51 cents per mile is ridiculous. 1,800 miles? I’d be bored. That’s 3.5 days’ work at my company, plus they get 75 cents per mile and $120 stop pay...
In my state fast food wages pays $20 buck an hr. My last 6mo OTR in 2018 I ran 2600miles a week for a refer outfit and when all said and done...
Bad company
Western Flyer Express (WFX) has faced significant financial and operational challenges, highlighted by major lawsuits alleging fraud in their...
I run 3 miles from plant to DC and back in a yard goat. Every so often I have to catch an Uber to get a driver back out of hours. That's my long...
I once did a load for a convention and their was so many trucks getting loads it took a day to get loaded 2.5 days to drive and 2 days to get...
I was in the industry for a while, and I can say that at a company that size, two drivers can easily have completely opposite experiences. We both...
I was diagnosed with type 2 in 2018. I’m now down to just one pill a day, compared to the four I started with, and I’ve never had any issues. I...
In my opinion, there are no truly good OTR careers, just varying levels of bad. Stevens is a training company with a less-than-stellar reputation...
Because they're shifty like most companies that misclassify their drivers to avoid the employee expenses and then treat them like employees.
While both pre-trip and post-trip inspections are required, you only need to log one of them. Although a pre-trip inspection is meant to be done...
I remember those fun days of expedited runs, sitting on the tarmac all day with the doors open while they loaded a pallet or two per hour, shaking...
Try driving my new yard goat. It has no cruise control, no radio, and only goes 43 mph.. :biggrin_25525:
I watched a YT blog for a brand-new driver on his first solo run for a major company in the Southeast. His initial load required him to be ready...
Well at least he isn't a former member of SEAL Team 6 or The Unit.
I know where I live, I was driving a yard goat the last 2 years and made $94K ($53,760 +$40,320 in OT. The daytime goat driver has been at the...
Companies would always try to put me in a cheap motel, making me check out every morning and wait at the dealership all day in case they fixed the...
In my 2019 post, I mentioned September 2017, which was almost 7 years ago.
$950 in 2015 is equivalent to $1,256 in 2024. Therefore, around $60K a year isn't bad if you're working a 40-hour week job. However, I'm guessing...
