Sharing a fairly typical week for would be new drivers. Giving my opinion if it’s worth being on or not. #cx #courier exchange #neptunecourier #tallmansmallvan
Great content Dave , I am in similar circumstances as yourself with no mortgage or debt but still work shifts 4 on 4 off and fit a few jobs in on my days off. Was thinking of taking the plunge and just concentrating on courier business as I enjoy it more. Keep up the excellent content.
Your approach to calculating "good days" is similar to mine, but there is one critical difference I think, which you might want to consider. We both do Income minus Costs to leave a profit figure. I then take that profit figure and divide it by time (a little oversimplified, but time I got home minus time I left home) to give me a profit per hour. I find this important because, for example, if I make £100 profit in a day, it's a world of difference between doing it in 5 hours and doing it in 15 hours (and yes, I've done both!). As an aside - you gave me excellent advice on ADR before (I took two pressurised oxygen cannisters) - I really hoped I'd have the confidence/courage to turn down work in the future when I turned up and thought it might be ADR, but I failed miserably :( I've had 2 recent loads that I suspected were ADR and I just went with it. :( I just couldn't quite manage to have the conversation with the shipper that I didn't want to take it - especially having travelled a way to get there, and (probably) going towards home and wanting the trip. I'm not proud of myself and wish I was stronger willed!
Be careful pal, you could get proper screwed over if something should happen don't during your journey. Shit even if VOSA pulled you'd be balls deep in a load of shit. Let's not even think about if you was involved in a serious incident.
Be careful pal, you could get proper screwed over if something should happen don't during your journey. Shit even if VOSA pulled you'd be balls deep in a load of shit. Let's not even think about if you was involved in a serious incident.
Best of luck pal, when you are on the CX you can look up any member and get their contact info. Most of the TH-cam lads are very helpful and will give you advice. They certainly did with me.
good videos Dave ! the only gripe is a good week for you may not be a good week for others we all have targets , I used to be a car trade plater in fact I still have my trade plates and it's always an option but the work is hit miss and public transport between meant it want for me anymore I am now a hgv class 1 driver but it is nights and its mega boring I like the sound of courier work and your certainly making it look interesting , I am in the north east keep up the good work
Martin if you watch the videos you’ll know I don’t have a mortgage anymore and so you are right my financial expectations are different than other people. I will tell you that the company wage to me is £500 a week as that’s enough to pay my bills and leave spending money over. I appreciate that some people need more than that. I have been pleasantly surprised by my takings and could pay myself more than that but I want to keep the money in the company for now. I think you get out of this what you put in, but I believe it’s really slack in January so I’m preparing for that and will probably take some time off then.
personally 500 a week if a really good wage , work hard reap the rewards , I know from watching the videos and many others roughly the mileage rate , are you finding you are getting jobs regularly and Winning quite a few do you have to wait long for replies when quoting
@@martinwoods4025 in most cases the shipper will respond in a few minutes as they want it off the list. In some cases if the job has time in hand then they may hang on to the bids for a while to get the best deal. However I don’t wait for a reply and will bid on several jobs at once and hopefully pick one up. I win bids every day and you get a feel of what price will secure the job. If it’s urgent you have a good chance of a higher price.
Great round up this week, just goes to show how reliability and professionalism reaps rewards! I was wondering, is it wise for drivers to save a little money aside for vehicle replacement?
Random question and apologies if you have covered it elsewhere, but who do you have your roadside recovery with? Looking to sort mine out this weekend and prices seem to vary from the big 3. Cheers.
Not much information.. each job u say ‘it was decent money’ but u dont say how much the money was. Be good to get insight into how much the jobs were for £
I’m sorry about that, in my earlier videos I used to give the prices I got for jobs but was asked not to anymore. If you look at the earlier videos you might get more information. I will say that I run a LWB and never run less than £1.10 a mile as a minimum and try to get around £1.30 a mile but that’s difficult on the CX at the moment. So when I say decent money it indicates that I’ve got the higher rate. The exception to this is on a back load as I’ll bid lower to get home. Hope this helps
Hi m8 on cx is saying up to 4m do you find your van is to short on pass thanks and i watch last your video i runing swb on cx and no make difference small ar swb money
Thanks for answer I think to jump on lwb like you now see on small van no money yes you still make but looks like no money for small van if you like some chat when nothing to do drop messages on cx 235918 thanks m8
You sound like me I've been trying to get comments on my channel, I tried for about 30 mins and gave up there's never a kid around when you need one for this technical stuff.ps I'm not a courier.
Another cracking video, you must have made a good impression on the shipper that keeps giving you work. Hope he’s paying you well 😂
He’s not given me a penny yet 😂
And I won’t be naming him until his subscriptions stop going up so fast!!
A pound a mile out of Scotland (even to Barrow) for a small van job is phenomenally good 👍
Great content Dave , I am in similar circumstances as yourself with no mortgage or debt but still work shifts 4 on 4 off and fit a few jobs in on my days off. Was thinking of taking the plunge and just concentrating on courier business as I enjoy it more. Keep up the excellent content.
Good luck if you go ahead 👍
Your approach to calculating "good days" is similar to mine, but there is one critical difference I think, which you might want to consider.
We both do Income minus Costs to leave a profit figure.
I then take that profit figure and divide it by time (a little oversimplified, but time I got home minus time I left home) to give me a profit per hour.
I find this important because, for example, if I make £100 profit in a day, it's a world of difference between doing it in 5 hours and doing it in 15 hours (and yes, I've done both!).
