HGV Driver Wages. I Show You My Payslip.

#hgv #hgvdriver #hgvjobs
In this video, I talk about HGV Driver Salary the wages we get paid for a weeks work tramping across the UK in my truck.
As a HGV Driver in the UK, trucking across the country delivering plant machinery can be challenging especially when its down tight, narrow county lanes.
Join mean as I take you along, showing you the challenges that I face on a day to day basis and what I have to do to ovecome them.
If you enjoy the content dont forget it give it a like and why not leve a comment asking any questions you have about becoming HGV Driver and life on the road.

[@RJM536]

Never seen this channel and no idea why this is in my feed, but what a brave and honest video to post, the world needs more of this.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Thanks for watching, much appreciated 👍

[@616swifty]

He is only showing net take home for class where as the license I have is class 2 is less but you'll find more jobs that you'll be home at night and that's major pay off between rigids and artics. This where could do with going more indepth with 2 classes and types of work expected

[@afzalshaikhshahmahammad]

... ditto! - dropped in my 'feed' and I thoght: why not?

[@AshleyHaleUK]

I can only show what I earn I did find a very old payslip from my class 2 days.

[@oddities-whatnot]

@@616swifty I often wanted to do tipper work as I got sick of curtain siders, tail lifts and heavy pallets that you cant hardly move.

[@MrLandyman123]

Awesome to see you're honesty and I've never seen your channel before. I've done 26 years hgv and had hundreds of people through the years tell me they won't work for that, but I tell ya what, I've had the best life seen all of Europe and have loved every minute of it. I've never regretted a day of work and hope it carries on. If ya don't like it, don't do it, simple.

[@helenlloyd6564]

@@MrLandyman123 Yes agree 100%. Much better than sitting at a desk or standing at a machine pumping out things day in day out, clock watching. Waiting for the end of day a boring day. Trucking gets you out and about, each day being different. Though doing the maximum 3 x 15's + 2 x13's it was surprising how quick the day slips by. Yes I did enjoy you see how the other half live each day was a different town or city. I have now semi-retired doing 2 nights trunking a week.

[@akula9713]

I spent the best part of my twenties to forties travelling across the globe on company business. People thought it was glamorous staying in nice hotels, claiming expenses, but it was so lonely. Retired now, tiny income. But so much happier. No wish to travel now, too much stress😂 money isn’t everything.

[@jeanjacques9980]

International travel for work has its impact on marital life and there are risks of developing a dependency due to social isolation.

[@LouLor8681]

100% with you. Six figures and constant travel did not make me nor my family happy

[@AshleyHaleUK]

@LouLor8681 money isn't everything.

[@82vitt]

@@jeanjacques9980 Most people are socially isolated these days, due to the way the modern society is even if they are surrounded by lots of poepole anyway. You would be surprised how many are only pretending being happy. Just look at the statistics of the sharp domestic violence rise during the recent lockdown when folks were being made to work from home or furloughed. I personally can't stand this society and how most poeple are lazy, selfish idiots these days.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

100% agree

[@peterbowden2646]

You guys are worth every penny driving a hgv is a work of art you need nerves of steel and the patience of a saint a week behind the wheel convinced me I had neither without guys like yourself the world would grind to a halt, keep on truckin'😊

[@James-bc1jk]

Shame we are paid shit wages then

[@AshleyHaleUK]

What is shit wages?

[@seismic6402]

@@AshleyHaleUK What you are paid isn't too bad as a basic, but a properly unionised environment would be wanting a) time and a half for overtime and b) a better pension contribution. After 45 hours, you are giving up time really where your quality of life will be affected, including time with family, time to recuperate properly. You should be paid more for those hours than £1 or £2 increase in rate on your standard pay. Also, night-out money is supposed to be there to make your life more comfortable when away from home. Fair enough if you heat up something in the microwave you can save the money and see it as wages, but it shouldn't be used to make up for poor pay, you should get the pay as well as the night-out money.

[@paradisebreeze1705]

Ban trucks😊

[@paradisebreeze1705]

​@seismic6402 poor pay?! Im on min wage

[@baz9438]

I started in 1991 and the night out allowance was £20 then . Strange its not improved an awful lot in all these years. Best of luck Driver and thanks for the honesty.

[@woodyforest7308]

Yep 96 left army and it was £20 then

[@0bfuscated]

Expected with incompetent governments of Conservatives and Labour... keep the poor, poor and increase the price of pretty much everything whilst salaries have stayed the same over the past 30 years.

[@grahamjohnson4702]

The money was for bed and breakfast, and today is not required because most trucks these days have a bed, and you also get a daily tax-free meal allowance which he didn't mention.

[@markbur1503]

In 1986 it was £15 in UK and £25 in Europe in my old firm

[@markbur1503]

@@grahamjohnson4702 Nope, we dont get any tax free meal allowance. I suggested our union push for this though!

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

I am going to be brutally honest here... Net pay of £787.37 for all these hours.. Is poor I am so pleased my working 56 Hours a week 7 days a week is over. I paid my mortgage off last year at the age of 54 and now only work 29 Hours a week over 3 and a half days... Gives me more time for myself.. Life is also for living as well. I feel far less stressed knowing my home is paid for and I only have to work to buy food/clothes run my car and have a 2 week holiday every year. When you are younger you think you have all the time in the world.... Then when you get on the wrong side of 50 Years old... You start to realise that your time on this planet is running out and you start to look at life differently

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Remember its personal opinion if it's poor money some people would love to earn this a week.

[@mookett]

@@AshleyHaleUK yeah me

[@LoveLL2692]

Here’s my opinion (No malice intended) I don’t rate people who spend their whole lives paying off their mortgage and flaunt that like it’s the gold standard. You’ve got £700 (Approximately) spare each month congratulations.. it only took you 15+ years and 56 hours a week to do it. I’ll give you some context..I’m 32 and have a salary of £50k, I do four on four off, I have a 640d bmw and Yamaha R1. I have a mortgage and I don’t intend to pay it off early but what I will do is invest my disposable income into other business ventures. Where do you think I’ll be in life when I’m 54?

[@gabrielstoica2591]

I get 485 after tax working as a warehouse .6am-2pm. Kinda happy tbh but I was looking to go into trucking when im older. Im 25 atm. Is it worth it..? Is the job itself easier then picking heavy items for 8h and working 8 days straight sometimes? Our shift is any 5/7 meaning you can work 8 days in a row.

[@Itsmetheworldsgreatest]

It’s abysmal, a hgv is a skilled worker , paid like an average Joe

[@truckerpaul2492]

As a hgv1 driver like yourself, i read your payslip with some interest, I took note 787.37 was your take home pay. just to put this in some context for the people who think the pay is good. £104 was nightout allowance for being away from home for 4 nights, so take that off = 683 ish. and for the people who didn't notice his basic pay was for 45 hours, you did 18 hours overtime, so for the week you worked 63 hours. so for all you guys out there that's at least 12hrs a day, and some.not forgetting all the agro we get off other road users and delivery/loading points people.Some people out there on 40hrs a week and on a good wage, in my opinion have to realise we do some crap hours for the money we earn. remember if you've bought it 90% of the time we delivered it.

[@kingsrd1]

Absolutely don't envy truck drivers at all, not a lot of money for a lot of hours on shit roads full of people who can't drive properly. Its bad enough driving to work, let alone being on the road all day.

[@terryrance2662]

That's transport for you😂

[@roymeadows1708]

Hats off to you mate, It`s a job I couldnt do. Fully deserve your salary.

[@J.T.33]

Man thats scandalous 😢 good for you for exposing the industry.

[@plantysfifareviewchannel9211]

@jt677 it's not the whole industry. I'm on a lot more per hour than that and do fewer hours. It all depends on who you work for and where you are based in the country. In the Midlands, there are more companies. Hence, more competition for drivers means higher rates. General haulage is nearly always the lowest paid as they have more overheads.

[@Markdmarque]

Worth every penny!!!...These HGV drivers are highly skilled and have a difficult job with lots of time away from home

[@Ian.Wilkinson]

You must be taking the pxxx huge wage for an unskilled worker. How there is a shortage for Lorry Drivers I do not know! I dread to know how much those on the dole is getting. This country is screwed!

[@bigal.65]

​@@Ian.Wilkinson The country's only screwed because we have idiots like you who come on here and haven't a clue what they're talking about. You don't know why there's a shortage of lorry drivers, take your head from your arse mate.

[@deliverinwales]

​​@@Ian.Wilkinsonhgv driving is a skilled job that has multiple written and practical tests. That's not a huge wage I earn more delivering parcels 😂

[@Paulywauly1969]

​@@Ian.Wilkinsonunskilled and huge wage? So when do you start?

[@breakfreak3181]

​@@Ian.Wilkinson Nice trolling.

