Why is there a HGV Driver Shortage in the UK and HOW do we Solve it?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- With the recent news about HGV driver shortage in the UK we look at what Heavy Goods Vehicle drivers get paid, why there is a shortage and how we can start to get more lorry drivers.
The HGV driver shortage has been going for a long time now but only gained media attention with the petrol shortage and empty shelves in stores.
00:00 intro
00:36 what does HGV stand for?
00:40 what can a HGV driver do?
00:49 what are the different HGV licenses?
01:02 what are the different types of HGV driver jobs?
01:30 why is there a shortage of HGV drivers in UK?
03:13 what problems have been caused by the HGV driver shortage?
05:14 how do we solve the HGV driver shortage?
07:19 myths about HGV drivers
08:30 how much do HGV drivers get paid in UK?
09:04 is HGV driving a good career?
10:35 outro
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Refreshing to hear a positive video on the industry, I appreciate that you stated several times it was personal opinion but clearly a view point from both sides of the counter. This is the best overview of the current situation that I have watched. I have been in the driving game for nearly 36 years, excellent and informative
Save me writing that, thoroughly agree.
Do you get many hookers/rent boys when out on the road?
I heard you've got a slag in every town...
@@rassyconkerhead5548 Plenty mate! Depends where you park up though! If you’re looking for a right old dirty spunker,then I’d suggest looking for services with right filthy toilets! Usually get them hanging about there!
@@rassyconkerhead5548 what a stupid comment, Dik Ed 😂
Utter nonsense from an ex international trucker.
As someone who has just given up driving a HGV I can tell you exactly why drivers are leaving.
Pay and hours for a start. Its ok spouting £35k as a national average which sounds good at first. that is until you find out that most drivers basic average weekly hours START at 50 hours a week and can go anywhere up to 70 or 80 hours a week. Contrast that with most other jobs where the basic week is 35 to 40 hours a week.
Most drivers earning a grand a week are having to do nearly 2 weeks worth of hours in one week compared to other jobs.
As for spending time with your family, that's a laugh when you are getting out of bed at 4 in the morning and getting home at 5 at night. The only thing you want to do is go to sleep and you have to be in bed by 10 to get any type of decent sleep for the next day.
Then you've got the responsibility of driving a large vehicle. Out on the road you've got every type of kamikaze/suicidal idiot prepared to do any manner of lunatic manoeuvre you can think of to get passed/in front of you or to not get stuck behind you. That's on top of the vast majority who haven't got the first idea how to drive trying to use your truck to destroy their car. You'll spend the majority of your day avoiding accidents.
Then you have the added pressure of putting your licence and income at risk from all manner of fines and penalties associated with driving an HGV.
And the only time anyone including managers, authorities or general public thinks of you as a "professional driver" is when it all goes wrong. The rest of the time you're just a driver/inconvenience/pain in the @rse who deserves to be spat on.
Add that lot to spending your day sat in traffic jams, continual roadworks, being constantly abused by car drivers and all manner of other nut jobs and then you are only just beginning to understand why people are leaving the industry in their 1000s.
@@johnwelburn9966 Thanks.
We’ll said ! 👊
Should be £25 ph for class1 HGV drivers.. would be no shortage then
Couldnt of said it better myself only thing missing is the piss smelling services that are mouldy and grim covered in potholes unsecure and cost a fortune
@@JUSTTRYANDSTOPIT Agreed. However that would create problems of it's own. If they paid a decent hourly rate then drivers wouldn't have to do the crazy hours they do now, just to earn a decent living, which means all these transport firms that are taking advantage of low pay would still have driver shortage. That is one reason why long term high hourly rate will never happen.
There is not a hgv driver shortage. There are thousands of qualified drivers that no longer want to do the job because we get treated like dirt.
@@Buildxbeyond ABSOLUTLEY RIGHT
To right, pcv 1 got out of that crap when my wage rocketed down to £3.68ph.....and even worse I then went on to do hgv 2.....and again passed first time.... For £6.30ph......shite
I'm looking at getting out of driving, I've changed jobs, for now I'm looking for the best pay for the least amount of hours at least until I can get out of driving.
Telling the young it's a good career path? That the pay is good? Come on, I couldn't tell lies like this to my worst enemy, it's not a good career, you work long hours, it's a job only suitable for single people as a home life is out of the question, the pay, for the hours we do, we don't get sick pay, we don't get respect, first place to look is at the management. Looking at the pay, £28800 average £35000 for a driver, the£28800 people work a lot less hours for that £28800, the£35000, they mostly have to work a minimum 50 plus hours for that money, minimum holidays.
No you can't use your licence in other countries, in the USA you need a CDC licence, in Australia and New Zealand our licences aren't valid, or Canada, we have to take lessons and a test out there.
Now I respect that you are looking for drivers, but you're lying through your teeth, our road infrastructure is disgusting, there's a lack of decent cleaning facilities, most motorway service areas don't even provide shower facilities for the lady drivers, lady drivers are regularly treated like dirt by management, I could go on, honestly, I wouldn't tell my worst enemy to come into driving, not until we are better catered for and management can treat drivers with respect.
Lastly because I don't want to rant on, when have you been to a motorway service area and found them serving anything healthy? Unless you call me vomits, KFC, bugger king and the likes healthy. HGV driving is a job for mugs like me, too old for anything else, lucky for me, I'm old, fat and ugly, or old, free and single so I can do this job as I don't have anyone at home waiting for me
@@andrewgage6942 well said, you are only speaking the truth mate.
Of course.
Same in the (Western-)European care services. Every nurse does know at least one, usually two or more former nurses who would come back in a day once wages and conditions would not have deteriorated into what they actually are today.
