website/recruiter bs or truth? jb hunt

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by lowndslow, Mar 17, 2014.

  1. lowndslow

    lowndslow Bobtail Member

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    i'll start with back story first, i am currently on a decent weight restriction(for now it's 20lbs or less) due to a drunk driver hitting me on my motorcycle which fractured 4 vertabra's in my lower back. in turn i got fired from my old job working at a factory, which left a salty taste in my mouth and not wanting to work in factorys anymore. with so many of my uncles driving truck i figured i'd start browsing around various sites and to get a idea of what i'd b in for, which the more i read about the company's hiring for people to get there cdl threw them i have shy'd away from that especially after reading big uglys review of his experience with cr england. so my next option is me to flip the bill and go to a school that's local (trainco any good?) so i read around on there and looked at jb hunts website and started looking at O/O stuff and two of there job describtions say 130k+ a year the other says 170k for my area?(yes, i know have to pay for truck fuel repairs, etc. that stuff gets expensive quickly if it's out of your own pocket) the thing i was confused about your only making 40k more with only being out a extra week?(130k was 5 on 2 off and other was 14 on and 2 off) i have always been told if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. so thats pretty much why i am asking.
     
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  3. jsprocket

    jsprocket Heavy Load Member

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    Probably that much before your truck payment, fuel, maintenance, insurance and all that come out.
     
  4. Dinomite

    Dinomite Road Train Member

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    The numbers are estimations that attract people like you. Get a company job. Trucks breakdown, take a long time to get fixed, and with a jacked up back the crappy roads and the crappy suspension will not have you in the game long anyway.
     
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  5. blairandgretchen

    blairandgretchen Road Train Member

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    I'll have to agree with that.

    And trucking and back problems are good bed fellows.
     
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  6. lowndslow

    lowndslow Bobtail Member

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    my back is healing fine, i am 9 months now out from my accident and in turn i assume my doctor will be lifting my restriction more when i go to see her on the 20th.
     
  7. cabwrecker

    cabwrecker The clutch wrecker

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    ERM, isn't being fired from your manufacturing job for being on work restriction...sort of...illegal?
     
  8. lowndslow

    lowndslow Bobtail Member

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    that's a story for another day. that's a huge fiasco all in it's self right now on top of dealing with the accident.
     
  9. ewill71

    ewill71 Heavy Load Member

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    those are good numbers, but it depends on the driver too. I agree with the guys, Before making a major financial decision on buying a truck probably ought to run company to get the feel. Especially with the back injury, trucks are not good on knees and backs. Maybe you might be alright, but atleast as a company driver you don't have the commitment to get out of. good luck buddy.
     
  10. Dinomite

    Dinomite Road Train Member

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    I do also see where you say why the only 40,000 estimated for staying out an extra week. Because once you stop the wheels from rolling it's a slow go to get back up to speed. So so you on the 5 and 2 schedule. They give you a load to Chicago from the ATlanta. Now they know you are wanting to be home so they have to find you a load back to Atlanta. There might be one but it doesn't pick up the day after you deliver.

    Now if you are on the 14 and 2 schedule. You go to Chicago, they have a load going to LA that picks up right after you deliver. then you go Washington, then Chicago, and finally back to Atlanta for your time off. Hope that helps. So the longer the wheels are rolling the more money is going into the bank account.
     
  11. lowndslow

    lowndslow Bobtail Member

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    I understand that dino, but just trying figure out why only a 40k bump for being out a extra week maybe i am thinking about it the wrong way? Also as for being a company driver i haven't found a company that has what appeals to me currently in my area as a new driver
     
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