Starting pay for OTR??

I think training is about 11 days unless you request more time.
@Broke Down 69 just started there recently. Been taking home a grand a week doing recoveries of abandonded trucks.
Let him fill you in on lease; probably make more money as a company driver or volunteering for recovery work.

 

It's kinda sad when someone can make a full time gig out of recovering abandoned trucks.

 

I'm guessing, but those abandoned trucks are probably lease trucks.
All large trucking companies have recovery drivers, not just TransAm.

 

If I had MAD bills. I am not sure I would compound them with a lease in a new field.....

Concentrate on learning how to drive first, then think about adding more responsibility.. Don't start with more bills than you already have....

My great friend leases a truck.... What he made last year after ALL his expenses...I made in 4 months. So if you decide to lease make sure you will actually make more money.

I would rather make money than drive a brand new truck... But I have a lovely home to chill in so I don't need a super fancy truck to feel special. =-O

 

Most owner-operators barely make ends meet even with $1.50 a mile. $1.50 a mile is considered rock bottom.

 

I'll tell you like I would tell anybody just starting. Be a company driver first. I know you want to make big money, but there's A LOT of learning involved. To lease right from the start is like buying a truckload of groceries and saying, "I think I'll open a restaurant".

 

You paid for fuel. Don't do lease, you will be making less as a new guy



If they are paying you .80 cent per mile, take .33 for fuel. ^this is real numbers from my truck doing low 7mpg.

So what you're makin about .50cent per mile? Nope, guess how much the truck cost? Guess how much insurance is going to be for a new guy? Taxes? Healthcare? You'll be lucky to have 11 cents at the end of the day