Same with truck drivers: I still keep a license including medical tests and all without using it for almost twenty years now because of the wages and conditions. Used to drive extreme vehicles (mobile cranes, special transports, overwide, overlong, overweight, yachts and whatnot) with joy and an adventurous approach.
Most of my former driving colleagues, as me, do other work because there is no decent living earned anymore with truck driving these days. Just look at house prices or rents, what it costs to keep and fill a car, what taxes and fees take off Your hard earned money, and what other professions bring in, be it plumber, builder, carpenter, or boatbuilder like I do it ..... plus You're home with cash money each night after fife thirty.
I loved driving like I did it, but I can not at all recommend it to anyone I respect or like.
This feels more like a marketing video rather than actually understanding the real issues behind HGV shortage.
Being a HGV driver you are amongst the only "basic skilled" workers that can receive fines for making mistakes at work, living close to London and taking full length artics into London on a daily basis, it's a nightmare driving within the city. Car drivers with zero ounce of understandings on the space required keeping you on edge the whole time, each street has a ridiculous amount of signs due to the insane restrictions in place.
Bus lanes, some HGV's allow, some you are allowed in at certain times, some you aren't allowed in at all, some are red, some are not. All it takes is to miss a single sign, travel in the wrong lane and you are receiving a fine which the company will pass on to you the driver.
Weight restrictions, for roads that genuinely require this that's not an issue, but 90% of the time a weight restriction is in place just to stop bigger vehicles using the road as a cut through, again if you miss the sign you are looking at potential fines for being in restricted spaces.
LLCS, to avoid noise pollution at night time HGV's have to adhere to specific routes that companies require to apply access to, if you deviate off this route you can get fines.
If you don't take a break at the correct time, you can lose your license for making a mis-judgement in time management or receive fines upwards of £1000.
I'm missing loads of different scenarios, but HGV driving is one of a few jobs where you can take financial hits for being human and making the odd mistake...
You are treated like a second class citizen, service stations charge extortionate amounts to pay for the night, half of companies won't even pay this so it's on the driver to use at their loss. Half of service stations offer appauling facilities, shower rooms covered in mould, cold water, so yes... in a lot of cases drivers don't shower because it's more hygenic, and easier to wait a day until you get home.
In a standard job you can opt out of the 40 hour working week and do more, as a HGV driver companies see your hours as a target not as a limit, and you'll be forced out doing 12 hours shifts every day or more because if you don't, you'll lose your job.
Yeah wages are on the up and improving, but that average is based on the above, people working on low money but making it via doing 60+ hour weeks every week.
Mandatory CPC training 7 hours every year or 35 hours every 5 years to retain your license, all of which is a money making farce and is the equivalent of teaching drivers to suck eggs, most companies do pay for this but some still don't.
I can go on and on, but when the world wakes up and realises 90% of the items they buy gets to where it needs to be via HGV, and respects that process and the requirements to get there, then HGV careers will be on the rise again.
What sums it up well is this
In covid maccys closed except the drive through . HGV kept going and kept them well stocked but couldnt use the drive through as they didnt fit and were not allowed to walk through to get food or use the toilet . Its surreal we kept them open but were rejected .
Hit the nail smack on the head
But apart from that it's alright.....ha ha..
Yours is the best summery..
In short 'It's a FINE job,
At every twist and turn...
When someone who drives a euro van with no tacho responsibilities gets paid almost the same as someone driving a 40 ton attic it's not to difficult to understand why there is a shortage.
I'm not a Lorry Driver. Just like to make that clear. The truth will out👍
Interestingly EVERYTHING YOU STATED IS THE REASON WHY I'D RATHER BE UNEMPLOYED! Criminals have more rights!!!!
I can't wait for UK Government/PRIDE to reveal the truth about the ever INCREASING number of claimants who are considered unfit for work due to AIDS/HIV!!!
Until then I suppose I'll just have to keep being sacked from UNSKILLED,UNEDUCATED & LOW PAY AGENCY JOBS due to Cannabis in my system. Apparently I'm the dangerous person that could kill😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
I agree.
It's not that negative though....
Owner driver seems quite lucrative if you can get the right lease...
A Nice Wagon is Paramount💯💯💯
That's were ya spending half the day in....
Poor pay, unsociable hours, poor pensions, poor/no sick pay scheme, zero respect from car drivers who’ll do there best to make your day as difficult as possible…… etc etc
Dan won' t like to hear that
@@slymothertrucker3597 The first 4 points would cost him money. He would need to get rid of his rolls royce.
@@Wetthewhistle Can you imagine!!!
Seems like he made this video in a true boss man, blind to the real world problems type vibe. Truckers are treated like dog water all across the globe.
and shit roads
Coming from a 27 year old who had drove class one for 6 years I'm going to have to disagree with pretty much everything you said, even on local work ei, tippers, Skips, scrap, food delivery you talking 6am start till 5-6pm, get home, tea shower bed, you have planners in the office that have never drove a hgv before and try to tell you how to do the job, constant waits at rdc's, horrible traffic and shit car drivers, blind siding off a main road whilst people carry on driving past you clueless to the stress and anxiety of doing the manoover, I got between £11-12 an hour for driving class 1 which when I look back now think that's ridiculous, I now drive excavator on sites, set breaks every day and going home at the same time no matter what for £18-£20 an hour, no stress, not having the responsibility of handling a 44toone lorry on public roads, putting tacho on break whilst tipping so can get home that bit earlier to see family, the whole industry is fucked, lll never go back driving there is no incentive for drivers to enjoy the job.
A bit unrelated sorry but how did you get the job excavating? I know how to operate them but don't have a license, did you fund it all yourself and just start applying for jobs? Cheers
Wow...
