Stepping Out With My Own Numbers

sent you a PM, 2am. They’re check in process sucks, so I park and check in early. They’ll call whenever they feel like it. AWG is always a PIA.

 

I’ve been stuck at home taking care of stuff. One of my guys quit with only a few days notice. I’ve spent a month trying to get a driver. What I’m paying is outstanding, but it’s not enough to get guys interested. Dozens and dozens of phone calls and applications. I had a few that I thought were good and they just disappeared. So, I sold one of the trailers and the Volvo, got a good price on both, and be back on the road Friday. My other driver is in the Freightliner now, it’s the better truck.
Unless you’ve got really new trucks, must be a Peterbilt or KW, and those trucks are 70+ mph trucks, you’re going to have a hard time recruiting people.
I liked running three trucks, that was the easy part, the recruiting process is very disappointing. I can guarantee in one calendar year you’ll make 85k, paid benefits and everything, but they’d rather go drive for peanuts at 70 mph. It’s crazy.
My remaining driver gets it. He loves the health insurance. He’s been using it lately for some issues and as only paid 30.00 to see two doctors, his tests and medications are free.
If I had come across a job like this earlier on, I’d probably still be there.
I’d still recommend getting your own authority to anybody, just be prepared if you plan on hiring drivers, it’s a lot more difficult than you probably think it is.

 

It’s difficult right now because there is a lot of money being thrown around. Some guys are making more sitting at home than when they were working. Also, there’s so many more driving jobs that don’t require a CDL and home every night with the massive growth in e commerce delivery services.

 

I know that’s a thing. I don’t get it. Especially someone like me that’s paying a fixed rate. If you get held up, rescheduled, weather, detention, it will not affect your pay. I’m reefer all the way, not interested in anything else. The only other trailer I’d pull would be hazmat tankers. When I looked into it, when I was trying to decide if I should stay leased on or get my authority, I wasn’t impressed with what I was seeing for earning potential. Maybe it’s better now. There were some places you could make more pulling a dry van than leasing on with them pulling hazmat tankers.