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No wonder so many drivers wear flip flops. They can’t afford real shoes.
Made 78k last year mon-fri dry van home daily working avg of 45 hours a week. Beats the road and dealing with scumbags everyday
That's how much I'm being paid otr 🤨
Nice job sure beats living out of a truck making little money
That’s not an entry level position tho.
@@SynicalDan We have 9 drivers but the last 2 we hired had no experience
You got anything local in Texas
100,000 a year seems reasonable considering you have to be away from your family at least 5 days a week.
In USD yeah that’s pretty good, not CAD, the numbers are similar you can make $100,000 CAD per year trucking but it’s all buried under specialty work and the driver is responsible for all the hands on to offload. $100,000 CAD is okay at best pay compared to USD it’s only $73605.50. That’s not very good our dry van pays in USD 54,177.70-71224.21 max. Also we suffer from much higher taxes. Something needs to be done about pay in Canada more so then USA.
@@TheShytallica perhaps move from Canada? Y’all don’t even have free speech. Definitely wouldn’t live there
Negative Ghostrider,145,000, per year,,I was making 100000.since 2017
Not only are you away from home and should be compensatedfor, but the cost of being on the road has doubled in the last few years. Being a rare breed of employees in America nowadays that can actually pass a drug test is worth something too. Not to mention all the certifications all the pissing and poking, the health consequences of a sedentary life style and regulations required. I'd say truckers are increasing in value and inflation is NOT keeping up.
So is it about your suffering or the companies' need? Imagine you go to mcdonalds and the food there is $90 for a hamburger fries and a drink. Why? The help has 5 kids at home that need to eat. LOL. Pay up sucker.
I made a living but it cost me more than it was worth.
how so?
Hey, how many of you guys remember this pay in the 70's ? .10 per mile . We actually made a living on that. Different times.... different pay,of course
I didn’t come out until 1988 .
Technically 1986 , (I drove 2 yrs otr on a class d).
10 cpm , That’s insane.
Thanks Joe Biden
Thanks for putting that out there Ike, because we have so many RUclipsrs telling nothing but lies about how much you can make in trucking, and that's why we're getting all these "steering wheel holders" getting into the industry thinking they're gonna get rich 😂😂
You know it’s a lie simply because there is no money to be made anymore.
That industry went straight into the 🚽 when e logs came out , Thanks to ‘Werner Enterprises Inc’.
Once paper logs were out , So was the money.
I wear this on my sleeve with the utmost pride .
I “Never” drove (or ever would drive) for Werner Enterprises Inc , Schneider or J.B. Hunt .
(Never drove for Swift either 😂).
I’m my opinion, These companies and others like them , Are what killed the trucking world.
There is no money , There was once , But that time has come and gone .
Glad I was in the the game at that time .
Exactly
There is nothing wrong with being a steering wheel holder. Not everyone enjoys grabbing a stick all day and shaking it, hoping it will grow bigger 😂
@f.j.c4444 being a "steering wheel holder," isn't just about driving a manual. It's about being a professional driver and knowing trucking etiquette
Something we're all forgetting about today vs. the good old days is that there's a limit on how many hours you can drive and the insurance companies limit the number of miles you can drive in an hour. Way back when, if you wanted to make more money, you just drove more hours. You can't do that anymore.
Union concrete truck driver. In n out all day, humping chutes, cleaning chutes ,drums, dealing with people n crazy city traffic.Home every nite. Work March thru December about 75k / 9 months. Full insurance, benefits & pension.
I just thought I'd let you know that I work for CR England on a dedicated route. I make 63 cents mile plus 3% of everything and I'm like anywhere from 1900 and 2000 dollars a week so I feel very fortunate, but I can tell you that you're saying you know, we should be okay with $80000 a year, not when you sleep in your trunk 7. Days a week, months on the end. You gotta keep that in mind. You know, you're giving up a lot. You're never home and so yeah, I think go to our people should make regardless of how easy the job may be. They should make 9200 and a 100 and a bare minimum. Because you're always on the road you're on. Always in possession of the truck and you're always sleeping and eating and s******* in the truck.And that's gotta count for something not just the work you do but the time that you're committing to it
As an o/o family we are drowning right now with the low rates.
I pull a tanker hauling Nitrogen and get paided by the hour. And make roughly 100k a year
gemini loves fuel tank pays 32 per hour and time half over 40
@ericulrich4435 you get paided, ha?
