Burning a Truck Driving Career Down Before Starting
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2024
- Decisions made too early or without proper research will burn your truck driving career down before even leaving cdl school. Lots of these decisions are made without even knowing. Tune in to reveal what those decisions are and how you can avoid the pitfalls of trucking.
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Burning a Truck Driving Career Down Before Starting
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0:00 Intro
0:47 Short Overview
1:15 Not Researching
2:00 Cookie Cutter Trucking Company
2:35 Silence
3:46 Deciding to Train
5:02 Buying a Truck
5:43 Burning Money
6:39 Money Mastery
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Bought my first truck right out of the gate before I ever had a CDL been in it for close to 20 years now and I can’t complain I found a small local company that keeps me as busy as I want to be if I decide to take a break or a vacation not a problem but the biggest key to this is finding what makes you happy and puts enough money in your pocket to make it worth the time
20 years ago isn't today. You might as well talk about what a good investment buying 20 mules was.
I drove for 10 years before I bought my truck and have now been an owner-op for 18. There have been many ups & downs along the way, but I’m still here. There is (obviously) LOTS to learn, so if you’re going to survive, you had better learn it! I think rookies training newer rookies is where the expression, “the blind leading the blind” came from. I was fortunate, I learned from veterans who steered me in the right direction, yet I STILL made mistakes! We all do, it happens. The point is to learn from them and make better decisions based on what you have learned.
Well said
I also drive for 10 years I’m a new owner - op what is the biggest reason you think most guys fail .. I bought my truck cash so I’m just paying the trailer 98 freight shaker Fld120 Detroit 60 motor .. I’m really interested in your opinion since you have donde this for so long . Thank you
@@xCGLPZ7 the biggest mistake new owner operators make is that they don’t manage their money properly. They find themselves making more money than they did as company drivers and they go out and buy cars, big screen TV’s, etc. They also think they can afford to take more time off than usual because of this as well. Truck (and trailer) repairs are VERY EXPENSIVE. Set money aside for those repairs EVERY week from every settlement because you WILL need it. It’s not a matter of IF your truck will break down, it’s WHEN, because it will eventually. Not only do you need to be able to absorb the costs of the repairs, but the lost revenue that you will incur because of the downtime. Also, fix things as they break. Don’t let them build up so that you have 3,4, or 5 issues to deal with instead of one or two. If you stay on top of things as they happen, you’ll do better in the long run. Lastly, have your PM’s done on your engine (oil, lube, filters, AND tube ups) regularly. Don’t try to “stretch” the life of your oil. If you change it regularly, your engine will last longer. Engine repairs are extremely expensive. Same with your transmission fluid, change it at regular intervals. My truck is 18 years old with over 2.6 million miles on the odometer. It still looks AND runs great. I’ve replaced my engine twice and my transmission and rear ends once. Those components exceeded their life expectancy because I took care of them. Lastly, work hard and always do your very best. Be professional, look professional, and DRIVE professionally. Your good record is EVERYTHING. You prove your value to yourself and your carrier (if you’re leased to one), you’ll do well in this industry. That’s the best advice I can offer you. Good luck! 👍
@@SoCal780 thanks for responding to me brother appreciate it. Yea I think that preventative maintenance and money distribution is probably the thing I’m trying to get the numbers crunching to this certain amount for repairs and so one right .. but thank you for ur advice
@@xCGLPZ7 anytime. Another thing, be sure to make your quarterly estimated tax payments so you don’t get burned by the IRS at the end of the year.
I drove for 7 years before I felt ready to buy my first truck. Mind you, that's just me, but I took the time to make sure the odds of failure were minimal.
I've always said a truck company can be one person's poison but be another's elixir.
So right about different companies fitting different people.
I started with a megacarrier and I hated the micromanagement and the low pay, did what I had to do, but within a year of having my CDL I got into a private fleet that blew that old job away in every way and NO micromanagement...!!!
Preach the gospel. I am here to listen.
"How do you know what you need to know?" RUclips videos... 30 year CDL and never slid tandems or a 5th wheel.... got some skills for free thanks to guys like you putting trucking content out there...
Going through cdl school next week. I have little in bills and hate spending money. My goal is to drive hard for 5 years, saving every penny and see where I land. Goal is to have a piece of land in the middle of nowhere with a well and solar panels and leave society behind.
I bought my first truck 3 months in, with a traditional bank loan.
I spent all my free time learning and talking with old school drivers.
That was 9 years ago.
In some regards, I was a natural, learned fast and I cared. Mistakes were made and lessons were learned.
What motivated me the most were 2 things. I realized very quickly I was being screwed financially. The second thing was how much people told me I couldn't do it.
In today's era of automatic transmissions, there's a lot more people driving who shouldn't be. That said, it's still possible, it's just a lot harder now.
Great advice! I was still working when I got my CDL, so I could afford to take plenty of time to research trucking companies and associated pros and cons of trucking in general. I can’t stress enough to do your due diligence when doing your research, otherwise you may end up not getting enough miles to make enough money to get by. Also, many of the mega carriers will make you pay for your training on a pro-rated basis if you don’t stay for a minimum amount of time which is typically one year.