[@oksdoksaodkad]

Sad thing about this is people working in HR are on similar wage yet will do literally 20x less work than you.

[@william_marshal]

So what you're saying is people in HR work only 3.5 hours per week ... do you know how stupid that sounds?

[@oksdoksaodkad]

@@william_marshal nah I'm saying they 'work' 40 hours a week but do 4 hours max. Source... My gf and sister are both in HR and WFH 3 days a week 'on call' whilst being paid £50k a year.

[@getouttamyrowboat5658]

​@@william_marshalHR only work when the company has messed up and they need to save their butts. My ex was in HR and constantly complained that she was bored at work because she had nothing to do. HR are there as a safety bet for managment and that's it.

[@wulfhere83]

As a payroll officer, I rely on HR, without them I wouldn't be able to pay you all properly 😊

[@adamw7340]

​@@oksdoksaodkad suppose it begs the question, why don't you do it then if it's good money and you get to do FA at home 3 days a week?

[@lettucefarm]

I drive a dustcart, P60 for 2023/24 shows £36,000. Basic pay was £31,350. We get 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, however Saturdays after a bank holiday are contracted working days. After 37 hours hourly pay is x1.5, Saturdays is x1.5, Sundays is x2 pay. It works fine for me, I can pick up Saturday shifts if and when I want, I start at 6:00 and home by 14:00 at the latest. If I finish my weeks work in 30 hours, I still get 37 hours pay. It’s literally a Rubbish job, but I love it, particularly as you are not working alone all day.

[@tomvarcoe3100]

Thinking of doing the same as you, any major draw backs

[@lettucefarm]

@@tomvarcoe3100 The driving is mostly in residential areas and people tend to park their cars where they feel like 🙄

[@johnw2758]

Did this too for over 30 years, eventually got tired of it though, now I litter pick for over £12 an hour.

[@johnw2758]

@@tomvarcoe3100 not many drawbacks. Gets you great experience in reversing. Usually early finishes, good money, home every day, if you get a good crew it's a great laugh. You are usually called a bin man though, even if you're the driver, that's the only stigma.

[@johnw2758]

@@lettucefarm It's a great feeling though when getting onto a tight back street and people say "How the f u c k did you get on there?" 🙂

[@rez1812]

For the record, I'm a class 2 tipper driver on 13.70 an hour with over time rate of 22.55. Money doesn't motivate me though, sure it helps but life and health is more important than any amount of money.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

All the money is, is fun tokens. Once the bill are paid every left is just for fun

[@ryansimmonds1006]

jeez thats terrible pay! im not saying much but my class 1 is flammable and per hour pays exactly twice that!

[@Wolvesfan-oz6yh]

I’ve just made a similar point. Do it for the love of driving..the money will come easy from there!!!!

[@rez1812]

@@Wolvesfan-oz6yh I don't love driving, maybe that's my problem....I frickin hate it now

[@colinlock-lv9vv]

sorry but for work you do overtime pay is shit about 9 pound hour normal time and half is 13.50

[@davidcoates3330]

Thanks for an open , honest video Ashley . HGV drivers are , in my opinion , worth every penny of there salary ; the hours are long , total concentration is an absolute must , because the responsibility is huge .

[@jastat]

You're right, they are certainly worth paying more than a junior doctor

[@jamessones4044]

Horrible to think that his bosses see him as a cost and are 93% of the way through the process of completely replacing him

[@paulcarruthers2431]

But to the companies we are two a penny

[@paul06080]

Just seen this on my recommended videos, glad I watched it gives me a good insight on the pay for HGV driving, was just recently looking into it as a new career move, thanks for the video Ashley

[@andrewcoxhead6451]

For the good of your health don't do it pal 👍

[@markmonkhouse]

@@andrewcoxhead6451 agree

[@webpigjohn4959]

100 HRS away from home your take home pay works out at £7.80p per hour.. 🤔. I'm an ex class1 driver and I suddenly woke up.

[@justbreakingballs]

But all hrs away from home aren't working

[@russellstanford4584]

@@webpigjohn4959 this is my point. It's terrible and really shouldn't be legal.

[@oddities-whatnot]

I got out of it for the same reason. Why anyone would choose to have no home life is beyond me. No point earning a lot if you never get much time to spend it.

[@stevenobrien3763]

Only same as builders and contractors working away from home🤔🤷‍♂️

[@b34rdy]

Yep i woke up after 12 years, not worth it. not i actually have a life and im actually on more money for less hours.

[@someonelastname8175]

Mate, thanks for sharing. I work in tech and my headline gross salary is more than double yours. HOWEVER, after NI and taxes I don't take home much more than you. (About 25%). I end up paying more than twice your tax + NI. I have two degrees, 20yrs experience, long commute and stressful work 50hr+ weeks with no overtime, so I'm thinking high flying jobs aren't nearly as lucrative as their headlines claim to be! Your video is cause for some self reflection and better work like balance is needed.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Thanks for sharing. work life balance is very important.

[@EcopureWindowCleaning]

Tax is theft. Set up a limited company and bill your employer, they should prefer this. PAYE is the biggest scam ever. I couldn't imagine paying that sort of money out on tax and insurance it would make me sick.

[@andy_xtr3861]

You can get 40% tax relief if you pay into a sipp or workplace pension and can pay up to 60k per year... That's one way to avoid tax.

[@garybrown4854]

Class 2 driver here , was considering doing class 1 but having weighed things up I didn't think it was worth the extra I'd get , plus I get home every day , each to their own . However seeing as we drivers are the backbone of the economy we should be getting a lot more than we do , and be respected more as professionals , at the end of the day every item in every house including the bricks and mortar of the house itself was on a lorry at some point, without us the economy and indeed society would grind to a halt within a week . Good video Ashley very articulate subscribed .

[@gravemind6536]

I understand what you're saying but given that you can go straight to class 1 now I think its worth spending the little extra just to get the entitlement even if you don't plan on using it straight away it could come in handy.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

If you can do the class 1 and 2 that opens up the options for employment

[@bigal.65]

Well said Gary.

[@daviddavies3637]

Thanks for doing this. Not sure why your video came up on my feed but it's something I've been wondering about for some time, especially when stuck at the roundabout at Holyhead when the trucks come off the ferries. I always had the impression that truck drivers were paid more. I'm on more money and I sit at home, programming computers - and I'm actually at the lower end of the scale for my skill set. So this is a huge surprise to me.

[@Videpedia101]

You are paid more because you are skilled

[@bigal.65]

​@@Videpedia101 skilled, tapping a few pads on a computer😂😂

[@J-D]

Yeah London road bridge and Britannia suck when the lorries come over!

[@daviddavies3637]

@@bigal.65 And using problem solving, learning new programming languages, making sure the systems are as secure as possible, getting a f***ing stress headache when something isn't working when you're convinced it should, having half the company's laptops go down because some idiots at Crowdstrike pulled a Boeing and self-certified their updates instead of going through proper channels, and then having to have the know-how to fix them. A little more than just just tapping a few pads on a computer (they're called keys on a keyboard, by the way. I know. These technical terms, huh?). That's why, at almost 55 (next month), I'm finally trying to finish my masters in Law to change my career. Law is easier than software development but can pay much more. So, you do have a point to some degree. Skills don't always mean that much.

[@daviddavies3637]

@@J-D God, tell me about it. It looks like the third crossing, which is needed, is dead in the water. They keep promising it but then as soon as people get excited, they go "PSYCHE!" Bastards.

[@patmcg4755]

Thank you for being so open about this. I’m sure it will help a lot of people understand whether HGV is a good option for them.

[@oddities-whatnot]

Thats why I got out of the transport industry after twenty years. Nights out in the week, never knowing when you will get home, 12-15 hours days, no home life whatsoever. You can make good money but the fact you only get that if you do a lot of hours is wrong. I knew a courier last year that bragged about how much overtime he was doing, working 6-7 days every week. If people cant make a decent living from a 40 hour week then they are in the wrong job. Im retraining to get a much higher hourly rate of pay. Thats the key.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

@@oddities-whatnot i can, I just like more money! 🤗

[@oddities-whatnot]

@@AshleyHaleUKthats fair enough but I don’t want long hours anymore. I have a home life now.

[@gb5584]

I'm self employed and I could take it east, bur I work from early until late, and usually 6 days a week. I like the money.

[@Intheshadows70]

I've never come across this channel before and was always curious. I've got to honestly say for 45 hours and out all week not seeing the family and basically being on your own, I find the wages horrendous. I'm not sure why anyone would do that for such a poor wage..... Every day is a learning day, great honesty so kudos brother 👏 🙌

[@user-gl2vo2lh4x]

H G V are good people and should be paid well.

[@LeeMcL]

HGV's are trucks not people 😆 sorry I had to

[@johnh5660]

That comment could be made for industries across the board though. Everyone should be paid well . That would be the dream.