Yep, and one little mistake will end your career
As a flatbed driver, coast to coast, Cali to Florida, im getting roughly 60 cpm, but, on average after taxes and deductions, im earning roughly 40-42 cpm.. I can average about 600 miles/ day.. but I still struggle on bills for a 3 person family..
When I started with Schneider I was getting 26 cents a mile for the first 90 days. Because they were so screwed up in dispatch, they starved me out. I became a tanker yanker and was making 75 cents a mile until my son insisted I leave the industry because he was afraid of human trafficking and didn’t want me to become a victim, as a local woman driver disappeared. I did enjoy what I did, it was a great opportunity. I still have my CDL, and now have begun to drive a school bus. Thank you Ike for all the education you have given me, as I learn a lot watching you, and proudly display your sticker on the side of my tiny car, as well as wear your T-shirts. You make me laugh on a bad day! Thanks again! You got my vote!
80k today is 58k 4 years ago
Bingo!
Cost of goods may have increased at that rate over four years, but wages sure haven't. Up 27.5% in four years? LOL
say that again bro
No its not😂
@@youngdai9094 how is it not?
Ike, you're half right. My 34 years in this industry. Drivers forget to mention about this. For example, let's say a company driver makes $80,000-$100,000 gross a year. Truckers forget to mention first round of detuctions; Social Security, Life, Health, Dental, Vision and Disability Insurances and 401K/ Company Profit Sharing (optional), Individual Retirement Accounts ( Mutual Funds, Roth IRAs and other types of Investments)
Second round is Taxable Income, Federal & State.
Third round is Net Pay a.k.a Take Home Income.
I can't give you an answer to State Tax, because each State has their own percentage, depending where your home twenty is.
Depending if your single (Live out of the Truck and Hotel rooms (That's Me) ) or married with children ( Family, House, Bills, Bills, Bills).
Not to mention about Child Support, Alimony or unexpected Bills.
I've heard 10s of thousands of my fellow truckers and their good or sad stories. After 2015, I stopped communicating with my fellow truckers, because each driver puts themselves in a good or bad situation and I get tired listening to stupid stories that don't make sense.
So get your sh*t straight or get the hell out of the trucking industry, before you destroy yourself.
I'm retiring in August 2025, thanks to an early retirement called Walmart Shares, Smartphones Shares and Petroleum Companies Shares.
Good Luck, God Bless and Drive Safe Everyone in the trucking industry.
yeah, but everything you mentioned gets duduted from check of any job so
Can’t even survive 80,000 in California😂
Move
Right tf is he doin @@BoneheadTruckers
He's talking about america, not the republic of californikation 🤣🤣🤣
@@Crackedcrack3r well I’m here for personal reasons.
@@BoneheadTruckers you wanna pick me up?😂
The problem is the added 15% convenience upcharge at truckstops. You cant walkout with dropping $20/visit (coffee,water and a juice)
You nailed it perfect Ike
80,000 a year to drive a new truck with automatic. You have everything in those trucks, try driving trucks back in the day like a needle nose Kenworth 15 speed no air and lucky if you had good heat and a radio AM and CB. We never complained about pay we were happy just to have a damn job back in the day. I started out at .14 cents a mile. I enjoyed what I did traveling around the country and trying to find a pay phone to call back home. These guys today have it made with these big nice plush trucks and have to realize they have to keep the wheels turning and be happy with the pay you get or start out with and work your way up.
Why would you want to go back to “lucky to have a radio and a good seat”? You’re insane…
The difference with drivers today, compared to drivers of yesterday, is drivers in the past got into trucking because they have a love for trucking and they were true professionals, these "steering wheel holders" today are getting into trucking because it's so easy to get a CDL these days, and they think it's all fun and games until they realize it's not 😢
Okay boomer.
🙂 good point, i had a cabover, no tablet, no computers, no mp3, no podcasts, no camera, no gps, i started out without a cel phone
🙂 yes the automatics are a life saver, i wore out my knee clutching too much
Love the videos! Puts me in a better mood at the end of a rough day.
Just because something is not physical, it doesn't mean individuals should not receive proper compassion. For example, there are people who spend long hours in front of a computer make more than 100k years. While it's true that the general requirements for OTR (Over the Road) positions, may not be physical, the real challenge lies in the mental aspect. Individuals are always away from their family and friends, basically stuck in a truck for 24-hour, essentially living at their workplace. Working a 70-hour week and earning $80,000 per year in OTR jobs may seem appealing to someone starting out, but not to those with experience. Being compensated per mile may not adequately reflect the individual's time and effort, which is why companies are now incorporating per mile and on-duty pay rates to address this issue. Experience otr drive should get more than 80000 year.
