I'm pulling my numbers from w2s , theres lots of people on YouTube and in person who will be glad to share. I'm talking about otr not regional. 70k is becoming the floor for otr
Freymiller pay update
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Anything below 60 cpm and the benefits better be good . Tyson starts drivers below that but Benny's are super cheap for an example
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####... I'm at 76K already home daily. Sometimes I work a 6th day because I'm bored at home.
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70k? There's drivers making over 100k here. Please don't say you can't you need patience, run your clock, ask for better runs keep in mind if you a bad driver, a dm could give you a great runs and your screw him over by being late on your part not weather or any legitimate hes not gonna have you on the A team your gonna be bottom list, he or she they do play favorites if you a yes man or woman you can do well say no enough they gonna keep you on the back burner. Also while we chase miles here you can have short miles and multiple stops and still achieve the same money or better. I know one guy make 140k yearly he does a dedicated run on occasion he runs make up for others.... he's also on top 3 when you see those people ask them how to run better. The only downside I have with FM is there's no home daily for me which is something I want eventually.
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Obviously in this economic climate you are still way ahead of the OTR driver living out of the truck because home values have shot up so much with ridiculous low interest rates, but traditionally it's reversed where you would've been able to get way more ahead in life financially if you lived out of the truck and did OTR and not have all the expenses associated with housing or renting.
What people need to understand when going OTR is you HAVE to take into account how much hometime you're going to take per year, then average that out per month. It's better to figure out what the average weekly pay is and then if you take 7-8 days off per month (like a normal working person does) you can just multiply the average weekly pay by 3 and then multiply that number by 12. That'll give you a more realistic forecast for your annual gross income.
One thing I've noticed (and I'm not talking about anyone in particular in this thread or in the video in the OP, I'm just saying in general) is that in the OTR sector pay is widly exaggerated and often times, the whole story isn't being told (for example 100k gross on a 1099 is WAY different than a 100k gross on a W2 with full health and retirement benefits).
That said, by all means, I obviously encourage every single driver, no matter what sector of trucking they are in, to find the best possible pay and in the best possible working environment/schedule that works for you. Higher pay is better for all of us.asphaltreptile311, bryan21384 and Born2win Thank this. -
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