Opprtunities/Career for young person? Any tips welcomed

there IS money in trucking, however you are not going to make it holding a steering wheel while pulling a dry van around the country (for the most part), peddling out of a pup trailer, low bed work, fuel delivery, hazmat you need to expand into the catagories that the "steering wheel holders" are just to dumb to get into. you get what you pay for, and no company is going to be willing to save a few bucks an hour for someone to lay a $100,000 trailer dump on its side the first day out

I take home about $600 on about 40 hours a week. when I pulled doubles I was doing 55 I was doing over a grand. and there are better paying companies around here, just a little to comfortable to leave where im at

I got my license at 18, was driving farm trucks before that, started pulling doubles across MA into boston, and delivering 450+ peices out of the truck with a two wheeler for about two years. left that company and got into a trailer dump and have been there since, im 22 now, and ive had people tell me the same thing, but theres no way your pulling me out of a truck without a fight

 

Trucking is very much a "Get out of it what you put into it" job! You want to be a steering wheel holder then your pay check will show it, you want to learn and "Work" then your pay check will show that also!
Without traditional schooling there are not that many jobs out there where you can pull down $50,000 + and not work OT! Yes $600 a week take home is not great when you work 70 hours. But there are ways to "Improve" that number by being smarter and applying that knowlege!

 

I had responded to another thread, where I said I take home over $700 per week after working UNDER 40 hours, as it is a dedicated account. But the company I work for WILL NOT hire drivers with less than 5 years experience as well.

oh yeah, it's "dry van" as well!!!!

oh hey, you live in Ludlow, MA???

is that chemical company still there that makes windshield washer fluid??? I obviously do not remember the name. I made SEVERAL pick ups there over the years and took it down to Richmond, VA.

 

Straight outta Ludlow!

 

I said for the most part, meaning the average dry van driver is not going to see that kind of money, but of course dedicated and such I am sure there are opportunities, sorry for any confusion

Yes it was elite back in the day, its Austin's now, funny thing was I used to all ways pick up in Ayer ma for washer fluid