Facts 💯
some carriers show on the pay list: per mile + load pay + hourly pay while on dute
My son is a air traffic controller and after 8 years in made $180,000 last year. 👍💯♥️🇺🇸
Plus the milage the company pays you for and the actual miles you drive are never the same, companies use the shortest route when calculating distance, which if you take that route you'll find a dirt road or a low bridge every time. I think that if they're going to pay per mile it needs to be per shortest truck route or per actual miles driven
Your correct keep up rhe good work
Problem is companies aren't getting adequate mileage to their drivers. Back in the 70s, 90% of drivers were home daily and were averaging $110,000/yr. Then Jimmy Carter was talked into deregulating the industry by company owners so they could improve their profit margins and pay drivers less
Bullcrap
you sound like my last boss, and ignoring all the crap we do everyday that we don't get paid for. Time is money.
Hell yea bro….
Ike you make total sense on what yer saying I've done part-time driving while turning wrenches. I spent 50 thousand dollars on tools working 60hrs aweek for 22 thousand ayear then in 85 went to pulling a rack from mainly salebarns and made damn good money at 42cents a mile and enjoyed what I was doing. Know the industry is so screwed up with scam brokers non English speaking drivers and people who don't respect the shippers and receivers on the way they dress the company's should crack down on the dress code and all drivers should wear shoes.👍🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸
🙂 some major carriers have dress codes
As a Canadian HAZMAT tanker yanker, I'm only getting $26 commie bucks/hour up here.
That is the lowest pay I have ever heard for Hazmat tanker. You need to take your talents South of the border as you will make more then double that in the States.
Union driver for Coca Cola.. i work off commission Mon-friday averaging 50 hrs a week. 60+ hrs, 6 days a week in the summer. I average around 120k a year. 401k, health benefits... Free soda 😅... Its a great living but its beating the sh*t out of my body..
Unions are the way to go! Especially in the building trades
@@brendonpotts7961 definitely more upside to Unions than downsides...but there are some downsides..
I get paid just shy of $25 an hour driving a bus with top paying being $32 an hour after 3 years in. I made $60,000 last year working (mostly) a 40-45 hour work week, and home every other day. Where I live, that ain’t too bad at all. 🤷🏽♂️
Facts otr not worth it
No less than 1.800 a week after taxes. Whoever sleeps in their truck worth many thousands of dollar's in cargo. Their life is at risk on and off duty they are in the front regarding that cargo.
Keep up the enthusiasm, greetings from Truck Indonesia
Half of my pay goes towards bills at home, because my wife lives there. I spend ($$$.cc) $500.00/6 wks that I am out here. Plus I use my debit card for lg items, but this is very rare. So I don’t spend much money on the road. Yes I haul a 53’ dry van, does that mean in today’s economy that I don’t deserve to live at the top of middle class income? Come on Charlie!!!😡
Heavyhauler is where it's at! Your going to earn your money!
When I started in '88 I made 18¢ a mile. Highest was 23¢ at that company. Now 36 years later I'm making 126k a year. Those were the fun year's back in the 80's and 90's though, this industry sucks now.
in 1990 I started driving for .19 cents a mile, and the first full year by myself I made over $60,000, in 2016 I took my own truck to CRST Malone and was driving for $1.25 a mile I went broke in six months and gave the truck back to the bank, when I had my taxes made out I cleared $20,000 for the year and the IRS took two thousand of that, so in my eyes there is no money in driving if you are an owner operator and when they went to electronic logs the miles went way down, I was told by a LTL company that I made deliveries faster than their teams did, and they asked if I used two or three log books, and I only used one log book I never used more than one book, i made the book work for me I didn't work for the book.
Here in UK that method of paying has been illegal for years (its dangerous) pay by hour like most other manual workers.
I grossed over $200K last year, after fuel and expenses I brought home about $68K. I have my wife with me amd she doesnt drive, i get 70% of the shipping cost on each load, there are times i wosh i could get more, but we have lived on the truck since Covid and take a vacation at least every 3 months, but you have to save up for that. Im a lease purchase and sometimes it seems like a scam if you run less than 2000 miles a week you make a negative paycheck.
