Is truck driving about $10 per hour?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by lupe, Jan 30, 2011.

  1. Trckdrvr

    Trckdrvr Heavy Load Member

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    X hours for reset?

    It's 70hours in 6days..not a week.. and it's a 34hour break that "resets" your 70.
     
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  3. hawkjr

    hawkjr Road Train Member

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    im on pace to make 55k in my third year
     
  4. chfireball

    chfireball Bobtail Member

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    your close, it's the 60/70 rule
    May not drive after 60/70 hours on duty in 7/8 consecutive days. A driver may restart a 7/8 consecutive day period after taking 34 or more consecutive hours off duty.
     
  5. Dave 1960

    Dave 1960 Road Train Member

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    Or keep logbook hours down to 9 or less a day (PAM makes THAT pretty easy)
     
  6. zentrucking

    zentrucking Road Train Member

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    I think even the worst job in trucking will be about three times what the OP could make anywhere else ... so $10, $15, or whatever per hour is really irrelevant.

    HOS too, since the OP is just looking for a place to live.
     
  7. jb12288

    jb12288 Light Load Member

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    Chiming in a bit late. Averaging my weekly pay for the past 6 months i make $885 a week. I drive team from Atlanta to Seattle and back with 1-2 days off a week. I average about $17-$18.50 an hour.
     
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  8. lupe

    lupe Medium Load Member

    How did you get that high paying a job in your 1st year?
     
  9. end of the road

    end of the road Heavy Load Member

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    Probably by going onto a trucking message board and asking lots and lots of questions.
     
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  10. Jarhed1964

    Jarhed1964 Road Train Member

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    Probably just got his CDL, applied at several companies, chose the one he wanted, GOT ON THE BUS TO ORIENTATION, and started running team. You should try it, you never know what you are going to make until you do.
     
  11. lupe

    lupe Medium Load Member

    Do all line haul driving jobs make that much? For example this one in San Diego? http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSee...ob_did=J8F68160NKVLNKWGSXZ&siteid=CBJUJU_Feed
     
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