Going from a driver to a dispatcher?

If money is an issue or a factor in making the switch you'll make much more driving than dispatching.....the ready mix gig sounds decent though.......

 

Look on Craigslist. Sometimes ads come up offering to train a rookie dispatcher. Just wondering how often does Prime get you home to Chicago and where do you park the truck?

 

I was under the impression that beginning dispatchers made several times more money than the highest paid truck driver in all of the United States of America.

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82CtZX9gmZ8&feature=player_detailpage

 

They can't pay me enough to sit and listen to 50-100 whining cry baby never happy truck divers on the phone all day !!!

If there is a hell on earth it would be a office job at a trucking company .
I just can not imagine having to do that every day .

I guess someone has to do it and if you can and you like it my hat is off to you .

I have never met a rich dispatcher but I have met allot of rich brokers .

 

Dispatching is easy, it is where people with zero experience can mess with people with 10 or 20 years experience.

Dispatcher - Sure it is something you can put on your truck

Driver - nope it won't go on the truck, it is 100 pallets of sand.

 

My current dispatcher is a former driver, let me just say that having someone that knows what it's like out here and what it takes to move freight is a blessing. Never is there or has there been a time that I have called with an issue that he has not looked out for both sides (company and driver) If it were up to me who I worked for I would work for a dispatcher with driving experience for the rest of my career. If you get to be a dispatcher just remember what you went through as a driver. Just my $.02...

 

I looked into making the move myself, but found out that I would be making 10 to 15000 less. Being a family with just my income that isn't a realistic option.