Advice on Looking for a driver

Tonythetruckerdude · Aug 29, 2020

"semi" retired said: ↑

Needle in a haystack, my friend. To be clear, most of the people out of work today are not truck drivers. People professions, mostly. The problem, is the lack of qualified drivers, most new drivers , that typically hire on with the megas for schooling, don't last 90 days. Good ol' fashioned , RESPONSIBLE leeever pullers, are retired, tapping on their keyboards giving outdated advice. I say, go it alone. A driver today will make a mistake, and you'll be in the poor house, while they skip town and land a job at Subway. Really, if you have a good account, don't jeopardize it with the clowns of today. Let the megas have the headaches. If you can't make it alone, it's time to get out. The old adage, "if one truck does well. 2 must surely double that", doesn't fly today.
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OP , read this slowly and let it sink in. It’s the honest truth !

HD_Renegade · Aug 29, 2020

"semi" retired said: ↑

Needle in a haystack, my friend. To be clear, most of the people out of work today are not truck drivers. People professions, mostly. The problem, is the lack of qualified drivers, most new drivers , that typically hire on with the megas for schooling, don't last 90 days. Good ol' fashioned , RESPONSIBLE leeever pullers, are retired, tapping on their keyboards giving outdated advice. I say, go it alone. A driver today will make a mistake, and you'll be in the poor house, while they skip town and land a job at Subway. Really, if you have a good account, don't jeopardize it with the clowns of today. Let the megas have the headaches. If you can't make it alone, it's time to get out. The old adage, "if one truck does well. 2 must surely double that", doesn't fly today.
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Some very good points made there. It is sort of a double ended sowrd. A lot of driver's will blow smoke up your butt to make you think they are sometimes ain't. Then you have the far and in between driver's that are good, but have a hard time to find the right person or place to drive for.

This 2700 to 3200 miles a week BS is just that. That's part time work.

Bill51 · Aug 29, 2020

Gdog66223 said: ↑

What do you look for in those 1st 3 sentences.
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It sure as heck isn't, "I've done almost all short haul."
LOL. Don't ask how I know.

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