is 350 a week normal?

Asking if you should leave May to go with Werner is like asking if you should jump off a cliff or off a bridge.

Check out places like Craigslist and find a good small local outfit. I drive for a contractor at FedEx Ground and he just hired a kid that had 6 months in to run team. He averages about 800-900 a week take home. I'm on a short dedicated there and bring home 800 a week on 2250 miles.

This is the slow period of trucking in general. Everything will be slow. Try to stick it out until spring and then something better.

 

Hey whats up..i agree with eagle eye stay till march..if u dont get more miles better cash..hang it up..no one should be away from there family for 350.00 a wk..f that..thats what we made when we r with a trainer..

 

A few suggestions,,,, lie,lie make an excuse to at least fuel at a truck stop were you can get a shower credit.... As far as 350 a week,,,,,,,,,,well no this is not normal,but this a slow period, and you are on the bottom of the totem pole......... but you have to hang in there as long as possible, the minimum would be 6 months but if you make it a year with a clean record that,,,,,, would allow you to go anywere you want , especially with a smaller local company.

GOOD LUCK, I know it's tough.

 

Is this just the slow season? And is this 350 gross or take home?

 

heres why you only making 350

http://www.maytrucking.com/drivers_entry_level_drivers_the_program.php

your in training dude. quit gripping and just hold yur hosses. as you start running solo miles youll make more.

 

$350 a day is more like it.

 

Stay with it Tim. You are a new driver. Freight is slow right now for a couple months. It's inventory time for many companies.

Large companies like that, usually there are 2-4 drivers in any one area. As loads come out, guess who will get the best one? The driver that has been there awhile. You only been in the truck 6 weeks.

Your paychecks are going to be a rollercoaster ride for awhile. I would hang tough for atleast 6 months or you'll make finding your next job hard. Then you'll be right back in the same shoes.

Develop a good relationship with your dispatcher and deliver on time. Drivers quit everyday. It doesn't take long to get some seniority and on your dispatchers good side. Then you'll start seeing you getting better loads and more miles.

Sometimes driver/dispatchers relationships don't click. Then you talk to the operations manager and get a new dispatcher. Recruiters lie all the time and everywhere. You can't count want they tell you.

I remember when I started, I made squat for 7 months. Just enough to survive and pay the loan back. Then I changed companies and things done nothing but started getting better. At one year it gets better. At two years, you can start calling the shots. You just have to go through the rigamaroo to get there. Keep a positive attitude and prove yourself. It won't happen overnight.