self employed courier??

[fastsaxo7]

hi does anyone have there own van and work for a company or work from a courier site? just wanting a basic idea on what sort of money can be made and what costs are to pay out? cheers

[wassy78]

hi m8 not really much advice i can give only check on insurance cos a m8 of mine did do it and the insurance was a bomb

[logic_guy]

DHL + TNT Drivers are on £10/£11 a hour.

[MiniGibbo]

I know a bloke who does it and has done for nearly 30 years, reakons the moneys crap and you need to drive like a tool as multi dropping can be in the region of 200 parcels a day..

He was telling me (he laboured for me start of the year, freind of a friend) one day he started at 6 finished at 8 and earnt £40! He was saying its a lot harder to do it now because of all the speed cameras as well.

[haz_pro]

I know a bloke who does it and has done for nearly 30 years, reakons the moneys crap and you need to drive like a tool as multi dropping can be in the region of 200 parcels a day..

He was telling me (he laboured for me start of the year, freind of a friend) one day he started at 6 finished at 8 and earnt £40! He was saying its a lot harder to do it now because of all the speed cameras as well.

Why on earth would you not just get another job, even if its sainsbury or something. Unless he prefers a shitter then shit wage, but to be his own boss.

[SAM-S44MDS-]

I know a bloke who does it and has done for nearly 30 years, reakons the moneys crap and you need to drive like a tool as multi dropping can be in the region of 200 parcels a day..

He was telling me (he laboured for me start of the year, freind of a friend) one day he started at 6 finished at 8 and earnt £40! He was saying its a lot harder to do it now because of all the speed cameras as well.

I wouldnt bother risking my license/life/others by driving like a tool, to work stupid hours and earn fuck all. Madness

[CaptainYid]

my bro-in-law is a delivery man... earns somthing like 70p-£1.50 per parcel depending on what it is... rakes in nearly £100-£200 a day!

[enthrone]

dads mate works self employed as this for uk mail.

can be earning around 40k a year he reacons. but he said fuel costs and van hire plus everything added up it isnt great. but better than being directly employed.

[MiniGibbo]

It's sounds like a good earning getting £1 a parcel but work it out for your self how Many you'd have to do to earn a decent wage..

Without taking out running costs and fuel..

[CaptainYid]

well hes doing approx 100 parcels a day in a certain part of north london... works out about 8 parcels per street too. £15-£20 a day fuel hes using

[MiniGibbo]

So with fuel he's on about £80 a day?

Not so good when you compare that to a 19yo chippie fresh off an apreanaship will be on the same and continue to earn more each year..

[CaptainYid]

bare in mind that chippy is thus employed by someone else... my in law can do what he wants when he wants. £80 a day is still not to be snubbed... specially at 30 years old

[haz_pro]

if i am on 80 a day when i am thirty i will admit i have failed at life.

Although having days off etc when you want would be cool.

[MiniGibbo]

£80 a day is a good wage but the point I was trying to make is that's all you'll ever get there's no future prospects of earning more..

And generally after the apprentaship most trades go self employeed that's
what Ive done and even at 21 earn a fair amount more than £80 a day.

Another example is the chippie my old man uses for final fix fancy work he pays £170 a day.. But then you can use the saying "you get what you pay for" and when your swining solid ash doors into ash frames you can't afford chips to fuck them up :S

[CaptainYid]

if i am on 80 a day when i am thirty i will admit i have failed at life.

Although having days off etc when you want would be cool.

i cant see how £80 a day is a fail tbh...

£80 a day is a good wage but the point I was trying to make is that's all you'll ever get there's no future prospects of earning more..

And generally after the apprentaship most trades go self employeed that's
what Ive done and even at 21 earn a fair amount more than £80 a day.

Another example is the chippie my old man uses for final fix fancy work he pays £170 a day.. But then you can use the saying "you get what you pay for" and when your swining solid ash doors into ash frames you can't afford chips to fuck them up :S

but thats a career not a job

[leeham987]

if i am on 80 a day when i am thirty i will admit i have failed at life.

Although having days off etc when you want would be cool.

80 a day is quite good :/

[Pieface]

80 a day is quite good :/

5 days a week, a year and you're earning below national average.

[Sammy-Boy]

5 days a week, a year and you're earning below national average.

£250 a week, £1000 a month, before tax, seems about right!

[CaptainYid]

80 x 5 = 400 a week before tax
thats £20,800 before tax

id take that tbh... considering as im earning £6.50 an hour atm

[logic_guy]

If you consider you get a round on a industrial estate, most office's will get several parcels a day, you'll be on a good earner.

Like i said, £10/11 a hour.

[CraigLovelock]

I wouldnt bother risking my license/life/others by driving like a tool, to work stupid hours and earn fuck all. Madness

Love the Rhyme! :clapping:

[haz_pro]

Hmm dunno maybe I'm greedy but when I am thirty I want much more than 20 k, wouldn't mind that wage at my age though.

[norpynorman]

£80 a day is a good wage but the point I was trying to make is that's all you'll ever get there's no future prospects of earning more..


thats the thing with my job, i earn £180 a day but its a unskilled job and i wont ever earn anymore then that and also the job could drop at any time, altho ive been doing it for a year and a half so far

[MiniGibbo]

thats the thing with my job, i earn £180 a day but its a unskilled job and i wont ever earn anymore then that and also the job could drop at any time, altho ive been doing it for a year and a half so far

If i was you id personally be saving as much money as i can while doing some sort of night coarse to give you more options for work..

But then if theres no worries of work drying up live it up and dont worry :A:

[Powellyboi]

80 a day before tax? Thats a terrible wage for a London based Job. Its not cheap living in or around London and that sort of wage wouldn't go anywhere..

Insurance would be sky high too, after insuring a vehicle, putting diesel in it ect

[haz_pro]

thats the thing with my job, i earn £180 a day but its a unskilled job and i wont ever earn anymore then that and also the job could drop at any time, altho ive been doing it for a year and a half so far

Thats a nice wage, what do you do if you dont mind?

[norpynorman]

Thats a nice wage, what do you do if you dont mind?

i work as a wood recycler, i have a 21ft transit flatbed and i go around and collect up old wood such as broken pallets, and various other old wood from a few different companys that let me have there off cuts etc... and then when my lorry is fully loaded i take it to a wood recyclers that pay me £180 per lorry load for it that then use it to chip it up and turn it into plyboard etc....

normally do 1 lorry load 4 days a week @ £180 a day have to take out £15 for fuel tho

[MiniGibbo]

i work as a wood recycler, i have a 21ft transit flatbed and i go around and collect up old wood such as broken pallets, and various other old wood from a few different companys that let me have there off cuts etc... and then when my lorry is fully loaded i take it to a wood recyclers that pay me £180 per lorry load for it that then use it to chip it up and turn it into plyboard etc....

normally do 1 lorry load 4 days a week @ £180 a day have to take out £15 for fuel tho

Cant be 21ft on a transit.. biggest flat bed i know of is 4 metre do you mean 12foot ;)

You live in liverpool? not many places around thatll pay for it know of..

[Powellyboi]

so its a half decent wage but I cant believe you consistently get that much wood 4 days a week... Surely everyone would be doing it if it was that easy?