Wreckers!!

[Lakes Nash]

I understood tractor and trailer is £25/hr and man is £10/hr =£35/hr

Arghhh! That sounds more realistic!

 

[shumungus]

Nope they were offering £25 per hour for tractor, trailer and driver and the AD plant would supply the diesel.

 

[kiwi pom]

Nope they were offering £25 per hour for tractor, trailer and driver and the AD plant would supply the diesel.

It sounds to me like there's some finance payments looming and they have nothing to pay them with, so they need a quick bit of cash, even if it costs in the long run, or something else is subsidising their hobby.
No doubt they'll be on a Grassmen video before long telling people how to do it.
On the other hand maybe they negotiated a better rate once they got there and the the AD plants that are using them have no choice but to pay.
Then they would be smart.
Who knows

 

[shumungus]

It sounds to me like there's some finance payments looming and they have nothing to pay them with, so they need a quick bit of cash, even if it costs in the long run, or something else is subsidising their hobby.
No doubt they'll be on a Grassmen video before long telling people how to do it.
On the other hand maybe they negotiated a better rate once they got there and the the AD plants that are using them have no choice but to pay.
Then they would be smart.
Who knows

All I know is that is what they offered a good friend of mine who has a large well run contracting outfit. He told them that it was that low an offer it wasn't even worth starting to negotiate. Yes there will be men who have to find the HP payments somewhere.

 

[daveydiesel1]

I was told the 25 an hour thing aswel. Sure they got plenty of tractors over for that rate so why would they pay 1 penny more

 

[Fendt516profi]

Nope they were offering £25 per hour for tractor, trailer and driver and the AD plant would supply the diesel.

The deal that was being offered to contractors here in NI to supply Tractors and trailers was £25 an hour plus diesel per tractor and trailer. Three drivers for two tractors 16 hrs on 8 hrs off staggered running 24hrs per day.

Ahhh there was no mention of driver until you mentioned the shifts. I can't get my head round how 3 drivers can drive two tractors for 16hrs and have 8hrs off.

 

[AnyOldName]

I can't get my head round how 3 drivers can drive two tractors for 16hrs and have 8hrs off.

 

[Gerbert]

Spotted in time. I drove past it a few times smelling something burned.

 

[Tomr10]

Zero emissions

 

[Bongodog]

View attachment 992235One in ditch apparently 2days old (tractor)View attachment 992236

That one really is a sackable offence, if he had been at normal expected speed he would have slid it though the gateway into the plant no problem

 

[betweenthelines]

View attachment 992363

The above, is of course, illegal.

Even if you ignore Working Time Rules, night worker rules etc. the employer (or hirer) has a duty of care to the employee, which such shift patterns clearly breach.

 

[Fendt516profi]

The above, is of course, illegal.

Even if you ignore Working Time Rules, night worker rules etc. the employer (or hirer) has a duty of care to the employee, which such shift patterns clearly breach.

They'll be self employed won't they

 

[Highland Mule]

They'll be self employed won't they

Doesn’t matter what the basis of “employment” is. The person contracting their service has a duty of care.

 

[Daddy Pig]

They'll be self employed won't they

driving someone else's tractor and been told what hours they have to work, doesn't sound like self employment to me.

 

[Tomr10]

Look at this absolutely peach taken from Facebook

 

[melted welly]

Look at this absolutely peach taken from Facebook

So many questions……… ‍

 

[roscoe erf]

Look at this absolutely peach taken from Facebook

god that's an old one

 

[melted welly]

god that's an old one

How did they manage it?

 

[roscoe erf]

How did they manage it?

jd braking trailer pushing tractor jack knifed and boom

 

[e5c0rt.mk1]

Off Facebook, sounds like the 5 cattle on board survived.