If you are getting paid by the mile, and you don't have a lot of experience in trucking, stay at the company until you get a year or two of experience then you can go somewhere and make $100,000. Keep moving up
Hey, Ike, my first comment--been lurking here over a year. I drove mostly local from 2003-2007 and although I still have a CDL, I'm over 60 now and I'm happy with my non-driving job now. But one super important thing people forget with salary considerations is benefits. I had pretty good insurance and other stuff as an hourly-paid (starting $14/hr and finished about $19/hr with occasional overtime--not really available anymore, I understand) day drier and I don't think o/o's consider that when discussing driving.
Well said, Ike. I drove from 2000 to 2004. My first job was over the road, 31 cents a mile. My second job was hourly pay, but if I divided it out I was making $4.10 a mile. Does that mean my first job was screwing me? Actually, on a yearly basis I made more in my over the road job than my hourly job. Does that mean $4.10 a mile was horrible pay? Neither job was horrible. They were just too completely different things.
I'm paid by the hour myself as a local driver. Works well for me. I like it.
When I started in the mid90s 21cpm to start, different times. Today the company I work for now took me down twice within the year from 68cpm to 61cpm, which would still be survivable, but they didn’t stop there, they even drastically decreased our miles/wk and have taken all the other incentives away, using the excuse that freight isn’t good right now, but the office hasn’t taken any hits, they’re still getting promoted and raises while they’re taking full advantage of their drivers. Most of office is making high 5 figures to low 6 figures a year. They’re starving the drivers out while they keep their paychecks. They’re like politicians, good enough for thee, but not good enough for me. At my age where do I go? Wages are down, cost of living is high. I’ve cut out any of the luxury expenses. Before all this BS, I still didn’t live outside my income, now with all these back cuts, I’m under water with their foot on my head keeping me down!!!
PS, I’m OTR, I’m not home every day, week or month. Too busy chasing after the dollar that’s not there anymore!!!
You are so right
It varies . Depends what, for who and where .
That was a 100% true statement. IKE
I loved OTR.. But I'm retired Navy. Was never home since I was a Kid.. And yes the Pay Varies from Truck to Truck.. I had CDL with X and T endorsements. And it all paid the bills so i Drove.
26 cents per mile ?😳
In 1995 I was making 77 cpm and that was pulling dry van and no I didn’t unload the truck .
Any company that would dare call me with that insulting pay of 30 to 38 cpm was met with a ton of absolute ugliness, They never called again.
63 cpm is what I ended with and that was simply driving the truck .
I never once unloaded a truck .
I also never drove a truck for 30 to 42 cpm either. 😳
I can’t complain, drive a tandem axle dump truck hauling asphalt. 4-6 hours per day, 3-4 days per week. Have the grunts hook up the equip trailer, load and chain all the equipment. 2-3 loads a day. 350 per day anything under 3 hours I get 200. I don’t shovel or rake just drive and watch the crew lay asphalt and they hook up the trailer and load the equipment and secure it. Auto trans and ac with a super stereo. Med card exempt. 7-8 months a year. Life is good. Did I mention for cash. 😂 They couldn’t find anyone to do this. Great when your retired. No logbook also.
i make 95 K a Year 6 days a Week Yard Driver And I Love It … Easy Squizzy 12 hr Shifts But Hey thats All right Gectcha some Of that … No BS Freeway or Fourwheeler Circus to deal with
8:57
Rare bird right there!
it just depends on the company, which is why I always go for the highest paying, what company needs to do is actually basing the pay on experience, because currently it has very little to do with it, I shouldn't go to a new company with 6 7 years experience & getting starting pay basically the same as a rookie, I think how it should be is, if you have 3 years experience, start off in the .50 range, 5 years .70 range, 6 years .80 range, 7 years .90 range, 10+ dang near owner operator money, if they want drivers to stay for a long time & not be driving for multiple different companies, then they need to up the pay significantly, especially for veteran drivers
Started Gainey Transportation Grand Rapids MI in 1999 makin .26 Now with small outfit(only 6 of us) Clearwater Fl, reefer OTR at .77
Part 2, if you're lucky to make a yearly gross income of $80,000-$100,000 (Company Driver), because E-logs makes you log legal and 14 consecutive hours rule is like being on a time clock system.
So good luck with that and that's why I'm retiring early and getting the hell away from the trucking industry for good or forever.
