I made 57K this year, my first. You will not do that well unless you can land a job with a manufacturer of some sort......and they probably won't...
Yeah, it's a bit confusing, isn't it? Know what I'd do? I'd concentrate on the smaller companies with terminals fairly close to your home turf....
1. Best company for training? Doesn't matter. Since you said you are going to pay for your own training cheapest is best.....BUT....be sure you...
I averaged 1100/week for the year; will make 57K. There hasn't been much variation since I started. Note that the little things make a big...
[I'm placing this in New Drivers because they would be the ones most likely to be interested. I work for a furniture manufacturer and have just...
Dwwwh...Kwww-wwwh-wwhhh! That's what the guy said. Or, that's what it sounded like, since he was wearing a space suit. I shrugged. DWWWWH...
The few heavy haulers I have spoken with lead me to belive it is a good career choice. Just about always have to have your 2 years experience OTR...
How much will you make? I got lucky. I was licensed last Nov, went to work for a furniture manufacturer and will make 57,000 this year. My...
I haul furniture. And I have to help unload it about half the time. And sometimes I get dirty. But I make about 1100/week. You can do...
Heh, heh...Use The Force! No kidding.....when you are setting up to back, "feel" where the trailer tandems are! Same thing when you are taking...
I'm sure there are some unsafe truckstops out there; or at least truckstops that have a reputation for being unsafe. Just because someone had...
Coupla good points... Passing right under the fifth wheel has happened to me. The biggest danger is that the trailer will contact the back of...
BTW......the problem with drugs, as I understand it, is that there is no way to test for being currently under the influence. That makes it kinds...
I chose a local manufacturer for that very reason. All my trips are out and back, so I get home during the week and every weekend. When looking...
Quasi.... You're smart, confident,and decisive. I think you'll like trucking and be good at it. I am a late career trucker and I certainly...
I lived in Chicago for a couple of years and in Seattle for three. But the worse driving conditions I have ever seen were in Atlanta. Not sure...
You know, I think he's right. That why we call him......@#$%&*^$#@ :lol:
I think living in the trucks is suicide. I have seen crazy truckers all over the US. The last one I saw was in South Carolina and he would...
I say we call him........ ************ :lol:
Tell them he was arrested for a DUI. When I got tired of MCI calling me I told them I was the VP of AT&T. Ask him of he's been born again;...