Gotta agree with you here bud. I left general haulage for a local tipper job, slight reduce in pay but still take home £520pw. Takes the piss when you get to sites though and lads (like you) tell us they’re on £20ph 😂
@@samdub I mean 520 take home isn't bad it's definitely gone up since I did local. Tipper work but lads driving big dumpers are in £18 an hour
How did you get into excavator operating? I want to go back to working with heavy machinery, production work has got boring
i'm one of the 600k. i left the industry in 2013 to look after my wife after she had a complete breakdown. i loved my job, but hours behind the wheel aren't hours at home and the balance was tipping into the work side more and more. so something had to give. her mental health deteriorated as she was home alone, and i'd try to sleep whenever i could. so the pressure keeps building and eventually something gives..
if you're single without family &/or home life commitments it could be for you, money is getting better and modern trucks are fantastic. i occasionally do miss it, but we're humans, not machines.
I will be joining soon; career change here I come.
Good on you family first as always and on scripture as well 🙏👍
A person doing a normal 9-5 job on 28,000 will most likely only do 37.5 hours a week where lorry drivers do double that for only £7000 more
Yeah £35k is really not special especially in London.
Just to compare wages with Western and North Europe. Typically drivers work for 25 euro per hour plus extras mean 1k euro plus per week for employees
For that job you need proper education or qualification.
Majority of ppl will never earn that much money, until inflation reaches that point in years to come.
"In this country, we have some of the best roads in the world" - Daniel The Comedian
Have you travelled and seen the roads elsewhere? The roads in the UK are in great condition compared to most other "rich" countries.
@@lbeanie692 define the word "elsewhere"
@@lbeanie692 Could you please read your words again lol Have you ever been out of The UK lol
To the people commenting try driving an artic down these said roads... I remember at one point the m6 narrowed the lanes for road works and I'm not kidding at times you could of reached out and touched a passing wagon ... and it was like that for miles and miles... stress and anxiety levels thru the roof.... but it's ok because our roads are the best in the world.... yeah if your a car driver
@@lbeanie692 yes I have. You are wrong.
Let's get something straight, this is from someone who has been a hgv class 1 driver for 43 years, there is not a shortage of drivers, there is simply a shortage of decent driving jobs, plenty of jobs paying bad money or bad conditions. No Eastern European drivers had to leave this country when brevity happened, they simply had to ask for a permanent status but because they never had any intention of staying and not committed to the UK they left, what we are left with is the bad companies who employed these drivers are bleating that they can't get drivers. No fuel shortage, just that hoyer who employ the drivers on the BP contract and the esso contract are not a nice company to work for and the loose a lot of drivers and simply didn't have enough drivers to supply the garages. Sorry to say I can't wait to retire in stock of being treat like crap, expected to work a 15 hour shift at the drop of a hat and having to explain why I don't want to work a Saturday or a Sunday.
Whole heartedly agree with everything you say, even so say good pay doesn't make up for being treated like shit
Agreed. I remember the good old days. Passed my test in 1989 and it was fine until the East Europeans started to flood in around 2006. I'm retired now but I don't think there's a company I'd want to work for anymore, or agency. It's now a dead end stressed out life. I could return as still capable, but wouldn't.
Passed my test in 81. Crappy job then, crappy job now with polo shirt.
It would help if the government gave out interest free loans to pay for training that people don’t need to start paying back until they are earning certain amount of money.
Companies are offering training.
@@fastasfox what's the contract? I.e how long do they own you for?
that wouldn't work, as theirs a training backlog, making it free would just make it worse surly
What's the price for class 1?
Tesco put me through a fast track class one course and is also offering an apprenticeship where your class 2 is payed for and you pay class one back monthly… there are a few companies out there but people just don’t want the positions
This is more of a promo for the hgv industry rather than an accurate depiction of it
Well it comes from an employer in the industry who are the ones mostly responsible for this mess.
It’s a self thing to pay his gym fees.
@Paddy 2pints To true.
as much as i love watching Daniel, he is wrong. I am driving some 5years now and the lifestyle of a driver is shit (working in changing my field of work).
First off, start times vary (one day you can start at 2am, next day at 7pm and the day after at 5am) and it keeps you in a always tired state of mind. Besides this, you can legally work up to 15hours a day and often you do around 60hours of work time every week. If u are unlucky enough to stay a long distance from work, you lose up to 80hours a week.
Secondly, the services on the roads and on sites where you deliver are filthy and everybody treats you like a dog.
Third, the pay of £35,000 is only for class one and only around London, the more you drive north or south, the less money a driver will get. Also, that average salary is really forced and kept up by companies like Sainsbury, Tesco etc. because they pay more for store work when in truth most companies pay around £28,000 a year (now is a bit different because of covid). A couple months ago I would earn about £13/hr when a unskilled worker in the warehouse where i work would get like £10 .
4th Road life is stressfull. The roads are packed and many motorists don't care about other people. Speed cameras, delivery times and deadlines all add up quickly.
5th For a young person looking for a future career, this job is not the one. The only posibility is to get additional courses to become a transport manager but the money is about the same. Lack of opportuny its totally missing in this video.
6th Daniel says there is no money in transport and to some extent its true. I think a big loss falls on management and bad planning. (Ex: they would send you 200miles up the motorway to collect a trailer or a load and it would be scheduled for the next day or there is a driver there already for the same load. All that wasted time, fuel and resources are lost money.)Yet daniel doesnt mention it
There are many other things I could say (like tipping using manual pumptrucks etc) but I would rather keep them in the industry.
100% - Dan is way off the mark!! He is about to piss a lot of people off, Tesco are not paying double - its shit talk like that which keeps the job shit!!