[@martyndavid2094]

Self employed plumber and heating engineer here , 45 years in the industry 300 pounds per day here in sunny Lincolnshire, set off to the job and that job can be 1 mile away or 50 miles away at approximately 7.30 am and get back in at 5 pm ish This is labour only and if you are lucky you can have 7 days a week or if it’s slow 3 or 4 days a weeks, you pay your fuel and van running costs/ phone etc but as a general rule for a 5 day week your going to take home a grand , it’s hard graft and mucky but

[@AdrianMcDaid]

Thanks for being open and honest and giving insight.

[@kenniejp23]

Love the honesty. The older I get the more important the answer to the question "are you happy" is rather than "how much do you earn".

[@williambeard5526]

To share the honesty and to answer your question. I worked at Shell on Bitumen, around 1k a week basic. May have been upto 1.6k if I pushed. I hated it in the end. Left and got a job on a 12tonner driving around the Yorkshire dales all day. 25k basic, probably earned 32k with OT. Couldn't have been happier. So no money isn't everything.

[@user-lk3iu7ss1f]

​@@williambeard5526nah it really isn't bro it just makes situations easier witch isn't always a positive.i found out the opposite way though ahah 3 years ago probs use to earn 450 a week at most now I can easily earn double that but I hate its boring.

[@laurencechrisp1368]

I hate the job. I’ve been on car transporters for 10 years now, supposedly the most technical/skilled job in the industry but the wages do not show that. Barely scrape just over 50k for being away all year round in a crunched down cab. I will have my mortgage paid off in 4 years before the age of 40 then after that’s done I’m finished with the industry. I would not advise any younger person to come into this game, it’s a grim lifestyle and can be very bad for your mental wellbeing.

[@tomm5228]

63 hour week been there not going back good luck

[@oddities-whatnot]

Awful hours. Software developer a much better way of life.

[@wolves1980]

Awful 40 hours is to much

[@J-D]

@@oddities-whatnot Until ai replaces them which is already happening.

[@andrewcoxhead6451]

Between 1999 and 2001 before the working time directive I was working Between 85 and 95 hours a week just to earn £450 a week..scandalous really when I look back at it.

[@J-D]

@@andrewcoxhead6451that's £830 a week in today's money, nearly double. Inflation is awful

[@WTBMrGrey]

My take home pay is 2800 a month, average 40 hours a week mon-fri, no nights out. Mainly trunking. Bed shop in Huntingdon

[@Ruffbiker68]

Honestly bud I earned that in a week that's on top of my shit daily wage

[@matthewshepherd5390]

​​@@Ruffbiker68 UK? You earn £140k as an HGV driver?. I'm calling bs on that one

[@raybans8712]

@@Ruffbiker68video and payslip?!

[@matthewshepherd5390]

@@raybans8712 he won't be able to cause he's playing Billy big-bollocks for an ego trip even though it's a lie

[@Ruffbiker68]

@@matthewshepherd5390 have you never heard of fly tipping or selling ballast conc tarmac breakout 15 years ago so don't call me a bullshiter

[@Private-gy8nk]

Speaking as a retired driver , that seems like very good money to me. I was never paid unsociable hours if i had been i would be sitting here drinking champagne & eating caviar. Congratulations for paying into pensions , I wish i had taken that advice from an older driver when i was younger but it felt like a lifetime away so I never bothered joining the company pension scheme, but believe you me it soon comes round & every bit helps when your retired as there's no way you can live off your state pension. Also when i was younger I loved the job , I was driving all over Europe & i remember thinking when i had just turned 40 that I hope i'm still doing this job when I'm 65 but as much as I loved the job by the time i was 63 ( I had already given up doing the continent 20 years ago) I chose to retire early as my love for the job had long gone. To the drivers who say about it being crap money for all the hours you have to work , well most people know that when they decide to do the job it's how it is & always was , it's the same regarding doing european work , it's always been that your treated like crap in the Uk & treated with respect in europe well that's how it use to be. I was a driver for 42 years & have no regrets , the thing with driving is there are plenty of different driving jobs out there ,it's just finding 1 that your happy doing, it's not all about the money.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

One of the one who's actually been and done it all 👏👏 I enjoy my job, and I get paid well for doing it. How's retired life?

[@Jimmy-lb1yc]

£13.88 basic hourly rate for a class 1 driver is good money?? I get a lot more than that on Class 2

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Cool good for you 😎

[@priscillaroberts7945]

Nearly 20 years ago i was paid 12.50 an hour for cleaning houses. Posh ones but still cleaning.​@@Jimmy-lb1yc

[@conorturton]

Compared to what we were on when we were in the EU it is. However wages rocketed up in 2020-21 when freedom of movement ended. In Hull I went from £11.50/hr in 2019 to £16/hr in 2020.

[@chris881989]

Thanks for being open and honest with your pay. It really helps with the new starters like myself before putting myself through the licence just what you can earn as a driver. I think it's a great wage and would be more than happy with that.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Depending on how hard the job is I think so too. I didn't exactly do a lot of work compared to when I worked in retail.

[@kezplant80]

Trust me the wage now is pathetic to what we had 25 years ago all the time and a half and double time is gone now ... 70 hours and away from home all week ....it's a family wrecking job! It's borderline minimum wage!

[@scalezi]

@@kezplant80 Absolutely right Kez, HGV driving is not worth the hassle and the hours you have to work.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

I wouldn't go back to working in retail for double my salary I get in my new job. Not with the hassle that's for sure

[@william_marshal]

The wage is based on wrong data. You are not allowed to drive 58 hours per week under tachograph rules so in reality it is basically the minimum wage.

[@maxthelab8457]

My Dad was an HGV1 driver. He was murdered in 1986 on his way home from work in the early morning after a night shift by a drunk driver... So, his annual gross at that time was in excess of £50K pa. A basic of £22K plus all sorts of allowances and overtime. He was making more than some of the directors of the company apparently.

[@stephenparkes626]

I'm a class one driver working for a major supermarket chain and take home around £700 per week. The good side is I sleep in my own bed each night and have a life outside work.used to tramp around Europe, which i loved ,but as with many drivers cost me my marriage .now remarried and never been happier as I said home every night decent money and I have a life outside of the truck.

[@ItsRyan.]

Hope you don't mind me asking Stephen, As you have European experience, Is it considerable more money each month compared to UK? Is it worth it if you're still youngish and single/no kids? Ta

[@stephenparkes626]

@@ItsRyan. I worked for the Dutch first hsf then freightline near Rotterdam. The money was more than the uk(can't remember what my weekly take home was) think about £850 with nights out on top of that .but you are never home ,your either on a ferry or stuck at euro tunnel or parked up fir the weekend loading first thing Monday. I love driving over the services and parking are 100% better over there .

[@ItsRyan.]

@@stephenparkes626 Thanks for the reply, Really appreciate it. European work is what i'd love to do, Hopefully one day it becomes reality. Thanks again.. Either way it's a lot more than what i'm on now doing CNC turning. Can't wait to start driving.

[@stephenparkes626]

@@ItsRyan. it's really is a joy driving over there ,not knowing if your next job is the UK or France Spain etc and I loved it because over there you are treated as a professional driver and you could be driving at 11pm and you know the next services you come to will have spaces and they are all free.if you get the chance grab it or seach online for European drivers .good luck

[@mickgascoigne4003]

Any one who wouldn’t get out of bed for that type of money is talking shit My take hme pay now is a lot more then that but I’ve been in 400 take hme and that hurt 700 a week take hme is great money

[@GavinDavies-tc6yn]

I am not being horrible, but I work for a Cash and carry, doing local delivery in a class 2 truck and get £15.50 an hour. It's all local so not too much driving, but you do need to be physically fit to carry the goods into customer's businesses, and stack where they want. This can be in a restricted access area where you have to pull cages 50 metres in the worst case or carry the goods due to stairs. But it keeps me fit and I enjoy the break from driving. Also, have to load and unload the truck yourself, but there is a loading bay. The cherry on top is Monday to Friday 7 to 4. You are also part of a team so if someone is ahead or behind they will take some of your second load in a van. Meaning you don't finish late too often. The only thing that annoys be I only get £10 extra per week for driving a Class 2 compared to the van drivers! Wish I had not bothered doing the HGV Class 2 and just become a van driver!

[@jjmmjj9999]

monday to friday is nice! Weekends off are a rarity in driving jobs for sure but 45hr week is a touch on the high side especially with the physical aspect I don't like saying i'm better or even coming across anything like that, or putting others down so don't take this the wrong way BUT have you thought of buses? training is fully paid for, and youre paid while training. No physical aspect but average less than 40hrs a week, so thats an hr in the gym a day or a jog or whatever you fancy pay is a bit more and the 'products' load and unload themselves.. obviously you lose the weekend though unfortunately but it's still local driving. No squeezing down narrow roads or having to turn around for a low bridge/road closure/width restriction as the routes are pre-planned etc. hardly ever finish late prehaps a few mins here and there. Getting to the end of the route you can have a stretch, coffee whatever you like so a short little break it's not bad to be honest. I drove for a store in a van delivering items and was less happy there than i am on the buses!