I rather go back to 1990 trucking. No FMCSA, just under the watchful eye of the DOT.
I Drove OTR for 20 Years 10 of them Driving the Rocky Mountains in Canada Been to all 48 States & across Canada twice & I've driven another 10 years Local Loved OTR at one time but not anymore. not after having a major Heart Attack 2 years ago
What sucks is if your governed,( I am) it limits your weekly income.
If you want more money and benefits, keep your driving record clean and get some experience. There are plenty of good opportunities out here, whether you drive local, regional, or otr. I've currently been with walmart for 7 years, working tues-sat, making $115,000 per year, earning 30 pto days per year. For the most part I'm in the nc,sc and ga area.
I started around the same time as Ike (20yrs). I've been with a family owned regional company in Vegas for 11 years. Reefer loads and mostly beer back to Vegas. I gross about 65-70k and I'm usually at the house about 72 hours per week. .60cpm.
I rarely spend any money on the road. I prep all my meals at home and only get the free Love's showers and leave a couple dollars tip.
People also sometimes don't consider the benefits. Lake, how good is the health insurance is and how much you have to pay out of pocket. Higher mileage pay may not always work and can make less.
I drive regional hazmat tanker. It is a lot of work. It pays very well.
When I started back in the day is was 12 cents per mile. 16 cents was high end pay back then
Flatbed at 30% of the Broker load. Best check was just over $3500 in my pocket for one week and average was $2500+. During the first year of Covid too. I've never cared for mileage pay, but I also have no issues driving 100 hour weeks. Work hard and get paid
I was a driver back in the 90's, that was very hard because the average pay was 21 to 25 cants a mile. If you got 3000 miles a week, you were ok, but obviously you didn't get those miles every week especially in the winter. But now it is paying 50 to 60 cents a week. I'm almost 65 and I'm seriously thinking about going back out there as a company driver and just live out there. No bills sound great to me
When I started like you ike I started at .25 cents a mile now after 30 years experience and I make .64 cents a mile now and I run otr refrigerated I make around 64 to 65 thousand a year after taxes and make a good living
In 1997 I started out as a brand new Schneider driver after going through their school at .22 cpm
I made decent money pulling flatbed,covered wagon. Used haul oversize aluminum plate to Connecticut that was "102.75 inches wide . Got paid more for oversize but never did buy permits or run the signs. Lol. Would tarp it and run it.
Thanks...good to know.
Honestly, I didn't even think there was this much money in it.
I figured guys were bringing home like 25k after expenses.
Didn't seem worth the risk.
Good to know they're paying a little better than that even with all the unpaid time spent waiting.
I make 24 an hour ,local, home every day (night shift) hauling linen. Unload and load whole trailer. Less than 1 yr experience. Rough but gotta pay them dues
You got to get on the road in NJ and NY you drive in a parking lot it's not worth the little bit of money you make..You can work for a small company and get paid 28-32 dollars an hour and get overtime after 40 hours..And you can sleep in your bed with your old lady...Over the road driving died years ago you can make just about the same as you do local 80k is easy to make driving local..
Brother I work oilfield up here in Nebraska and I barely cleared 53 this year lol😢
When i first started for Mid Western dist. I got .08cpm. When I retire with JB Hunt I got .75cpm plus unloading. I made over $100,000 per year doing regional.
When I was an Owner Operator in the 80's and early 90's I was making .71 cents a mile TO THE TRUCK and free bobtailing to my next pick up site......
I work for Schneider and I only get $.45 a mile and I’m lucky if I get 1800 miles a week. I drive dry van. Out 5 home 2.
6 months Solo rookie currently driving for a mega that i won’t disclose not swifty though, currently making 0.52cpm dedicated 1820 miles per week and it’s hard. but i believe after a year i can browse the market for better pay.
I live comfortably.
In 2004 as a rookie I was getting 25 cents a mile and was expected to run 3000 miles WEEK.
When I retired I was at $0.42 cpm with JB Hunt and after taxes insurances and 401k I cleared $48k my last year in 2007.
my first company only paid 35 cents a mile it was bad 300 a week . but with my new company i make .59 a mile refer , and I will say this is the most money I have ever made I am able to save up more money in one month than I used to be able to save in a year in every other job I have had.
