Is it even worth starting a career in trucking right now?

With the New Canadians its a numbers game and the dominant with the numbers of Truck Drivers. Many ads say they're 70% to 75% of Canadian OTR truckers. I will say 85% since 2023. Even with the deportation of many due visas etc. Theres still an abundance of them especially in Trucking. Currently on hwy# 11 North Ontario and that's all I see. The worst non coordinated drivers on the highways worst in class. If a load is averaging $2 cpm on the spot market, they'll do it for $1.35 cpm even either diesel costing $2 20 per litre. There's nothing up stairs with the majority. They are however, the fast regarding lowest rates on the spot market bottoming out.

 

Same story for me it has always been my dream job to be a truck driver since i was very young. I started with schneider national back in 2008 i had some set backs but I didn’t give up and got my Dream job. I actually failed a road test with my current employer before going to schneider because i learned on a 13spd and not a 10 spd that i used on road test . no one would hire me because of the trucking school i went too . i had to do a refresher course at cross roads in barrie after being told by schneider i would be reimbursed. i got told after spending $3500 that because i didn’t do the whole course so i didn’t qualify. Then once i actually got to schneider i failed their physical test because i wasn’t keeping my back straight while lifting a milk create . I didn’t give up i went to the gym to work on strengthening my muscles and back and 6-12 months later went back and passed their physical

That was 18 years ago , hard to believe how fast time flies. Unfortunately for newbies now there’s a lot less companies like schneider who are willing to put new drivers up in a hotel and train them

 

There still are jobs out there if a person has a year. Depends on area, more jobs in the north,,Timmins to Thunder Bay
I have not applied anywhere and yet I’ve gotten 3 offers, cold calls offering me part time runs
A year ago I thought I would have jumped on these but gawd,, see the daily carnage on 11/17, don’t wanna work!