I want to get into trucking

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  1. sylice613

    sylice613 Bobtail Member

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    And eventually become an owner-operator.

    Should I go for it? Whats the pay like?
     
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    just_the Light Load Member

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    thelushlarry Road Train Member

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    You want in I want out maybe we could swap!
     
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  5. blairandgretchen

    blairandgretchen Road Train Member

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    Get cdl. Get 2 years experience before buying a truck.

    Do lots of reading on here.

    Company driver - 35-100k gross/year.

    O/O - bit more complex . . . takes some smarts.

    Go for it. Good luck.
     
  6. Wooly Rhino

    Wooly Rhino Road Train Member

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    Trucking is the highest paying job on the planet. Well, not now but the day all the truckers stop and park their trucks, it will be. Truckers deliver everything in this nation. No job would happen if the truckers did not allow them to. Food arrives at grocery store by the good graces of truckers. Medicine and medical supplies arrive at hospitals because we truckers work hard. Factories only product because raw materials hauled in by truck arrive just in time. Walmart is basically a large trucking company. Amazon.com wouldn't sell a thing if trucks didn't move them. So, because we truckers refuse to work cheap or to haul cheap freight or to s cre w over our fellow truckers by undercutting them, we are the highest paid folks on the plant.

     
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  7. thelushlarry

    thelushlarry Road Train Member

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    How much have you had to drink??
     
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  8. Ridgeline

    Ridgeline Road Train Member

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    Look before you get a answer, you have to ask yourself - why?

    then tell us.
     
  9. sylice613

    sylice613 Bobtail Member

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    I need a job, it is always in demand and I wouldnt mind seeing a little bit of the U.S. Im an introvert so I wouldnt mind the no social contact neither. I'll be 20 when I start the class.

    I plan on getting a Haz-Mat as well.
     
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  10. browndawg

    browndawg Medium Load Member

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    ohhh its not that bad
     
  11. Lux Prometheus

    Lux Prometheus Heavy Load Member

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    And ask a metric kuffton of questions on here...
     
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