What would YOU want in a job in trucking?

Well, you’ve got some perspective and what sounds like a real network; which is two things most guys (myself too at one time)with your idea lack.

Businesses are transactional. The cost to get the ability to transact - profitably and efficiently- in trucking is higher and….tougher to take than in most industries. In your money plan, figure out what seems like unreasonable or bad luck operating costs and add 20%. That requires an operating reserve to hedge against. The amount of diverted or stagnant capital/money requires just to stay safely operating is a real hard pill to swallow for most investors looking into the business.

 

I was Leased to a company for 7 or 8 yrs. I had a dedicated D&H 400 trip each way. 6 trips per week. 7 if I wanted. I never saw them. Maybe once a yr. at most. Sometimes not for a couple yrs. I really liked that. Stayed out of the Company Drama, and BS Talk that Drivers love to do. Just minded my Own. Never kept a Job that long. Worked good at the time. Never too far from home. I’d have dinner at home twice during the week. Weekends off. It beat working 60 hr weeks Local, on the clock. Less hustle, better pay.

 

Dream big or go back to sleep.

 

personally i was never a "party person", and could care less about those.

i'd rather have the money instead. (as in a Christmas bonus)

but maybe once a month during the summer and fall, maybe a hotdog cook out, as long as EVERYONE is home when this takes place. one employer i was at, had such a "cook out", but i was far away when that happened (as well as some other drivers) and we were (in my opinion over looked).....not good in my book on treating a driver that earns the company money, with respect.

all get to attend, or none at all.....as to me, that is favoritism.

 

There’s also a guy on YouTube named David McGill that regularly puts out videos with advice

he’s an accountant that started a trucking company on the side .
Called “trucking from scratch “
He’s not driving , he is running the company .

He has some good info and unlike most truckers , isn’t afraid to share it . He’s not terrified someone will use what he’s learned and cut into his business .

 

If you do all lower 48, add a bonus to the northeast(anything east of 81 and north of 70)
City pay, companies seem to pay extra to go into NYC and long Island, but I'd add any city in the north east plus Chicago, Atlanta, Dfw, Houston and LA.
When a driver wants hometime, get them home when they want to be home.
Good network of drop yards/terminals. I get this might be hard for a small, starting company, but I like knowing I have a safe, legal place to park with at the very least a bathroom.
Most of what else I consider important has been mentioned by others.