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01.02.2008
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 Pay Rates Hi, I'm about to start my CDL training and one of the main concerns that my wife and I have is pay. Does the pay honestly justify the time spent away from home? Any idea of what to expect the first couple of years? Thanks for any insight you can give.  |
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__________________ Save a target... Shoot a Tweeker  Why is common sense so damned uncommon? Rule #1 about using a G.P.S You must first be SMARTER then the G.P.S Rule #2 Sadly a lot of drivers are not. |
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The first couple of years will not be kind. Your pay will be on the low side because you will have the distinction of being a "trainee", and, your expenses will be high because you have not yet learned how to live for cheap on the road. Hang tough, get past the hard part, and trucking can be a very rewarding career. There are a lot of happy homes out here financed by a trucker's pay check. Do your budget using the least take home you may earn, then when you make extra during peak periods, bank it. No one starves trucking unless they are wasteful, hazardous, or lazy. Come get you some....  |
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01.02.2008
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| I really do appreciate the feed back. This helps a lot. Thank you. |
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01.02.2008
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| The recruiting brochures advertise first year salaries averages of between 30 and 50 thousand. Yet, when I calculate what it would take to do this, I don't see how .28 cents per mile at 55mph, in an 11 hour day can add up to these salaries in the real world. How do the companies fudge to come up with these numbers, or are they real? |
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01.03.2008
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| Its not easy thats for sure but lets play with some numbers. Avarage 2,000 miles a week for a year. 2,000X52= 104,000 104,000X.28= $29,120 Avarage 2,500 miles a week for a year. 2,500X52= 130,000 miles 130,000X.28 = $36,400 Avarage 3000 miles a week for a year. 3,000X52= 156,000 miles 156,000X.28 = $43,680 Keep in mind that those numbers are before taxes and dosent inclued any perks that an employer may give(yea I know). The odds of a first year driver averaging 3K miles a week is slime but it is doable. And if they became a 6 month trainer they could pad up to another 10K onto any of those figures. Just keep in mind that the companies and recruiters are quoteing to you "the perfect world". And saddly thats the one place that we dont deliver to 
__________________ Save a target... Shoot a Tweeker Why is common sense so damned uncommon? Rule #1 about using a G.P.S You must first be SMARTER then the G.P.S Rule #2 Sadly a lot of drivers are not. |
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| Some places also pay a safety bonus of anywhere from $0.005 cents per mile to $0.02 cents per mile. Others sometimes pay a fuel bonus which can be anywhere from $0.02 cents per mile to $0.06 cents per mile. Those add up to quite a bit more $$$ but ultimately don't expect more than $30,000 your first year out, IF THAT. |
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| Ever notice that the truck driving schools advertise during the daytime TV shows like Jerry Springer, and Judge Whoever? What does that tell you about their target market? The whole reason a guy opens a "truck driving school" is to scam the unemployed out of some student loan money, just like the beauty academes, and medical assistant schools do. When you are broke and sitting at home watching trash TV during the day, those claims of 30,000 dollars look like good money. The problem is if you go to work for a OTR truckload carrier they are going to work you to death for that 30G. Ok ok I'll admit now and again I watch those daytime TV shows. I think I have a thing for white trash girls.  |
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| The money was slow at first, but after six months it is starting to roll on in. My boyfriend started the last weekend in May, and for the year made about 22K. Not bad for 7 months, especially when you consider the first 6 weeks were at slave wages. And that does not include the two bonuses that he should make, about another 1500. So that 30-50 K mark is doable your first year. |
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01.04.2008
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| Leannamarie--who does your boyfriend work for if you don't mind telling? Those figures do seem somewhat encouraging, especially since you report him driving cross country... |
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