During your first year with Stevens Transport, how many States did you drive through?

come on tell the truth about the FIRST trucking company, NOT what you are doing after a year of experience.

90% of all drivers do NOT make it to the 1 year mark.

 

At least you are understanding a little bit about the miles in the equation, bit as TLea Stated, you are not starting out at $52k a year when over half of all truck drivers make less than 40k. You can certainly get there, but not likely out of the gate.

 

the first trucking company was a union shop that paid hourly but no overtime. I started out as a shuttle guy for seasonal ag work and then worked my way into a yard goat position. After a while , I was driving full time. I've never not had a union job in this field , and for that I am grateful.

Most people do not make it to the 12 months mark because companies abuse their employees. Going OTR is like a military deployment without the glory.

 

You obviously have no concept of an example. What that means is, work smarter not harder. If you can make the same amount running 2000 miles why in the world would you want to run 3000+ miles to make the same amount? so yes CPM do matter.

And with Stevens low pay you'd have to run 5,000 miles a week solo to make any money

 

I have a few local jobs lined up for $65k-$75k that I can work right after school. I won't go OTR unless there is money on the table. A Mcdonalds salary doesn't cut it for me.

 

You and every other wannabe has those jobs lined up... Good luck with it.

Some of us are OTR by choice, not necessity, some of us prefer it.

McDonalds salary is way less than half of what I make, but I guess when you can not speak from an experience perspective, hyperbole is all you have to fall back on... LOL

For the record

www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes353021.htm

 

Well I would hope you would after 8 years lol, But I should say I will also be running a loader and other equipment not just driving. There are great paying CDL jobs that don't require always driving, most CDL-B seems like they pay more or same but with less effort. You otr guys should be making 100k+ all day not 32k starting, that is ridiculous.

 

It still remains that half of all truck drivers earn less than 40k a year. It is what it is, this is not a career most people are going to be rich in. It just isn't.

A very good friend, old Army buddy, paid off truck, grosses over $200k a year, when a is said and done, taxes paid, fuel bought maintenance etc... He makes roughly 60k.

Like I said, good luck, and I wish you well, but keep your expectations real and chances are better you will succeed. If you go in expecting things to be perfect from the start you tend to be disappointed, pissed off, and you move on, becoming one of the 90% that don't make it past the first year.

 

I guess it depends on what people consider rich, 80-100k a year is not rich.

 

NOT true. Not in my personal experience. Now you are talking about things you do not know.

For some , like you, it is about the money, for others it is about the TOTAL package. Nobody in trucking as a driver gets rich.

Yes there are CDL jobs that are NOT OTR. I haul crude oil, home every night, drive less than 300 miles a day, work under 12 hours a day, 2 days a week off, and make $90,000. And no they will NOT hire anyone right out of CDL school....

Not really able to compare to OTR... totally different life style, totally different work.


2000 miles a week, OTR means you a setting around a truck stop, or an area with NO facilities for days on end... doing nothing, having nothing, spending what little cash you have, with NO life, because you are stuck there waiting on a desk jockey for your next load.

Exaclty what I mean by life has some hard lessons for you.