Its obvious how little you know of trucking and running a successful company. Yes there are some companies who pay great but what you fail to either know or see is they are small outfits,who run dedicated customers for 95% of their loads. One such example would be Southern Pride,who runs primarily jet engines. My advice is try to get on with one of those companies or buy yourself a truck. Otherwise learn how things work in trucking and why. You dont just walk into a customer and say its goin to cost $5/mi because you will have no freight. Cause and effect. Maverick is one of the top companies in the nation for a reason,maybe it means they know a thing or two about how to balance customers needs,company needs and driver needs. Sounds to me like you have fallen into the driver trap of thinkin you know it all.

You didn't read my post at all. It says the same thing you just said but without the bull #### denegration.

Originally Posted by sparkn

Not a dodge. It doesn't matter. What I said is more true than any fluff I could put on it with a title.

I was just curious what your expertice was before you got into trucking. You either always had a dream that you wanted to be a truck driver, or you got laid off and could not get into anything else worth while so you decided to give trucking a try.
My guess is that it is the latter and that you really have no true desire to be an over the road truck driver.

Originally Posted by sparkn

Way off the mark. Thanks for trying.

Then why don't you enlighten me?

I used to get pissed off at the mileage pay too, because the miles I didn't get payed for were driven for free....I don't work for free.
but then I realized how nice it was to do your own routing/fueling, especially after listening to my friends that work for other large carriers, ######## about the routing/fueling itinerary dictated to them.


it balance's out