[@GavinDavies-tc6yn]

@@jjmmjj9999 Thanks, I am thinking of doing something else. As it seems impossible to hit delivery targets making it a long day. I will have a think over the weekend.

[@jjmmjj9999]

@@GavinDavies-tc6yn see this is one of the benefits of the buses If there's traffic, you'll get turned around. Rather than going to the other end, you'll go say, half way and make your way back. Guaranteed finish on time (bar a few minutes (3/4 which will be paid as overtime anyway) This job is the highest paying I've had, and also the happiest I've been... I thought my previous one delivering furniture was, until I kept getting lumbered with all the heavy stuff going to top floor flats on the countryside runs. My last weeks were honestly miserable and I headed my notice in and went elsewhere. Another benefit, the garage is also closer to home. And if you're London based, your partner (or anyone you chose really) will get a free travel pass working on tfl trains, buses and trams which saves me and my Mrs a fortune

[@xBoxBoOmer]

​@@jjmmjj9999 Yeah literally.. best decision. Dropped HGV for buses. You get more. No physical aspect. More pay.

[@jjmmjj9999]

@@xBoxBoOmer only negatives I can name are actually face to face with the general public(most are OK, but the handful that aren't really aren't), no music but instead hearing rubbish from nmcc over the radio (if you know, you know)

[@stevehazam9991]

WHAT A GOOD HONEST VIDEO , FROM A HARD WORKING HONEST MAN. I HOPE THIS BRINGS YOUNG HONEST PEOPLE INTO THE PROFESSION. IF YOU ARE GOOD YOU CAN HAVE A SECURE JOB WITH A REASONABLE STANDARD OF INCOME. THANK YOU FOR THE HONEST TAKE ON THE PROFESSION.

[@robert100xx]

Achieving THAT job that pays THAT money is difficult. There are very many companies that pay poor wages and demand long hours. One company I worked for as a night trunker didn't pay a night rate and expected you to exceed the nightshift limit (10 hrs per shift) because I refused they tried to discipline me with trumped up charges. To my shame I pulled a sickie(first time in 35 years) got another job, and left without offering notice. I then went to work for a German supermarket company to find the pay a bit better but the hours very long and I had to load and unload my own trailer for three loads a day, occasionally two.. When you attended the shops the state of the storage was crowded and cluttered so I had to sort out their mess before I could tip. When I brought the condition of the store to the managers attention I was reported for being unwilling. I got out.

[@conorturton]

That's not a lot of money in transport. It might have been when we were in the EU but not since we left.

[@anthonyjeffrey9942]

It's 10hrs work on a nightshift.. can still do a 15hr shift but can only do 10hrs work within it.

[@Lightskinakhi]

I’ve been driving class 2 since may 2018 and class 1 since 2021 they take more than they give and expect you to be happy with it. We take on all the responsibilities and stress of delivering, other drivers, responsibility of the truck etc spend time away from our families for an amount of money that doesn’t fill in that gap. I regret becoming a Hgv driver if I’d have known if have got trained in another skill set that I could eventually go out and monetise on my own terms.

[@MsWagons]

@anthonyjeffrey9942 the 10 hrs work at night is part of the working time directive employer's only have to sign a form and send it to gove to make this law unless back when the working time directive started so they all just sign the form job done

[@donnietobasco9791]

NEVER be ashamed of the tactical "sickie".....especially if you've always had excellent repute in that department. The tactical "sickie" is one of the few leverages that wage-earners of good character can resort to.... if ever their employer begins to take them for granted and thinks they can treat them like sh*t. If you're good at what you do, and you KNOW IT, never allow a company to try and devalue your role courtesy of the: "If YOU won't tolerate this sh*tty treatment, there's PLENTY out there who will..." (Type Claim) Because the truth is....there AREN'T plenty of people who will tolerate it, and these type of company's staff retention figures usually suggest that there's some huge arsehole sitting behind a desk somewhere, who is trying to run the company with an "exploitative" mind-set towards all those who are actually doing the REAL work. The tactical "sickie" is one of the few ways that you can put a dent in that huge arsehole's "master-plan." Ideally, there'll be somebody ABOVE that huge arsehole who can "read-between-the-lines" and may start asking that huge arsehole some probing questions in order to get to the truth. Especially if the company is struggling to retain key members of staff. But either way.....that's THEIR problem. As you're enjoying some much-needed "respite" for yourself, AWAY from that huge arsehole, you can start to look at companies who may actually be worthy of your skills and talents.

[@T.K.9]

Random video on my feed. Very good insight for sure. As they say, HGV drivers are the back bone of any country. Came back to the UK recently after a vacation in Asia. And driving there, you always find very slow moving trucks on the road hauling heavy stuff. Day in, day out. Lo and behold, the trucks are full of items you see from stores, supermarkets etc. Trying to bring items to stores on every inch of a country. One can start to appreciate how important the truckers really are.

[@AKUJIVALDO]

Truckers are backbone because everything is global... Do everything locally, and most of truckers would disappear...

[@8ballphil150]

Pre Brexit ,a class 1 job was terribly paid . About £11 to £12 per hour . Now my mate wont get out of bed unless he gets £20 per hour . He mostly only works weekends , but does do backup in the week if needed . Weekends he earns superb money . £30 to £40 per hour .

[@adx.200sx2]

Is your mate Jay Cartwright?

[@8ballphil150]

@@adx.200sx2 No . He lives in North Wales .

[@Odoacer433]

@@adx.200sx2and then he was all up in her muff hahahah

[@paultaylor7082]

Yes. all those EU drivers who went back home left a shortage of drivers, so the wages went up. Who'd have guessed? Unfortunately many former EU workers also went home and left the NHS, returning home, but the Government barely increased NHS workers' wages much, so we now have a shortage of over 150,000 NHS workers and a waiting list of 8 million appointments. Market forces will always get you in the end. With over 2.5 million people in the UK currently on long term Sickness Benefit and around 400,000 of that total suffering with long term Covid, it's easy to see why unempoyment is still relatively low in the UK, figures this week put it around 4.5%

[@stantheman1882]

Up until November 2023 I had done over 30years hgv 1 driving. The last 10years were mental torture. I've been earning a grand a week, give or take for almost the entire time, well last 20years of the 30. The wages are shocking for the hours but the job was way better than most jobs for that freedom feeling. 4 years ago I decided I would change my life by working smarter rather than harder. I used the time when I was waiting around which was a lot, to study money and investing. I'm now earn my weekly wage on a Monday and I spend most of my time now with my family chilling. What I'm trying to say is you are a smart guy and I'd suggest you use your down time in the truck to re-educate yourself. Truck driving with decimate your body eventually. Stay safe on them roads m8.

[@stantheman1882]

BTW, I'm 6ft and built like a rake yet all my joints are on there way out because of truck driver. I've never been over weight and always ate healthy. None of this seemed to matter. All that vibration has literally fucked me😢

[@sexyjohn2507]

So true. I'm nearly 60. Carpul tunnel. Ancle goes. Post neuralgia nerv damage. And the least problem. Tenis elbow. I like my job but my body is telling me to stop.

[@ashleyevans1255]

Im a class 1 driver start work 1.30 am . Contracted for 40hrs a week. Do between 8 and 10 hrs overtime a week and clear £800 after tax and pension. Not bad for a driving job , no nights out.

[@garybarnes556]

Good video and thankyou for your honesty. I'm a dpd franchise owner driver and it's very stressful,sorting tax vat ECT. But I do enjoy the actual job May look into HGV licence for the future

[@Carlnewman68]

Perhaps Dr making that statement of £100,000 student debt should’ve spent every night in town getting drunk and making a complete full of themselves don’t say you don’t because I see it every night of the week at 3 o’clock in the morning truck driver is actually doing an honest days work for days pay good for him proud of you mate you keep trucking. Keep all the country in all the stuff and products we need. Proud of you driver , I’m a PCV driver putting up with drunks terrible shifts back to back hours it’s a hard life in the commercial driving world. Perhaps she was a doctor. Should come and try this one.

[@fraserp2377]

Maybe you shouldn't make life about a race to the bottom.

[@rob8493]

I imagine he is not a doctor at all. Profile picture with his top off. Yeah very professional. Plus with 9 years experience he would be on a fairly ok salary and anyone who gets 100k in debt is a fool.