Thank you for the advice
Sound advice!
Thanks
Thanks for the advice, do you think you could do a video on just how to research trucking companies? Or maybe post some links to different trucking companies in your bio, I'll be getting ready to go into trucking school in about 5-6 months
Thank you for the help brother
Your on point with this video
My mistake was choosing a big company that delivered to retail stores as my first job. My job was to drive to these stores and then back up thru parking lots full of RV's to whatever spot that store pointed to. The return home had me picking up a load somewhere (live load about half of the time) then dropping it off somewhere (again, live unload about half of the time). The inevitable happened -- two incidents where the locals didn't move RV's and guided me straight into one of them. And so, a safety discharge and a big CSA score. My advice -- don't do store deliveries, at least on your first job, and certainly not to northeastern big cities. Cause you'll have a fender bender and the company will then dump you and get a new noob.
I went through 3 trainers before I found a good one. The last one taught me how to read a map, how to drive in snow safely, how to conserve gas, how to do basic maintenance on my own truck, how to manage my fix costs, etc. I fuckn love that man he was amazing.
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When I was newish I used to be bad about my paperwork. Long story short my dispatcher told me "we can hire anyone to hold a steering wheel but we pay you from the paperwork". I don't fully agree but the point was taken.
Are you able to provide that list you mentioned at the 4:00 mark? I just want to look up and prepare as much as possible in the event I get a trainer that lacks the experience. I’m finding that RUclips alone has good mentors.
Knowing how to turn the "make more money" switch on and off helps me enjoy the job. I work hard and then park the truck and enjoy myself. I work half the year.
I hear ppl will do this 50/50 then go live in Taiwan for 5 months out of US where things can be significantly cheaper.
Can I ask about "packits" something to do with brockers
Only thing I can add expect to falling in lv with them lines on the highways because you will see lots of them and once you start complaining you are done.
Man #7 is so spot on! After bad/short week I find myself in mindset I have do everything humanly possible to make up for next week so on and so on. And it take tool mentally and physically.
Thanks for video!
I agree with most of what you said but……..
Your comment about being stuck in the industry is not just about us drivers and our decisions. I was told by a company (not a trucking company) that they couldn’t “risk” hiring me because they didn’t feel that someone that spent so much time alone and relying on themselves would be a good “team” player. My recommendation would be online college courses while on the road if you might want to change careers. Be safe drivers.
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My apologies if you're going to mention this (I'm on #2 so far), but I think that many people romanticize the gig. Envisioning riding high and proud - cowboy hat on, countryside rolling past, shooting the sh*t with other drivers at truck stops, showing off their chromed-out Peterbilts, all while making a ton of money.
But what doesn't get mentioned often is, for lack of a better description, the dirty and nasty underbelly of many parts of the industry. A lot of people kind of freak out at what happens out there - especially if one is weary of strangers and is just generally scared, shaky, and freaked out by what they experience, again, 'out there'.
1) Know what you want to do, how you drive, how you sleep and choose a company accordingly. Talk to the company drivers then throw out the glowing "This Is Nervana" and "This Company Will Kill You" stuff and listen. What hours do they drive, what are their freight lanes, when will you get home, how is the detention time etc. then pick a company that matches what you want. Remember, average the miles and pay out over a full year, trucking has slow and fast time. Bank the money for the slow and enjoy your time off
Good videos bro, I just caught up with them all 😎
Oh so I can't plead the 5th
Yeah while that’s true but I still can’t find a company that will hire me with 4 moving violations and the sap program I have put in countless applications and have made countless calls to multiple companies and one company told me that I’ll have to find a 1099 company western express is the only company that would hire me with 4 moving violations but they don’t hire sap program drivers either way I definitely need help finding a company idc if have to lease purchase idc anymore I’m so desperate to get back in a truck that I’m dying I want it so bad that I can’t stand it idc if I have to lease to rent or pay for my own drug test because I have to take a certain amount random drug tests by the end of this year I’m so desperate that the company that hires me doesn’t even have to worry about me leaving because think about it if I can’t find a company to hire me why in the world would I leave because the first company that gives me a chance I’d do just about anything to just get one chance from one company
why tf did you try to drive for a job with 4 moving violations? Thats crazy
Dude, this isn't the industry for you. I wish you the best but your bed has been made.
Just go work for sysco
If I was to would spend maybe retire this type of videos as a platform to navigate into the companies, probably talk to at least 20 ppl like you or other ppl that I can, spend the time and money to ask listen PONDER and go thru this cycle dozen + times. Then in this hope, soberly can then have a
"Moment of clarity" and Don't let the Dreams of Grandure / Utopia float around in my hopes".
If I was good at doing research I wouldn't be a trucker.
Please don't perpetuate the dumb trucker stereotype.
@@jerbear7952 you inferred that from my statement. If I was good at research, I'd be doing research for a living.