Well done your content always cheers me up during the pandemic YOUR THE KING OF THE ROAD!

Refreshing to see an honest decent chap. Keep up the good work buddy.

Absolutely brilliant video 👌🙂 I love your honesty and transparency mate, keep it up. These videos are really helpful

Well done Gareth,looks like things are finally starting to come together for you,I am so glad,as you fully deserve it mate.you look and sound like someone doing something they enjoy and getting the benefits that come with it.Best wishes to you and the family,look forward to the new vlogs,stay safe and keep on truckin'.#thumbsup

Nice open honset video, hat off to you for being so open. At the end if the day as long as you and your family are happy thats all that matters. 👍

I looked at going on the HGV's when I left the army 10years ago, I was promised my license's when I finished a tour of Afghanistan but was wounded and pensioned off so they didn't let me take them, landed a engineering job and have worked up to management, now the redundancy wheel is turning I'm all booked onto my course and seriously thinking of doing it, I think I would enjoy it and after 5 years dealing with other people's pish the solitary life seems appealing. Really enjoy you videos, like anything...it sounds like the money is there if you do the graft. Looking forward to starting training. Keep up the good work bud

What ever you think Deady good luck in your new job mate. I’m sure you’ll love it👍

Im in a great paying job but which i hate, looking for other options and your honest video which is a rarity in the you tube fraternity has given me food for thought, exactly what i have been looking for, well done mate. 👍

Congratulations on your new job mate hope everything goes well for you mate keep up the good work and be safe mate.

Good on you for putting this one up. It's never been about the money for me so much as I enjoy the lorry driving and just needed enough to make the family comfortable, the hours are mostly agreeable too. Glad to hear the new job is going well. Take care.

Congrats mate looking sharp with the new haircut looking forward to seeing your new work and job!

Just subscribed Deady great videos even for the non truckers out there. At end of day you do it for your family. Even people where i work on very good wages a month still moan about there wages some folk are never happy. Keep up the good work mate

I have been shunting trailors for 4 years on the yard, this year I will do my class 1 test and I will be watching your videos too 👍🏼👍🏼

Love your videos! Love how honest and open they are. Just started my route to getting my cat c. Medical on the 7th then on we go. Keep them up you've answered so many questions for many of us who don't know any truckers.

Well done 👍 thanks again for all the up from info about the industry. Look forward to up and coming content

Great vid deady looking farward to the new vlogs at your new place 🤞👍👌💪

Great vid I’m going to sit my class 1 few in a months and seeing the wage difference from class2 to class is well worth it 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great honesty , hope the new job is going ok , keep the vlogs coming

Love this video just subscribed for more , full appreciation of your honesty and payslips, I myself are 2 modules away from a class 2 my target is class1 good insight into the industry cheers lad from Belfast

Thank you for your channel! I’ve enjoyed your videos and followed you through your training 😉 I’m 41 and a bus driver in the West Midlands.... I’ve mulled over doing my HGV license for about a year now but anxious about the fees and failing and not finding a decent job where I can be home evenings and weekends..... still unsure whether to take the leap but I’m so glad it seems to be working out for you!

Thank you so much for sharing this information with the viewers online. I am doing marketing research about HGV drivers and the job nature. Your videos have helped me a lot.

Great video Deady very informative about the money you earn,like you said it's the career path you took

Another good vid mate I no you love your job well done Cannot wait to see where your new job is ☝️

Bang on pal ! I’ve been driving class 1 for 5 years now and I still love it yes there are shit days but mostly they are good. Same as you I started as Agy to gain experience I dropped on with a good company and with hard work they took me on ! 😁 the best thing I ever did

Niceone fella, persistence paid off💪

Good luck to you. Your honesty is refreshing. I drove class1 for 8 years, like you i loved it at the start but it eats away at you, the hours, the lack of facilities etc. I left the game in 2016, it is disgusting you can earn more in a supermarket stacking shelves when you are driving something that is 44t. Money isent everything ,but it is important. We are knights of the road, and are treat like plop

Thanks for your honesty Deady very refreshing indeed

Nice little video pal glad your enjoying your new job 👍

Love every video mate I’m a driver in the army so all these videos opens my eyes up for when I come out to civvy street 👍

