Big plans. Scared!!! Need advice! Thanks!

dont know how many drivers maverick employs but the bigger the company the less miles you receive unless you're on a dedicated account

OK well be prepared for anything.some weeks and days will be good consistent miles and other times not so good.but then again you'll be a flatbedder so that might be better then van and reefer.

 

You probably will, just don't count on it every single week.
You might have a week where you only net $300, or less. And you can have weeks where you net $900 or more.
There are very many variables in trucking. Loads are not always available, especially good loads that make a lot of miles each and every day.

And yes, if you take home time it will impact your bottom line for at least one week's pay. You can't sit for 2-4 days and expect a full pay check. There is also the problem of getting in to and out of wherever you take home time. If freight is slow to that city/town it can be difficult both in and out.

You wanted a realistic view, and I am trying to provide it.
And if you plan to take home time every 2-3 weeks, expect a corresponding number of less than average pay checks. Personally, I stay out between 4 and 5 weeks. Then 2-3 days at whatever location I do home time.

Those are FULL days off, mind you. Not 24 hour periods from when I went off duty.
If I work on Friday delivering the load, then my first full home time day is Saturday.
I'll take Saturday, Sunday and Monday off - then come back at 1200 on Tuesday.
(I don't like to get up early when I come back, and I may have to find an mt for the next load. Coming back at 1200 allows some time to adjust things for such variables.)
That is how my first DM worked things, and I have been doing so ever since. Doing so otherwise might only give barely more than a 34 hour reset for '3' days off.

 

Kinda but not really we are referred to as maxi trucks we haul the maximum amount of weight before needing special permits and escort cars. Most trucks are 5 axle 18 wheels 53' trailer and can gross 80 thousand. My truck is 8 axles 26 wheels 53' flatbed and can gross 105500 I Haul heavy lumber products and heavy steel. There are 100 flatbed trucks in our company and 15 of those are trucks like mine.

 

I care how much money I put in the bank on Friday I try not to look at what the government takes I become physically ill. But that sounds about right before taxes I do around 21 an hour after taxes its probably 14 so I'm working 70 hours a week tarping loads after 9 hours of driving in minus 10 degrees doing the 10th most dangerous job for 14 to 16 an hour pretty dam disgusting if you ask me. But I like my job and it's a job.

 

If that Walmart cashier does a good job, is never late or calls in sick and sticks it out on the register for a year then they can expect to be making...the same money as when they first pinned on that name badge.

The reason I am willing to stay out making Walmart wages (or even less!) is that it will open doors to much better, higher paying jobs.

That's what I tell myself anyway.

 

I love these plans .... So what is your plan b?

I mean not everyone can pass the extremely easy cdl written tests or the road test, so if you can't, you do have an alternative?