RD68's 2013 income on a month to month basis

If you are willing to relocate, Superior has a terminal in Markham IL. That would be the closest one to you if you are up in MN. Here is the link to that terminal. All I can recommend is give them a call and talk to them.

http://www.superior-carriers.com/Locations/ChicagoIL.html

 

Not shabby at all. I will have February's totals up this weekend. I was waiting on the last pay check for the month.

 

February 2013

Feb. 4 - Feb. 10 Paid miles 946 (only worked two days this week) Gross $437.38 Net $367.47
Feb. 11 - Feb. 17 Paid miles 2013 Gross $1031.38 Net $762.93
Feb. 18 - Feb. 24 Paid miles 2360 + 5.5hrs loading delay pay Gross $1282.40 Net $951.07
Feb. 25 - Mar. 3 Paid miles 1497 + 16hrs local work Gross $974.71 Net $738.82

February was a short month with only 28 days and I was off or on home time quite a bit and still grossed $3725.82 for the month. It would be nice to be able to keep most of that. Darn taxes!

 

March 2013

3/4 - 3/10 Gross 1125.99 Net 843.17
3/11 - 3/17 Gross 1326.56 Net 981.55
3/18 - 3/24 Gross 1457.77 Net 1052.04
3/25 - 3/31 Gross 830.99 Net 687.48 (only did two short runs this week due to staying close by for some time off)

Feeling lazy so I did not include miles/local pay. Miles run about the same anyway.

 

Kind of quit posting in here because feelings of being a braggart even though my intentions are to help potential future employees of Superior Carriers. After all the horror stories I read about trucking and it not being a very good paying career and all the abuse that goes on in this industry, I had become really scared about making the jump into trucking. I did a lot of research on companies and had narrowed it down to a select few. I never even considered pulling tankers because I figured that was something I would not be able to find a job doing until after getting several years under my belt.

I started with Superior a year ago so I only got in half a year of salary with them for 2012. I will say though, my weekly checks were an improvement over what I was making at my last job. Fast forward to 2013. Starting back in January, I was interested to see what my annual salary after a full year with Superior would be. Obviously we have not reached that point yet but we are at the half way mark and I wanted to report my first 6 months gross salary for any future truckers considering Superior Carriers. So far, as of 6/28 my YTD gross is $29,477.89. If you double that I am on track to make right at $59,000 in my first full year of trucking.

I know we will have some slow spells near the end of the year, but I don't expect it to be too bad as I stayed pretty busy up until December of last year. Even then I still stayed busy enough. I want to thank PED, you know who you are, for telling me about Superior and taking the time to meet with me that one time and also thank Superior for giving me the chance to drive for them. I feel very fortunate to have gotten on with a trucking company that treats me very well and pays like they do.

PED, I have not talked to you in a while but I hope you are doing well and are having a successful run as an IC.