Alright mate congratulations on the job doesn’t matter who’s earning what it’s what makes u happy been following you since u started as I was looking to do my class 2 around the same time. I am now a class 2 HIAB driver and love it as I see it I get payed to seat there playing my music seeing the views with sun on me what store or warehouse job does that keep going mate

Thanks for this video mate just what I wanted to see 👍

Start on class 1 next week🙌, had enough of the class 2 work so if you see someone struggling with the parking in one of the services.... you will know that’s me 😅 keep up the good work bud👍

Well done Deay i knew well you would make it keep doing it very inspiring :))

Congratulations deady keep up with good job mate👍

Really enjoy watching these videos mate

Cheers for the video pal, you give a hood insight, best of luck with the new job 👍

Hi Gareth,the wages that you get are good for you doesn't matter what others say as long as you're content with the money you earn. You can earn more at jobs like adr tankers ie hazchem/fuel ect but as you are happy with the job and getting what you're doing that's all that matters, stay safe Dave.

To get the exact weekly fugure..should times monthly by 12, and divide that by 52. Great too have an insight tho mate

To get accurate weekly you need to x monthly by 12 then divide by 52 so - 2403.33 x 12 = 28,839.96 divide by 52 = 554.61 per week divide by 49 hours = 11.31 per hour

Hello, long time no see! Congrats. Been away for a wile, rolled my ute. Congrats on the new job.

Great video pal. As others have already mentioned in the comments section, you could be making a lot more working for other companies, but it's not always about money, it's also about the company you work for and the people you work with. I'd say that earning a xyz type of money while having a great time is a thousand times better than earning a bit more while dreading coming in to work.

Hi, I've just watched your video and I'm hoping that you're earning a lot more now . The country has finally realised what an important job we do to keep everyone fed and clothed .

Thanks for another great, honest video Deady. I've come from 20 years of working in investment banks in London so I've had to make some pretty big adjustments with the drop in money but so far I can make it work. I'm pretty much on the same page as you, just enjoying the work and I while I see a lot of the more experienced drivers are disillusioned with the industry I have worked across a few industries and I see that in all of them. If you do a job because you have to I think it gets like that, and don't get me wrong, we all have to do that to a degree but I've chosen this route as I have always enjoyed driving and I think that is a major reason I am enjoying the job so much (plus I seem to be working for a great company that transports a wide variety of goods). God knows, I even enjoy the waiting around, I just accept that is what it is about and use the time as best as I can. I never did the Van > Class 2 > Class 1, I was lucky to a Class 1 role straight away so a big learning curve but I expect that going through the whole range makes you a better driver and gives you a better idea of what it is you actually enjoy.

all that matters is u enjoy it mate you'll never work a day if u do at the end of the day that is above the average salary if ppl dont like it they can always walk and find something better keep up the good content mate

Thanks for the vlogs, I've got my class C test in 2 weeks and jumping straight on class one. I've been on the taxi's 10 years, similar wages, completely random but anywhere from 400-800 a week. But always after a week where you earn a lot you get a big repair bill

I've been a truck driver 30 years until 2 years ago loved it good luck to you in your career

Fair play mate money not all that matters I’ve been driving 34 years love the job good luck with new job mate

Good man helping people, thanks

Love u mate, Yr a good man. No surrender.

Well done mate 👍👍👍 keep on trucking man good work hopefully good few years in the job back to work soon for me in a youth club

Thinking of doing my class 2 then class 1 .Been a Network Engineer for 17 years and need a change . Sound like your from Lancs was in Blackburn the other week installing IPCCTV cameras. Good video mate.

Tbh, l am thinking about going in to HGV and suddenly had become fascinated by driving a lot bigger vehicles since l passed my test for category B in 2018 with out any previous points, convictions or fines. You are inspiring me, by making this video and l don't care about the pay but what l do care about is the freedom of the open road and working alone. At moment, l am working in SIA on £9:15p hour and ain't even earning £10.00 hour which we should all be on as key workers mate. I am considering, regardless of pay doing my HGV course when l pass the forms for my category E and C license. It say l got to complete a medical report form, also a eye sight check evaluation report before l can even be considered for my provisional HGV card mate. This l know should be no problem, l always maintained good health and diet balance with a brilliant eye sight with out glasses. I hope you will succeed in what you are doing, as l know one day l too may inspire others that are passionate of driving a good example.. Take care on road pal, all best. 🤝

Grest vlogg has always and very honest from you keep up the good work 👏

Personally I would be very happy with a take home wage like that or close to it,working for it knowing I’d have it in the bank at the end of month would keep me going.going from shitty jobs to earning that will be great for me....hopefully soon my training can start,can’t wait...love driving and working alone.👍

Best of British luck Deady on your new job .

