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Bus Driver going Trucking

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Honest_Driver_3000, Mar 14, 2011.

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  1. Mar 20, 2011 #11
    Diesel Dave

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    Let me get this straight.........if you been trucking with a well known company for 17 years, and you go to another well known company, you mean they send you back to school AGAIN ?.......... for what ?
     
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  3. Mar 20, 2011 #12
    ‘Olhand

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  4. Mar 25, 2011 #13
    Honest_Driver_3000

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    Ok along this post I've read several of you mentioning that the training pay "wasn't much" plz define that. I consider what I make not "not much" which is one of the reasons that I'm looking at OTR. Presently as a full time school bus driver (38 hours a week) I make $1000 take home per month.
     
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  5. Mar 25, 2011 #14
    Honest_Driver_3000

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    @lunaglow - Well was going to send you a PM about that information but it says I've not posted enough to send you one so as soon as I get a high enough ranking I'd still like to get that info from you.
     
    Honest_Driver_3000, Mar 25, 2011
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  7. Mar 25, 2011 #15
    sydsdriver

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  8. Mar 25, 2011 #16
    Honest_Driver_3000

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    @sydsdriver Thanks! I will most definately look at this. Anyone actually completed the program on here that you know of? Also do you know anyone that is still on with them? Says something if they not only are that good but good enough to get people to stay on.
     
    Honest_Driver_3000, Mar 25, 2011
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  9. Mar 25, 2011 #17
    sydsdriver

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    Yeah. Read through that thread. You will get the good and the bad. But the driver who started the thread is now done with school, adn still with them.
     
    sydsdriver, Mar 25, 2011
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  10. Mar 25, 2011 #18
    Honest_Driver_3000

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    I read through the post but no one has said if they are a L/O only or do they have company drivers? I'd post there but don't want to get involved in the drama.
     
    Honest_Driver_3000, Mar 25, 2011
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  11. Mar 26, 2011 #19
    lunaglow

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    At Swift after you get done with school you go out with a driver trainer(Mentor) that is when you start to get paid. If I have my info right. You get paid the first 2 weeks $350, 2nd 2 weeks $450 and the 3rd 2 weeks $500. Then when you get your own COMPANY truck you make 29 cents a mile for the first 3 months you are out, then 30 cents the next 3 months, then 31 cents the next three months, then by the end of your first year you get 32 cents per mile. Does not sound like much but it adds up if you get about 2500 miles a week. :biggrin_2556:
     
    lunaglow, Mar 26, 2011
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  12. Mar 27, 2011 #20
    Honest_Driver_3000

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    Do you know if Swift allows passengers after you go solo? I plan on taking my wife along once I get up and moving.
     
    Honest_Driver_3000, Mar 27, 2011
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