Is now an okay time to be starting a career as a truck driver?

I'll add that with fuel going up, right NOW might not be a good idea. My wife and I worked for Covenant in 2008 when fuel was hitting $4.50-5.00 a gallon. Covenant wouldn't deadhead us more than 50 miles for a load, and we sat for days at each end of a run - finally left because were were making about $200 each per week.

My advice is to wait and see what happens with oil futures once the pwers that be agree to open up the strategic reserves - that may make a good enough turn on oil prices to bring pump prices down.

 

I got a 400 mile dead head just the other day with swift. Tit for tat I guess.

 

Honestly this is the worst question to ask on here, you will mostly get jaded people with an axe to grind. My advice is take all the negativity with a grain of salt.

 

So what your saying is that it's not as bad as what most people say as long as your willing to take whatever the companies throw at you for loads?

 

I don't know if I'd say it like that either just have to kind of find out for yourself. Talk to other drivers in the company you're looking at as well.

 

Me too.
427 miles from Salt Lake City up to Worland WY.

 

Now if Lupe asked this same question you would go into more detail!
But i forgot you think of him as a student of the game

 

Most people can't handle the lifestyle. Other than that, its an honest way to make a buck.

 

knowing THAT person as i do now, i would probably want to say, "sure go right ahead, just be sure to ask that the nut holding the steering wheel is loose"....

but then again, knowing THAT person, which "nut" would up for debate....

 

In this business, it seems like there's never a good time and never a bad time to get into it....or out of it...

aka: The Paradox Known as the Trucking Industry....

Hope this helps you make an informed decision!...