COMPLETELY AGREE !! The work hours and home life of a truck driver isn’t for everyone- I thought it was going to be my dream job, just driving around all day, soaking up sun, and having different scenery daily- boy was I given a foul wake up call. Traffic, poor visibility and constant stress on the road, tight driveways to manoeuvre daily, not to mention you can lose your license at any moment if you’re not on the ball every second of the day. If you’re reading this and want to be a truckie- find something else lol
Well said on all points lads, personally I feel like those who live inside the M25 don't know what goes on outside of it.
Think some drivers need to understand it’s not truck driving in general that’s shit, it’s the job they are doing. If your start times aren’t for you, change your job, if your constantly doing tight deliveries, change your job, if you don’t like doing nights out, change your job, if your pay isn’t good enough, change your job! I worked as a car transporter driver for 8 years, easy job, 50 hours a week, no stress. COVID changed all of that and I ended up doing collections from public car parks in central London. Hated it and lost loads earnings. Instead of feeling sorry for myself, went and got a different job that was less hours and more money!
@@addzyapple who here is feeling sorry for themselves ??? Everyone has literally only mentioned their bad experiences as a truck driver. You reading comments properly or what lad ?
Been driving for Tesco for 16 years, I haven’t seen my pay double this year. In fact , as of yet we haven’t had a penny pay rise this year
Then leave, it's the only thing they understand.
It’s marketing bullshit.
Did you say great pay????? Daniel you are just coming from a Business owner who's most essential part of his company are his drivers and you just pissed a lot off. When you mention that you will be doing 48 - 60+ hours a week, If most office people did those hour then they would be earning 35K+ Because drivers do those hours you are exhausted every day - just imagine starting at 0230 and trying to spend an evening with your family - maybe go out for a meal - Imagine going out and coming back home for 2100 then getting up for work at 0130 - is that safe . This is never going to change, as a driver I know this, I put up with shit that you think doesn't happen - the only thing that makes it palatable is more money and a lot more money - You forgot to mention that you work and live in a another country called London. - On this occasion Dan you are wrong.
The good thing about the transport industry is every jobs different. If you don't like the situation you're in, change it. The bad thing about the industry is negative people who complain about everything and change nothing.
Spot on mate I take roughly 600 a week but am doing silly silly hours for that.
@@DaveG7920 jeez, you watch too many Deady videos..
My pay has gone from £32000 to £38000 plus overtime nights out working 4 on 4 off
@@johnfros9736 piss poor compared to drivers for Waitrose who are on a basic of 54K now. Heinz worldwide have given every employee 25% - so think again if you think you have been given a good pay rise. But it is better than nothing. - but I don't know what hours you do and what you do for it.
Regarding the driver, you didn't mention how we get treated like 3rd class human beings by employers such as fired on a whim. By customers we deliver too and the public on the road. We are also treated as mugs by the DVSA. Then there are places like Road Distribution Centres being run by chimps who keep drivers on a loading bay for 6 hours or more just to unload 1 pallet. Turn them around faster and you'll see more stock on shelves
That's the point. Last 5-6 months I used to have around 15-20 hours of POA. I could make much more deliveries but all the warehouses don't have enough workers to keep the trucks get in and out asap.
8:18 "it is still key for drivers to remain vigilant and responsive" but Daniel driving with headphones in his ears😂😂😂
Makes a change from him driving and using the camera for the sake of video content !!
CPC is a joke. That's half the reason for many people. It's like a licence to tie your shoelaces that costs money and time to do.
Guy's talking from an employer's perspective. Of course he's going to say it's great. He's hardly going to come on here and say he treats his workers like shit, is he?
Inspirational video
I’m 61 is it to late for me to train ??
I think he need to stop talking and do his job we don't care about what the brother say this time do your job blood.
I've always loved trucks since I was small; but my parents never really considered it a 'career' but every time a truck jake brakes past my house I can't help but stop and smile. This video makes me want to pursue my childhood dream. Big up from Jamaica; Ashville
Do it man.
Don't waste any more time get yourself into gear
I’m 22 so I’ve been out of the states education system for 4 years now. Teachers have a lot to say in generating negative stigmas about driving jobs and anything industrial. They spend 25-30 hours a week influencing children and the majority recently seem to have the view that if you aren’t going to university to then work a fancy office job, you’re looked down upon. I remember telling my form tutor when I was 16 that I wanted to be a welder or an electrician and she told me I could do better for myself, I had the same happen with am3 different tutors at A-Levels. Until the education system stops churning out young adults with unreasonably high expectations of their future, this country is going to struggle.
No matter how advanced our economy or society gets, we still need people to deliver goods, build, install and repair things.
True - and if you go and "do better for yourself" (whatever that means), later, you have a couple years driving or welding and can do that part-time, while the other students serve coffee for min wage. (If they're lucky).
I went round the world but without a trade to ply I was working in bars etc. If I had my time again I'd have learned outboard motor skills and then it would have been an easy beach liiiife! (marinas...)
There is an old saying that if you can't get a good career you go to teaching and become a teacher, when a blind leads blind, we get a chaos, unfortunately there are issues with providers of education in most parts of the world, though there are some exceptions of course, but in general is the same.
I live in Australia and drive trains. One of my coworkers was saying that her husband is a truck driver and earns a similar amount to us train drivers, however he has to work longer hours per day and more days a week than us.
I think truck drivers are treated badly all over the world.
I'm 29 years old and love driving. The main thing putting me off from becoming a HGV driver is the terrible hours (unless you work for somewhere like Ashville that is set hours but as he says in the video he wouldn't be able to hire me).
