Is it possible to make close to 70k gross in 1st yr solo with swift?

Wintersville?

Under @Bob Dobalina's scenario, that's working 6 nights a week and getting little more than a 34. I'm sure of it. I don't blame you for not wanting to burn out but <40k /year running the area that Wintersville services doesn't seem worth it at all.

 

Yes Wintersville. You get a full 2 days off after working 6. Worth is in the eyes of the worker. On top of not running hard I also took close to 3 weeks off between march and nov. Which also cuts into things and probably would have put me over 40k. For me 35+ was a mighty step up since I made 12k last year which was my highest paid year in 15 years of working. You may think 40k isn't worth it but I'm also betting you're accustomed to making more than that. I am not.

 

You are absolutely correct. I didn't mean offense but I apologize if I came off that way (I'm awfully good at that).

 

No offense taken just a mild irritation. I read so many posts on here where one person criticizes another for how much they do or don't make. In this instance for ME 40k is more than four times the amount of money I've made in any given year. Ergo, 40k is good money and i don't think the few headaches I have outweigh that.

 

"Dedicated grocery" at Swift general means Walmart or Costco. Occasionally Swift has some Winco or Vons but only because they do the scabbing when the union goes on strike. Positions like that are not ever dedicated to one driver or set of drivers.

Dedicated grocery pays real good in the real world (outside of Swift) because grocery trucking is often dominated by unions. You cannot apply the same rules to a similar job at Swift. Swift is the union buster.

Overall, most dedicated grocery at Swift pays crap. Usually, far below what the OTR driver makes. You can't just apply the same outlook of a union grocery driver to a Swift driver just because they do the same job. Their is a reason unions exist. A dedicated grocery driver usually clocks around 1500-2000 miles a week a Swift. Some even make less. Except for multiple stops, you won't get accessorial pay. They won't let you touch freight and detention is impossible in the grocery world. There will be no layover in dedicated. Often times a pay cut is in order to get on the fleet and short miles are often taken away.

Sure their are exceptions for senior drivers, guys that have been with Swift for decades; they might do just as well at dedicated grocery as they would OTR. They certainly will get the most well paying loads or routes. An inexperienced driver will be just left with scraps.

So why do drivers opt. for dedicated grocery if it pays so little? The main reason is it offer's constancy that OTR cannot deliver. Getting home once a week is a big deal to some drivers. Still others need the easy trip planning or easy backing to servive at Swift. OTR is just too confusing or stressful to some.

So that said, even though you suffer lower pay then usual at Swift, their is a high demand to be on a dedicated grocery account. Usually EEOC types and senior drivers can find their way their easier. Other drivers will be locked out for months or years of buttkissing an account manager for one of the cushy dedicated positions.

But folks, it is still a supply and demand world, even at Swift. If a job is in demand, like dedicated grocery, you can count on it paying less. It would take years of brownosing such an account before it would pay off monetarily. It pays off immediately with easier lifestyle and driving, not money. Sorry, to say, $66k for a dedicated grocery at Swift is even more BS then $70K OTR solo first year at Swift.

 

He is your buddy. Do you wan't to call him a lier?

People lying about their income is nothing new. https://www.talk-business.co.uk/2015/01/22/one-three-people-inflate-salary-impress-friend/

What I think we see a lot if in this occupation is sort of a Dunning-Kruger affect for wages. Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia
In that, those with the lowest income actually think they make big bank, or at least talk about making big bank. First year mega fleet drivers and fleecers all come here an brag about what incredible money they make. To many of of us it is obvious they are overcompensating for some inadequacies.

$66k on a "dedicated Swift grocery" account - yes most defiantly lying. You would just have to throw all economic theories out the window for that to happen. Supply and demand would have to be the first to go.

 

So at 30 cents per mile avg, you would only need to drive 200,000 miles. I guess it's possible.

 

I made 70k but I teamed part of the time and was lease for several months.

 

Also if you are Walmart dedicated at Swift, you’re averaging 500 miles per day and 6-10 stops at 15 per stop. If you’re lease, they pay loaded both ways and 20 per stop.

You can EASILY make 70k there, while going home daily.