I absolutely hate trucking and looking to get out!!!! I make damn good money but have no social life. it has kept me from hanging with friends, family and my ex wife cried that she had to wait on her husband at home. Trucking is for some but most that I know are ready to throw in the towel!!! I’m getting ready to get into running my own business so I can get in a better position and leave this industry to the young ones!!! Shipping and receiving, Dot, brokers, they all suck!!!! I’m glad you are enjoying this journey yourself but this is not for me!!! Been in this since 2013.
I find it strange that a fork lift driver working some overtime going home everyday can make more than an OO. Trucks are very expensive to maintain example: DD13 One box filters that are required maintenance is 900x2 plus labor. Oil Change on average about 450. One Tire on average 450.00 or steers around 600 on up for one. The must have Plates average 1700.00 Tax Permit 550. OO's dealing with tons of road construction, threat of fines for being over weight or some infraction relating to driving or condition of the truck. Stress from dealing with sudden breakdowns, road rage and inclement weather. As mentioned giving up your life for money that is being taken by every one like price gouging shops and then to have dishonest brokers taking every dime they can get because we are bidding each other out of business. Just my two cents
Working hourly driving forklifts or doing yard dog jobs etc makes more than the average OTR driver and they're home everyday. They can work 50-60 hours some weeks but most weeks are 40-50 hours. With overtime it really adds up. I think the problem is the OTR industry hasn't increased CPM wages vs hourly wages. - WW
@@BIGSMOKEBILLY My comment was more on the negative side for sure. Everyone is different I could recommend to anyone to give truck driving a chance I have met people who love it and been doing for a long time!
I've been trucking for 28 years .. From company driver to owner operator and back as a driver.. I can honestly say that I regret the very day I decided to get my CDL !!!
Thanks for this advice. I have been considering getting getting my cdl but I would rather do a local job and do overtime. At least I'm home every night.
I make 80k and work mon-fri on a dedicated run im home sat n Sunday and im always exhausted n tired. I have no social life n hardly get to the gym. trucking sucks
@@bri10boy75 That's me .... Mon thru Fri dedicated, home weekends.. It's night work, 2,500 per week with zero social life and i'm sick n tired of it.. Making around $85K a year.
Yes you can definitely still make good money in trucking but the main problem is you have to trade your home and family life for it. Trust me seeing your child 30days out of 365 is not worth it.
Yeah I get it, but as a single guy it’s solid in terms of money and being able to setup. I’m 25 have 1 house under my name and am looking to buy the next one here soon. Both my cars are paid off and I’m able to throw money in a IRA and I go to the gym 2-3 times a week. I run cars and it’s been very well for me max 4 days out in the road.
People need to understand team driving makes more money than solo driving. Flatbed makes more than reefer. And reefer makes more than drive van. People need to also realize taking initiative like calling the shipper and receiver and see if you can drop off or pick up a load early. Makes a huge difference as a trainer. I have met a lot of people that refuse to take that initiative. And it hurts their money a lot.
He's absolutely right. Trucking can be a great opportunity for the right people and you've got to have a plan. I've been trucking for 6 years now but 4 months ago I decided to rent out my house and live 100% OTR. I plan to live this way 2 years and stack my cash until I can afford one more rental property and then I'm out of the game.
You noticed he said rental property! He didn’t mention about how much it cost to maintain rental property! Mmmm, mortgage, home insurance, property taxes, school taxes, repairs, maintenance on the property. I know someone that have 7 rental properties and with the cost of maintaining keeps going up!
This is a great video for complainers in life to get where you want to be you have to sacrifice specially if you have long term goals if you want to be home every day in trucking you going to have to prepare yourself knowing that you're not going to make top dollars in trucking being home every night
Tyler thanks for this video. Doing my training with a trainer now. In Kansas, in the top bunk, knowing i am waking up at 2:45am 😢 and your video is this is the reminder of the why I am away from home and making the sacrifices to pay down my debt and save and invest. I know it's possible. I've talked withany teuck drivers who have put their kids in college without taking out loans, purchased homes and/or gone on nice vacations .The opportunity is there.Thanks , and God Bless. Your message is being heard by those who need and want to hear it.
We Run a single Truck Company for one year now. We work 32 weeks a year. We just closed escrow on a rental property in New Mexico yesterday. We got into Trucking to get cash to break into the rental property business and also not have to work so hard; because we’re older in life now. Will do Trucking this way for 4 more years then just focus on property management and development. I’ll probably always keep my truck in case I need to make a few thousand for a trip somewhere or just for whatever. Your topic was spot on. This is how trucking business works.
Intimidating job, how many adults have the skillset to drive something that big? 15-20%? I damn sure can't do it, I struggle with my Corolla, the stress burns you out which turns everything else negative.
I’m sick of Driving ..period..been driving for 25 years. I prefer trucking over just driving my car when I’m off..but I’m just sick of every single other car on the road..and every single daily thing/shit that happens…over and over. Would like to never drive anything ever again
@@paulsteensma8249 everyone is in a hurry .Yep couldn’t agree more . In spring im leaving the big city life .. going to a small town .. where this driving behavior isn’t as bad . I’ll make less .. but give me the simple life . Burnt out driver
Food service? C'mon... what's the difference between $50k and $70k when $10k is already taken off the top for "benefits" and taxes? Trucking doesn't pay because wages never increased with inflation.