You are yet to work in the event and hospitality industry if you think driving has terrible hours! A routine doesn’t exist in my industry but as we all say the show must go on,
For all those couch cabbages that moan the tv hasn’t been on is because no one wants to build it most of the time and excuses are made up by recording companies until it’s built
@alex Smith the industry has no eyes on it and we are the saviours for the tv binge watching nation, it’s so bad and not appreciated! I travel the world constructing hospitality booths forformula 1, temporary boxing stadiums, the list goes on and on and so do my unsociable work hours too
Lol set hours😂😂😂😂😂😂 no such thing. That’s BS just to get you in the door.
Set hours - real life: you get to enjoy the set hours when traffic or deliveries allow you. At least once a week you're almost guaranteed you will be at least 1 hour late. I've worked for 2 companies with set hours, opening times, and our drivers were late on a regular basis. Yes, sometimes they did finish earlier too, but if you live in a heavily congested area, Exeter, Devon, Bristol, South Wales, you can forget your set hours because how manic the motorways are. M5 and M4 always a bitch...
The hours are bloody awful mate, any day you are at work you can forget any spare time when you finish - it's straight to bed.
Like today I had nothing to collect, meaning I didn't have a delivery either, I thought 'great... Early finish!'
Nope... office rang sent me somewhere else, another 15 hour shift, and 9 hours between shifts. It will wear you down.
As a retired HGV driver I saw this coming twenty years ago. With cheap EU immigrant labour employers love this supply of untapped labour often paying below minimum wage & keeping existing pay rates as low as possible., Absolutely no sympathy for these employers who have reaped what they sowed.
@3:59 I disagree, fuel shortage thing was created delibarately to create more chaos
There's only 1 thing I'd disagree with you on Daniel is the fast track licence....I done my class 2, sat at home for 2 weeks then went straight in for class 1... I never set foot in a rigid after my test so I don't think this is all that different. Also as you know yourself you're taught how to PASS YOUR TEST... NOT how to drive a truck. All of your learning is done out on the road
It’s stupid same with the car license, your taught the test tips and tricks, not real world scenarios
very good point.
@@thisisashville how can someone overseas applied for work?
I think his point was more about automatically getting the class 2 after only doing training for class 1 and passing a class 1 test.
Daniel, great video, just one critique, what you have said is correct but you haven’t mentioned the weak pound. Drivers from the continent come to the UK as the money was higher than their home country. With the weak pound they’ve now found out that they can earn more in their home country. Also the upsurge in drivers leaving to deliver parcels for Amazon has played a massive influence. But a great video
You forgot to say that the industry has not a real time pay increase for around 15 years? But he won't like that as that is the truth.....
@@slymothertrucker3597 that was due to companies relying on the cheaper Europe workers, now this has stopped their wage was gone from about £16 an hour to over £20 which will encourage more UK folks to learn to dive lorry's - you can earn around 70k a year just from driving a lorry now
The Pound is up almost 7% against the Euro in the last 12 months. What metric are you using to define the Pound as being 'weak'?
@@jdgaming4405 PMSL - please tell me where. I deliver fuel and have beenf for 15 years what planet are you on.
@@jdgaming4405 Hourly rates of over £20 an hour, or anywhere near that, for the most part will only be found with agencies who are trying to fill short term shortages. These rates will be headline rates that will not last forever.
I'll tell you this. The industry is waiting for all these HGV learners to filter through from the backlog of tests to alleviate the shortages, and then consequently drive wages back down. Wages of £70k are fantasy land. You listen to Grant Shapps too much.
Thank you for posting this video, as a brand new HGV driver this video has explained the shortage really well. Brilliant series on videos. Keep up the super work
Yes, not wanting to be rude, but Daniel is talking largely about his experiences with working in aggregates. A lot more to the wider transport/logistics/services industry.
He failed to give correct facts about a load of stuff.
Which shows a complete lack of understanding of both the political reason's behind the things happening today.
What graham said . You cant talk for the whole industry if you dont fact check or even know most of the industry . When 1% of the trucks on the road are tippers you cant talk for the 75%+ who deliver to supermarkets . Until you have pushed a 400 kilo cage into a closed car dealership in the rain and snow at 3am you dont get to speak for a large portion of us who do this sort of work and dont recognise most of what hes saying . Simply put his experience is chalk and cheese when compared to anyones liked experience at brakes as an example .
"How can I afford to pay drivers double?" Daniel. I love your content and your positive energy but doubling a low wage is still a low wage. Man's rocking a Wraith and a Discovery. Employee's rocking bus pass or a beat down Ford Focus.
@@Buildxbeyond Do you think Daniel is a multi millionaire?
So much content about this crisis out there and Danny just comes a long and puts out by far the best content about the whole thing!
I'll be honest, I think the cost of gaining your licence is a major factor too.
I'm self employed. When the government announced the changes to the licensing laws, I decided I'd do my HGV as another feather in my cap.
The best price quoted to me for training and my test was £3600.
Bear in mind I would also have to have 2 weeks off work, that means it'd cost me in the region of £5k with no guarantee of passing!
I can't afford to gamble £5k.
Something that hasn't been mentioned in amongst all the various issues is that the military used to train thousands of people to drive HGVs every year. Thousands would also de-mob every year already experienced and capable to go on and drive in civvie street. They were used to the lifestyle of long irregular hours and rough conditions.
Great video! I would also like to add one more reason for the shortage that is most truck companies do not invest in training new drivers.
I'm a HGV driver working for Tesco and I can assure you we have not had our rates of pay doubled. They are paying a bonus for new drivers but thats it. Cheers Stu.
You hit the nail on the head with the insurance/experience point Daniel. I am a PSV driver with 5 years of experience, and I seriously researched re-skilling as an HGV driver.
