HI
I was thinking about attending a trucking scool last year when I was laid off. Now that Im unemployed again reconsidering. Just how much has this bad economy affected OTR? Is it my imagination or is wages for truck drivers goin down big time? It seems like there are guys on craigslist with 2 years experience beggin for jobs that pay 11-12 bucks an hour?
thanks
Crunch
Bad economy and trucking what it like now?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Nuttinlikeanap, Jul 22, 2009.
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Economy is bad, people are getting laid off. They aren't spending money like they did. Therefore, not much freight moving.
Auto industry is in the crapper, parts aren't moving like they used to.
Not enough freight to keep everybody moving enough to make a decent living. Lots of trucking companies shutting down. Others are letting drivers go.
Lots of experienced drivers are sitting around looking for an opportunity.
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Yeah, it's bad out here. OTR trucking is a lifestyle not a job. It's like being gay or straight. If you want to be OTR it's always great, even if the miles are bad. One week I might get 1300 miles, the next 3400. I love being away from home, so I don't care about the miles, too much. Most companies dropped the starting pay, and a lot of truckers are going to retire in the near future, plus when the economy turns around and they're more factory jobs, a lot of drivers will go back to the factory so they'll be home every night. I have a great time OTR, miles or not.
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The trucking industry feels the effects of the economy before everyone else...Ridgerunner665 Thanks this. -
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....what is it like? in a word? (two really) .... IT SUCKS.
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What gets me is that so many people who have or had good jobs are so desperate, they all think "hey, i can drive a truck..." so they blow $4,000 on school, saturate an already flooded drivers market, then wonder why their felony back in the 1912s is coming back to bite them in the butt.
It would be as if the Titanic sunk in Southhampton, yet everybody still wants to get on even though the ship is going down. -
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currently i don't drive but i am planning to purchase a truck within the next 60 days or so, with the dream of lifestyle trucking! driving where i want to go and enjoying the drive while doing so! (we'll see....)
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