@ Everyone will tell you that’s not true, until you find out first-hand that it is. I don’t know, but from all I’ve learned, it has to be… especially if you don’t already have years of OTR driving experience.
Most guys dont mind grinding and sacrificing to get ahesd. A lot of people shy away from otr trucking because its not necessary to be away from home and away from from your family for weeks at a time to make good money. I would rather work 12-14 hours a day and be able to go home at the end of the day. When your otr there is so much time that you spend away from home that your not paid for. When your waiting to get loaded. When you have to do a reset away from home your working but your not getting paid. If your single and dont have a family or have a family but like being away from them it could work for you but I would rather work 80 hours per week and be able to come home everyday.
Good morning, Tyler! Great word on having a blue print! I admire your goal setting and then seeing you achieve each one! Good to see the sun over your shoulder, not is the blizzard up on I-80! Great to hear from you and roll safe out there!
I've been driving for 16 years over the road regional local oil field. Recently decided to go back to school and become a diesel mechanic. Why work 70 hours a week for $80,000 a year when I can work 40 hours a week for $80,000 a year and be home everyday. Just a shower on the road Cost $18 to $20. There definitely is upsize to trucking, but there's more downsides to trucking. You are a young man. Make sure you have an exit strategy. Trucking is not forever. We will be replaced by AI and makes financial sense from the carrier's position. Stay safe. Keep the rubber side down.
I’ve been building on a business online and it makes me $35k a year now. Next year it is projected to make $145k with my new product. So looking forward to releasing it so I can escape trucking. They don’t pay nearly enough in trucking and are banking on new people coming in instead of paying right and retaining drivers. Trucking has been good in that I have been able to live out of the truck with only $800 a month in expenses and make $4500 to $5000 in take home to invest in the business.
Prepare for autonomous vehicles in the next 5-15 years depending on regulations and infrastructure changes. Make money now and prepare for AI to take most jobs
Absolutely true. Made 60k my first years, 95k my second year. Bought 2 condos and made some investments. Work hard, save, invest, leave your problems on the rear view. Discipline and sacrifice will be necessary.
Add this to your plan. The owner operators job is to safely deliver loads from a shipper to a receiver. Therefore that load is his, not the broker. With that the carrier needs to know the weight and sometimes size of a load. All this info is critical for a carrier to run his business. So why does the carrier not know what a shipper is paying for his load he is transporting. The brokerage does not include what he or she is being paid to ship that load to carriers. If it’s the carrier load the carrier should know what the shipper is paying in order to know he or she gets their fair share of the shippers payment. I think traditionally the broker should get 20 % of the amount the shipper is paying. The other 80 % goes to the carrier. Carriers have no fair platform to negotiate from. The carriers are blind. Can we fix that?
@ OK lol I’m waiting to see who gets the Transportation Secretary job. I really believe this thing can grow legs pretty quick in this administration. Thanks for reading.
I’m a W2 company local fuel hauler in Texas. I work M-F and gross 110k year. Very easy to get hazmat & tanker endorsements. Get your foot in the door with whatever fuel company you can then work up to work for one of the best.
It's a job. It puts food on the table and pays the bills. Do what area of trucking you enjoy. I like local p&d LTL freight just to be home every night. Make a little less than OTR, but, I'm in my bed at night. Want to be gone and love endless miles with a little more money OTR would be the way to go. Choices. 37 1/2 years in with 4 years 9 months to go. Ready to be done. All of trucking is a working man job and paying the bills. It's a way of life.
You have an amazing mindset man I think the same way than you and I thought about making content to motivate drivers to stay fit and give out lessons on how to become better in this job but I lost hope, this industry is full of non educated people who just seem like they can’t think, the money and the success is out here for those who have what it takes, I wish you the best of the luck, but I’m pretty sure unfortunately nobody cares about this type of content truckers rather watch pоrn in the back of there truck and think a president is gonna come change their life than to listen and take action
Everyone situation is different. Some people are living above their means and have to be married to their truck. Some are just greedy. This is why I pit no stock into the whole “no money in trucking” conversation.
What areas of trucking makes the most money or has the potential to make the most? I'm in the process of getting my CDL currently. Looking into companies and learning a ton from channels like yours. One question I keep thinking about is what can you make in things like Reefer, Flatbed, or Tanker? Because there has to be a difference in these in some way. I know a lot of people say Prime inc is a good way to go for various reason. From training, a wide area of positions like the ones listed above. However people say different of course in other videos. I've kinda came to a conclusion by my own research but the thing is idk what the best area for me to get into would be right now. Thats the one thing that has been the hardest to get info on and it really comes down to deep diving in these areas to really let me know what its like and what pay could be.
