Is trucking profitable?

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  1. Aug 18, 2018 #11
    uncleal13

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    There must be some money in it or there would not be Any trucks at all.
    With my own, in the early years if I made $40k I was doing good.
    Now $70-80k is common. One year I did clear $100k.
    Then again, I could be a company driver and make similar money.
     
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  3. Aug 18, 2018 #12
    stwik

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    I have yet to make a single dime.

    I’m just out here for the view of piss jugs and track suits.....
     
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  4. Aug 18, 2018 #13
    kslice

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    Correct.
     
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  5. Aug 18, 2018 #14
    wore out

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    Stacks and stacks of cash. Come on in the water is FINE
     
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  7. Aug 18, 2018 #15
    Gdog66223

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    Do you have a cdl, Bermuda shorts and flip flops?
     
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  8. Aug 18, 2018 #16
    kslice

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    I have very little interest in company driving, unless it is a mom and pop outfit. Looking at trucks, right now. What should I look for in a truck?
     
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  9. Aug 18, 2018 #17
    kslice

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    I'll have a CDL in a few weeks. Been driving with a permit for a few months now.
     
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  10. Aug 18, 2018 #18
    wore out

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    What are you gonna do with a truck?
     
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  11. Aug 18, 2018 #19
    Gdog66223

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    And your wanting to skip company driving and go straight into O/O?
     
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  12. Aug 18, 2018 #20
    stwik

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    Wait... you get paid to be out here?

    WHAT?!?! I thought all these guys with the chrome trucks just loved their jobs more than I do!!

    I’m just working for food and a view cmon...
     
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