any drivers in Hawaii making 70k

Career Opportunities: Tractor Trailer Driver (4263)

 

Jobs at MDU

 

Hawaii has some real struggles and real problems they are going to have to deal with as these get exponentially worse in the foreseeable future. Not sure what kind of future there is for any Hawaii residents. This story highlights part of their problem

What's wrong with very low unemployment? Hawaii knows

 

There are jobs to be had there, but you may have to live in a tent on the side of a road somewhere when not at work, and if you do manage to find a place to rent, it will probably eat 75% of your wages. It's crazy and requires one to have some sort of pre-existing family there to share housing with to make living and working there feasible

Truck Driver Jobs, Employment in Hawaii | Indeed.com

 

Like Matt Foley said "living on government cheese in a van down by the river"..lol

 

12 dollar an hour jobs and 750,000 dollar
Homes don't match.
A trucker driver is dirt poor in Hawaii.

 

One of the major pros to trucking in Hawaii is that it is still regulated, you don’t have to worry about the market becoming saturated with trucks.

 

Truth about trucking on Hawaii is it’s not the best paying job. My family owns one of the biggest heavy haul and dirt hauling fleet. We have trucks on all islands and the pay is roughly 20$ to 25$ an hour. We experience a decent amount along rain each year so dirt work is off and on. I know guys that do delivery and local work making 16-18$. But the hard part is the cost of living. Diesel at 4$+ a gallon. Registration and insurance is high. That’s why I moved to Nevada to run trucks here outta Vegas and Oregon.

Traffic is also a mess. An infrastructure that was created for the 80s in 2018. With it getting worst by the day.

 

Its also a “not who you know, but who knows you!” Kinda state. Especially for the higher paying trucking jobs like.... ready mix, asphalt and dirt/lowbed

 

My concern would be about how to check out the carrier—would they be ok to work for or could I expect to be shafted for pay/left on the side of the road, etc?

I figured that it would be priced out of range to hope to work and retire as a trucker out there but I figure that a couple of years with some work and enjoying the great outdoors to help pay for that would be enough for me.