Reliable Owner Drivers

Why is it so hard with so many people out of work to find a self empolyed driver for a 8am start 40 drops in one post code for a free figure sum ?

Watsa "FREE FIGURE SUM" then Fr8, M8

40 drops

thats why lol

After whats been going on people might be looking at the peoples feedback and reputation before deciding to quote for work, and no fault of your own but with little feedback it might put people off.

especially when a 3 figured sum can run up at least £2K before you get paid

Depends on the Postcode Cleethorpes and Retfford are 55 miles apart and are BOTH DN Postcodes.

40 drops and 300 miles needs to be at least £250.00

Cos not everyone out of work has a sprinter sittin on the drive

30 drops at £3.00 per drop is £90. I make that a two figure sum.

Also multi-drop like this is never as straight forward as it might seem.

Any decent multi dropper worth his weight will want and expect no less than £150 for a days work...or if you don't need all the boxes delivering, and want a van with half of what he went out with to come back with him, then I suspect you can get one for substantially less than that.

Me?...been there, dunnit and ain't going back...lol

30 drops at £3.00 per drop is £90. I make that a two figure sum. Also multi-drop like this is never as straight forward as it might seem.

That is about right if there is no mileage involved !!

40 drops what about the afternoon then ?

try 200 at night in London...now that's multi dropping

Had a customer book us for multi dropping yesterday....one drop in Aylesbury, and one in Preston...now that's MY kinda multi dropping...lol

One customer asked for a quote this week for a multidrop of 12 deliveries the most southern was Harrow the most Northerly was Perth he decided not to go ahead with it after picking himself off the floor

Don't you just love these once a year customers?

Picked up a Onesy from Westfield Stratford for Bedford tonight, a return journey too ;-)

what size and how much did you pay? i've seen em in river island but a little too small for me

Customer (a regular that has used me for a few years now) asked my to pay for it, Its a Scandinavian make usually not available in the UK except mail order (which wont arrive by crimbo) £111 discounted from £138 at the mo

http://www.onepiece.co.uk/

400 before breakfast in about 12 miles - That was back in the days of the milk rounds.............. no PODs required.

on the doorstep lol

Santa ...

Now theres one courier we can all look upto ..

How come he never gets a pod signed? sloppy bookkeeping !! Happy Xmas all

I don't think we'd get much return business if we kept breaking into people houses to make a delivery and drank all their whiskey and ate all their mince pies before leaving.

S.E.X.I. said:

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Santa ...

Now theres one courier we can all look upto ..

Nah - he only gets one job a year. He should try doing it all year round, I bet he wouldn't be so bloody cheerful then.

Once a year?.....must've joined MTVan

MyVanCan.com said:

Nah - he only gets one job a year. He should try doing it all year round, I bet he wouldn't be so bloody cheerful then.

Maybe so but he's still the best multi-dropper in the business. And I've never yet had to travel to the depot with a 'sorry you were out' card in hand.

Cum on you doubters...

Santa has the biggest round ever, it takes him 364 days to sort his load list out, He does it all with a smile on his face and luckily he has some helpers load his vehicle on Christmas eve. Once he's out on the road , so to speak.... Theres traffic flying around all over the place at 500 mph and boy racers at Mac2 or 3.

As for POD's... Do you really want to be woken up at 2-3 or 4am just to sign his POD...? I guess we can all trust Santas word.

Now, Im not so happy about him SHARRING my mince pies .. cos Im quite partial to them myself....

And Ive never heard of Santa being pulled over on suspician of having "One for the road" So I guess he carries a couple of hip flasks with him for the variety of alcohol from all the different countries he visits. Well you wouldnt mix your Saki with your Southern Comfort would you..?

As for them boys powering up his transport, Well you have to refuel your van dont you...? And look at the price of fuel even with your fuel card. I guess Santa has to feed the lads en-route, so I dont mind a half a dozen carrots ever year. Only wish our company vans would run on carrot juice.

I'll accept almost everything you say,,,,,,but come on! "With a smile on his face!" You're taking the piss S.E.X.I

Tut Tut Pete ... Your loweing the tone... Of course Santa does it with a smile, Why wouldnt he.

In think you might be growing up. And you dont really belive in Christmas and Santa Clause anymore. But the evidence for his exsistance lays with NORAD (North American air Defence), They have over the horizon radar, Satelite images and on Christmas eve you'll be able to follow LIVE TRACKING Of Santa's route... That real time tracking .. just like modern couriers have fitted in their van or on their phones.

Live sata Trackinglink text http://www.noradsanta.org/en/countdown.html

Now you cant tell me that an organisation like NORAD with the defence of the western world as a priority would waste time and money every year tracking Santa if he wasnt real and not a figment of grown up imagination.

Now as for taking the Psis... Why would I do that... and what would I do with it when I have it..? I dont think there is much call for it these days ... You cant sell it.. As far as I know.

multy drop. bin there done it. no driver can do 100 drops a day without speeding and driving like an idiot. thats where white van man gets his name from.

i drive hgv as well as doing my own courier work. i would be a rich man if i had a £ for every time i am seriously cut up by courier vans ,marked, and un marked.

most drivers will not do multy drop. employers need to come up with todays times' what could be done 30 years ago cannot be done today without driving like a nutter.

multy drop at night is ok. no traffic.

Just because you can't do it doesn't mean to say it can't be done