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Drivers on TruckNet UKhave been looking forward to Truc kfest,
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discussing stagnating income, and considering whether they would report a company that was running illegally. Rikki Chequer, community manager of the popular drivers' website, reviews the past week.
It's been a busy week on the TruckNet UK forums, with some discussion of the CV Show by those who visited the NEC last week but more on the upcoming Truckfest spectacular at Peterborough (drop in and see us on the joint Truck & Driver! TruckNet UKstand).
Protemp4Logistics issued a survey last week showing that many drivers wereearning the same or less than they were in 2004 and many drivers using TruckNet UKback up this finding. Comments show that for some drivers income has fallen in real terms over the last few years. For example: 'We have just had our 'irst pay rise in three years... all of £500 a year" and: We had the first pay rise for three years for some of us, which was 2.5%."
When asked if they would report a company to the authorities if they knew that It was running illegally and placing lives at risk, 86% of drivers who responded to the question said they would Owner-drivers are discussing the rates being offered by some companies in the back of the trade magazines; almost all are perplexed at how an owner-driver can make any money with advertised rates as low as 95p per mile Still in the owner-drivers' forum, debate shows that owner-drivers have their favourite trucks too. A discussion on the merits of MAN's 460 XXL led to a broader discussion on the best truck for an ownerdriver to purchase.
In the Old Time Lorries and Companies forum the Murfitts thread rages oh, as does an attempt to name a number of UK hauliers from a photo of a line-up at Rungis in the mid-1980s.
As always this is only a tiny selection of the conversations taking place on TruckNet UK so drop by and have your sayit's free to register and use.