[@Google_Does_Evil_Now]

​@@rob8493NHS doctors are classed as "junior" for the first 10 years. Tories cut most wages, increased property prices, 30,000 - 50,000 for 3 years uni, that's why doctors are on strike. Everyone is paying way more to the rich. That's why the rich have had their fastest increase in wealth, ever. The last 5 years has been amazing for the rich. Because they've taken so much from us.

[@stigstig9275]

So true ​@@fraserp2377

[@robertely686]

All those students had to pay £50,000 more for their degree than your generation. They're not in debt because they spend £50 a week on booze, they're in debt because your generation didn't hand down all the benefits that they had.

[@J_I_Was]

I'm currently working as a Shunter and my last payslip was 4650£ on hand but I work a lot of hours. Monday to Friday 10 hours and Sunday overtime 12 hours Base hourly rate is 18.76 I get 2 hours of 1,5 overtime a day and Sunday double time plus 20% shifts allowance form 10 pm and I get 4 hours a day. So there is potential of earning a lot of money but you would have to put a lot of time.

[@potatospade1217]

Fascinating, thank you for sharing! Very interesting to see how pay compares across different professions. The most experienced teachers in the uk earn £46,525 a year (outside school of London), with most on less than £41k. They have a good pension and holidays, but during term time can easily work a 60+ hour week. Are there many ex-teachers in your profession. Asking for a friend! 😉

[@marktaylor9678]

most teachers I see or know work in the pubs drinking

[@bartram33]

My wife and me are both 73 and retired. Between us we worked 96 years, she worked 46 years, 34 of them part time and I worked 50 years. We both made sure we had good pensions over our working lives. Our combined state and private pensions come to £720 per week net with no mortgage and no debt other than the usual living expenses. Don’t know what anyone else thinks but we consider ourselves comfortable and just glad we’re off the treadmill.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

You've worked hard, enjoy! 🤗🫡

[@paul-ie6wi]

I think that’s brilliant! Well done to both of u 😊. When I was 16 I started my first job in London and my dad advised me “to get in the pension” …..I never did ! Regret it to this day 😢.

[@OMT988]

Now that is good to hear. I personally think im in a really good place, but I'd be interested to hear any tips or things you found unexpected? for example, did you have an amount you thought you'd need before retiring? and if so, how did you get to that amount? lastly, was the amount you planned realistic and you've found since retiring you'd need more or less? hope I dont sound like im prying I just think speaking to some one thats been through it is ideal rather than guessing. Lastly, I am 44 and hopefully I can retire at 50, I'd happily share my plan of how and why if its of interest.

[@richardnewton638]

And now the government are taking about taxing pensions and savings.

[@bartram33]

@@paul-ie6wi We always made sure that we joined an employer’s pension scheme as soon as we qualified, plus I had an independent pension. We worked on the premise that while we worked we would pay the most that we could afford into pensions and still have a good quality of life. You soon adjust to missing the available cash that goes into pensions. The lump sums that we received from our various pensions when we retired paid off any loans etc and the rest we still have in savings ( recommend doing this for peace of mind, just forget it’s there) Lastly, while we were both working we doubled up on our mortgage payments so that we were mortgage free before we retired, that was something that we considered vital. We haven’t bothered with investing, risk free or otherwise because the interest is pitiful. Good luck to you if you can retire at 50, I retired on the dot at 65, some of my colleagues had to work past retirement age because they quite simply couldn’t afford to retire. Best wishes,

[@williamfence566]

I work evening / nights 8-9 hours per shift 5 shifts per week . ( less idiots on the road ). Class 2 cage work 2 runs per shift. £18.84 per hour which is a lot more than a lot of the class 1 work out there. max 45 hours per week, own bed every day and every afternoon off. plus weekends. Also get paid to listen to the football / podcast. Nowhere near the most I've earned but Best life balance I've had.

[@jayk2877]

Fucken easy as mate. What company u working for if u don’t mind me asking?

[@williamfence566]

@@jayk2877 unipart. Via an agency.

[@DieselDSM69]

I'm just going back to the job after 5 years away from it. Some think I'm mad, but I enjoy driving trucks. I've just updated my ADR and CPC so hopefully I get a decent job. Thanks for the pay info, that answered lots of questions for me.

[@oddities-whatnot]

@@DieselDSM69 my CPC ran out but I got my ADR and renewed my digicard last year. I was going to renew my CPC but the problem is I got tired of the industry, too many hours and sick of sitting in traffic. 20 years of it, decided at Christmas id had enough.

[@DieselDSM69]

@@oddities-whatnot I've been away from driving class 1 for 5 years up to now, but thankfully, when I go back to it, I no longer have a wife that spends all my money lol. So hopefully, I'll earn some decent cash. Being away all week probably did contribute to the end of my marriage, but now the witch is gone so I'll happily stay out all week, with no stress from the bint at home. 😀

[@brettcatapults3921]

Really interesting for me as I love driving and since and young lad up untill now I'm currently 32 years old. Lorry driving is something I've always wanted to build myself up to. But never known what they earn. So thankyou for putting this vidio up that's not a bad wage at all and your driving on the road. I take my hat off to lorry drivers coz the skills they possess is crazy. Like some real skilled driving some of the reversing I've seen from lorry drivers is mind blowing 👌

[@Gabriel-qh5yv]

I appreciate the honesty , you deserve the best for sharing to us a good info , 👍God bless

[@anthonydevono8833]

I only drive a 3.5T van I think it’s really good that you to break down the whole aspect of a HGV Job,one of the young lads who I worked with left to go to a company who were going to pay for his training etc to drive a lorry for them in the future while driving vans to start with Thanks for breaking it all down

[@Jimages_uk]

Having been a driver since the mid 70s until I gave up and took an office job in 2010, the earnings appear to still be lagging behind the equivalent for when I started out, but it isn't terrible money. The reason I drove and kept at it, was because I could always work extra and increase my take home to meat my needs. For the hours worked, it was never great, but without other qualifications, you would be hard pressed to get the sort of money driver can earn if they are willing to put in the hours. It paid for my house by the time I was 40, and allowed me to safe for a reasonable pension. Happy days. I miss the tramping sometimes, especially in the winter when I was alway up and down to the Costas. But don't miss the job over all. My advice to all drivers, is get what you need out of it, (be that paying off your house, boat, holiday home or bike collection) and then find a job where you are better appreciated.

[@Lov3toPlay]

Hey Ashely, first time on your channel. Really great video, thank you! You explain everything and it really then makes sense of what is possible. This is a hard job - no joke about it. Sending you much respect! You are a real man providing for your family. One love from Dorset x nik

[@leeoshaughnessy991]

I would hope you're on more now, I start to learn to drive a coach on Monday and my starting wage is 16.08£ per hour and after 6 weeks that will become 17.98, over 22£ for overtime. Crazy what goes into being a hgv driver that the wages are very low.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Oh yes!

[@deano9898]

Im a uk tramper for 1 of the largest companies in the uk i wont name them. No overtime rate just flat all the way, just over £26 a night out 4 times a week, parking is paid on snap more often than not, no meal allowance, but im left alone to do the job. I take home on average about 820-850 and 900 in and around the christmas period. Thats very good money but considering i dont get an overtime rate it could be even higher still. I love the job and enjoy driving and would 100% recommend it as a job. Dont watch your videos normally but this one was a good watch after it came up on my feed

[@spicekid2582]

How many hours a week?

[@MC-gp1zg]

@@spicekid2582 got to be 65 plus. The hourly rate for drivers is normally crap. Some companies only pay bearly minimum wage but get round it by offering fuel bonus ect

[@deano9898]

@spicekid2582 on average 60-65 no deductions on breaks so paid from start to finish. 70 hours a week or sometimes more around Xmas as it's busy obviously. I'll hang the job out to get few extra hours each week, I don't rush around being paid by the hour

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

Hmm. Largest eh? XPO?

[@deano9898]

@Nickbaldeagle02 one of I said lol. And no. One of the biggest in Europe, massive on the continent as well.

[@borderlord]

HGV drivers earn every penny!Especially in the UK and Europe where city streets are so comparatively small and not built for huge trucks! I worked for 20 years as a furniture porter ,we just used small Luton vans and that was bad enough in London,and with 2 guys . You guys wirk mainly on your own and if thibgs go awry you have to sort it alone,which always impressed me. If it was up to me you'd earn twice that payslip! But if you're looking for pastures new I've read of American long distance truckers ,Convoy style earning $250K a year! Keep on truckin!🍻

[@SuperBC10]

In 1989 I used to work for a local delivery company, not hgv but the big transits less than 7.5 ton, delivering Christmas decorations right across the country. Usually started at 4 am and after doing about 3 drops, for example a B&Q in Wolverhampton, a factory up in Preston then another B&Q in Liverpool on the way back. I'd get home about 10 at night. £15 a day plus £2 meal allowance.