Some ppl have shitty experience in trucking Gota bite your tongue and deal with it, recently quit hirschbach Walmart account sleeping next to smelly Sam’s club dumpsters every night showering once a week that account made me dirty hate it so much no weekends at home, had to work now I have hazmat tanker job running from Pa to Canada home weekends took me 1.5 years to find it. This is what I was telling everyone I want to do and now I have it 😊
I’m a local union driver making 80-90K. In my opinion if you stay a company driver you gotta do speciality trucking(Flatbed, Hazmat, Wide loads, etc) to get good money aka 100k plus
Hard work and hustle are wonderful Merit what you’re saying however the market has declined and declined and declined going into its third year. Worst rates /fuel cost/Insurance..I don’t care if you say you’re making over 100,000 a year what’s your net? What’s your time worth when do you see this changing? How many people are gonna have to go out of business and how many other trucks are gonna have to get off the road? wake up realize the market you’re in it’s a much more than just the hard work and the hustleand have no life and you just live in your truck. That’s not really gross means absolutely shit to me. 150 -200,000 how much were your expenses? Are you making money? I’m talking about being an owner operator not a company driver by the way. When all the expenses are on you 😉
I live in Fort Worth and started with prime. I’m leasing my own truck next week. I’d love to contact you if you have the time. My goal is to go a similar route you are going and would love some guidance
Lets talk Numb3rs people. Drove for brother in law 25% of load Suxks for driver . You work for 3 weeks make gross for company 28k . I did step deck, military, over weight etc. Made 7k average a month . 7k x 12 months = 84 k to 95k . You get per diem every day you work.$65 or some shit. About 16k a year . Now here is the best part . 84k - 16k =68 k . You have to pay tax .1099 . You can subraxt tools and some shit but how much can you really write off.68k x 18% =12k .68k -12k=56k a year .lets do hourly pay now . 56k ÷12=4600 a month . 4600 ÷180 hr a month. 3 weeks only .you still make 25 an hr .
Best job is dispatch and broker . You get paid commissions about 7 to 10 percent for dispatch and at least 10 to 20 percent for brokers . You get 4 trucks whom average 25k a month 100k x 7.5=7500 a month No driving . In a office ac when hot and heat when cold. I did both people
I’ve been driving a few decades and my experience is that there are many, too many crappy driving jobs. It took me a long time to find a place that I was reasonably satisfied. I drive for a Private Carrier, I drive late model equipment and actually just got upgraded to a brand new rig, no forced dispatch and I’m home on average twice a week working regional and have a great 401k and probably about the best medical insurance around these days. I understand your ambition to be an Owner Op. but times have changed, fr8 rates are low and expenses very high and then there’s lease operators and then they have you by the balls. I’m a multi million miler. But my life and time outside of trucking is more important. Balance is what most drivers are looking for. Just ask a hundred drivers what the two top priorities are? One, Getting Paid. Two, Getting Home. I don’t own a truck because I don’t want to be married to it. That’s reality for me. My preferred reality is balance. I’d rather be wrenching on one of my motorcycles are cars or trucks or 4 wheeler or tractors. To say my plate is full is an understatement. My permanently assigned truck is mine to wear out, and my time and mind are free for Grandkids and Harleys. Good Luck young man, keep the fire.
Trucking is 11 years behind in pay. I know because I have been driving for 29 years. I did it all, son. Dream on. Go back to school. Go home, youngster.
Who ever thought you make good money in trucking!!!! Only time I made good money was working for local trucking company. My pay was $20 an hour and after 8 hours it’s overtime. I worked 12-13 hours a day and worked M,T,W,Fri.Had Thursday,Sat,Sun off.
Hey I have been set for several months about embarking on the journey. How do you reccomend i start things off? Ive done a ton of research myself and am thinking about schneider otr but im wondering what someone who is as successful as you would think. My dream is to move to alaska and drive the dalton highway asap. Any advice? I dont know what i dont know here. Starting at the same age as you did and want to get to where you are. Thanks, God bless ✝️
I do want to specialize as much as possible, be able to get all of the hardest hauls if I can, how should I start off? Is it worth starting off as a reefer hauler/general freight? I don't want to bite off more than I can chew and cause an accident but I really loved watching those insane hauls on ice road truckers
@@Godinmyeyes-uc8cf just start trucking by racking up time behind the wheel. Be safe, Don't get in a hurry. Don't roll or kill anyone one. Pee clean. Then apply for a carrier you could see yourself driving for year in and year out. Put your boots on everyday and stay with it. Don't give up and don't back down. That's it
I been trucking for 9 years and I will say OTR pulse miles pay is BS. If you ever become a truck driver work local and hourly pay why so you don’t get scammed. What is the scam you might ask. When your at a shipper and wait over 6 hours you only get paid for 4 because the company don’t believe you should get paid for that the dispatcher will tell you it’s a part of trucking BS. That’s 1. 2 you will either wait half the day or day to pick up your load you don’t get paid yup you don’t. So don’t go into to trucking. UNLESS you own your own your truck from the start and how you do that is save 40k and your credit has to be great. Get a down payment from your bank and use that 40k you save for your expenses fuel breakdown etc. talk to truckers get more info. Even then you probably won’t make a lot of money. Good luck
Most Truckers nowadays are beta AF and should be working at a job close to home so they can snuggle up next to their wife and have that “Work life balance” they oh so crave. Trucking is for the warrior. I promise you you guys are wasting your time if you’re out here thinking you can have a wife and children and make the big bucks whist being “Danny Tanner” at home. Sorry. Choose a different career… just saying.
