Entry Level Pay...?

I spend about $20/$30 a day x 5 days. If I'm not on the road, I spend more.

 

Good luck with home time! I am going out for longer than normal for the simple fact of getting in there and getting experience i wont see home for a very long time! Almost a year!!

 

i spend $100-$200 a week on the road just for food/drinks



American Trucker

 

Research Conway- .26 for 10,000 miles with trainer. .30 to start. .33 after 6 mos. .36 after 1 year.

 

Missouri offers cigarettes at the lowest prices you'll find anywhere, for now. Stock up when you drive through.

We have a place here (Mississippi), I get mine for $25 a carton. The wife is doing E-cigs.

If you go the E-cig route. I suggest testing it out for at least a week. THEN go all out with a reliable company for your supplies. Start up cost can run $100 - $200. After that, it falls to about $40 a month, depending on your brand and quantity of "vaping" you do.

Your OTR cost will be the highest during your training period. You'll be limited on what supplies you can carry with you. Once you go solo, you'll have additional oppurtunities to reduce cost, by bringing food, drinks, etc from home.

Invest in a cooler and a small oven. They'll pay for themselves within the first 60 days you go solo. It's hard to turn lose of the money at first. But if you don't do it. You'll lose at least $500 a month until you do. Unless you eat noodles every day.

 

N172 one thing that wasn't mentioned. The first 6-12 weeks you won't be making anywhere 2k a month. The first 3 weeks is school and no paycheck during this time. You'll need money for food,smokes, and soda or whatever you drink. The next 3-6 weeks you'll be with a trainer making $350-$450 a week. After this you will start making money. Also if you don't go to thru company sponsered training you'll be paying for the training yourself. Be prepared to be OTR at least a year since most local companies require this as a minimuim to be considered. As far as video chatting with family and friends don't count on doing it very much. T/S internet is too slow and expensive for that. Aircards regardless of the service provider are generally limited to 5 gigs a month and too slow as well. My suggestion for video chatting is if and when you do a reset stay at a hotel/motel with Wifi at least. One more thing I spend about $40 a day for smokes,food,soda,and snacks.

 

especially the first year you want to be out longer than two weeks..to hit 40 grand you basically taking 3 days off a month at starter company waiges ok..that gives you an idea..

o matter what the recruiter told you about miles bank on 2000 to at most 2500 with any company first year..if you get more..awesome and give kudos for yourself for working the system well...

its the price you pay for the doors that open to you after that first year..

Petey

 

John,

Do they still offer "quick" salary upgrade for going regional? I know they offered it in the past. Not sure if they do now.

Noobs that switched to regional during that time, were upgraded to .35 a mile immediately.

 

Not sure about that. I am from FL and no southeast regional apparently. If its out there I would like to find it though! I know one thing, this co. has miles. My trainer and I did 7k in 2 weeks- one more week of training for me. They also pay for one room a week for both of us- getting a reset in Laredo right now.