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Anvil if you don’t mind me asking, which company or broker you are insured with. Thanks

Hi Dave loving the content. Quick question how often is your van fully loaded in size or weight in a month?

It’s only going to get worse. From next year you will have to have a taco and a cpc card

If Marcus Rashford and me both insure our legs on a template insurance, we will both get a template payout. Marcus needs to specify beforehand that his legs have much higher value to him - and pay appropriate premium. If somebody in Manchester runs an electric bike into a strolling Rashy, nobody can take their terraced house away just because those legs are precious. Same goes for a company that values their very specific goods very highly. It's very sensible you operate as limited company for numerous reasons - don't sign any personal promises in very fine print anywhere - that is, to accept liability as the driver - which would then be you, personally. This should be enough. Secondly - you are not a deep pocket, which is usually not preferred, but it is in this case :-)) If the cargo has a value of £1 million to the client, your 200K house share wouldn't really make a difference, and legal procedures could cost them almost as much as that.

Who are you😮 and what did you do with Dave 😢 because Dave hates sleeping rough 😴 more than he hates Manchester United [or appropriate team name here]😂 Way back when I did the markets to get a decent spot for Saturday you had to arrive Friday and 🏕 camp. I had a 1982 Ford f250, i believe 🤔 it was the only truck that I could stretch out in the cab. The next truck, I literally had to open the door and let my legs dangle 😂 naturally I got a camper shell and moved into the back like you decided to do. 🚚

They elected 🍊 again. If things get bad, may I come stay in your garden shed? 😬😂

Been on cx nearly 2yrs haven't made more than 900 wk since starting at minute hard to make that 650 700 wk to many drivers to little work

On the insurance question, you should have ‘terms and conditions of carriage’ on your website or company paperwork. I would suggest that you clearly state your maximum ‘GIT value insured’ and suggest clients with higher value consignments should insure themselves. We say a maximum of £1000 per consignment in our terms and reserve the right to self-insure, which I do. Hope that helps mate👍🏻👊🏼

No Dave, nothing in Trustd to prevent that. It’s almost impossible to police and you will always have the bad apples taking the p…

Hi! Dave what are your thoughts on UN 3373 CAT B There at least 2 Shippers out there that consistently post hospital collection & delivery jobs on the CX with No mention of what will be collected & delivered only to find that 9/10 that this UN 3373 is to be collected & delivered when challenged about this they plead ignorance & refuse any additional charges. I believe it to be ADR class 6 and should be paid as such, but i suspect these Shippers are deliberately posting these hospital job’s with NO details to get cheap bids from the majority of Drivers if they post it as an ADR job they know theres a minority of ADR drivers out there & would cost more & less profit for them as i’m sure they would be charging the NHS at an ADR rate. What do you think am i right or wrong 🤔

Hi boss. Actually im interested to start my job with cx but i dont know what shall i do first time and how to start?. Would you please help me?

Hi Dave, Christmas tw@ts are out early this year. 100% agree with you, rates are ridiculous but have been for a while on cx. I'll be quitting in the new year after 2 years on cx. It's not justifiable to be paying that kind of money for those rates.

Nearly 1 million new Britons being added to the economy every year. This is a low skill/low entry job. You think it's bad now (for the driver) just give it another few years. The previous government said clearly their aim to control inflation was to flatten the curve of wage increases. The only way to flatten the curve is to increase supply (of drivers) which drives down prices. This isn't a bedroom shipper problem, this is being actively led by our leaders. It is supposed to help the economy by encouraging new Britons to enter our workforce with unreal expectations. Raul (Romanian RUclips truck driver) is leaving the UK for basically these reasons. I have no issues with new Britons. They're being lied to as much as we are. Country is f**cked. It's time to get out

Just Eat pays better to deliver McDonald’s. If you pick the right jobs when parked next to McDonald’s you can get £1.50/mile and covering mileage back to McDonald’s.