[@user-li4pf7bj7b]

I got my first part time job in 1988 at Texas Homecare. I was 15 & on £1.88 per hour but just happy to be earning 😊

[@william_marshal]

They saw you coming. companies who pay peanuts only employ monkeys.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

ooh ooh ah ahh 🙈🙉🙊

[@manofbeard]

I’m a joiner working a basic 42.5 hr week. Get paid for 40 hrs and after stoppages take just shy of £500 a week. I’m happy with that as I’ve no mortgage to no longer pay off. The days of working 12 hr shifts and weekends are done for me! After nearly 40 years I’ll be happy to retire.

[@SwaghettiYoloneses]

I thank you very much as someone who is about to start lessons and my test for Class 1 and see a true example of a wage. HGV I feel is an important element of the world. Without logistics, you won't function. They should ALL be paid with higher wages, particularly ones who have to carry more and drive further living in such a small space. You wouldn't ask an office worker to remain in the building so they can go back to their desk the following morning.

[@truckingwithMarkS]

Not sure if you know but if work provide a uniform of any description for you to wear…then you can ask hmrc to adjust your tax code to take cleaning into account. It’s worth £200 extra a year…and if you’ve not claimed it before then ask for it to be backdated.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

I did know that, I should get it changed over, there is more that we can claim than most people do

[@paul-ie6wi]

@@truckingwithMarkS very true Mark ! Me and my pals at work all done this few years back via a third party who took a percentage, was still worth it though, as you stated we all got it backdated and got over a grand! Then we done it the next year and the next but then the shit hit the fan with all kind of problems with hmrc saying I hadn’t returned my tax returns even though I was paye, took lots of phone calls to sort it and never bothered claiming again, maybe if I done it directly with hmrc things might have been different .

[@johncollins-rh2cj]

For your info the 200 is for pilot nurses get 80 and others 60 go to gov .UK if you think your entitled to anything By the way you get standard rate tax on that 60 quid so a quid a month's in your pocket

[@MsWagons]

Ya doggey one messing with tax man mate of mine went to a tax agy they charged him 200 and got him2000 back then he got a letter from tax man wanting money back had to give it all back including the 200 that the agy took

[@paul-ie6wi]

@MsWagons mine wasn't as bad as that ....I never owed nothing back but sometime things too good to be true !

[@gazzalad8901]

I work nights for the largest container company in the UK my basic for 50 hours for nights Mon to Friday is 758 plus my 50 quid meal allowance...good overtime rates of over 20 quid an hour means I take home 700 a week for 55 hours a week and over 900 if I do a Sunday not bad for driving a truck around eh guys

[@danieldrew2631]

It seems like more money than the pish I was earning as class 1/C+E truck driver (up until 2018), but the bills on Piss-take Island have gone up since 2018, as well.

[@oddities-whatnot]

@@danieldrew2631 “piss take island” 🤣

[@harrynorcliffe-hlc6787]

Thanks for sharing. I'm a school cleaner part time semi retired > 15 hours per week £650 net per month.

[@thaboye3536]

This sounds lovely on paper but the caveat to this is …he’s a tramper, each to their own but I couldn’t think of anything worse than sleeping in a wagon all week and missing out on actual real life.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

I didn't miss out on life. You work all week and go home and do things in the evening around the house, maybe go out for dinner etc. I just made sure that at the weekends I did all the things I wanted to do. The job enabled me to do things that I would T of been able to afford when I was working in retail doing the same sort of hours because the pay was so much worse.

[@medler2110]

It depends on your personality, having worked in warehouses and offices for many years, I can't think of a worse job than doing the same commute, going to the same building every day and hearing the same stories from the same people each day. Also while people who work in these jobs go home each evening, what to the vast majority do, sit in front of their computer or telly, hardly living life to the full.

[@Katieshaneboulton]

I don't often tramp all week and I still take home £750.

[@noelwallace5257]

I used to drive a road sweeper and took home £1600-£2100 per week…. Make of that what you will🤷‍♂️

[@Google_Does_Evil_Now]

​@@noelwallace5257how?

[@user-xq6me6pd7q]

I am a self employed electronics repair engineer and on a good day I might get £5 an hour for some few jobs but for a 12-14 hour day repairing mostly crap I get around 20p an hour. I work 7 days a week for the tasks I need to complete. No wonder there are so few of me around.

[@peterburnett1661]

Really?

[@frankieRandle8779]

Time to take your HGV, I believe it costs about £3000

[@Zpeter84.]

20p a hour that weed is good

[@william_marshal]

You must be the village idiot, the minimum wage today is £11.44/hour and as somebody self employed you are not entitled to holiday pay, sick pay or dole !!!

[@user-zo4xv6fq2z]

I am also an electronics engineer. I went back to my trade and started a business 9 years ago because I was sick of working for bastards in the UK. I average a 60 hour week. Best thing is not having a boss, worst thing is dealing with the 1 percent of public that are bastards. Another 24 months and I can afford to work a 4 day week. I make no apology for the revenue I can make on my skills. Its highly specialized, can be dangerous, and I invested 6 years of formal study to get these skills. Not getting rich, but have enough to survive. I love the fact people with my skills are rare, and getting rarer. When I do stop working my skills will be lost, this is because Starmer and his labour cronies thinks I can afford to risk everything and train an apprentice, then have that apprentice sue me for unfair dismissal. So labour and Starmer can foxtrot oscar! Also I am watching thousands of grubs arrive on boats from dirt bowls across the planet. They instantly get accommodation, food, and ,money. They even moan about being on a barge that I would love to have a flat on, so I think Foxtrot Oscar Starmer & labour, you are not getting a single penny from me to waste on them. Being self employed allows me to shelter every penny legally. Pay your self first, deduct business expenses, pay your pension, then pay tax on what's left! Viva the self employed!

[@davidclarke6718]

My dad was a HGV driver for over forty years and didn't even get close to those figures that's why he said don't follow in my footsteps. So i became a coded welder. The pay has clearly improved massively.

[@ngc4486diane]

ye my family member was he worked nights and had London waiting always worked weekends just took 2 days off in the week and he took home more than that a week and that's over 30 years ago.

[@stephenholmes1036]

If anyone wants to drive, Simply take your test and try it, Sat permanently, away from your family, anti social and shifts. Some companies pay a lot less

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Depends on your job, if your sat all day. You have to make the most of the time you're with you family.

[@NR19770]

Well don’t believe all they tell you that your always away from your family it’s not true I work average 9 hour shifts and never stay out im home every night and take home 53k a year not hard work at all

[@AdrianMcDaid]

​@@NR19770is that for a standard 37 hours per week ?

[@TackyStump]

I'm a class 1 driver. I start at 8am and I'm usually home with my family before 7:30pm. Occasionally later, occasionally earlier. Monday to Friday with No Nights out, no long distance, set run each day, no handballing, clean work, brand new truck and trailer. No stress other than dealing with other drivers on the road! Obviously I'm not on £50K a year but I earn enough and I'm happy. Not every trucking job is tramping and anti social!

[@AshleyHaleUK]

@@TackyStump aslong as your happy that's what matters.

[@scotty6346]

The life of an HGV driver interest's me, Liked and Subbed mate 👍

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Thanks for that much appreciated 👍

[@Phil-xb4ng]

Don't do it you will regret it

[@user-rs5mw8yv5r]

Thank you Ashley. I stumbled on your channel by accident but really enjoyed your content. Interesting 👍

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Thanks much appreciated 😊

[@johngrant5448]

I can't for the life of me understand why people are still working. I was 14 when I left school and the parental home. My first job was 90 hours of highly skilled and very hard labour for £5.8/- a week. The most I ever earned in my entire working life was eight grand gross, in a very responsible and dangerous job, working 52 different shifts around the clock. If I had my lifetime over again, I wouldn't do a stroke. All I've ever achieved is making idle bastards rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

[@waynemongo]

90 hours a week doing what?

[@user-sf7kl9uh7k]

Sounds like a load of BS TBH

[@hellious7670]

Because living off benefits rots your soul. You get no self-esteem, you're useful to nobody so you have no significance to the world (unless you volunteer or care for someone), no money to do anything with, and no social life or hobbies, it's a train wreck. I've tried it. I am a better man when I work and a more miserable man when I don't. I get people have different values but no it doesn't end well for you living off the state. Sometimes you have to and I get that, but picking it by choice, no thanks.