Even if I put myself through licencing, nobody would take me with less than 18 months to 2 years of driving experience.
That's a problem for the industry that the industry needs to solve; it stopped me taking that path for work.
I’m 15 and my dream job is a truck driver 😊
Mine was but with my new job hopefully i will probably still end up driving similar distances but staying in a hotel with food and a proper toilet and GREAT pay just fitting blinds and curtains.
If you become a plumber or electrician you could make 70k a year easily lad you can live a very nice life in them jobs
@@Matt-di6nb what job u got or want now ?
@@nialloconnor97 Well its working with me Dad soonish when I get me CSCS Card as a Curtain and Blind fitter got a lot to learn but he's all over the place some weeks. London or Glasgow mostly hoping to earn a fair bit.
Good boy
We are having similar issues and stereotypes here in the US. I never planned on being a truck driver but I'm glad I did. I've never had an issue with money since I've started driving trucks and now I own my own trucking company. Great video as usual!
A Smokey and the Bandit remake would sort that out
And the space in the back is actually livable compared to how cramped euro trucks are
Make some videos would love to see Americans side of trucking
There is no driver shortage in the US, people are just sick of not being paid enough and being shafted by their own company.
US truck drivers are paid WAYYYY more than UK truck drivers.
A really informative video. I’m a train driver but I’ve always wanted to achieve a class 1 licence on HGV and to driver part time on a flexible basis on my days off. I’m looking at doing this next year
im 55 years old (56 in a couple of months) and have literally been around trucks my whole life. a week after i was born my dad came to pick my mother and me up from hospital. he then had to make a delivery on the way back home because it was urgent. this meant that at one week old i took my first journey in a truck all the way down to london and then back to coventry (where i was born). back then, truck driving was considered one of the best jobs you could have, i ended up driving class 2 trucks myself and would still be doing the same right now if i was physically able to. trucks and truck drivers are the back bone of the uk and throughout the world. without them we would struggle to get the simplest of items like cornflakes into our homes.
Not watched it yet but I’m class 2 and work for the fire service for a living. We don’t require tacho or cpc. It’s time the government got rid of cpc and I could easily name 10 firefighters who would go and do some extra driving
Yeah agree with the CPC it’s completely bullshit 😂 another reason why we lost a lot of drivers old boys didn’t want to do the CPC
@@TOBvlog not cost effective for a little part time etc. I’ve renewed my digital card 2 times now and never used it
Tbh I did my licence in the Forces and I’ve only been commercially driving for about 6 months as I got my cpc then but from fresh and learning about bullshit checks you do anyway it’s pointless 😂 how to secure your fuel cap nice one
@@TOBvlog do same 1 5 times buzzing🤦🏻♂️. Maybe if it was a set 5 days for example, sheet and load, driving hours, tacho, defects and first aid etc
@@Connellski1986 yeah mate that’s it load of crisp haha! Just money making scheme 🙄
great video!! i am not a HGV driver, but i'm a truck mechanic, so i feel my part is being done!!
The best vid. i have ever seen! Great job!!!
Daniel,
Great video and couldnt have come at a better time. Im a HGV driver and working HGV driver recruitment and agree 100% with everything covered in your video.
Awesome content...keep up the good work...
Beautiful! I love stories like this!
oh the irony! 'great pay and benefits' whilst stood next to a Waberers vehicle, well known to be one of the worst transport companies in terms of driver treatment. they used to pay €60 per day and would dock pay for extra KMs driven over what the route said on the plan hence why there was a spate of vehicles reversing on motorways when they missed their junctions. Minimum 6 weeks on the road. They take on anyone with a licence (and some without) hence why they're involved in so many accidents.
They are a great entertainment though! Fair play!
@@maestegboyo the videos of some of the ridiculous situations they get into are hilarious
@@maestegboyo Or a horror, I saw one of them facing the wrong way on M1 100 meters from me. I was lucky that he realised what he did and stopped.
I've had my class 2 since 2013, I did the CPCs aswel and had my driver card. It's been 7 years, and I still have never got a job driving all because the 100s of places I applied to in England, Wales and Ireland all wanted a years experience so wouldn't take me on, after a couple of years trying I just gave up. I'm 32 now, still have my class 2, didn't bother renewing my driver card and have no CPCs anymore, even applied for some jobs as recently as 3 months ago and was told the same bullshit as i was 7 years ago, "you lack experience for insurance purposes." So what is people like me to do, I'd happily go back to England and drive if someone would just give me a damn chance.
Great video Dan!!
My HGV license is one of my biggest achievements. I've not looked back since.
As a Hgv 1 driver myself and been in the industry 20 years now, a lot of good points were raised, this whole problem though has been a long time coming, and a lot of old skool drivers probably left cos of the ‘cpc’ course, which I think that course, whilst it was good for a refresher, it was also a mockery, cos ya don’t even sit a test 🤷🏻, as for the so called fuel crisis, that was thanks to the media for opening their big mouths and causing unnecessary panic……
CPC is a money making scam from the government. They got the idea from continental Europe but forgot that in those countries its actually free.
Often the trucks here will often have a small sticker on the back "Without trucks Australia stops".A very effect little reminder for all drivers and passengers alike.
Great video it’s nice to see someone giving the positive side of trucking. We are also struggling to get drivers here as well in Canada 🇨🇦
Class 2?
Amazing video, very informative.. Keep it up!
2:12 Danish vehicle Registration number; yellow reg means it is commercial. All the personal vehicle reg nr are white.
