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ya no kidding, they hold on to every cent they can, but I can hope lol, was thinking about switching fleets but the pay here is good and good home time

 

it would be doable, you wouldn't be getting rich for sure but you would be doing a lot better than most. Seems like average wages are around $13 an hour max so if you got offered $17 that's good cash if they have the hours to match. Thinking of relocating?

 

If you've got a cheap place to stay I would say go for it. Also there is no sales tax in Montana so that saves cash. Bozeman might be a bit pricier because of the proximity to west Yellowstone, but I can't imagine it's any more expensive than whitefish is for me

 

I was running out of billings at $21/hr. Bozeman thinks it's a large city and the cost of living reflects that. Beautiful city though..

 

I've been stuck on the load from hell all week along with three other drivers.

Sat around all day last Friday in Spokane waiting for an OD Haakon load going to Victoria. BC.. Finally got loaded at 21:00 and left it sitting at Haakon. Delivery was originally set for Monday morning but got pushed to Tuesday late morning and dispatch wasn't sure who might actually take the load at that point.

Come Monday I found out I was sticking with the load, so I got ro sit around all morning waiting for permits.

Come Tuesday morning all four loads are sitting at the border not cleared through customs. By the time they got the loads cleared, the consignee was forced to cancel the crane he had waiting and all our ferry reservations had to be rescheduled.

The only time available Wednesday for the crane was 13:00.

After we finally get unloaded, we're informed by dispatch that no ferry crossings were available for Wednesday so we get to spend another night and cross in the morning.

Talk about a paycheck killer.

 

Looks like I'm taking a34 here in port Huron Mi. Made my delivery in Toronto this morning then made it back across the border to here with 4.5 hrs left on my 70. Been a good week, 3700 miles and border pay. Gonna be a good payday. Asked Brett to run my ##### off for a few weeks before my vacation and he is doing a fine job so far