[@sobek]

@@user-sf7kl9uh7k highly skilled labour at 14 years old? yeh..smells like bs

[@user-sf7kl9uh7k]

@@sobek It is, a load of sad, narcissistic BS

[@casper1240]

Ive got to really admire you men driving and coping with all the traffic. bad roads etc i could'nt do it

[@shaneweightman]

Thanks for your honesty buddy , I’m 60 and have worked all my life , started on my 16th birthday, 80 hrs a week , 30 travelling , sat and sun morn , I’ve not worked for 15 months , now on the sick , 130 quid a week , 2 heart attacks 7 yrs ago , now bad feet , and a few things wrong with me , so a benefit scrounger , the best times were the 80s for wages , I got 260 take home , but stuff was much cheaper then , stay safe cheers shane uk

[@oddities-whatnot]

@@shaneweightman sorry to hear about your health problems. A lot of people take their health for granted but nobody knows whats round the corner. I cant work in the same industry anymore for health reasons. Im in my 50s, having to retrain for something more manageable. Crap really.

[@wheelyliving4093]

The grief of driving an artic on the UK's crowded roads must be hell, and all the time away from your family. Thank goodness there are guys and gals up for it, otherwise the UK would grind to a halt. Thanks for the insight. Best wishes Ashley from Wheely Living...on the road, somewhere in eastern Europe... :)

[@OZ4444]

I’m a senior electrical engineer with a basic of £60k and a guaranteed bonus of 2% per annum. Have an 11% pension with 4% personal contribution. 4x salary for death during service, all travel and food expenses paid. Overtime is paid at 1.5x in the week and 2x for weekends. I average out about £84k a year it sounds amazing but the stress from deadlines means I wouldn’t take a penny less. £52k a year for a stress free job is allot of money 👍

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

No disrespect to HGV drivers but you probably trained for a lot longer to become an engineer, a lot of HGV drivers trained for a matter of weeks on a quickie course.

[@Honda_Hooligan]

Seems to be about the going rate. I'm an electrical engineer, working in Aviation and my salary is very similar to yours. Wages are definitely heading north, due in no small part to a severe skills shortage (i.e. kids not doing traditional craft apprenticeships like they once did.)

[@bigal.65]

@@malcolmstockbridge2569 and that's why you're seeing lorry's in ditches or over turned.

[@stevieframe]

Driving an arctic isn't stress free.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

It is the way I do it!

[@Superutubeking]

If you enjoy your job and the lifestyle of driving , have lots of friends and fun in the job then that’s great

[@Manc-fh5we]

I know a bus driver who is employed by a Manchester bus company. He gets seconded to Oldham, where he actually lives and knows all the routes like the back of his hand. He’s pulling in 4K a month without breaking a sweat.

[@william_marshal]

Bullshite, if he's earning 4k/month then he's breaking the law on his driving hours !!!

[@bodazephyr6629]

​@@william_marshalit's about right: 5 days at 10 hours each, plus 1 bonus hour a day for secondment, plus weekend rate. 55 hour week, about £17 an hour, It's about 4k a month, more if they work overtime on rest days.

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

​@@william_marshalStagecoach and Diamond are paying £16 an hour basic and £18 an hour Sundays. I was offered an agency job for Warrington Bus on £21 an hour. With this Bee Network franchising going on, bus wages in Manchester are expected to increase again soon. I'd recommend it.

[@madb132]

@@bodazephyr6629 YOU CAN'T WORK! on your rest days. UK laws for HGV 9 hour a day driving in total 3 times and 2 ten hour days total but hours are rolling for 2 weeks and must not add to more than 90 hours per 14 days. must have at least 36 hours break between working weeks That does mean no moonlighting on your break days. you can be in the cab for upto 15 hours per day / other work.

[@jordanielridgway-bent]

@@william_marshal Not really. These days many driving jobs are not paid on the tacho hours (unless you are driving as a poorer paid European driver working for companies that don't pay unless the wheels are turning). I'm paid from start of shift to end of shift, irrespective of break times (and they can mount up depending upon work load) and basic is just as @Manc-fh5we states. My shifts are 12 hrs. a night & average WTD over a 17 week reference period is at the moment about 38 hrs, taken from tacho entries. So actually driving hours are a lot less than that. No legitimate company complying with the regulations is going to risk being called up by the Traffic Commissioner to explain why their drivers exceed driving hours.

[@LEE-ty8vq]

What I really wanna see is your diet and how you maintain a healthy lifestyle whilst trucking. If you convince me I will apply for training tomorrow.

[@alanconsidine8432]

It's easy to do. I love to keep fit and healthy I used to get up at half 3 and get in a 50min workout shower and sit into the truck. I'd have porridge cooked for 3 days and 3 days dinners cooked from Sunday into the fridge and away dmto do my day.if I got home that night I'd workout the next morning ING and so on.some nights I slept out some I got home plan and make a habit of being prepared and you'll have no bother.when I was unloading or loading I'd get in 10mins or so of stretching. It's easy do if you want to keep healty and drive

[@anthesketh6377]

I passed my hgv class 1 a few months ago. I got a job on containers. I do Monday to Friday average 10 hours a day and I pick up 600-650 a week take home pay I think it’s amazing considering my previous job was 350 take home.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Exactly it's all about perspective.

[@truthoutmedia]

Baaaa

[@constructionsecrets6048]

I work in construction, gods honest truth, on some days, i earn your weekly gross wage in less than a day. But then again, i am seriously experienced and skilled. HAPPY DAYS!!!!

[@wii7876]

Money earned divide by hours worked is fair way to judge it, lots of hours and time away from home by looks of it

[@laciihasz4734]

I am a bus driver, local services only no coach work. Our hourly rate is £16/hr bit more on the weekends and overtime pay is £19.60 (that is for if u not finish on time, it does not apply for extra work u picked up) With the contracted 39hrs/week my hometake is around £500. I was thinking about going over to drive lorries but changed my mind after i learned how much hours they are away from home. U guys should make lot more for the time u spent away from home.

[@andrewbarker4992]

Just think lads all the graft that we do the damages done to our bodies.( i retired early industrial lung disease ) just so we can pay taxes so people who hate us can come here and live for free on our ticket

[@troglodytestroglodytes220]

That comment didn’t end as I expected. Don’t you feel aggrieved at the wealthy who avoid paying their share of taxes?

[@andrewbarker4992]

@troglodytestroglodytes220 the whole system is corrupt mate but us working men carry the load I retired early ill health and apparently according to the government I'M a drain on resources I guess if people like me can't earn then there's no use for us

[@shirleysmith4985]

@@andrewbarker4992

[@JustAnotherDayInEngland]

​@@troglodytestroglodytes220 I can tell you don't live around unemployed immigrants that drink and smoke all day while you work. Pull your head out the sand.

[@troglodytestroglodytes220]

@@andrewbarker4992 As a working class person who left school at 16 I count myself lucky to have never been unemployed and I understand your frustration. I’m more angry at the Tories for 14 years of shafting us without having the decency to offer us a reach around. (Full Metal Jacket quote).

[@yodaboi86]

Can't fault the honesty and knowledge.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Thanks you very much I really appreciate it. I try to give a balance approach and answer to things to allow people to make the most informed decision they can.

[@joules531]

As a Class 1 HGV driver, I earned 48k back in 2001 (equivalent to 83k today) just before I stopped driving to take up a white collar job. Today's drivers earn significantly less in real terms, while facing increased risks, not just because of heavier traffic these days but also because of increased risk of robbery and assault, and also health risks associated with the job (obesity, COPD, diabetes, heart disease, stress, the possibility of food poisoning at truck stops or roadside burger bars, the pressure to break laws to make deliveries on time, and often a lack of a regular sleep pattern). Add in the high divorce rate, the lack of time to spend with your children, plus the very obvious inability to set up a side hustle if you're working such long hours, often a way from home, and it all adds up to a very poor deal indeed, especially when you consider that drivers tend to not live quite so long, or indeed end up with poor health before retirement age. I can't imagine many professionals, in other fields, wanting to expose themselves to all those risks, for such low pay, when other professional blue collar jobs, such as being a train driver, or working on oil rigs, have such a significantly better pay and conditions package. When you consider that everything we buy depends on drivers to deliver, drivers are an essential service, and you guys really deserve a much better pay rate, frankly.

[@alanmacmillan6957]

I'm in a different industry. telecoms and IT; it's very much a perspective thing. some people would think that's a lot - others wouldn't do it. I think it boils down to how much inconvenience you want to put your mind and body through. unsociable hours, traffic jams, missing family etc - is it worth a couple of quid - or would you rather be at home. if you are home more - you'll make less dough. I think you've been more than transparent Ashley and it's appreciated. I'm guessing on weeks where you're on holiday some of those extra bonus line items wouldn't be on that payslip so I guess thats got to be factored in.

[@MattyMurtagh]

Irish tramping drivers get paid more than twice the amount you mention and they still cant get enough drivers. I am retired now but I passed my HGV in 1973. I was earning more than that in 1985 on Continental work. There is a high profile Transport Company near me with vacancies for 40 drivers. They also have a depot near Coventry. They also have all new vehicles. Give them a ring

[@benleonard5439]

Dubliner here, what the company?