When I passed my Class 1 in 1995 you could still do a 2 week course straight through to the test without doing a class 2. Hopefully the Government have taken into account any improvements in safety etc. achieved following the change to the current system. However, assuming the Class 1 test has not changed much, if you cannot emergency stop, reverse around between cones (not easy before drivers' aids) and change through all the gears, you will fail before you get out the test centre. Then you have to manoeuvre that unit and trailer around a modern town in traffic without any issues. I think it would be difficult for someone to fluke a pass if they were not ready.
This is a very informative video. Well explained. Great. X
Fantastic HGV review. It should be broadcast on national TV! Very well done Daniel. Thumbs up!
Even doubled, the wage is still extremely low for the amount of work. Cab drivers earn more than HGV drivers…
They do in London at the moment , 3000 shortage of cabs to rent or buy so there having it off , oh yeah and Uber ain’t cheap no more
@@1eddwood and that word right there is the problem, "cheap" here's a novel idea a decent days pay for a decent days work "cheap" doesn't mean quality or reliability in fact it means the opposite .. why should anyone work for "cheap" to create excessive profit for the few, that's greed isn't it ?
Poor wages is the only answer
I enjoy all your videos but Inthink this one is the most important one you have made, it should be viewed far and wide. Well done
Very professionally explained in detail. Great little video 👍
What a lovely treat having Daniel in a Thursday evening ❤️🔥
Hi I need Driver jobs give me mam
We haven't had a pay rise for 20 years, soon as we get one everyone starts moaning about prices going up. Don't hear about prices going up when a new useless middle management role's pay is increased.
Average salary of a HGV Driver is 35k and the average income is 28k? Yes. That's not cause we're paid more, we're paid less but do more hours. Someone on min wage can earn 35k a year if they do a 70 hour week.
If I has watched this video when I was younger id very much consider truck driving as a good path.
You are very inspirational sir. Keep on doing the good work you and your team do.
The detail to attention this man provides is superb.
It’s because DVLA is not doing their job as there is a lot of HGV driver’s waiting to find out about their license because of medical reasons . As I am one because of a heart attack last year and still don’t know if I can drive again
Me to sat the stress test last week and passed but was a lot harder than i thought it woud be so get fit as you can trust me its hard
" We have one of the best road's in the world" 😂 You haven't been around then! Every time coming back from abroad it's always a shock how poor our roads are.
The main setback is the long hours. That is the main deterrent for people to join in. 10h shift will be a dream. More like 13-15. And probably paid £12ph after this chrisis will be over. But it's hard to see that behind a nice office.
There is a shortage of good wages, not new drivers.
Thank you for this video. It was really informative and professionally presented. When I pass my test I would definitely consider working for this guy. He seems really sensible and fair.
Mostly right apart from the “sensationalising” of tesco and Sainsburys Doubling their drivers wages simply not true
There's not a shortage of drivers but a shortage of good employers ,plus the introduction of the cpc.a lot employers have only themselves to blame for favouring cheap European drivers over English drivers .
Danial. Excellent video, detailed and precise.
Did my Class 1 at 21, past the test on the Thursday had a job with a well respected tipper firm in South Wales on the Friday. Worked all over the U.K., France and Spain. Came to the States traveled from Miami Fl to New Brunswick Canada south to north, and the Bronx New York to Los Angeles east to west and all points in between either driving trucks or demonstrating excavators.
Semi retired now living in Florida driving on a dedicated contract in Florida and Georgia.
Proof as you say you can progress your career and make a good living.
Now it was in my blood, as I was brought up around trucks, buses and excavators as the great HY-MAC was built in my home town. People doubted me for my choice of profession, looked down on me but I do not regret it for a moment.
It should be recognized as a profession and everyone involved respected.
Thank you for inviting new blood in to the industry. 🏴🇺🇸
Hi Daniel great video I think you should consider more like this because you have the knowledge and the hands on experience keep up the good work and stay safe Cheers JOHN
Great video however in 1986 i passed my hgv1 licence at 21 years old, I went straight in as class one driver as this was allowed, after a career on general haulage and tankers and now running a fuel distributor I can see no reason as to why this straight to class 1 path is substandard or unsafe if the training is of the highest standard and the candidates pass the required test.
Sad that you never mentioned the waste of time and money we all know as the Dcpc... You mentioned the 600,000 HGV drivers currently not on the road and many I know mainly older drivers that gave up when the Dcpc came in. I have a licence in my pocket but an out of date Dcpc I could be back on the road tomorrow but with my current work situation means I've no time to sit around classrooms for 35hrs being told what I already know just to get a tick in a box to say I attended. As you know there isn't even a test at the end of the day to say whether you actually learned anything. Rant over Keep up the good work :)
Well said Sir, absolutely brilliant to hear a positive spin on this subject. 👏 👍 💪
Very interesting insight into the issue. 👏🏽
Another very professional video Daniel. Well done!
shame it was mostly bs.
There has always been a shortage of HGV drivers I quit driving in 2008 after 30 years and there was a shortage then of 60.000 so nothing new
My old man was a HGV Driver for 40 years. I always always grew up wanting to be a HGV driver but him being away so much eventually put me off the idea. I’ve always said one day I’ll leave IT and go do something else. This is almost inspiring to go and get it done now before it’s too late!
What a great video.
I've recently taken up driving as a second job (need extra money and the money is good). It's bloomin hard work and you've got to give it up to the full timers - especially the ones who blind side reverse into the tightest of bays like it's nothing!
They shouldn’t miss out on the class 2 licence, people are gonna go from driving a hatchback to a 40ft truck and trailer, that’s gonna be chaos
worked fine in the past didnt it
@@howardknowles3238 so did steam engines.
@@steveluckhurst2350 still do don't they
Got my class 2 test the 10th November can’t wait 😜
Aren't you allowed to do class 1 and get 2 and 3 added on
Good luck bud!
