Van drivers, multidrop please help !

[r4_rick]

Hello all
I'm considering a change to the way we distribute our product, can I ask foe some feedback?

• .vehicle is likely to be a mwb 313 sprinter

1. What is the average rate of pay and what would be considered a good rate
2. How do employers reward you for making the effort to get all drops done in the day
3. Would having to drive 80 miles to the first drop be a major negative ?
4. Any recos on route/ drop planning software

Rick

[Upatdawn]

r4_rick said:

Hello all
I'm considering a change to the way we distribute our product, can I ask foe some feedback?

• .vehicle is likely to be a mwb 313 sprinter

1. What is the average rate of pay and what would be considered a good rate
2. How do employers reward you for making the effort to get all drops done in the day
3. Would having to drive 80 miles to the first drop be a major negative ?
4. Any recos on route/ drop planning software

Rick

1. What is the average rate of pay and what would be considered a good rate
NMW upto DHL's £15/hr

2. How do employers reward you for making the effort to get all drops done in the day
they dont sack you

3. Would having to drive 80 miles to the first drop be a major negative?
depends more on what the mileage AFTER the 1st drop is, and how many drops

4. Any recos on route/ drop planning software
Autoroute but if its 40 drops it takes all day to sort

[Upatdawn]

Define your M/D.....10, 50, 200 a day? over what area?

[r4_rick]

Thanks, I was thinking about 20 drops within a radius of 50 odd miles

[Nickyboy]

r4_rick said:

Hello all
I'm considering a change to the way we distribute our product, can I ask foe some feedback?

• .vehicle is likely to be a mwb 313 sprinter

1. What is the average rate of pay and what would be considered a good rate Average £9-10ph, good as in UPS etc, £16ph
2. How do employers reward you for making the effort to get all drops done in the day As said, do the work keep the job
3. Would having to drive 80 miles to the first drop be a major negative ? Not a massive negative but a couple of hours drive either end of the days work will impact your productivity
4. Any recos on route/ drop planning software Not worth it with 20 odd drops, will take 10 mins to plan with a map. 100 odd drops then its a different story

Rick

Edited by Nickyboy on Saturday 1st March 13:36

[golfer19]

I was self employed owner driver for 11 years.
Drove 40 miles to first drop and then another 100 ish miles doing roughly 60-80 drops plus about 6 collections as well.
About 180 miles per day in a Ford Transit -best van in my opinion as servicing and parts are a lot cheaper than Mercedes plus cheaper to buy.I was getting paid £2.45 per drop and £3.65 per collection.
Flat out all day.Eat on the go.
Not a bad living but it wasn't easy.

[ymwoods]

I'm currently a self employed courier working for an overnight firm.

Currently I get £2.15 per drop with an average of 100-120 drops a day doing around 180-200 miles in a LWB Sprinter. Its done 126k so far (had it from new) and not let me down (YET!)

Doing 20 drops a day I would guess your doing very spread out drops so your probably looking at day rate of pay...if your lucky.

The best thing is to look at what they are offering you, then work out how long the route will take and roughly how much it will cost in fuel, maintenance, excess mileage (if van is leased) and then what you have left (minus a bit more for tax, NI, VAT etc.) is your wage.

Divide it by the hours you worked to get what's left, decide if your happy.

[r4_rick]

Thanks for all the replies, I had no idea that the number of drops could be that high. Just to clarify I am looking to employ someone and they will use my van

[reckless st]

as a self employed driver i charge differently for different jobs one job i charge by the day, one i charge by the hour,mon to fri £14 ph with a min of hours, day rate is based on 11 hours by negotiation

[Upatdawn]

Ive driven M/D in a 7.5tonner - 30 drops a day over a 300 mile round trip, PAYE and Ive had three vans in at Bizzpost, overspill and bulk, £150 a day (van/fuel/driver), its all possible with some pain...

[Nickyboy]

r4_rick said:

Thanks for all the replies, I had no idea that the number of drops could be that high. Just to clarify I am looking to employ someone and they will use my van

I'm assuming its not easier to ship via courier or is it specialist items

[Upatdawn]

Nickyboy said:

I'm assuming its not easier to ship via courier or is it specialist items

Specialist or fragile goods, and enough of them in one area = send your own van

anything else, send by carrier

[Upatdawn]

My mate used to M?D for Securicor Omega (SOL) and have 200 a day to do BUT he could park in a high street and do 50 up one side and 50 the other, it all depends on the area coverage