Been watching you for a while due to do my class 2 next week after waiting to do it since March. Your honesty is very refreshing and your opinions on any subject are pure. Keep at it im sure you'll find your own way of being rewarded. Stay blessed man 👌🏽

Good stuff Deady stay safe pal

Great video, what most people don't realise is that we as HGV Drivers are the most regulated industry in the UK (more than a brain surgeon) crazy isn't it!! The wages are not good enough when you put into perspective the hours and cost of keeping your licence, great job though and I've been doing it for over 20 years and wouldn't consider anything else. Congratulations to you for taking it up as a career, its young people like you that are very much needed in our industry to keep it going 👍

I start my first class 1 job on Monday. Been with the company a while now but a slot has finally been made available and I can’t wait.

Belated good wishes, I do understand all that you have said, you seem to have a good head on that shoulders of yours bud.

Hope you have fun in your new job 😎

Good on you Deady keep safe and well buddy and all keep safe and well catch up with you next week buddy

Great video mate 👏👍

Recently got into being a HGV driver and I love it. At the end of the day it's what you want to do with your life. These people who complain about the wages they got to understand it's their view. If they don't like it do something else. Let the people who enjoy it do the job and you crack on with other things. Everyone is different. If everyone agreed on the same things and liked the same things the world would be a very boring place. All the best with your new job Deady mate! Inspiration to me and your attitude to everything is so refreshing rather than most people doom and gloom. All the best mate! Keep trucking and stay safe!

Great vlog as always As much as much as the money is important etc driving a way of life and its the flexibility that driving a truck on your terms gives a person and with agency driving a driver gets to choose what work they want to do and the hours they want to do and driving a truck which the majority of the time issitting on ones posterior holding a steering wheel looking at the countryside with arm out window with tunes on the radio enjoyibg life and 12 and 15 hour days just fly by and are easy to do The way of life and the open road are a bigger draw to to the job and being able to plan your day within a given tineframe to stop wheree you want to eat and when you want to eat etc Ienjoyed my 8 years driving a 7.5t on agency as never had any desire to drive anything bigger etc but as i am abig fan of vanlife etc i tried to live vanlife but work got too flexible which left me without enough to pay my bills etc whilst living vanlife etc ive had the one day a week and 2 days a week and sometimes the no days a week etc but wouldnt have swapped the last 8 years as an agency driver driving a 7.5t truck for anything

Thanks for sharing your experience with us I'm looking in to doing HGV 1, I'm going for it. Ignore the negative comments the money sounds good as long as you are earning mate that's all that matters. Good luck for future.

Well done for being so honest

Fair play on the details all the best for the future

Hope everything going well at the new job don’t need to rush to do a vlog I can wait

Happy for you mate. I'm still driving myself after leaving the tools behind. Still only on class 2 but its skip loaders and I'm on £12 hr and finished for 5pm daily so suits me down to ground. Good luck to you in future pal keep safe..

I think the pay is relative to a few things. The value of having a unique skill, the pressure, stress the job brings. As you say, it's a job you do that you personally enjoy. Good for you mate 👍 Thanks for your info

If you are paid monthly and want to work out your weekly wage, multiply your monthly wage by 12 and then divide by 52. I make it £554.61 per week. £11.32 an hour.

Sent away for my D2 and D4 forms for my cat c provisional today. Looking forward to it. Very good time to start with there being a significant shortage of drivers.

Great video man

Thank you for that. It's really useful.

Great video buddy good to see what you earned but obviously each company pays different rates I'm currently forklift driving and iv checked the other warehouse companies in my area and forklift drivers are on a lot more to what my company pay for warehouse work that's why I asked them about my hgv licence and can earn £2000 a year more on the road so can't wait for this bloody covid to do one so test centre can re open so I can get my test done

Love your vids, keep it up. Considering that you are "new" in the business i think its descent money. Here in greece we get paid a lot less than that and i ve been doing this job for 15 years. Also we work minimum 12 hours per day and on average 6 days a week.

