Unsolicited Advice to Rookies

No rookie here, but I have never had to work full time owning a truck, and sure don't want any program that requires me too.
Now that is not to say that I treat it as a part time gig, but I would hate to know that I couldn't work a week a month and pay my bills either.

I kind of take that back, I can not do that running my log truck. I really treat it as more of a hobby, just not enough money in it to be serious trucking, but I like doing it, which is goofy. lol

 

I only worked 3 days this week. 3 and half last week
Is that full time or part time?

 

Well it must be part time, cuz I worked 4 1/2 days last week, but then again just a day and a half each for the two weeks prior, and none so far this week, but I did take a load for tonight, so a day and a half this week too.
I actually told them no on my second load last week, then turned around and let them talk me into a third one, which they know I never want, but they were in a bind.

 

I work with a guy occasionally that married a girl with family money, her family bought them a house and when he couldn't keep a job they bought him a Peterbilt so he could be "self employed".

He starts late, quits early and constantly takes time off; he has ALL of his service done at the dealer.

When his bills for repairs, insurance, plates and authorities get so far behind his wife's family cuts him a check to get square again; he doesn't understand why I work so many hours.

 

Apparently I need new in-laws!

 

What can u expect from these guys, they go from sitting on their ### at the mega carriers getting their hands held and babied . when they break a nail they call the breakdown hotline.. They see the ###### chromed out petercars and kwhoppers pulling a bad trailer to match and they want a piece of the pie, what they dont see is that man driving them trucks got 30 years of blood sweat and money into that rig and hes still bustin ### day in and day out....these companies advertising lease purchase own ur truck make 100k a year .. The same companies that train these ppl they market truck ownership to them like its a easy game.. Its a huge problem and a scam , they dont realize it til they dead broke and homeless then they go to another company and do the same , they go broke there and think im gonna get my own truck.. Its a never ending cycle of failure... I been a company driver my whole trucking career, i would love to get my own rig but id hate to pay the friggin bills on it, these new trucks spend more time in the shop then they do on the road , idk how some of yall do it, id have a heart attack.. Yall be safe out there and keep them loud pipes singin the good song

 

I consider myself fortunate to have been a company driver.

Even more so when some of the fleets Ive run for has provided not only the money and motivation to get that load delivered but made it fun from time to time.

 

TV Watchers see this story produced 100 times per week and in 90% of the movies. All you need is some "new guy with an attitude" who has discovered if he just keeps thinking "I want lots of money/fame" they will become a millionaire/famous.

Since trucking is such an outside or inside industry there are a ton of new people who walk into it with zero understanding of anything that isn't from TV/movie or common knowledge among the car drivers who have seen a truck on the road.