question for you truckers

$400 a week should be do able as a new driver. But kind of depends on the amount of deductions from your check. Like health insurance and those kinds of things. Also did you consider the amount you will be spending on the road like food and stuff in your $400 dollar figure. It can get pricey if you dont watch yourself.
Winter driveing can be a pain yesterday I had to stop twice to chain up on 70 going threw CO.. If you dont feel safe SLOW DOWN or stop..

 

Last time I knew schnieder guaranteed $500/week gross for the first 26 weeks.

 

seems like a lil bit of money to be out there risking your life.

 

Usually training pay will be very low. Usually about 50.00 per day to 100.00 per day it depends upon the company you sign on with. Training will be AFTER you have gone through an accredited training school and have your class A cdl. Training will vary from 4 weeks to 6 weeks and you will be classified as a 2nd seat driver. After 4 to 6 weeks a driver will be given an "upgrade test" by the safety department to determine if he has the necessary skills to drive a truck on his own. In the event you pass the upgrade test you will go to 1st seat status. At that point you will assigned your own truck. You will notify dispatch when you have moved your gear into your new truck and are ready for dispatch. At that point you will start earning better pay usually about .25 cpm to .30 cpm for the miles you drive. Figure on driving around 2000 miles to 2500 miles per week and that will give you a ballpark figure on your potential gross weekly earnings.
Typically you will earn about 700 to 800 per week gross averaged over the first year. Each year you will make more as your pay rate goes up as will your stamina and (ideally) your reputation for being a safe, compliant, and on time driver.