Looking to get into trucking

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  1. Canadianhauler21

    Canadianhauler21 Heavy Load Member

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    Not all companies are bad. I worked for a few east Indian companies. Two of the four east Indians I worked for were/are good companies that's about 50%, not great but could be worse.
    Challenger was good but crap pay.

    Immigrants/new drivers do get dinged one way or another. Best is to sign on with a medium to large sized carrier starting out. There's still money to be made out there, my company is doing very well out of Ontario running canada-usa regional (we have about 30 trucks).

    Money = experience. (Out of Ontario atleast). See jobs for trimac starting at the 35 an hour as long as you have 3 years of experience. From what I heard Tim Hortons/McDonalds isn't bad either. I'm going to get another year of experience in for a total of 3 years and than I'll apply for a actual long term company.
     
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  3. smokey12

    smokey12 Road Train Member

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    #### this is depressing but unfortunately somewhat true
     
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  4. Farmtractor9900

    Farmtractor9900 Light Load Member

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    I'm not so sure about that. Screenshot_20210511-091038.png
     
  5. liner

    liner Medium Load Member

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    Wow.I had to read that twice to make sure I was reading it right.Where do I sign up for this great deal.lol
     
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  7. Iron Maiden

    Iron Maiden Light Load Member

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    I drive for Mcdonalds and work 50 hours a week and make $2000.
     
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  8. Canadianhauler21

    Canadianhauler21 Heavy Load Member

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    That's pretty good. More than what I make, if what you say is true you make more money than 90% of OTR company drivers.

    Heard food service is a lot of hand bombing though. Might give it a shot soon OTR is turning me into a fat ###.
     
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  9. Iron Maiden

    Iron Maiden Light Load Member

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    No hand bombing at all anymore. We use a lift gate to take pallets or carts off the trailer. People at the store empty them. Most of my time is spent watching other people work.
     
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  10. BigHossVolvo

    BigHossVolvo Road Train Member

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    Yea, buddy of mine is trying to get into Martin Brower, said its INSANE how many people are trying to get into there. The only OTR company guys making $2000/wk+ are Critical Haz Tankers or Medical Supplies TEAM drivers. Thats maybe 3-400 guys in all of Canada IMHO.

    I wish Gordon Food services didn't suck so bad, I live 5 mins from them, and i'm pretty sure I would do mostly Mall deliveries from this DC. I used to do mall deliveries for Bison and I really enjoyed it.

    LCV is paying OK but not great, however I knew that going in and taking a dedicated schedule over open board.
     
  11. BigHossVolvo

    BigHossVolvo Road Train Member

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    Man the ###### is real! I've always tried to keep it at bay, since I started driving. But the #### stress of it all, and ####ed up sleep. I don't think you can diet and exercise that away. I was sweating all over the place building sets yesterday tho! My Calgary to Edmonton day is a good workout, cause I build/break X2 in the same day.
     
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