I agree with your anger and frustration. However I think your target is wrong. Shippers are simply businesses. They don't know about our costs to run, and there's no need for them to. They're not charities, they're businesses seeking to maximise their profits. If drivers will do a 50 mile job for them in the way they want for £25, then why would they pay more? Equally, I don't think it's on us drivers for going too cheap. We all do it when we're desperate. When we need to get our wheels turning, we do what needs to be done or we quit the industry! The fault, IMO, is with the CX. They have a virtual monopoly. There are no serious competitors to them out there. They therefore control the health of the ecosystem. It should be in their interests, for their long term health, to keep it balanced. They fail to do that. They just take on more and more drivers, beyond the levels of work that are available - that leaves desperate drivers and shippers that know they can cover work for peanuts. It will eventually find balance again - it has to, because as you say, it's becoming impossible to make a living out of the CX - the question is how many of us have to quit before that happens!

Hey Dave, been following your videos over the last few weeks. You drove past my street on this one in Royton 😂 I’m trying to obtain as much info as possible as I would like to start up myself & your doing a great job sharing your daily activities/experience

After 4 Years we are finishing at the end of the year. Never had a bad feed back in that time We have found that we have held our price but are being undercut right left and centre I think the CX has shot its self in the head I agree 100% with you

So ends the non political rant by Dave on behalf of The Couriers Collective !

Desperation of drivers getting prayed on cx.

£1760 at 50p a mile is 3520 miles just to cover your subs .... That's if you can get £1760. They're advertising £1919.88 + vat per year.

Not had one job this week Not earned a penny some people do anything for pennies 😢😮😅

Today, you have had a run over some suicidal dudes who , either don't know the business and its parameters or simply don't care as they never deploy their thinking when undercutting rates . The bedroom shippers would not exist if they didn't have suicidal guys on CX, time will be the best judge

If you didn't notice, the biggest companies already start doing they own platforms. like Crown couriers. They are posting on CX only trash jobs that nobody wants to do...A lot of big companies doesen't post on CX anymore. Also these days the bedroom shippers are not only the small companies. For example, Today Team 80% off the jobs are posted as Back Loads (trash people in here)....Other example of scumbags are Red Rocket couriers (Manchester and London); they are fake....they are asking the drivers to post reviews as customers on they're google account. Some companies block me, i wasn't sure why, i tought i may did something wrong, i called them, i didn't even done a job for them, they said they block probably because i bidded to high, so i am to expensive

Can't believe the rates you couriers are having to work for i was getting 80 p a mile uk and £1 a mile European pluse ferrys over 18 years ago .every thing went tits up when eastern block countries joined eu. Our back loads were there front loads we're there back loads were our front loads we could not compete with them shippers and large transport firms started to use them as they would do it for half the price often fkn the jobs up. blame greedy companies at the end of the day its about profits .working direct for a company is always more profitable as long as you prepared to work 24/7 and be good a reliable service.

The CX is like a rollercoaster. Up and down during the year. As soon as a little quiter prices drop through it's ass. Prices do seem to be lower than ever. Luckily I am getting quite a bit of work from someone who pays reasonably well and the jobs cover all miles(home to home). The days I do have to get jobs from the CX it is rare that I get a reasonable price or actually just don't go out as I am not willing to work for the kind of money on offer. It.does seem to have gotten worse over the last few years. This is the only industry where there apparently is not a cost of living crisis.

