I have to do OTR starting out?

I drove OTR for most of my career. I will not post what my 2012 income was. I did not work most of December of that year, AND I worked for a starter company. My average weekly income hovered between $600 and $800 a week. You can think what you want. The real fact is there is money to be made OTR. Yes I know there is also a lot of hurry up and wait. I still made good money and if I had wanted to run harder I could have made more. One more point, I did not train. If I had trained I could have averaged $250 or more a week. Please don't make general comments like this. If you don't want to do OTR good for you.

edited to add further: I also was the first driver in a lot of the trucks I drove. My tractor was never dirty and I changed out my mattress about every 6 to 8 months. I sanitized all my contact surfaces at least once a month while waiting to be loaded. one more point. Where is the adventure of running the same streets all day every day? Let's drop this crap!

 

For the single person I would think OTR would be the more profitable way to go. As you don't have to keep paying for a place to reside. So other than the occasional hotel and your OTR living costs. You can bank everything away for later. No Rent/Mortage/Electric....etc. Heck I might even give up my SUV when I start and just Ubber every where on the local scene.

 

Absolutely, I am not married and have no children (that I know of) and I saved my money and invested most of it. Today I am living 100% on my investment income. I am doing so without a dime of social security AND not eating any of the corpus of my investments, in fact, I am adding to it. I have made a lot of money just over the past 2 years. You can make money OTR. The opportunities are out there. No, you are not going to make millions a year driving. You can make a good decent living though!

 

I don’t wanna be rude but 600-800 it’s nothing to be gone and live in a truck. I never would do that.

 

Your not rude. However you missed my comment I could have made more if I ran harder.