I made that. Its not luck its just if you are willing to do the job.
Me its team driving and driving into cities to do pick ups and loading trailer set at -30 degrees. Some cities like Philly and Baltimore really suck for driving. But we have to go there sometimes. Rain snow or Sun we have to do the pick up. Its not hard loading trailer when its warm out. But if its winter and snow like today in NY... Oh man it sucks!
You get used to it and my job will learn you a lot about maneuvering a truck through tight spaces. More than just driving warehouse to warehouse.
If your willing to do work like that then 80k is easy.
If all you wanna do is pull a dry van solo on good weather days only then yeah, first year pay may be low cus everyone wants that.
What is average for a new driver
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just saying I’d play the long game, trucking sucks for the most part if you’re talking otr. -
It doesnt matter what you pay someone will do the work or they won't. You can give someone a good run that pays 2200 and they wont do it because too many stops. They will do something easy like solo linehaul where I work, then complain they arent making enough.
They arent making much because they drive terminal to terminal only, drop hook, first year driver, and they are solo. So they have to wait while team trucks get filled first. -
Also, the OP will be retired military, so he'll be scratching his head wondering why some people think trucking is so hard.
He knows how to read people and mirror people and counter them, so he won't have problems with troublesome people at shippers and receivers to the same degree as most.Last edited: Dec 4, 2019
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Portland is only terminal I havent been too. I go to Portland on occasion but usually drive up empty the whole way. Lol -
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