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Class 1 work around Solihull splits into night trunking, tramping and day running, and they are very different lives. WSUK tells you which one a job actually is before you accept it, and pays weekly through PAYE.
Class 1 HGV jobs around Solihull are category C+E roles on artics and drawbars, split between night trunking between depots, tramping with nights away, and day running back to the same site. Rates near Solihull typically run £18.00—£24.00 an hour with night trunk to £26.00. You need C+E, a Driver CPC and a digital tachograph card. WSUK pays weekly through PAYE and it never costs you anything to apply.
Solihull is one of the West Midlands' strongest logistics and manufacturing addresses, wrapped around the M42 between Junctions 4 and 6. Jaguar Land Rover's Lode Lane plant builds Range Rover here, pulling in a dense automotive supply chain of just-in-time component deliveries. Birmingham Airport sits on the doorstep with its air-freight operations, while the Birmingham Business Park, Blythe Valley Park and the Cranmore and Kingfisher estates house distribution, engineering and headquarters functions. The NEC and its constant events traffic add further movement. Bordered by Birmingham, Coventry and Warwick and served by fast M42, A45 and M6 links, Solihull generates continuous demand for HGV trunking, time-critical component runs and van multi-drop across its B90-B93 postcodes.
Just-in-time automotive and air-freight work leaves no slack, so an unfilled cab can idle a production line or miss a flight cut-off. WSUK fills temporary driving jobs across every class - C+E Class 1, C Class 2, 7.5-tonne C1 and van/multi-drop - with drivers who can start immediately. Each is vetted through DVLA licence and Driver CPC checks, right-to-work verification and reference screening before their first shift. We handle PAYE payroll and manage tachograph and working-time compliance, so the regulatory load stays with us, not your transport office. When model changeovers, air-freight peaks or absence shift your requirements, we scale driver numbers to suit - a single cover shift or a full team through a busy run.
The single most useful thing to know before accepting a Class 1 job is which of these three it is, because the hours, the pay and whether you sleep at home all follow from it.
Running the same route between two depots overnight, usually dropping a loaded trailer and picking up another. Predictable hours, minimal handball, and the best hourly rate in general haulage.
Out for several nights, sleeping in the cab, running wherever the planner sends you. Paid a nightly-out allowance on top of the hourly rate. Suits drivers who want hours and do not want to be home daily.
Out and back to the same depot within a shift, or yard shunting on trade plates. Fewer hours than tramping but home every night, and the usual choice for drivers with families.
From JLR Lode Lane to Blythe Valley Park and Birmingham Business Park, Solihull employers turn to WSUK when a component run or airport delivery needs a driver and the rota is tight. We know the M42 J4-6 routes, the just-in-time automotive rhythm and the air-freight deadlines that shape local demand - so our temporary drivers arrive ready to perform.
You are limited to 9 hours driving a day, extendable to 10 twice a week, with a 45-minute break once you have driven 4.5 hours and a daily rest period afterwards. In practice a trunk shift is often 9—11 hours door to door with one long drive each way, while a multi-drop Class 1 day can be shorter driving but far busier. We plan bookings around your hours rather than against them, because an infringement is your licence, not ours.
Indicative PAYE rates as a guide — actual pay varies by shift, experience and site, with premiums for nights, weekends and bank holidays. Every rate we advertise is at or above the National Living Wage.
| Role | Indicative pay |
|---|---|
| Class 1 (C+E) Day Work | £18.00–£22.00 / hr |
| Class 1 Night Trunk | £19.00–£26.00 / hr |
| Class 1 Tramping (plus nights out) | £18.00–£23.00 / hr |
| Class 1 with ADR | £19.00–£25.00 / hr |
| Class 1 Yard Shunter | £17.00–£20.00 / hr |
Class 1 suits drivers who want the top of the general haulage rate and are clear about which kind of life they want — home nightly, or away and earning.
Class 1 drivers get booked onto "trunk" jobs that turn out to be forty drops. We describe the run properly.
From application to your first shift, with the checks and the payroll handled for you.
Tell us your licence, tickets and which shifts you can actually work.
A named consultant calls within 2 working hours to talk through what fits.
Right-to-work, references and the site induction handled before you start.
Start on shift, then paid weekly through PAYE with holiday accrued.
Where there are distribution depots nearby, yes — trunking runs overnight to clear the network before morning, so it is usually the best-paid Class 1 work available locally. We will tell you which runs out of Solihull are live and what the actual start times are.
Usually. Night trunk and day work both return to the same depot, so you sleep at home. Tramping roles with nights away exist around Solihull too, but we only put you forward for those if you have said you want them.
Class 1 is the industry name for category C+E, which allows you to drive an articulated lorry or a rigid with a drawbar trailer. It is the highest standard goods category and you must hold category C first. You also need a Driver CPC and a digital tachograph card to drive commercially.
Trunking is running between two fixed points, usually overnight, and you are home at the end of the shift. Tramping means being away for several nights, sleeping in the cab, running wherever you are planned. Tramping pays a nightly-out allowance on top and generally produces higher weekly earnings.
Day work typically £18.00—£22.00 an hour, night trunk £19.00—£26.00, and ADR work up to £25.00. Tramping is usually quoted at an hourly rate plus a nightly-out allowance. Weekends and bank holidays normally carry a further premium.
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Tell us whether you want trunk, tramp or day work around Solihull. We will reply within 2 working hours.