Average hours of Long haul

If you want to get your deliveries done on time be prepared to drive for 11hrs per day, more miles means more money.

 

I do 12-16 a day but I'm a local driver. Whole different animal...

 

Thats I 80 west of Salt lake city - beautiful scenery out there -

 

I'm going to assume your a younger man, not an old fud.

Take a few minutes and consider your career path in trucking.

Movers make excellent money, especially with their own truck.

Your common garden variety van driver not so much, and at a mega company your dogmeat. Where do you want to be in 3 years?

Have you considered trying to get on with a Teamster outfit like ABF? Sysco? They also make excellent money, and are paid hourly. If you start their and make a career out of those places, you will pull $70K or better a year as a company driver.

Keep your nose clean in whatever you choose, and keep your driving record clean, cause 2 years experience with a good record will get you a very good job if you enjoy the OTR life.

The short answer to your question is your going to work your balls off to begin with. Your going to work hard always if you want to be successful in this game, it's just the nature of the beast.

I drive locally, and work so much, all hourly, there are times I've pondered just sleeping in the truck at the yard lol.

We require a minimum of a year, so I can't help you.

I think the BS that one has to learn to adapt to at a large company outweighs the work ethic needed. Just like driving your truck, keep your eye on what you want to do down the road in a year or two.

 

And then some.

 

Salt lake is not very... welcoming. We have attempted to use local grocery stores for provisioning several times and the staff were cold to us because we were Christian. They were polite and the good food. But... it was obvious our faiths did not exactly mesh for a variety of very good historical reasons.

It's not a BAD place... but no one will hurt you there.

FFE had a dispatcher up there in a office. Absolutely very slow. Took him two hours to generate a simple BOL trip package for just wife and I with the tractor trailer outside the wall.

 

35 still lots of energy left.