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Oh my goodness OP you have worked for a few companies huh?

 

Leasing and wanting to quit in 6 to 12 months you'll probably have less money than you did when you sing the contract lol.

 

Because most leases will leave you with less money than a company driver

 

That's not what the experience I've seen

 

It depends on the company. I've teamed with my brother, who was leased on with a small company that was all live load and live unload. We only averaged 16,000 miles a month in an ungoverned truck with paper logs. We were usually early for appointments, sometimes by more than a day.

With Swift I got on with a team dedicated account, running coast to coast every week, with most of it drop and hook. We averaged about 24,000 miles per month with e-logs in a 62 mph truck. We were home every weekend. Running solo with Swift I averaged 10,000 miles.

It really depends on the customers the carrier has whether running team makes sense.

 

Thanks for proofing my point, as company team you only averaged 24000, which is around 3000 per driver with swift, I've averaged more than that on my own as a company driver and as a O/O, no movement while trying to sleep, so again solo is better than team

 

I'll never go back to team, for sure. But for those that want to team, pick your teammate and company carefully. 3000 mile weeks were rare at Swift for regular OTR, some nice long hauls interspersed with short hops and sitting.

 

Just an observation,.. but in my opinion, self destructive patterns seem to be a common denominator among those who are struggling to get ahead in trucking.

Going back to school and searching for something that works better can be a double edged sword. On the one hand it can open up opportunities to better things and exactly what the OP needs. On the other, old habits are hard to break and may find the same issues only with different faces.

I had a similar discussion with my daughter recently who is having relationship and work problems. I explained to her that changing scenery doesnt fix the problem,.. change comes from within. Pretty sure it went right over her head as her main focus was to borrow $500.

Hurst

 

Go to school. Coding is a lot like trucking, dime a dozen and a lot of it is outsourced