Best of British to you mate. Got my theory & Hazzard next week before starting my C2 training.
@@CR_C30R Not yet. The law hasn't been changed yet so you must still do class 2 before getting your class 1.
Short and Sweet. Well done!
Brilliantly put together daniel 👍👌
It's funny when he says "we can't afford to pay drivers more" while driving around in his new rolls royce and land rover, good video though, made some good points, 90 hours a week? you mean a fortnight (average)
No that’s driving hours over a fortnight working hours can be 15 hrs a day 3 days and 13 others
@@neilstewart2036 yeah i confused driving with working but still 90 hours a week isn't right.
@@TheGreg6466 It works like this: (15 hour shift x 3) + (13 hour shift x 3) = 84 hours per week.
Daniel, I’ve worked for tesco as a shunter for 18 years they Certainly have not doubled our wages we are going through wage negotiations at the moment they offered us 2% then they offered us 2.7% then they offer us 3.3% then they offer us 4% every time we have turned it down there are companies around us they are getting 15% 20% 25% more we are now voting for strike action so they have definitely not doubled our wages. I may also add Tesco’s are predicting record profits this year of nearly 3billion! And They insult us with a 2% offer!
Brilliant video, well done. Hopefully help a few change there minds and go into being a HGV driver.
Great video, well explained. Cheers from California!
Brilliant video, after coming across tour ashville weekly videos about 2 month ago it motivated me to start my career change into HGV driving. Currently going through class 2.
Well you better hope there is a job at Ashville as the jobs he is on about are like rocking horse crap...... - That was the look what you can earn - nothing like that in reality... be warned.
I agree... good luck and hope you enjoyed your current life style because becoming a HGV driver you can wave good bye to it
@@slymothertrucker3597 I don't expect to be earning 35k+ but it does give me the opportunity to better myself than the current job role I'm in now. I live up in the North east I won't be joining ashville however have spoke to employers and there are some great class 2 jobs out there with good work life balance and a decent wage.
I played euro truck simulator 2 so I’m semi aware of what your saying 😅. Watching the video I was like yeah I started out agency, took a loan out became a owner operator, then I eventually opened by own agency. And well I killed it. Smashed it. In the game of course. But honestly mate great video very informative.
Love it. I stick with it tbh 😆
@@BigGuyAl007 yeah i know. Trust me mate 🤝💯
Fantastic video and well said that man.
I love you point out the (good) wages then tell us there is a pay cut coming new tax on agency FYI no Diet Coke or milkshakes is not a state of emergency and the class 2 changes aren't that old hence your still using the old terminology instead of C+E or C category there is not a shortage of qualified people there a shortage of people willing to put up with low wages as you point out this will be compounded by new tax laws but it's more as you pointed out it's a economic problem people want cheap beans and the supermarkets supply them but there as to be a point were these costs are kept down ie the haulage industry and fuel as not dropped neither as the cost of the vehicles and the shareholders are still taking there cut so what's left yes the truck driver your answering the questions your self fyi gist advertising at £9 per hour today listing you pay for your own cpc and digi card with the 9p above the minimum wage yes you can earn up £26 an hour by working overtime on Christmas Eve night and New Year's Eve not so sociable hours
Daniel you are a very special person, that I hope we can all follow through TH-cam! An inspiration for many, keep it going I think you are a game changer!
Bro, the best hgv current events video I've seen.
Great vid Daniel 👍🏽
A cracking video Sir. However, one point from my experience is companies themselves, and manufacturers. I have driven some incredibly cheaply speced vehicles over the years, including XFs from Salford Van hire without aircon, armrests, front fog lights and an awful stereo. My current wagon is not brilliant either. My point is that some companies, especially the fleets will buy the cheapest vehicle they can get. Then put multiple drivers through them. The end result is a rolling shed, which no-one looks after. It’s not a nice place to spend a shift and makes you as a driver feel unwanted and a means to an end. Rather than a valued member of staff. I firmly believe that manufacturers should offer a higher level of trim in basic spec trucks. Rather than the eco version that so many people have to put up with. Keep up the Brilliant work though Daniel. You are an inspiration in this industry. 👍🚛
No fog lights, no armrests, no aircon, no stereo? Are you for real? You're the sort of cab happy fool who got us where we are today! Will you work for £1/hr less if you got alloys and roof spots?
@@steveluckhurst2350 yes i am for real. I’m no fool either. Why shouldn’t we as professionals have a comfortable well appointed cab to do a 15 hour shift in. No I would not accept a pay cut to drive a flashy wagon. That’s missing my point completely.
@@robwallace266 You are a fool. You're still driving trucks! And you described Daniel as "an inspiration to this industry". 😂😂😂😂😂
@@steveluckhurst2350 what’s wrong with driving a truck?. I take my profession seriously. He is an inspiration, of what you can achieve if you want to. Don’t you dare laugh at me.
@@robwallace266 I just did.
I would love to do my class 1 and 2 license the thing is for me I work in construction operating plant, I’m on adt at the moment which weight the same if not more then a 44 ton class 1, I’m earning more then the drivers who deliver them and I don’t need to worry about other idiot on the road and trying to get insured on a lorry, even if I did do my class 1 I would just go and get a tractor driving job, £26+ a hour self employed moving plant and bowser on the road for building sites!
Got my truck license years ago and I couldn't believe all the red tape involved in driving. I never even got a job because I thought it was bullshit.
Your Videos do you proud Matey nice one
I wanted to be an HGV driver when I was at school as my dad was one, the teachers/career advisors steered me away from that saying things like "a truck driver, really ?"
He used to go all over Europe and I spent my summer school holidays with him and loved it.