how to work as owner operator in Australia
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
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I drive a long multi combination truck
it's called A double or Roadtrain
my prime mover is a volvo fh 540
Melbourne Victoria Australia
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Excellent explanation Mate.. Very good. Thanks
Your welcome 🙏 bro
Thanks Brother 👍
Hi Reza! It was nice to watch your videos! I'm doing similar work as an owner operator in Montréal Canada and was wondering how you guys are doing down under! Financially speaking, we seem to live a similar scenario. Good luck buddy!
Hi buddy, thank you for your kind words I am so happy to be in contact with her colleagues across the globe
Yeah financially speaking, you know we have our ups and downs down here as well but we’re just trying our best I guess that’s what we can do
My father owned his own truck for 11 years. 7 ton body truck, flat bed. They lived, schooled us 2 boys. At the end he got $2,000 for the truck in 1970. He said to my brother one day he should have grown potatoes. Something he knew well.
A friend had trucks for years. Came up to Queensland carting cattle. Ended up bankrupt. Got a job driving a rubbish truck for a council. Said he should have done it years ago. Home every night, regular money, etc.
Best in my experience To work for wages. Heaps of jobs for truck drivers right now. A friend has mango farms. Ploughed half the crops in this year. No trucks to Cary them to markets
Yeh my friend, demands r high n driving for company is peace of mind
But i prefer local n going home in one piece every night lol
My father was a sub contractor owner driver from about 1979 till mid way through 2020. Linen and Laundry delivery for commercial laundry companies in Melbourne. Made great money, but the hours were brutal, would start at 6:00 am and get home just as I was going to bed when I was growing up. Did 3:00 am till 12:00 for around a decade as well. 6 days a week. He is semi retired now but looking to get into salaried employee driving on the side.
Cheers bro 😎 ❤
Hi iReza, finally a good Australian truck vlogger! Great vid mate… I’m getting back into driving after leaving it back in the 80’s due to career changes. I drive a HR for an employer and I love it. Can you make a video on payload calculations that would be very helpful. Well done on the channel keep it up!
Welcome back! Yeh i ll put it into my to make list
@@MetroTruckLife awesome, see you on the road sometime. I travel a lot of the same routes that you do. What truck are you driving now?
Find out for yourself, don't ask some other person to do your job for you.
Thank you brother
Any time
Love it mate
Thanks 🙏 mate
Thank you Reza 👍👌
Our pleasure
Thanks bro im lassi friend
Thanks for your thoughts mate, always appreciate expert opinions
No worries brother
@IReza , thanks for this video can you please share me the load board you are using to find loads
We don’t find loads, it’s company truck they provide everything
@@MetroTruckLife Thanks for the response. I wanna know about the load boards I thought you might know.
Like what about them?
Even owner drivers need to work for a company to get loads of
This was an interesting perspective, their are a lot of similarities between there and in the U.S. however most work for us is paid by the distance vs by time, with the exception of certain industries like service work or the oil industry where we bill by time. Hypothetically though I wonder how cost would be effected if I were to import my truck or purchase an old one out right, or are there certain restrictions there in regard to truck age? For us the only place that cares about such things is mainly California. Some carriers care but most allow for older equipment provided its in good order.
Yeh mate we bill hourly
Almost all companies require euro 5 standard as a minimum
@justphiltv21 you can't import your truck here mate, it will not meet the Australian ADR.
Good job man this is very a good educational video about via truck driver on operator in Australia. I am a truck driver in the United States I drive for a company call State Express I make around $2000 a week not so bad compared to Australia
Thanks 🙏 for the comment brother, yeh that’s pretty good income, we earn quite the same but considering the exchange rate, yours much higher
Cheers
As a retired driver in the US I prefer a conventional tractor. I have driven cabovers and they don't ride as comfortably. Yes there was a time in the US where Cabovers were all over the place. Then they died off.
