Why is anyone thinking home every weekend and it's a good a good thing?

I take home $1150 every week out Tuesday home Sunday
Health care paid by company and $40/week they match in a 401K fully invested from day one
But your right I am not home weekends

 

Or you can be paid by the load. Most aggregate (Gravel Companies) pay by how many loads you
make and nothing else.

 

I don't think he said $14 wasn't poverty. What he did say was it's better than McDonalds pays. Seemed pretty straight forward to me.

 

Home time is a personal choice. Some people want more time.

How much money is enough money??

 

Right on the money.... Long as Wife and kids are fed. Got a roof over our heads and some extra money for some toys and retirement.. I don't need to be filthy rich just live comfortable. And its not that hard to do if you watch your money.

 

What company do you work for? I would love to have wknds of to be with my daughters

 

Not going to brag about how much I make or that I'm home at the end of each day....
It's up to each driver to be resourceful in their driving career
.... I can say OTR is NOT my first choice for driving jobs, simply because I have a family to raise and too many responsibilities at home to take care of, not to mention the $ just ain't there anymore
... There are many different avenues in this industry, no driver should limit themselves on what to do with their CDL
I could make more $ and be home every day driving a garbage truck then to drive for any OTR mega outfit .....
That's just how simple it can be

 

Actually Jonesboro AR is offering Concrete mixer at 14/Hr plus time and half over time automatically over 40 hours. Twice what I made 12 years ago. It's not poverty when you consider a couple acres of land, a thousand square foot home running off 30 dollars worth of electric, 40 in gas, about the same in water and payment for house is 330 and insurance another 270 full coverage What's left? Oh Food, fluids and gasoline for the cars insurance for me married and two cars was 55 a month. Full coverage. Our income combined was 3000 basic the hourly wages were gravy. Between the two of us we raked it in paying off debt. We retired approximately 145,000 in total debt over 18 years here in Arkansas, stone cold cash years if not decades ahead of payoff date and year.

 

Why is it that every so often one of these blowhard, knuckle dragging, mouth breathing, ham and eggers feels the need to "Inform" us about our industry? If your only skill is holding your urine for your entire 11 hour driving shift then take a good look in the mirror at the reason you aren't farther ahead in life than you are. Develop some skills that set you apart from the rest of the drivers.

 

Oh a "thank" isn't enough. Can we get an upvote button? Until that gem's been installed.. Here's an upvote