My Experience as a Line Haul Driver

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by American-Trucker, Apr 14, 2012.

  1. Trashtrucker1265

    Trashtrucker1265 Road Train Member

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    He didn't make it very far.......
     
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  3. American-Trucker

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    nope he sat there 8 hours then was towed back to the terminal in charlotte lol



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  4. the flying scotsman

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    dont they have ABF/Dominion/SAIA or any of the other union shops around there?.....seems like your working for nothing?....
     
  5. American-Trucker

    American-Trucker Road Train Member

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    yea but theyre hard to get on with. My last paycheck worked out to $12.80/hr $835 for 65 hrs of work....$548 take home....WTF. I told my boss today i need a differant route or im going to have to quit. I cant pay my bills with that crap




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    the flying scotsman Thanks this.
  6. rbrtwbstr

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    Ouch on the pay. But I think everyone has those kind of weeks. My worst was $435 for 3100 miles. That week I was only paid for two loads because the high dollar load was delivered two hours after the pa cut off. But I no longer work there
     
  7. American-Trucker

    American-Trucker Road Train Member

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    im a Line Haul driver i do the same run every day, theres no such thing as a bad week, same pay every day, every week.



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  8. rbrtwbstr

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    i'm on salary now. don't matter where i go or what i do its the same paycheck. wouldn't have it any other way
     
  9. countrymouse

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  10. American-Trucker

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    im thinking about it more and more everyday lol.



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  11. nicholas_jordan

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    I watched about one of your videos ~ we all think about that here and then - the trick is to not jump it too fast but rather like talk to LS some and just see how it goes on their end ..... with what I saw for the LS their people will know what you are facing so just ship them any info they ask for and if they do say to make the jump ask them <= not current employer, how much notice LS thinks you should give current employer as where you are going is better kept clean than what is behind your future, sorta like the D.A.C. critical remarks but to be approached at a definitely greater professionalism

    in the industry I worked before I learned after 3-4 hire / fires to not even ask what the company one is leaving thinks about it as when you get to interview in future pre-hire interview they know some companies do bad-mouthing and if you are sitting for interview someplace that does not realize that you want to break it and G.T.F.O. rapidoso & just walk away and never worry about it ....

    hard lesson that continues to get occasional hard knocks

    that is 100 times better than engine knock
     
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