Then just around the 1990's JB Hunt a major trucking company here in the US though it would be a good idea to run cabovers so they worked out a deal with Freightliner. JB Hunt is no joke. They buy at least 1000 new trucks a year. Most of their trucks are less than 5 years old. The cabover thing didn't work out/ You can't find a cabover here in the US that's 0less than 25 years old. The European trucks such as the one you drive there do not meet the safety standards set by the US dept of transportation.
Yes there are owner operators that lease out their trucks and work as a contractor and then there are some who work the markets. Right now the big problem post Covid is that the freight brokers are not transparent about the rates and jobs before and during Covid that were out the for well over $2 USD per mile are going for well under $2 a mile. The brokers are keeping the meat for themselves because they aren't regulated. Insurance is high. fuel is high but i would still take a KW W900L over anything out there.
Stay safe.
Yeh maté thanks for all the info
I personally love cab over though I don’t mind bonneted truck but for my job-as a local driver cabover works well
Yeh same here everything high, fuel, insurance etc
Just making every business kinda unaffordable
@@MetroTruckLife For local work I can see a cabover driving through cities but for long runs the big long hoods rule. I am not to keen on the aero trucks. A good deal are now coming with automated transmissions.
Thanks for sharing your job. How do you manage all the work beside driving? Like finding customer, managing paperwork, accounting etc etc? Thx
Can it be done all alone?
Off course, it’s not a big deal
Good content, very reasonable!
Can you pls also draw a good scenario for an owner operator (good experience, network and business flow) ? What could be the avarage net earnings?
Sure will explain in the next video
Hi Rezza, is there any good job any where buddy?, I have been driving for 2yrs and still paying off with my 5t truck, i need good hrs buddy.
Pls let me know.
$75/hr?! Bro, they were ripping you off. The Victorian minimum recommended pay rate for subbies is close to $95/hr, plus overtime rates after 7.6hrs.
That was quite few years back but still pretty much the same, no one cares about minimum pay etc
@@MetroTruckLife I think I’ll stay as a company driver.
Indians
Thanks mate. Do you think you can do trips on the weekends to earn extra income on top your weekly job?
Definitely, but off course in busy season
If i invest in buying 2 truck with my own money. Will i get enough business and driver's for riding the truck. I want to do it as business..
Hi Brother, I need some information about trucking in Australia. Right now I'm doing it in USA. Need some guidince about Australia. Is it more profitable to do trucking in USA or Australia.
I would really appericate if you guide me a little about it
Thank you...
I might not know a ton about the trucking scene in the US, but in Oz, trucking has its ups and downs. You can make a decent living out of it, but everyone's ideal income is a bit different.
I LOVE❤❤❤❤❤ MY AUSTRALIA!!! The World is garbage in front of Aussie Beauty
I lllllove it
I'm troubled but the confusion of how to get to Australia to get driving as a foreign driver..😢
Unfortunately I have no information in that regard
Hey Reza, awesome video mate, loved it. I’m currently sitting my HC licence this month then get some experience up. In 2 months will get my MC licence. I’ve asked my operations manager I wanna drive trucks he said once you get it let him know and he’ll let the PUD section know. I’m currently with Tolls. I had a friend that worked for rock brothers for over 20 years, he use to train their drivers. Looking to do something down on the wharf like you mate. Any suggestions on companies to drive for as owner driver?
Well congratulations 🥳 brother , any of big companies will be fine as long as they give you work, even some medium range companies, but it’s all about being able to getting in, it’s quiet at the moment
Thanks Reza, yeah it’s quiet at Tolls as well, I’ll wait till the warmer weather kicks in then start hunting 👍
You will need to have had your HC licence and experience for 2 years before trying to get your MC licence.
@@jasonswift7098 hi, got my HC & MC in September and just signed on to Qube to drive HC and goal is to drive MC early next year then road trains. Later targeting the mining Boom hitting WA & SA for experience then looking to Aquire multiple business Aqusitions in that sector.
@@hemiatehuia Nah no company is going to give you MC work after only a few months doing HC
Hey man.
