Adding a second truck need advice for hiring a driver!!!

Out of 20 applications,through 50% straight in the waste bin,hire one of the remaining 10........you don't want to be hiring someone whose unlucky!

 

When you hear the "I don't", "I won't", "not the way I did it", just tune out and move onto the next one.

 

I can explain the why not to do it. As a rule the driver clears more than the truck will after the smoke clears. They all say well look at all the money this mo fo makes off me. With out me......... I totally agree the driver is valuable. A good driver will make me money all day every day. An ok driver I break even any lower and I loose money. They will beat a nice truck to death and do the one thing you tell them not to the first time you ain't looking at them. Run your CSA score in the dirt by not looking the truck over and blame you for not fixing it. I can't fix what I don't know is broke. Luckily my trucks are home every Friday or Saturday morning. Till I get used to a guy the truck has to come to the yard first. I found the problems before an inspection. One for instance truck comes in with the drive brakes toast. They were less than a month old. I ask the driver why he hasn't said anything about it being hard to stop. His reply it stops fine. I rented his trailer 2 weeks prior he picked it up. Dirt dobber made a home on the service side of trailer. So not trailer brakes for 2 weeks all we do is 80k and he is clueless. But I'm the sorry ####### that fired him for nothing



That's the tip of the ice berg. Unless you get lucky. I had a top notch hand for 15 years. Hired a few since, they don't last long. The guy I have now may if he don't retire

 

A good driver will buy own truck or get hired on with private fleets making 100k

 

The driver isn't the only one who has to meet some requirements. You have to have work comp and pay your share of the taxes cause I don't see you or anyone else that owns a truck allowing the driver to make all the decisions pertaining to the truck.
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