[@anthonyjeffrey9942]

That's nonsense, it's well known across the UK that the Irish pay shite money 😂😂

[@johnrogan7473]

Typical take home pay for an Irish tramper 8 to 900 euro a week, conver that to pound sterling..

[@benleonard5439]

@@anthonyjeffrey9942 we pay the English lads that, but we pay top money for the rest 🤣😂

[@traveller4738]

I live in New Zealand and I’m allowed to work 14hrs/day or 70hrs/week and don’t make that much. I drive an off highway truck hauling 32m long logs with loads weighing up to approximately 75ton. I thought I was on good money, but then again, I don’t have to deal with muppets on public roads and miserable customers looking to cause me trouble because I’m 10minutes late. I have been thinking of returning to the UK but it’s not all about the money, you have to be able to enjoy your job to live your best life. All my best wishes to you and your family.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

I'd stay there doing that, or go to India, the driving standards are better there! 🤣🤣🤣

[@philcalvert2427]

Thanks for your honesty.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

No worries!

[@jamiecooksey9037]

Very interesting. For some reason I was under the impression you guys earned considerably more! Overtime & other benefits aside, the basic wage does not seem to be adequate compensation for both holding the HGV qualification, the skills necessary to drive and navigate the big rigs, the admin work involved and the legal constraints placed on your driving hours. Frankly, I'm quite surprised. God bless you guys 👍

[@williambeard5526]

It does depend on what field you work within. Curtain trailers, containers etc are usually paid less, long hrs and mostly shit companies. Blue chip companies are much better paid but it does depend on things like the drivers skill level. New drivers get the thin end of the wedge. The industry as a whole is a mess.

[@johnleigh349]

Ashley I was on £35,000 salary 20 years ago tanker work that's not bad take young fella 👍

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Put the hours in, and you get the money. 2 weeks worth of normal jobs hours in one week and get the pay!

[@lipsee100]

I worked for Safeways in the southeast in 1990 I was on about that wage for a 45hrs week ,,terms and condition where great,,,after made redundant nothing ,,NOTHING compared...

[@ep1929]

My mate works for Sainsbury's afternoon / night shift, 42 hours a week over 4 days a week- £790 take home.

[@aliengrey6052]

My wages are 2,167.00 per month after tax and pension. I work no more than 6 to 8 hrs per day. 6 am to 13:00 to 2pm sometimes 12:30 I’m happy with that.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Any being happy with that is all that matters

[@parkgate-ub1ey]

Only driving 2 years class 1 Year 1 was tramping on shite money for experience. Year 2 am doing local work on nights, taking home 715. Am very happy ... My,6th day is 215.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Sound like good money to me. Sometimes you got to do the not so good job to get the experience.

[@Thuds593]

Yeah £715 doing 60 hours a week with no life on nights. No thanks

[@TabbingUK]

​@@Thuds593I work from between 3/4pm until 1/2am it's absolutely class, I get up at 10am and have the whole morning into the afternoon to do stuff it's great, 9 to 5s are crap!

[@parkgate-ub1ey]

@Thuds593 no mate not at all . Contracted to do 50 hour week, 6pm to 4am. Most nights am finished around 2.30am .

[@webpigjohn4959]

Defect books 📚 Yes we have all filled them in like we are told to.. But in all the years I had to use them I never signed a single page.. I was told straight up by VOSA agent you sign to say the truck is roadworthy and the second you place a signature on that sheet you have taken all responsible off the operator so something small wrong with that truck and you get involved in a crash its on your head. I filled them out but never signed them.

[@advancedwindowandguttercle685]

I'm class 2 bin wagon driver, I've never seen the point in getting my class 1. I'm £17.75 a hour for 40hrs a week, but with job and finish so actually 30-32hrs. With a weight bonus of 26t, (which is 2ton into a 3rd load) we get 3hrs overtime at time and a half. Usually 3 days a week and still done for 1230. Plus 5 times pay on a bank holiday, double for Saturday and 4 times pay on a Sunday (Usually over Christmas) I'm quite a lucky one. Not boasting, just putting across the point of not doing class 1. That was £45k for a 6 hr day upto April 24

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Sounds good to me! 👍

[@user-og8py7hx4p]

May I ask what company please....in a roundabout fashion...

[@advancedwindowandguttercle685]

@@user-og8py7hx4p begins with B

[@gavinstrachan1373]

You know what time you finish and hours per day you do great thanks for sharing your routine

[@Djwatzy]

Thanks for putting this on for us to view. I get a bit fed up of my job at times, driving for a well known letter company with red trucks 😜 we get paid pretty much the same as that but no nights out and 36 hours a week, makes me realise that the grass isn't always greener! I love the job just a shame about the car drivers 😂

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Nearly hit by 5 today at the end of slip roads because they don't use their mirrors to see where we are.

[@Djwatzy]

@@AshleyHaleUK Yes, don't look over their shoulders. We could talk about thousands of other things couldn't we 🫣

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Mostly definitely, and it all come back to car drivers 🤣

[@Djwatzy]

@@AshleyHaleUK Absolutely haha

[@adamwells515]

That’s about the going rate. Anything under £750 pw for tramping I wouldn’t touch. However, new pass take the £650 pw tramping job and learn your trade for a year. Then go to a decent company with your experience and earn good money.

[@pootlingalong8928]

Respect to all the lorry drivers out there. I’m a single female and have done secretarial shorthand and typing most of my working life. I managed to pay off my mortgage in my mid 50s and have everything I need except pots of money in the bank. You cut your coat to suit your cloth. Wish I’d gone lorry driving, I’d probably have a larger house! 😬😁👍🏻

[@Waynes_Travels]

This video was randomly suggested for me. I had in interest in becoming a HGV driver a few years back, I'm 43 now and I'm glad I didn't go into this work. Fair play to you, it's not an easy job for £35k a year basic. There is way more skill involved than people think, also experience is priceless.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

It's is an easy job, others will tell you it's hard but it really isn't.

[@Waynes_Travels]

@@AshleyHaleUK I think it's the same as the money thing, some people will think £800 a week is great money, others wouldn't get out of bed for it. With HGV driving there are such a range of companies to work for and from what I can tell what's required of you varies. Some people become accustomed to a certain level of stress and situations don't phase them, others couldn't cope. Do you think there is still a good future for HGV drivers?

[@bigal.65]

@@Waynes_Travels not at all, being doing this for 34 years and always enjoyed it but I'm now thinking of leaving the industry for the first time. The money has only just gone up after COVID but still shocking for what you do. It must be the most regulated industry going, get an infringement £300 fine and you could be fined up to 5 times in a 28 day period. Facilities at truck stops, service stations and the companies you deliver to are disgusting, remember you will be the lowest form of pond life while driving a truck. No respect from the General Public, I've even been attacked by someone. Most unhealthy life style of any job, all fast food at Service Stations. Sleeping in a tin box at night just hope your company fixes the night heater if it breaks. Last thing they want to pay money for. Hope you have a good marriage or like many people have already said, it will fail. If you are thinking of an early retirement forget it. If you're thinking of a social life forget it. Hopefully I've put you off now, think of another job mate. Good luck🤞

[@dlon4539]

You have to be stoic ie patience, generosity and respect for all Road users and being micro managed regarding your driving behaviour. It's key to getting through each day

[@GS04WAL]

This is fantastic, I am considering a career change and plan to get my licence next year. This is fantastic insight.

[@divineprovidence803]

Don't do it! Driving on motorways is extremely monotonous. The salaries are good but you spend all your time driving or loading/unloading. If it's what you want then go for it. The training is costly though. Good luck!

[@kylekeenan3485]

£54k a year based on that payslip, not bad for driving a lorry. Its just a shame it has to take so much of your life to get that. The hours are crazy, thank you for your service to our country, keeping things moving.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

I don't miss out on anything I don't want to

[@ciarand2823]

One thing I've seen is that the hauliers with the larger fleets will constantly seek out cheaper labour by either importing it from eastern Europe or taking on new passes keen for experience. Once they have it, they'll find any excuse to get rid of their higher paid drivers, start giving them bad manners hoping theyll leave ect.

[@conorturton]

They can't import drivers from the EU anymore.

[@ciarand2823]

@@conorturton tell that to the irish hauliers taking advantage of the common travel arrangement, eastern European drivers in irish or Northern Ireland registered trucks Tramping in Britain all week.

[@SL1PSTAR]

Great video, Ashley, really informative! It’s surprising how much wages can vary from job to job around the UK. Many people would be shocked by how little care workers are paid. When we get older, they’re the ones looking after us, almost like we have parents again, yet their pay doesn’t reflect the importance of their role.

[@sobek]

care work is awful pay. could get paid more working in a supermarket

[@SL1PSTAR]

@@sobek You know what, you're absolutely right, which just goes to show how much some people care about us and the people closest to us.