morning afternoon evening,
im based in birmingham im looking for a firm to do euro or poss further, willing to travel any suggestions, birds no, rgf no, jeavons no, bedworth haulage no, chambers & cook no, there either not looking for drivers or the euro work goes to there fave drivers
S&k it is then. Brush up on yer welsh & off ya go.
i am curious about them, ive heard the moneys bad but how bad, and do you know where they go
Plenty of info on here about them just do a search 
adam i.ve sent you a pm
cheers lads, alot of the info on here is divided some say there ok some say dont go there, so im none the wiser lol, ill ring them tomorrow thanks agen
The point is that s&k are always on the lookout and that speaks volumes in itself. From what I can make of it the cons are , can’t get home & money not great. The pros you won’t work hard & euro work !
I’m told that the rock 'n roll firms are expecting a busy year next year, that would probably be the best bet for long haul European work if you don’t mind being away for several weeks at a time.
As much as it pains me to say it. Vince is right.( On this one!)
Harry Monk:
I’m told that the rock 'n roll firms are expecting a busy year next year, that would probably be the best bet for long haul European work if you don’t mind being away for several weeks at a time.
It’s mainly niche and specialised/high value type work that goes far and wide these days. Generally speaking you won’t get onto that type of stuff without experience and or knowing someone. As Vince said RnR you might stand a chance of starting as a double/spare driver to get your foot in the door but it’s very seasonal and not a high turnover of core staff. Search Euromat and Kindles posts for RnR diaries.
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If I do pick up a European roadshow next year I may do it myself, but equally I may buy a second truck and put somebody else on it and if I do then I’ll offer it on here first, although I’d be the first to agree that it isn’t everybody’s cup of tea.
Harry Monk:
If I do pick up a European roadshow next year I may do it myself, but equally I may buy a second truck and put somebody else on it and if I do then I’ll offer it on here first, although I’d be the first to agree that it isn’t everybody’s cup of tea.
Or you could mix it up ! You do a bit and the other driver do some, or is that unworkable ?
turnip:
Harry Monk:
If I do pick up a European roadshow next year I may do it myself, but equally I may buy a second truck and put somebody else on it and if I do then I’ll offer it on here first, although I’d be the first to agree that it isn’t everybody’s cup of tea.Or you could mix it up ! You do a bit and the other driver do some, or is that unworkable ?
No, that is equally possible, I think I would have difficulties running the business side of things if I went away for several months but I could certainly do month around with somebody and fly out to take over a part of the tour. It’s not even definitely going ahead at the moment though, I doubt the decision will be taken much before February next year.
Harry Monk:
I’m told that the rock 'n roll firms are expecting a busy year next year, that would probably be the best bet for long haul European work if you don’t mind being away for several weeks at a time.
Harry, my mate is a video crew chief and he is already booked up until August. He said they are struggling to get enough production crew already, so it could mean a bit of a rate rise for trucking too if they can’t find them…
Roadshow work is the same, a niche market and it pays well because the driver is expected to do much more than just be able to drive the vehicle, in fact a quote I’ve heard more than once when I’ve been for interviews for promo work is “What we are not looking for is a typical lorry driver”.
It doesn’t suit everybody, firstly because there isn’t a great deal of driving involved, often only one or two days a week, the rest of the time you’re just expected to muck in and help out with whatever needs doing, which would include making the tea or mopping the floor, which lots of people won’t do, secondly because you do need to be fairly good at simple mechanics to deal with the various trailer systems, the kind of person I would look for to put on a tour would be somebody who could, say, take a simple motorcycle engine apart and put it together again.
Personally, I’ve always loved doing roadshow and promo work, on my deathbed I will think about the tours I’ve done rather than the days I tipped 26 pallets of UHT milk at Tesco, Purfleet.
My mate started as a driver with his own truck, got more work because he got stuck in. A casual chat one day saw him buy his own video screen which turned him into a video guy who had a truck. Suddenly he was getting twice as much for transporting his own screen, then paid for the screen hire, paid for being a techie. Now 80% of his time is video, 5% driving and 15% restoring trucks. Happy as a pig in…
Cold Up North:
My mate started as a driver with his own truck, got more work because he got stuck in. A casual chat one day saw him buy his own video screen which turned him into a video guy who had a truck. Suddenly he was getting twice as much for transporting his own screen, then paid for the screen hire, paid for being a techie. Now 80% of his time is video, 5% driving and 15% restoring trucks. Happy as a pig in…
Exactly what I’m planning to do. I’ve started out by sub-contracting on UK distribution work, (for a thoroughly decent family-owned company which I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to anybody), while I build a trading history and a credit record. But what I really hope to do is promo.
Eventually UK PLC will come out of recession and when it does, promotion work will be first out of the starting blocks as companies realise that they have to move quickly and steal a march on their competitors in the boom to come. If I have timed it right and can cling on for a year or two until the sector does pick up, then I might be able to ride that wave.
Or I might go bust first!
Did you get a magnum in the end?
I went to look at one today, but it just didnt seem to have much usable space in the cab