Firstly not everyone should be a truck driver it’s about the money but at least enjoy driving in general. Secondly truckers are under paid 70,000-80,000 is low to be traveling and sleeping inside a truck working 14 hours on the clock plus when you sleep you’re still on the clock …. If someone hits you while you’re sleeping you’re on the clock …. Someone trying to steal your load again your on the clock … we have multiple jobs and under paid
This young man needs to convert this mileage pay even at this 80k into hourly at 68 hours or 70 hours a week. These couples he talked about with joint income making 70k together probably don't work 70 hours a week like truck drivers do,and if they did work 70 hours a week their income would be way over 100k combined. I had his mindset in the beginning in the late 90's until I realized I'm twisting myself into a pretzel to think I'm making this big money. Like he said he makes less than a company driver being an o/o yet these companies pay their drivers this larger cents per miles to keep them in return cuts into their profits and their no different than him making less than a company driver.
If you are not getting the miles needed to earn an income, it doesn't make sense. When new, you often don't get many miles ... I didn't make over $900 per week within my first 10 months.
Move to a bigger city that has many companies that have home daily opportunities and you can get job and be home everyday living a normal life . Trucking local gigs $25 n hour on average with overtime $1,400 to $1,500 home daily is not bad . All OTR gigs are garbage slave work
Everything is overvalued in the everything bubble, your excess labor will evaporate. I would invest in spiritual understanding and find a balance and enforce it.
Hard work and hustle are wonderful Merit what you’re saying however the market has declined and declined and declined going into its third year. Worst rates fuel cost. I don’t care if you say you’re making over 100,000 a year what’s your net? What’s your time worth when do you see this changing? How many people are gonna have to go out of business and how many other trucks are gonna have to get off the road wake up realize the market you’re in it’s a much more than just the hard work and the hustleand have no life and you just live in your truck. That’s not really gross means absolutely shit to me. 150 200,000 how much were your expenses? Are you making money?
Trucking is employment of the last resort when life throws you against the wall. It sucks for young men, you can't get chicks with your OTR gig. But some people are OK doing it. When you are older, bitter, given up on people and life, and you live as a recluse anyway, give it a try.
Trucking is not for everyone. You have to be mindless to do trucking in the sense that you can have either an extreme conditioning to watching paint dry and no go insane or nothing going on upstairs so it doesn't bother you. You cannot go into this with any hopes of a future outside of it or you WILL hate every waking moment of being in that fking cage. You will have money and NOTHING to do with it but as soon as you leave you're back at square one.
Its definitely dead man.....i got my hazmat which means u can b home alot moreeeeeeee!!!! Plus its a 100 fuckin rules and u gain crazy weight on the road not worth it
Trucking does suck for sure . Ive bedn in it 31 years. Maybe try ltl trucking it pays better plus usualy home daily. It sucks too but atleast better money and hometime
I made 120k my first year as a car hauler. Guys, put your head down and work hard you can be out of the truck quick whth financial discipline
I absolutely hate trucking and looking to get out!!!! I make damn good money but have no social life. it has kept me from hanging with friends, family and my ex wife cried that she had to wait on her husband at home. Trucking is for some but most that I know are ready to throw in the towel!!! I’m getting ready to get into running my own business so I can get in a better position and leave this industry to the young ones!!! Shipping and receiving, Dot, brokers, they all suck!!!! I’m glad you are enjoying this journey yourself but this is not for me!!! Been in this since 2013.
I find it strange that a fork lift driver working some overtime going home everyday can make more than an OO. Trucks are very expensive to maintain example: DD13 One box filters that are required maintenance is 900x2 plus labor. Oil Change on average about 450. One Tire on average 450.00 or steers around 600 on up for one. The must have Plates average 1700.00 Tax Permit 550. OO's dealing with tons of road construction, threat of fines for being over weight or some infraction relating to driving or condition of the truck. Stress from dealing with sudden breakdowns, road rage and inclement weather. As mentioned giving up your life for money that is being taken by every one like price gouging shops and then to have dishonest brokers taking every dime they can get because we are bidding each other out of business. Just my two cents
1000+
What did he say about mentality???
Working hourly driving forklifts or doing yard dog jobs etc makes more than the average OTR driver and they're home everyday. They can work 50-60 hours some weeks but most weeks are 40-50 hours. With overtime it really adds up. I think the problem is the OTR industry hasn't increased CPM wages vs hourly wages. - WW
@@BIGSMOKEBILLY My comment was more on the negative side for sure. Everyone is different I could recommend to anyone to give truck driving a chance I have met people who love it and been doing for a long time!
on the point
I’ll clear 125k this year as a company flat bed guy. Local dedicated home daily. Guy is spot on here.
Where?
@ @jr85656 Penske logistics in flat rock, mi. Where are you located? We have accounts all over the US
@ Penske logistics in flat rock mi. Where are you located?
I work locally, I'm home every day and off weekend, and I make 200k
@@cdee75 hell yeah, what are you hauling?
OTR is not a job. It’s a life style…
I've been trucking for 28 years .. From company driver to owner operator and back as a driver.. I can honestly say that I regret the very day I decided to get my CDL !!!
