Because only a few trucks can cross the border, so the rates are better. There is a huge oversupply of trucks and rate cutters in Canada, so the rates are ####. Plus everything else @Magoo1968 said.
I can’t find driver s !
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'88K100 Thanks this.
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I gotta ask........who are your trucks leased to?
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If you could just hold out another year, there are 400,000 potential drivers coming
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The higher wages towards OTR driving, was to compensate for the personal sacrifice of estranging one-self from family and friends for weeks/months on end. That compensation has slowly vanished (thank the Liberal Immigration Policy for that).
If you were to ask me... make $80K/yr. with the choice of OTR or local P&D (home every night) which do you think I'd choose?
I have no doubt you treat your employees better than the mega-carriers, but $79K/yr. just isn't what it used to be. Inflation has risen the prices on virtually everything, except OTR wages haven't stayed in-par with inflation. I was making $65K/yr. as a company driver 20 years ago.reeferwrencher, Ol'Shusquatch and NorthEastTrucker Thank this. -
No one is EVER going to get 12K miles a month, for 12 months, its impossible for any company in Canada to plan and coordinate that well. The waiting, confusion, constant breakdowns and such I see at all these companies, you're lucky to do 10K and thats practically living in the truck 26-28 days a month. Factor in 5-800/mo in expenses to live OTR, it drops quickly. The average gross pay for an OTR driver in Canada is 45K, the high end is 66K GROSS.Dave124, Ol'Shusquatch and NorthEastTrucker Thank this.
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