Are there any “Honest” trucking companies out there???

14 years experience and $500 a week take home? Your to close to a major freight hub ATLANTA to take home that change. My nephew from Jacksonville just started trucking 3 months ago, and he is doing almost double that. To much missing infor here, the devil is the devil is ALWAYS in the details. And the answer is usually in the paper work.

 

I laugh, sometimes, at some drivers.... They're always taking cash advances, sometimes without getting fuel first, and then complain that their check was only blah, blah. Big dummy!, ya spent Friday's check on Monday and Wednesday.

 

People do this at my current company all the time as well and toss the complaints around like there's no tomorrow. I tell them how much I made each week and how I did it and they get all butt-hurt to the max. "Hey, I'm not the one who decided to take out advances to take your 50th date out to dinner this week!!" The perks of being ugly and single.

 

I moved from bottom feeder company to being owner op. I gross anywhere from 500-7000k a week doing flatbed.
Of course I run hard and usually run out of 70hrs.

 

Well, if you've got the discipline to run the business, then hat's off to you. I've thought about small business and people automatically think that since I'm a trucker, that owner-op would be right up my alley. Doesn't always work that way, KAREN!!

 

I'm in the same position as the OP, and to my understanding, the reason the new drivers are getting more miles, is because they are at a cheaper cpm. Good, experienced drivers, are expensive compared to new drivers that are willing to run for nothing. My miles/pay have dropped to around $500-600 a week as well.

 

Does anyone know of any good companies out of the San Diego area? I have a clean record, no accidents, no tickets, and I have my hazmat, tanker, and doubles/triples endorsement.

Thanks.

 

VS Midwest carriers in Kaukana, Wisconsin is a reefer company with $1300 minimum weekly pay.
And pet policy.

 

Should be plenty of decent jobs around San Diego.
How about a line haul job; terminal to terminal/drop & hook.
Central Freight Lines - Salary: $90,000.00 to $110,000.00 /year
Central Freight Lines' truck driving jobs offer CDL professionals the kind of career they've always wanted, one that pays for the work you put in. Our company line haul drivers move easy LTL freight from terminal to terminal, and we even pay for your hotel stay!

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  • $14.25 Per Hour + .52 per mile
  • Excellent benefits
  • Hotel accommodations provided
  • Health/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
  • 401K Retirement

 

500 dollars a week in the 80's would have equalled about 1200 today. You need to get close to and can earn 1000 or so each week.

I would take a copy of that 14000 mile list and go into your company management and say this is BS. Do you understand that it almost takes two logs to run 14000 miles a month? That's 3500 pay miles (Assuming a additional 20% loss in extra miles empty etc) averaging 50 mph a whole 70 hour workweek which should include pretrips, post trips, loading, unloading, inspecting etc. When you include the necessary onduty hours your required average jumps to past 60 mph for a whole week.

Thats BS. And it is really a list of favorite drivers. You will find that this list has the same names over and over again while nobodies who never make that list are hired, fired, replaced constantly.

You should be able to spot a 14000 mile driver in your company's break room instantly. He is the one with baggy eyes, skipped hygene unwashed clothes and somewhat a sleepy functioning among everyone else who is bright eyed and bushy tailed.