I’m lucky that I don’t have to use the cx and thank god, I’ve got just 2 customers that keep me busy (flat out infact) 5 days a week……. Saw you earlier today flying down the M5, betty blue was crying out for a bath 😂😂😂. Happy driving Dave

Hi Dave... I can only agree with everything you say about earning a reasonable living. As you know i am not on the CX and i have regulars only. Those people who are prepared to do our work very cheaply, are in fact robbing themselves of reasonable wages in the future. You mentioned insurance costs (all very true) as well as needing to swap the van at some point in the future. Those working for very low wages dont really care sbout all of that. Very probably they ain't insured correctly, and buying an old high mileage van from time to time costs them very little. You have spelled all of this out correctly. Keep those wheels turning snd keep earning 👍

Good afternoon Dave 😊 love a good old rant especially from someone that knows his onions 🧅 On a positive Rodri got the Ballon D’dor 🤩 Hopefully you’ll have a big smile on your face tonight when City beat Tottenham 😍

Shippers are under no obligation to know drivers costs, and also why do they have to have driven before? You say they are only concerned about profits! , well yeh of course they are it’s called business you may not like it but that’s the way it is. It’s down to drivers to bid what they want for the job not the shipper. Low bids are nothing to do with the shipper.

there's a youtuber on now talking about charging 10% to drivers coming on his account....also a firm on a FB group advertising for drivers to do the same

Hi Mr Grumpiest @anvil logistics . Great video like always. I have used quite few drivers to do the job and from personal experience - if someone offers to do the job for price of 50-60p per mile - better make sure they have a good reason to go so low. Otherwise expect only troubles. I did sold job recently for 80p a mile. But its been 600 mile trip thats included return, so driver had 0 dead miles. I think thats one of few situations, where if its lot of miles and no dead miles its acceptable to bid low.

10:45 😂

Strangely today M1 services have NO! Fuel is that them holding onto it to make more money after the Budget 🤔

Well said Dave 👍 couldn’t agree with you more.

I’ve said this before, with No barriers to entry, cx is totally reliant on new members coming in not knowing the true costs/ what they need to operate. They ultimately run at a loss “shipper” gets a great rate driver ultimately goes under and shipper stays on and the cycle continues. Some who watch RUclips videos hear other drivers say “on target” day and may think a £1k in a small van a week is good but cost of service in comparison to takings is very relevant. People who are joining cx are hoping for a good income for a decent weeks work but not everyone can get it.

Hi Dave, I agree with your theory about 'Bedroom shippers' but what puzzles me is how do the get on the CX without submitting documentation re insurances etc?

VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR

Hear alot of fellas saying this stuff atm in diff whatsapp and Facebook groups 😢😮😅

Hi Dave, Luke is a top guy and I use him a lot for my loads. I believe it’s quiet due to a budget coming up this week. Companies are seeing what is going to happen. Contact me I have loads coming out of M23 area across UK.

What van are you using and do you like it

Hi 👋🏻 Dave and Betty blue 😊 it might be tough out there but at least City are top of the league 🩵 Take care see ya in two weeks 👍🏻

Have you got an adr in tankers as i think 1000 litre ibc comes into that category as i had had to do it in tankers and packeges class 1 to 9 in both except class 7 .

Slept for years across the front seats of vans often out for over a week at a time.Doing courier work all over Europe.i also had a haz licence.And carried all the correct. equipment as if your pulled over by the police its a very large fine .looks like its a hard graft having to to getting work of cx.im amazed at these double decker trailers they carry lots different hazzard substance's no haz plates and i bet no trem cards for there loads.

try fasting when you get time off or keto. eliminate all sugar and most carbs. research water fasting.

so for a small van like vw caddy in UK you got to pay a yearly subscription fee to courier exchange to bid for contracts and be a licensed courier on that exchange? roughly how much is the price now for that small van in UK ? thanks

Hi Dave . We’ve had a shocking October first 2 weeks we managed to work just 2 days .Last year was the best month of the year . This last week has been busy but we are seeing the winter race to the bottom has already started .

Hi Dave, It was a pleasure to meet you and have a good chin-wag. Betty-Blue's looking good and I appreciate you wanting to put a couple of pictures of my vehicle on your channel along with the kind words you've said. Safe travels and I'll give you a bell next week for another chin-wag 👍🤝 Enjoying the content, keep it up 🍻

well done on calling out a cowboy ADR this time.

❤

Hi Dave Always educational,it has been a tough week out there,but we keep plodding on.