I live in Melbourne and I've been told by someone in the industry that you can get 75 to 85 per hour as a owner driver of tandem tipper, no trailer.
And if you get your own dog trailer they pay per cubic meter and per run.
The friend of mine doing it is with a plant hire agency called phsa, these even others like, eph, lantrak.
And he's told me that there's work for upto 10 years bcoz of government projects ECT...
Only thing for the tipper industry is it's more wear and tare on the trucks.
And if you wanna be busy with work 40hrs+ you have to be kissing the plant hire agencies back side.
Me personally I would get a 14 pallet rigid tautliner as there is always in demand for work, or even a tilt tray tow truck and get contract work from companies like nationwide and even do your own private work as well, as everyone owns a car
Yeh that’s actually true, i heard from ppl already in tipper work
Actually i am planning to have mine as well
Very eye-opening insights here. Thanks mate! How much do tandem tippers cost in the current market? Do people go for second hand or new?
Can you convert Japanese truck drivers license to Australia
No conversion, you’ve gotta start all over again
I’m about to go for my Heavy rigid license, how much do you think I can earn as a beginner HR driver?
Should be about 4k monthly I assume
Work in the waste industry
I started as a rearlift driver emptying bins and was earning $2100 per week after tax (65hr/ish work week).
Now I'm driving a walking floor for the same company and looking at being an owner operator.
Hey Reza I'm a truck driver from Sweden, I wonder if I can change my Swedish driving license to Australia? it is possible?
Hi 👋you still need to do the test here again, regards
Hi there. I am from Malaysia. I have 17 years experience of working as a truck driver (40 ft) . Is there vacancy at your place? Really looking forward to working there as ateuck driver.
No idea my friend
Which website is best for dispatchers in Australia like in USE we’ve DAT & Truckersedge?
USA*
Jobsearch website that i use is seek.com.au
Hope this answers your query mate
@@MetroTruckLife no I’m asking aboiut the load board actually. Can yu please name most effective load boards in Australia?
Just hate being ripped off by major operators.
This can be a Hollywood block buster movie about the trucking industries that eat you alive.
$12K for RWC..
You forgot the Tax man.
Thanks for your attention, mate. I just wanted to highlight the major expenses before tax.
Can we connect ? I have something to share about the business
You could email me @ r.f633@yahoo.com
Hey Reza, my names Cleveland im a 24 year old from Dandenong I was wonder how can I reach out to you brother ?
I want you to be my mentor brother if you don’t mind bro.
Sure thing
Email me at r.f633@yahoo.com
@@MetroTruckLife thank you , will shoot you an email now
Ive been ripped off my so many companies, owner drivers are treated like 💩, we have to invest in the veichle/truck face 100% of the cost of operation eg rego , insurence, public liablity
And all these companies still pay below the recomened range, its a insult at this point.. the whole industey deserves to collapse.. and i personally went 10yrs company driver to owner with deep regrets, once i finish my repayments im permanently exiting the whole industry,
Let them keep complaining about truck driver shortages , watch them cry but disrespect us Ownee driver and our investment in our trucks 😠 😡
Totally agree, mate! If you ask me, the best way to succeed is to handle customers yourself instead of subcontracting to big companies.
@MetroTruckLife the issue is the big frieght companies suck up all the contracts , there is nothing for owner operators who wish to be independent and most business would rather go through the big 4 toll, startrack, tnt etc than a independent owner even if his cheaper.... generally in Australia independence/entrepreneurship is frowned upon, I went to many factories offering my truck as a driver they all refused.. I can't wait to sell my truck then leave , good luck brother
Hindi language me video bnaiye ❤❤
What nationality are you?
What does that have to do with anything mate !
Silly question
terrible terrible terrible terrible industry when it comes to the money earning.. i wonder if and when the money will become as big as the truck and job is
Yeh i agree
$4000 per week is not really that good, you have to take off tax, the repayments on your truck the maintenance, pay superannuation etc etc.
Especially with truck repayments