You didn’t make a change but made a choice 😂
Thanks for this advice. I have been considering getting getting my cdl but I would rather do a local job and do overtime. At least I'm home every night.
Did you make a video talking about why?
There's no way you do something for 28 years and didn't enjoy it. You're definitely capping
It’s the behavior with the money you make that will make you succeed
I make 80k and work mon-fri on a dedicated run im home sat n Sunday and im always exhausted n tired. I have no social life n hardly get to the gym. trucking sucks
@@bri10boy75 That's me .... Mon thru Fri dedicated, home weekends.. It's night work, 2,500 per week with zero social life and i'm sick n tired of it.. Making around $85K a year.
@@midnite4412Iam looking for something like that . Can u help me
How many hours do they make you work every day?
If a CDL driver is not grossing 75k plus in 2024,there something wrong.
They apparently lazy or company is taking advantage
I'm net 74k
It could only happen to truck drivers the longshoremen would shut down & stay home, truck drivers can't agree on nothing so nothing changes...
Yes you can definitely still make good money in trucking but the main problem is you have to trade your home and family life for it. Trust me seeing your child 30days out of 365 is not worth it.
The truth! People try to glorify trucking and it will never be truly worth it
Yeah I get it, but as a single guy it’s solid in terms of money and being able to setup. I’m 25 have 1 house under my name and am looking to buy the next one here soon. Both my cars are paid off and I’m able to throw money in a IRA and I go to the gym 2-3 times a week. I run cars and it’s been very well for me max 4 days out in the road.
@ yup usually works great all the way around for a single person👍🏾
People need to understand team driving makes more money than solo driving. Flatbed makes more than reefer. And reefer makes more than drive van. People need to also realize taking initiative like calling the shipper and receiver and see if you can drop off or pick up a load early. Makes a huge difference as a trainer. I have met a lot of people that refuse to take that initiative. And it hurts their money a lot.
He's absolutely right. Trucking can be a great opportunity for the right people and you've got to have a plan.
I've been trucking for 6 years now but 4 months ago I decided to rent out my house and live 100% OTR.
I plan to live this way 2 years and stack my cash until I can afford one more rental property and then I'm out of the game.
Sucks living alone.
You noticed he said rental property! He didn’t mention about how much it cost to maintain rental property! Mmmm, mortgage, home insurance, property taxes, school taxes, repairs, maintenance on the property. I know someone that have 7 rental properties and with the cost of maintaining keeps going up!
Sounds like a plan
This is a great video for complainers in life to get where you want to be you have to sacrifice specially if you have long term goals if you want to be home every day in trucking you going to have to prepare yourself knowing that you're not going to make top dollars in trucking being home every night
Tyler thanks for this video. Doing my training with a trainer now. In Kansas, in the top bunk, knowing i am waking up at 2:45am 😢 and your video is this is the reminder of the why I am away from home and making the sacrifices to pay down my debt and save and invest. I know it's possible. I've talked withany teuck drivers who have put their kids in college without taking out loans, purchased homes and/or gone on nice vacations .The opportunity is there.Thanks , and God Bless. Your message is being heard by those who need and want to hear it.
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Specializing is better for business owners too. Less competition
We Run a single Truck Company for one year now. We work 32 weeks a year. We just closed escrow on a rental property in New Mexico yesterday. We got into Trucking to get cash to break into the rental property business and also not have to work so hard; because we’re older in life now. Will do Trucking this way for 4 more years then just focus on property management and development. I’ll probably always keep my truck in case I need to make a few thousand for a trip somewhere or just for whatever. Your topic was spot on. This is how trucking business works.
Superb video.
I need such reminders to get my thinking right.
Thank you
Intimidating job, how many adults have the skillset to drive something that big? 15-20%?
I damn sure can't do it, I struggle with my Corolla, the stress burns you out which turns everything else negative.
I’m sick of Driving ..period..been driving for 25 years. I prefer trucking over just driving my car when I’m off..but I’m just sick of every single other car on the road..and every single daily thing/shit that happens…over and over. Would like to never drive anything ever again
True that. Drivers, car and truck, have gotten terrible in the last 10 years or so. Wasn't this bad of drivers when I started in '87
Is being an instructor for new drivers or managing a transportation company an option? You have a great experience.
@@paulsteensma8249 everyone is in a hurry .Yep couldn’t agree more . In spring im leaving the big city life .. going to a small town .. where this driving behavior isn’t as bad . I’ll make less .. but give me the simple life . Burnt out driver
You want some cheese with your whine?
You can make good money in the food service business. Also UPS best paying jobs for truck drivers
Food service? C'mon... what's the difference between $50k and $70k when $10k is already taken off the top for "benefits" and taxes? Trucking doesn't pay because wages never increased with inflation.
Getting into ups is a lotteryw
You have to be a warehouse worker throwing packages and loading trucks first right? That is what I heard about ups.
@ Everyone will tell you that’s not true, until you find out first-hand that it is. I don’t know, but from all I’ve learned, it has to be… especially if you don’t already have years of OTR driving experience.
