Dude, if anyone knows of any decent traction work, they ain’t gonna tell you on an Internet forum because they’ll be doing it themselves…
I will not work for anyone who talks price per mile iam the haulier there the customer you dont pull on the pump and tell shell what your going to pay per litre do you.
Dan Punchard:
I will not work for anyone who talks price per mile iam the haulier there the customer you dont pull on the pump and tell shell what your going to pay per litre do you.
I was in Haulage from 1977 to 2006 & I did have some (manufacturing) customers who ‘asked’ me “how much” but over the years the vast majority of the firms I worked for told me!!
I take it you’re not actually in this business then?
Ross.
bigr250:
Dan Punchard:
I will not work for anyone who talks price per mile iam the haulier there the customer you dont pull on the pump and tell shell what your going to pay per litre do you.I was in Haulage from 1977 to 2006 & I did have some (manufacturing) customers who ‘asked’ me “how much” but over the years the vast majority of the firms I worked for told me!!
I take it you’re not actually in this business then?
Ross.
yes in the business of being a haulier not a have ago haulier who works for rates dictated to them who keeps everyone else poor,there are too many people with the if i make a wage attitude if you are an owner operator you want big wages and profit on top,its poeple like that should just stick to driving for someone else.
ni-trucker:
any one else??
Sawyers £1.04/mile 
A mate of mine has two wagons on for him:
1000mile 3day “trip” costs him £600 in diesel and £240 in wages,
now does your calculator have batteries in it 
Bare this in mind:
I spoke to Derek Sawyers about rates in 2004 and it was 85ppm when diesel was 54ppl in The South, so rates have gone up 22.5% and diesel has gone up over 100%, do you want to be a busy fool 
i’d just like to point out that allowing a company to pay you after 60 days is in most instances illegal.
the maximum time a company can take to pay, or for you to allow them to pay is 28 days.
you need a consumer credit licence to allow payments to be made after 28 days.
Harry Monk:
Assuming my Operator’s Licence is granted, I will be doing long-distance traction at £1.80 a mile for a company which is 100% financially sound and has been for the last 50 years.Any less of a deal than this, and you might just as well drive around in your car throwing £20 notes out of the window.
subbing for gregory you will not be getting £1.80 per mile that is for certain
we do the odd fridge load for them and the gaffer tells us its garbage what we do
Well, if that’s what your boss tells you then you are welcome to believe it.
Harry Monk:
Well, if that’s what your boss tells you then you are welcome to believe it.
Is that every mile or loaded miles, one way or round trip ?
When I spoke to Gregory’s it was loaded miles only don’t remember the rate per mile or if they charged trailer hire. At the time I was doing cobrlfret which was 1.34 a mile all miles paid and I worked it out to be about the same over the course of a week. This was this time last year.
Look at you all fighting over the scraps. £1.06 per mile, £1.80 per mile, what ■■■■■■■ difference does it make? You’re not making any money on either.
Denis F:
Harry Monk:
Well, if that’s what your boss tells you then you are welcome to believe it.Is that every mile or loaded miles, one way or round trip ?
I’m not actually paid mileage, each job has its own rate which varies according to the distance- shorter trips pay more per mile as do jobs which end up in more remote places where there is likely to be empty running. I’m not going to give details of rates because that’s really commercially sensitive information but it works out at about the figure I quoted per loaded mile. Certainly there are plenty of other subbies there, many of whom have been doing it for years and the ones I’ve spoken to all seem to be perfectly satisfied with the deal.
to be fair with harry some " gregorys subbies " have some pretty fancy kit.
jessicas dad:
to be fair with harry some " gregorys subbies " have some pretty fancy kit.
So do some of everyone’s subbies, fancy kit means nothing. Anyone can go out and get a fancy truck if they’re happy being tied in to massive finance and only taking a couple of hundred quid a week out for themselves…
Paul
Very true
I had a wagon on for Greggs for about a month and averaged £1.17 per mile. Loads of empty running which bought the decent job rate down. They’re alright for back loads if you’re tipping in their area.
Needless to say I pulled off it, like I’ve said before its only worth doing traction if you’re mates with the office like Harry seems to be.
The guy with the fancy dan scania’s on there is on a set run each day with no empty running which is why he’s in a fancy dan Scania.
Also like I’ve said before unless you’re ■■■■■■■ the office, don’t bother.
To be fair rob if you’re on £1.80 per mile in haulage, it’d be well worth doing.
Silver_Surfer:
I had a wagon on for Greggs .
Thought they made sausage rolls 
Harry Monk:
Assuming my Operator’s Licence is granted, I will be doing long-distance traction at £1.80 a mile for a company which is 100% financially sound and has been for the last 50 years.Any less of a deal than this, and you might just as well drive around in your car throwing £20 notes out of the window.
Harry, would it suprise you to learn that 3 of the main HGV breakdown/recovery clubs in the UK expect contractors to work for £50 an hour?
That’s to run a £300k+ wrecker that does 5 mpg at best.
I get some empty running, but in the past as an employee I’ve been subbed to Heritage, Sealane etc and it’s no more or less than either of those I’d say.
But anyway, all of this is really by the by because what I’m doing is waiting for is promo work to pick up, then I’ll be doing that with any luck, that would be my own work and would pay considerably more. Until then, I’m doing work which I’m satisfied with and which pays me what I consider to be a reasonable return, and building a trading and credit history.