Mark from Leeds......get in Leeds,we are going up buddy ....I drive a 7-5 tonner,and back at work on part furlough so maybe 3 days this week so happier days ahead ....keep on trucking my Leeds United truck driving fan .....M O T,we are going up👍🙏piece out

Hi bud new to the channel, im definitely going into the hgv life having spent nearly three years bus driving . Its the exams etc i can not stand but needs must .

Good luck in your new job.

Great job ,bro.best regard from Malaysia

Great vid, love ya work, very informative mate.

Keep them wheels turning Deedy keep safe mate.😎

I love trucking and always wanted to work doing HGV but sadly underpaid for the size of lorry. I earn roughly the same and I have a private pension included and drive a 3.5 tonner and get £70 per night out and paid by the hour as I sleep. I was looking to work in HGV but they treat drivers badly. Love the vid mate

Good luck youngster 😉✌🇬🇧

Hello DEADY i so happy you got your FIRST WAGES you have a good DAY and keep SAFE in HOME 🏠 and FAMILY 👪 and DRIVE SAFELY ALI-M-MOGUL

Reall good vid pall! very helpful I’m a 38 year old roofer and have been grafting all my working life, I was looking to get my hgv license as I could do with less manual labour in my life. Getting on lol. i’ve done my medical sent off my D1 I think it was called and have a job to go into if I choose to continue with big wheelers. But let’s cut the bull 💩.. That is not a good wage for a trained professional like yourself and you are a professional. You really shouldn’t compare yourself to somebody working in Asda. No offence to them people but you shouldn’t. My five day week is from 7am until 4 but gone by 3 most days I get 600 a week after tax. I couldn’t survive with four children on your wage I work most weekends as well. Fact is I’m struggling to find a job where I will get paid more than I do now. I take my hat off to you mate I really do and wish you all the best. I Don’t expect a reply lol 👊🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Its not all about the money. At my age it's about quality of lifestyle. I personally think you should be doing more overtime so us older guys can take it easy😀😀.

I would love to become a Hgv driver but I get £11 an hour delivery shopping for Waitrose! Just don’t see the point of all that training etc to do it!

I spent 10 years working my way up to management, got a management job turning over a million pound a year for the company for the past 3 years. the stress of managing staff, spread sheets smashing targets to get myself that £150 bonus every month rarely happened and your first pay slip is £200 month more that what I get standard. Lol never so happy that I'm leaving the firm to go driving like my father and brother do.

Well done on the new job, looking forward to finding out where you have went. Time will tell lol. Life is good when you enjoy what you do 👍

Hey deady, looking forward to seeing your new truck glad your enjoying your new venture. #thumbsup 👍

You may work away but you will all benefit in the end.well done mate.who ya workin for now then.👌👌

Worked out where your working. I sub to one of the other drivers. Wink, Wink.

Wahey good stuff mate!

less than 10 quid an hour for this job is day light robbery concidering the amount you have to put in to get your licence and how much you have to work, if it wasnt for lorrys drivers the world would stand still

Hi buddy great video I have been a HGV driver for nearly 20 years now and that wage I was earning that 7 years ago at Culina Logistics and B & M and on some agencies for a month around 45 ish hours or less cause some places will pay you the full wage even if you finish the job early and you go home with two hours or so still to do as you must know. not all companies will do that some make you stay the full hours. currently my hourly rate with my agency is 15.50 then 24.00 after 8.45 hours I get paid 8 hrs one way or the other do it or not depending where I am going. wish you well with your Job . S C UK.

Good for you .I worked for the company you now work for and yes the money is better than what you were on . I would give you some advise if I can. Try get as much oversize load experience as posible . There are contracts out there for experienced heavy haulage drivers paying upward of 6k a month. On a lighter note in 1989 we were making around £450 take home per week. The industries pay hasnt kept up that's why most the older guys are leaving. 600pw is what we made in mid 90s

Hi there love watching the videos just asking which earns you more class 1 or class 2 which is better for the future and is there much difference in wage.

Good honest video 👍🏻 If your happy that’s all that matters 😄 I’m a truck driver in the mobile medical industry fir the last 20 years and still love it 😊 It cosmetics me my first marriage but I’m still driving trucks lol 😆 Keep safe buddy