Times a changing...

[Shallowhal]

It's a little bit too articulate for a truck driver...there was a time we'd tear this chap a new bumhole.Times a changing alright.Double jobbers are cool, except Hal he's gonna cut his finger off in some oulwan's kitchen.

Where's that word a day LL queer fella anyway?

Axe me bollox....i'm a professional!!

[mercenary for hire]

Hope it's working out Hal.

[Shallowhal]

Yep.....

[U Wha]

Can you tell us how much they're earning per day doing deliveries.Generally speaking delivery work is poorly paid.

Why aren't you using your taxi to do deliveries?

Thought I read an ad saying  drivers can earn €80 to €120 a day and somebody mentioned that delivery drivers can do in excess of a 100 drops a day.

I am only back on the road with the taxi so I might. Have to see how the truck driving goes. It is an adjustment but nice to have a pay check each week. I could get used to that certainty again.

[U Wha]

Can you tell us how much they're earning per day doing deliveries.Generally speaking delivery work is poorly paid.

Why aren't you using your taxi to do deliveries?

Tink hes delivering a truck merc .....uwha  cud do well at journalism aswell ...

You think?

[U Wha]

So are ya saying if ya do 10 drops ya get a tenner ? How the hell could that pay you to do that ?

They do up to 100 a day and maybe more

[Cool Boola]

I dunno where half these stories come from,,,?

[Shallowhal]

So are ya saying if ya do 10 drops ya get a tenner ? How the hell could that pay you to do that ?

They do up to 100 a day and maybe more

150 a day plus collections.....be at hub at 6.30 in the morning and ye might be lucky to see the start of the Tonight Show on Virgin with Matt!!

[Shallowhal]

Euro a drop,no where to park,6th floor,large heavy box,lift broken,ages trying to get in the hall door,package slightly incorrectly addressed-should have been 15 not 115,


Yer alri Marky....all the towers in the Mun are gone!!

[mercenary for hire]

U wha that's possible but 80/100 gross.A taxi costs a minimum of €200 week to run.Factor that into your calculations for a 50+ hour week.It's nothing special.

I have family with truck licenses the money doing that is fairly shite considering the responsibility you have.

The COVID payment is like a paycheck.Every Tuesday...very reliable.

[dalymount]

Not for me its not,the bastards took it off me when I hit 66. I wrote to them telling them that it is outrageous that the state pension is considered to be a social welfare payment when it is something you paid into all your working life.

[U Wha]

U wha that's possible but 80/100 gross.A taxi costs a minimum of €200 week to run.Factor that into your calculations for a 50+ hour week.It's nothing special.

I have family with truck licenses the money doing that is fairly shite considering the responsibility you have.

The COVID payment is like a paycheck.Every Tuesday...very reliable.

I would say younger more enthusiastic drivers might get that or more. I haven't done it I have only heard people talking about it. I just thought it might help supplement whatever you earnt in the taxi. Shallowhal seems to have more experience or knowledge on it. What I heard from a lynk employee was that non taxi delivery drivers with 'lynk delivers' could do in excess of 100 jobs/drops a day for delivering small parcels on a particular route or zone. I also saw a poster/ad that stated delivery drivers could earn €80 to €120 a day. Lynk are partnering with UPS and others. As Shallowhal said some sort of hub will be set up and drivers collect the parcels each morning for their route or zone.

I agree for the responsibility and workload the money isn't great. Heavy trucks can do damage so it needs full concentration and then add on the bullshit around paperwork and getting it all done on time. Lot of hassle. Makes you appreciate working a taxi, which has different hassle.

I almost got to like the PUP payment too much. Staying in the leaba and drinking too much. Anyway I got myself motivated and have a plan for the next 18 months so need to earn more.  Whether I stay at it long term remains to be seen.

The truck driver rates range from €13.50 to €16 per hour depending on the type of truck (rigid or artic) and the role. Most employers also pay a tax free subsistence rate that varies between €13 and €23 per day.

So the regular cheque for 45 hours work is double the PUP even factoring in fuel and putting aside few bob for the taxman. The driving hours allow 90 hours per fortnight but that is just driving, you might clock another few hours for other work. The working time directive kicks in though so you can’t work more than 48 hours a week on average - normally averaged over 17 weeks. So if you clock up hours then you have to work less down the road.

[Shallowhal]

I agree with U Wha.....i could have easily stayed on the PUP...but i got me gaff decorated to an IKEA brochure standard,i was signed up to Indeed as i've already said,i did say to the war office that i won't be jumping on any job and as ermy says employers might not be keen to bet on a 50+ yrs of age taxi driver,my job is primarily driving with some workshop duties and helping the company fitter on site but the role is changing since i started as my previous experience in the kitchen biz has to trust as a snagger on completed jobs,i have a Merc boxbody available for my own use should i need it,i have it home  couple of nights a week(which means a later start) to collect from a company in Gormanston on my way in....it saves me juice,i generally get close to two weeks juice out of a tank on the Prius...and as U Wha alluded to....a weekly salary.

[U Wha]

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