It'd be more than the 30-40k that Swift is paying me thanks to how little they've run me at times, though, so it's still worth considering in my book. I'm honestly spending my time driving for Swift to finish out my contract doing my homework and figuring out where I intend to spend the bulk of my career. I may be making more than I did in retail, but I'd like to have that extra little cushion so that the next freight shortage doesn't hurt *quite* as bad... and a slightly faster truck wouldn't hurt, either. Luckily, that last but can be had pretty much everywhere else except for Prime Inc
At one point I was tired of the issues of a newb with authority and needed home time, but as it turns out things moved around for me and by the grace of god I’m doing better. But that 90k a year sounded really tempting without the hassle of a owning your own plus the scarce freight in the beginning of the year made me think long and hard about it.
I'll tell you this. If you don't mind running like i do most of the year, youll have 90k in 9 and a half months. Depends on your priorities. The hassle of not having to pay and take care of the truck as an owner or lease operator is amazing. I leased a truck for a year before coming here. I'll never do it again.
Always one to keep my options open, to make what you say how much running does one have to do to make that?