As an aside - you gave me excellent advice on ADR before (I took two pressurised oxygen cannisters) - I really hoped I'd have the confidence/courage to turn down work in the future when I turned up and thought it might be ADR, but I failed miserably :( I've had 2 recent loads that I suspected were ADR and I just went with it. :( I just couldn't quite manage to have the conversation with the shipper that I didn't want to take it - especially having travelled a way to get there, and (probably) going towards home and wanting the trip. I'm not proud of myself and wish I was stronger willed!
Be careful pal, you could get proper screwed over if something should happen don't during your journey.
Shit even if VOSA pulled you'd be balls deep in a load of shit. Let's not even think about if you was involved in a serious incident.
Be careful pal, you could get proper screwed over if something should happen don't during your journey.
Shit even if VOSA pulled you'd be balls deep in a load of shit. Let's not even think about if you was involved in a serious incident.
great video, some good tips and advice my motto to get work "the lord helps those who help themselves"😇👍👍👍
Great video Dave. Cannot wait to get out there myself next week and see what I can get up to.
Best of luck pal, when you are on the CX you can look up any member and get their contact info. Most of the TH-cam lads are very helpful and will give you advice. They certainly did with me.
good videos Dave !
the only gripe is a good week for you may not be a good week for others
we all have targets , I used to be a car trade plater in fact I still have my trade plates and it's always an option but the work is hit miss and public transport between meant it want for me anymore
I am now a hgv class 1 driver but it is nights and its mega boring
I like the sound of courier work and your certainly making it look interesting , I am in the north east
keep up the good work
Martin if you watch the videos you’ll know I don’t have a mortgage anymore and so you are right my financial expectations are different than other people.
I will tell you that the company wage to me is £500 a week as that’s enough to pay my bills and leave spending money over. I appreciate that some people need more than that. I have been pleasantly surprised by my takings and could pay myself more than that but I want to keep the money in the company for now.
I think you get out of this what you put in, but I believe it’s really slack in January so I’m preparing for that and will probably take some time off then.
personally 500 a week if a really good wage , work hard reap the rewards , I know from watching the videos and many others roughly the mileage rate , are you finding you are getting jobs regularly and Winning quite a few
do you have to wait long for replies when quoting
@@martinwoods4025 in most cases the shipper will respond in a few minutes as they want it off the list. In some cases if the job has time in hand then they may hang on to the bids for a while to get the best deal. However I don’t wait for a reply and will bid on several jobs at once and hopefully pick one up. I win bids every day and you get a feel of what price will secure the job. If it’s urgent you have a good chance of a higher price.
6 weeks holidays mate! Always quiet for 3 more weeks then it will pick up! Sounds like you are doing well, keep it up and all the best!
Thankyou Clive, it’s going better than I expected so far.
Yeah I got a nice parking spot on the m1 last week for a hour and half
Great round up this week, just goes to show how reliability and professionalism reaps rewards! I was wondering, is it wise for drivers to save a little money aside for vehicle replacement?
Yes I include that in my running costs
@@anvillogistics477 nice one👍
August is generally a quiet month.
Lots of people on holiday etc.
I always add more on for Harrogate and wetherby as a nightmare to get to
Not a motorway in sight to get to those backwaters 😂
Great vid as usual, not sure about the music haha, sorry just being honest 😕
Great videos :)
I’m from Bellshill, 6 months too late !
Thanks for sharing. Useful information thanks 😊 👍
Hi 👋🏻 Dave. Loving your honest stories about the CX 😂 How did you work out your weekly minimum 🤔 Cheers Stevie 🤩
If you look at the older videos I did a breakdown on that.
Basically it’s my weekly running costs inc fuel plus a small wage
Random question and apologies if you have covered it elsewhere, but who do you have your roadside recovery with? Looking to sort mine out this weekend and prices seem to vary from the big 3. Cheers.
RAC, it’s in with my van insurance. I think it’s an extra £100
Not much information.. each job u say ‘it was decent money’ but u dont say how much the money was. Be good to get insight into how much the jobs were for £
I’m sorry about that, in my earlier videos I used to give the prices I got for jobs but was asked not to anymore.
If you look at the earlier videos you might get more information.
I will say that I run a LWB and never run less than £1.10 a mile as a minimum and try to get around £1.30 a mile but that’s difficult on the CX at the moment. So when I say decent money it indicates that I’ve got the higher rate.
The exception to this is on a back load as I’ll bid lower to get home.
Hope this helps
Hi m8 on cx is saying up to 4m do you find your van is to short on pass thanks and i watch last your video i runing swb on cx and no make difference small ar swb money
Mines 3.7 MTS and I’ve never had an issue. Most jobs will say if it HAS to be 4 MTS
Thanks for answer I think to jump on lwb like you now see on small van no money yes you still make but looks like no money for small van if you like some chat when nothing to do drop messages on cx 235918 thanks m8
The music #not good...be lucky .
I agree but I didn’t know how to remove it 🤷
You sound like me I've been trying to get comments on my channel, I tried for about 30 mins and gave up there's never a kid around when you need one for this technical stuff.ps I'm not a courier.
Would you say it's worth going for the ADR License ?
In my opinion yes.
As the ADR jobs can pay £2 per mile and a couple of these a week on a long run can boost your earnings
@@anvillogistics477 is there any other licenses you would suggest that could boost your income ?
Also have you ever done co-loads ?
@@Ferrari458-u8u only 1 co load. It was useful though.
I can’t think of another licence to hand that’s useful on the CX