one frustrated trucker

Ok, so I have been driving for one year, one month, and 2 weeks now. I'm feeling trapped in a job I love, yet working in an industry of employers that are a bunch of liars and cheats. They offer a job full of promises, saying your going to make good money, with plenty of work and then when you buy their bull Sh!Г you get stuck sitting at a truck stop for a day or 2 between every run waiting for a load. And when you get one it doesn't pay anywhere close to what was promised for average load pay. What's the most frustrating is that all these companies seem to be the same so it doesn't make any since to change employers, to start all over again at the bottom of seniority. I'm so mad I just want to scream and pull my hair out. I drove my first year for a major ( first time out ) starter Co. I left out of frustration due to inconsistency in miles to go work for a smaller Co that is actually a deviation of that larger Co ( that was probably my first mistake) that pays percentage of what the truck makes rather then miles.

When I was recruited by this Co, I was sold with A.) a weekly pay guarantee, this was a big selling point because there where some weeks I got some small paychecks with the former Co that really hurt. B.) a decent sign on bonus and can't complain there. C.) that I would be pulling expedited freight that pays more for less miles and there for my potential to make better weekly pay was great. And D.) that the freight was bountiful thus making my potential of greater pay was great. so now the reality of it is that since I started working for the company I have been pulling just standard everyday I'm afraid that was the same freight I was pulling for the original company. I think I've had one expedited Run since I've started. And the excuses that due to the time of year freight is very slow. In the end resuan I was making less money on average than I was making before.my fellow drivers I don't know what to do. Do I stay with this company and hope it gets better.

Do I start looking for local work, which I really don't want to do except for being able to see my kids more often. But going local scares me because I'm afraid it will become more of a job and I'll end up not liking it at all. Do I go back to the company I was working with before which I'll be honest I don't want to do but the truth is I was consistently making more money with them. Or do I take my chances with another OTR company. Does anyone know of a company that can get me a consistent 1200 to 1500 dollar a week paycheck wwith halfway decent benefits decent equipment that preferably would go actually 70 miles an hour instead of the 65 mile an hour bull and home time once a month for 4 days or 5 days.if you've taken the time to read this thank you and I hope to hear your advice / opinions. Once again thank you.