I drove for swift almost a year, I quit and never miss it.
because your weak ass😂
Trucking is just big scamming
Most guys dont mind grinding and sacrificing to get ahesd. A lot of people shy away from otr trucking because its not necessary to be away from home and away from from your family for weeks at a time to make good money. I would rather work 12-14 hours a day and be able to go home at the end of the day. When your otr there is so much time that you spend away from home that your not paid for. When your waiting to get loaded. When you have to do a reset away from home your working but your not getting paid. If your single and dont have a family or have a family but like being away from them it could work for you but I would rather work 80 hours per week and be able to come home everyday.
Good morning, Tyler! Great word on having a blue print! I admire your goal setting and then seeing you achieve each one! Good to see the sun over your shoulder, not is the blizzard up on I-80! Great to hear from you and roll safe out there!
For the rest of the year I’m avoiding I 80 lol! Thank you for watching Jon!
I've been driving for 16 years over the road regional local oil field. Recently decided to go back to school and become a diesel mechanic. Why work 70 hours a week for $80,000 a year when I can work 40 hours a week for $80,000 a year and be home everyday. Just a shower on the road Cost $18 to $20. There definitely is upsize to trucking, but there's more downsides to trucking. You are a young man. Make sure you have an exit strategy. Trucking is not forever. We will be replaced by AI and makes financial sense from the carrier's position. Stay safe. Keep the rubber side down.
I’ve been building on a business online and it makes me $35k a year now. Next year it is projected to make $145k with my new product. So looking forward to releasing it so I can escape trucking.
They don’t pay nearly enough in trucking and are banking on new people coming in instead of paying right and retaining drivers.
Trucking has been good in that I have been able to live out of the truck with only $800 a month in expenses and make $4500 to $5000 in take home to invest in the business.
Prepare for autonomous vehicles in the next 5-15 years depending on regulations and infrastructure changes. Make money now and prepare for AI to take most jobs
As an actual owner op of the delmarva region id be more than happy to debate whether or not trucking is dead
Is cheap imported labor a problem for truckers??
It probably doesn't help, wages are still bound by supply and demand like everything else.
Absolutely true. Made 60k my first years, 95k my second year. Bought 2 condos and made some investments. Work hard, save, invest, leave your problems on the rear view. Discipline and sacrifice will be necessary.
Add this to your plan.
The owner operators job is to safely deliver loads from a shipper to a receiver. Therefore that load is his, not the broker. With that the carrier needs to know the weight and sometimes size of a load. All this info is critical for a carrier to run his business. So why does the carrier not know what a shipper is paying for his load he is transporting. The brokerage does not include what he or she is being paid to ship that load to carriers. If it’s the carrier load the carrier should know what the shipper is paying in order to know he or she gets their fair share of the shippers payment. I think traditionally the broker should get 20 % of the amount the shipper is paying. The other 80 % goes to the carrier.
Carriers have no fair platform to negotiate from. The carriers are blind. Can we fix that?
I disagree them sucker should get five percent at least
@ OK lol I’m waiting to see who gets the Transportation Secretary job. I really believe this thing can grow legs pretty quick in this administration. Thanks for reading.
I’m a W2 company local fuel hauler in Texas. I work M-F and gross 110k year. Very easy to get hazmat & tanker endorsements. Get your foot in the door with whatever fuel company you can then work up to work for one of the best.
I work in the food service delivery. We make pretty good darn money for no to little experience. It’s local as well so back home almost every night.
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It's a job. It puts food on the table and pays the bills. Do what area of trucking you enjoy. I like local p&d LTL freight just to be home every night. Make a little less than OTR, but, I'm in my bed at night. Want to be gone and love endless miles with a little more money OTR would be the way to go. Choices. 37 1/2 years in with 4 years 9 months to go. Ready to be done. All of trucking is a working man job and paying the bills. It's a way of life.
You have an amazing mindset man I think the same way than you and I thought about making content to motivate drivers to stay fit and give out lessons on how to become better in this job but I lost hope, this industry is full of non educated people who just seem like they can’t think, the money and the success is out here for those who have what it takes, I wish you the best of the luck, but I’m pretty sure unfortunately nobody cares about this type of content truckers rather watch pоrn in the back of there truck and think a president is gonna come change their life than to listen and take action
Everyone situation is different. Some people are living above their means and have to be married to their truck. Some are just greedy. This is why I pit no stock into the whole “no money in trucking” conversation.
What areas of trucking makes the most money or has the potential to make the most? I'm in the process of getting my CDL currently. Looking into companies and learning a ton from channels like yours. One question I keep thinking about is what can you make in things like Reefer, Flatbed, or Tanker? Because there has to be a difference in these in some way. I know a lot of people say Prime inc is a good way to go for various reason. From training, a wide area of positions like the ones listed above. However people say different of course in other videos. I've kinda came to a conclusion by my own research but the thing is idk what the best area for me to get into would be right now. Thats the one thing that has been the hardest to get info on and it really comes down to deep diving in these areas to really let me know what its like and what pay could be.
