Getting Back In.. maybe, probably

So I haven't driven for a living in some time, but I'm still in the industry in a different capacity I'll say. I want back in the seat. I spent 16 years driving - about 10 of it OTR and mostly 48, reefer. Lots of west coast - meat and produce.

Yeah I know, stick to my steady 9-5. I'm sick of my 9-5. So with that said, lol.

I've been googling around and it seems like carriers aren't wanting to put mileage pay on their websites. I'm honestly just wanting to know what a decent starting mileage pay rate is these days for an experienced OTR reefer driver, even though my experience is old.

TIA.

 

Thanks for your replies, everyone! Ya made me giggle... K&B for a day.. call and let 'em bs lol. And oh no, you're never just a number lol. You jaded ####s lol.

So I didn't really want to say but truth be told, I've been at a truck driving school for almost a decade now. There's a whole lot I could say about that but won't.... Anyway, I understand Fed requirements for 10 yrs history, carriers wanting recent experience, etc. Maybe I'm an #######, but this girl is so not going through anyone's training program lol.

I figure in ten years away... different truckstops, scales. I'll have to figure out those stupid trailer door aerodynamic things. DEF will be new to me (our trucks are old), but just one more pita while you're fueling? And now you poor ######## are paying to park - that'll suck lol. I've never run Elogs so that's going to suck, too. I'm good with computers, but I can't lie -- that worries me. I was a whiz with paper. Whiz = I cheated. Speed avgs, backlogging, all of it. I guess that's all of the past now though.

I found a carrier that'll take me. What I'm looking at now is that my fiance and I will both sign on, but he will run the west coast and bring it back to the Midwest. I'll jump in the truck and take it east, unload/reload and bring it back and off he goes west again. Long story that I won't bore you with, but perfect timings for a reset for him at home .. and VERY nice truck, 70 MPH and good mileage pay. I'll keep my truck school job for now and turn those weekends. And so that is the thinking for now. We'll see.

More important, though - help me by going back ten years and tell me what I need to be ready for that is different that I didn't mention two paragraphs before. Thank you!!

 

Well that was a depressing post lol. Disappointed, but not surprised.

Does anyone actually only pay .28 lol? I got .25 in 1993. But then again, I had naked pics of the owner and his goat.