I know a lot hazmat drivers in California getting paid shit . 7:08
the money is there if you can get in on the more specialized, tanker, hopper, dump truck, end dump, flatbedding, but they need guys that are going to be meticulous and safe. their are more responsibilities as far as washouts and running hydraulic or some kind of pumping machines to off load the cargo. and fatbed is all about securement and tarps all this stuff requires people with a brain. Some of it runs seasonal so you have to be willing to run your log book out to the max to get max pay and try to stay ahead of customer.
There is a company in my area that is offering company drivers $1.29/ mile, O/O $1.92/ mile, and independent $2.29/ mile hauling Freightliner chassis.
Right now bc I just got my hazmat endorsement I make .70 a mile. I started out at .67 a mile due to the fact I have 4YRS OF OTR. I will say the longer your out here the better the pay gets. But I also work with my teammate so we bring home alot more than 80,000 a year. So what he says about having more to be responsible for is correct. The more you do also equals better pay. Starting out for most ppl coming into this industry working for a company be expected to make anywhere from 70,000-80,000 a year.
Looking at the Indeed Job feed and laughing at the 1000 a week job listings. Starter job maybe, but after 30 years driving it's 85,000 plus for me. I'm also In a specialized field.
It all depends on what you're hauling.
11:33 I use this all the time 😂
If you want to rant about pay let's talk about how most companies cheat their drivers. They send you a 500 mile load and then give you a 550 mile route. If I'm getting paid for 500 miles send me the route that's 500 miles. If you route me 550 miles, pay me to drive 550 miles. Also, a lot of companies offer a MPG bonus. Which is figured on miles paid not miles driven. Which makes it almost unobtainable.
I work for welfare express 😂been here 3 months trying to stay sane here for one year until end of 2024. I started at .40 cpm now I'm at a big .46 cpm 😂. As I started going up in pennies I've seen them cap my miles per week at around 1600 to 1800 miles per week. Only here for a year then I'm out. My only focus is learning the industry/ getting experience
Well Ike says they are getting 3,000-3,500 miles per week. Is he calling you a liar!
@@augustharlacher5660 some company drivers are but I'm not
I started there also. Same pay as you.I went to us xpress after 4 months making .54 a mile.
Don't forget company benefits. Yeah, health insurance keeps going up every year, and I can remember when it was free, but I couldn't keep my family covered if I had to buy private insurance. Dental, vision, life, 401(k) etc adds a lot of value on top of whatever mileage the company offers.
Most everything that pays 100k plus for company is teams or car haulers, I’m at 88ish with being home every other night and weekends
I started driving local in the late 70s . 8.60/ hr. Time and a half above 40hrs. 50 hr week was average. Sometimes 55 to 60 hrs. It was decent money. OTR refer teams I knew I think split .16/ a mile. .09 first seat, .07 2nd seat or smething in that rannge.
80 a year is damn respectable. I make that with a local route but I’m in Chicago
My first driving pay was .23 a mile back in 1987,.57 a mile wow
drivers don’t get paid enough
I didn't start making good money until the pandemic began. When my employer realized that we were essential workers and we could work anywhere we wanted, my pay went from 80,000 to over 100,000 per year.(Canadian). 2003 was my best year since I started in 1988.
I drive for JB Hunt on a dedicated account and net an average of $1,750 a week. That's take home money after all the taxes and deductions and it's a w2 position, which also allows me to receive a tax refund come tax season. I stay on the road 5 days a week and am home on the weekends. I don't think any other job or industry can offer me the same pay, so I can say that I feel pretty comfortable with what I do and how I am compensated.
My oldest son is paid hourly and a Day Cab Driver. Approx. $116,000 a year but 22 years experience..
Flat bed Conestoga 55cpm as company driver and mileage pay not percentage lots of waiting time sometimes only 1500 miles a week ,company im with cut the otr loads out of company so best you can do is 1500 to 2100 aweek now but thats 99% of flatbeds my time off is 10 days every 3 months lol
I don't drive trucks so I a bit confused on the pay. Do you just get payed by the mile or is there more to it?
that’s it.
Only way to make money in OTR or even local is not enough. You have to have no life to even bank money.
Man, I’m starting to study for my class A now and honestly 80grand…..sheeeyit, I won’t complain
I made $98k dedicated regional dry van account and home weekly for 34 hour reset and 2 week vacation.
🙂 u also have Ice Trucking up in Anchorage if u can handle it
Budweiser’s drivers make around 95k depending on the route you’re running.