Depends on your 20? Feed hauling for the big 3 poultry producers is by far the best option
Some ppl have shitty experience in trucking Gota bite your tongue and deal with it, recently quit hirschbach Walmart account sleeping next to smelly Sam’s club dumpsters every night showering once a week that account made me dirty hate it so much no weekends at home, had to work now I have hazmat tanker job running from Pa to Canada home weekends took me 1.5 years to find it. This is what I was telling everyone I want to do and now I have it 😊
I’m a local union driver making 80-90K. In my opinion if you stay a company driver you gotta do speciality trucking(Flatbed, Hazmat, Wide loads, etc) to get good money aka 100k plus
Hard work and hustle are wonderful Merit what you’re saying however the market has declined and declined and declined going into its third year. Worst rates /fuel cost/Insurance..I don’t care if you say you’re making over 100,000 a year what’s your net? What’s your time worth when do you see this changing? How many people are gonna have to go out of business and how many other trucks are gonna have to get off the road? wake up realize the market you’re in it’s a much more than just the hard work and the hustleand have no life and you just live in your truck. That’s not really gross means absolutely shit to me. 150 -200,000 how much were your expenses? Are you making money? I’m talking about being an owner operator not a company driver by the way. When all the expenses are on you 😉
11:03 thats because Crete doesn’t pay anything. You getting what like $1.60ish a mile last i checked. That's terrible.
I live in Fort Worth and started with prime. I’m leasing my own truck next week. I’d love to contact you if you have the time. My goal is to go a similar route you are going and would love some guidance
Bro DO NOT LEASE. Its a scam. Stick as a company driver.
Lets talk Numb3rs people.
Drove for brother in law 25% of load
Suxks for driver . You work for 3 weeks make gross for company 28k . I did step deck, military, over weight etc. Made 7k average a month . 7k x 12 months = 84 k to 95k . You get per diem every day you work.$65 or some shit. About 16k a year . Now here is the best part . 84k - 16k =68 k . You have to pay tax .1099 . You can subraxt tools and some shit but how much can you really write off.68k x 18% =12k .68k -12k=56k a year .lets do hourly pay now . 56k ÷12=4600 a month . 4600 ÷180 hr a month. 3 weeks only .you still make 25 an hr .
Best job is dispatch and broker . You get paid commissions about 7 to 10 percent for dispatch and at least 10 to 20 percent for brokers .
You get 4 trucks whom average 25k a month
100k x 7.5=7500 a month
No driving . In a office ac when hot and heat when cold.
I did both people
I’ve been driving a few decades and my experience is that there are many, too many crappy driving jobs. It took me a long time to find a place that I was reasonably satisfied. I drive for a Private Carrier, I drive late model equipment and actually just got upgraded to a brand new rig, no forced dispatch and I’m home on average twice a week working regional and have a great 401k and probably about the best medical insurance around these days. I understand your ambition to be an Owner Op. but times have changed, fr8 rates are low and expenses very high and then there’s lease operators and then they have you by the balls. I’m a multi million miler. But my life and time outside of trucking is more important. Balance is what most drivers are looking for. Just ask a hundred drivers what the two top priorities are? One, Getting Paid. Two, Getting Home. I don’t own a truck because I don’t want to be married to it. That’s reality for me. My preferred reality is balance. I’d rather be wrenching on one of my motorcycles are cars or trucks or 4 wheeler or tractors. To say my plate is full is an understatement. My permanently assigned truck is mine to wear out, and my time and mind are free for Grandkids and Harleys. Good Luck young man, keep the fire.
You are absolutely correct.
Trucking is 11 years behind in pay. I know because I have been driving for 29 years. I did it all, son. Dream on. Go back to school. Go home, youngster.
It’s too bad that drivers who have no business sense or work ethic blame it on the industry and fail to take responsibility for their decision!
Who ever thought you make good money in trucking!!!! Only time I made good money was working for local trucking company. My pay was $20 an hour and after 8 hours it’s overtime. I worked 12-13 hours a day and worked M,T,W,Fri.Had Thursday,Sat,Sun off.
Hey I have been set for several months about embarking on the journey. How do you reccomend i start things off? Ive done a ton of research myself and am thinking about schneider otr but im wondering what someone who is as successful as you would think. My dream is to move to alaska and drive the dalton highway asap. Any advice? I dont know what i dont know here. Starting at the same age as you did and want to get to where you are. Thanks, God bless ✝️
I do want to specialize as much as possible, be able to get all of the hardest hauls if I can, how should I start off? Is it worth starting off as a reefer hauler/general freight? I don't want to bite off more than I can chew and cause an accident but I really loved watching those insane hauls on ice road truckers
@@Godinmyeyes-uc8cf just start trucking by racking up time behind the wheel. Be safe, Don't get in a hurry. Don't roll or kill anyone one. Pee clean. Then apply for a carrier you could see yourself driving for year in and year out. Put your boots on everyday and stay with it. Don't give up and don't back down. That's it
Thanks man
Forklift drivers and teens at Fast food companies make more than a CDL A holder….
😂😂😂 that’s a damn lie
Trucking can be a dead-end road to your life, get out of it and create a life.... In the end you won't even get a gold watch
@@TRANSPORTKING1988 great advice
I’m 23 and made 100k this year with 1 1/2 experience. I work for Mclane.
@@marvina8536 Mcclane…yeah but your doing grunt work running a dolly up and down ramps. Not worth it. You won’t be doing it in your 40s
Otr man ? Send me plz company contact phone 📞 ia m looking for a n otr
@ lol. Dude you don’t know where to find a trucking job in 2024? What a Moron
I been trucking for 9 years and I will say OTR pulse miles pay is BS. If you ever become a truck driver work local and hourly pay why so you don’t get scammed. What is the scam you might ask. When your at a shipper and wait over 6 hours you only get paid for 4 because the company don’t believe you should get paid for that the dispatcher will tell you it’s a part of trucking BS. That’s 1. 2 you will either wait half the day or day to pick up your load you don’t get paid yup you don’t. So don’t go into to trucking. UNLESS you own your own your truck from the start and how you do that is save 40k and your credit has to be great. Get a down payment from your bank and use that 40k you save for your expenses fuel breakdown etc. talk to truckers get more info. Even then you probably won’t make a lot of money. Good luck
I hope good dispatchers are being paid properly to help drivers avoid things like that
These kids are hilarious. They think they can leave trucking school and make 100,000 a year 😂
Most Truckers nowadays are beta AF and should be working at a job close to home so they can snuggle up next to their wife and have that “Work life balance” they oh so crave.
Trucking is for the warrior. I promise you you guys are wasting your time if you’re out here thinking you can have a wife and children and make the big bucks whist being “Danny Tanner” at home. Sorry. Choose a different career… just saying.
Plenty of ltl jobs 100k or close to it I took 2 years working 6 days a week saved 100k cash
Firstly not everyone should be a truck driver it’s about the money but at least enjoy driving in general. Secondly truckers are under paid 70,000-80,000 is low to be traveling and sleeping inside a truck working 14 hours on the clock plus when you sleep you’re still on the clock …. If someone hits you while you’re sleeping you’re on the clock …. Someone trying to steal your load again your on the clock … we have multiple jobs and under paid
This young man needs to convert this mileage pay even at this 80k into hourly at 68 hours or 70 hours a week. These couples he talked about with joint income making 70k together probably don't work 70 hours a week like truck drivers do,and if they did work 70 hours a week their income would be way over 100k combined. I had his mindset in the beginning in the late 90's until I realized I'm twisting myself into a pretzel to think I'm making this big money. Like he said he makes less than a company driver being an o/o yet these companies pay their drivers this larger cents per miles to keep them in return cuts into their profits and their no different than him making less than a company driver.
If you are not getting the miles needed to earn an income, it doesn't make sense. When new, you often don't get many miles ... I didn't make over $900 per week within my first 10 months.
Move to a bigger city that has many companies that have home daily opportunities and you can get job and be home everyday living a normal life . Trucking local gigs $25 n hour on average with overtime $1,400 to $1,500 home daily is not bad . All OTR gigs are garbage slave work
You can make money in trucking and have a life. Most mega carriers are crazy tho smh.
##abolishFMCSA and Make Trucking Great Again!
You’re speaking my language
The money is there , you need to be smart and invest in stocks , bonds, or something .
Everything is overvalued in the everything bubble, your excess labor will evaporate.
I would invest in spiritual understanding and find a balance and enforce it.
@simemsayss4395 when we learn how to "invest ," is not only in valuable things , but even in ourselves.
Hard work and hustle are wonderful Merit what you’re saying however the market has declined and declined and declined going into its third year. Worst rates fuel cost. I don’t care if you say you’re making over 100,000 a year what’s your net? What’s your time worth when do you see this changing? How many people are gonna have to go out of business and how many other trucks are gonna have to get off the road wake up realize the market you’re in it’s a much more than just the hard work and the hustleand have no life and you just live in your truck. That’s not really gross means absolutely shit to me. 150 200,000 how much were your expenses? Are you making money?
Got on flatbad brah!
Trucking is employment of the last resort when life throws you against the wall. It sucks for young men, you can't get chicks with your OTR gig. But some people are OK doing it. When you are older, bitter, given up on people and life, and you live as a recluse anyway, give it a try.
Trucking is not for everyone. You have to be mindless to do trucking in the sense that you can have either an extreme conditioning to watching paint dry and no go insane or nothing going on upstairs so it doesn't bother you. You cannot go into this with any hopes of a future outside of it or you WILL hate every waking moment of being in that fking cage. You will have money and NOTHING to do with it but as soon as you leave you're back at square one.
Its definitely dead man.....i got my hazmat which means u can b home alot moreeeeeeee!!!!
Plus its a 100 fuckin rules and u gain crazy weight on the road not worth it
ROLL ON YOUR OWNASSPHALT LIFE IN TRUCKING IN A JOURNYE A DAY WITH YOUR SAY OF THE WAY OF THE JUR KNEEE
Great video
Stop confusing drivers with the facts😂😂
160k hazmat Tanker. Home everyday.
Where lol y’all hiring
Experience?
@user-ok8mz5pn2d it's my first trucking job. I made 120K my first year. This is my 2nd year.
@@bryanrodriguez6759 CA
@user-ok8mz5pn2d this is my 2nd year
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Take 10% of your trucking money and put it in Bitcoin for 5 years. You're welcome.
Bitcoin alone isn't enough.... but not a bad idea to have some
Become a lot lizard 🦎 great money
Trucking does suck for sure . Ive bedn in it 31 years. Maybe try ltl trucking it pays better plus usualy home daily. It sucks too but atleast better money and hometime