Is it true 50k to start??

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by petesout, Apr 25, 2007.

  1. soon2betrucking

    soon2betrucking Road Train Member

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    look, i would rather not tell people where i work, its a mid size company, very low turn-over rate, and its not a made up company, its real, and no i dont haul any bombs or anything, actually its ltl, and i do tailgate service, im not here to make anything up.
    like i said before, when i was doing 6 monts of school, for 4 days a week, 5 hours a day, and $9,300 later, i spent a lot of time searcing for jobs, and i mean every single day i was online looking for jobs,
    i would not, absolutly would not settel for swift, schnider, werner us xp. or any of the other companies that were that big, and i would never work for companies that big either. i knew what i was doing before i started school, and i had companies in mind, such as Roahl, mavrick, milton, some other decent companies, however, do to a speeding ticket, and my young age of 21, 22 now, i did not meet any of the requirements. but i did not care, i still spent everyday looking for jobs, i new that there was a company that would hire me. and i found one, a great one as a matter of fact. for the people that are starting school, stay on the computer and loook, look and look every freakin day!!!!.
    i no what i am talking about, and sorry for not giving the name up, but i dont want a thousand people going and applying, and then our turn-over rate start to look like werners or swift or whoever
     
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  3. Snowman&Fred

    Snowman&Fred Light Load Member

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    :biggrin_25512:

    thats all i got to say about that.
     
  4. Snowman&Fred

    Snowman&Fred Light Load Member

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    ok...i do have one more thing to say. I am a race car driver. I wont tell you what series i race in, but i am just as good as Tony Stewart. I've seen danica patrick naked....it was a total accident. :biggrin_255:
     
  5. im6under

    im6under Heavy Load Member

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    yours or hers ???
     
  6. doubledragon5

    doubledragon5 Road Train Member

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    I hear that pulling for the government usually hauls in big $$$ not sure if that is true or not.
     
  7. Ken Worth

    Ken Worth Medium Load Member

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    I'm not doubting at all that you can make that kind of money on the east coast. What's an apartment cost there...$1500 a month? I was just wondering if it was a union deal that the average person couldn't get?
     
  8. Ken Worth

    Ken Worth Medium Load Member

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    Something else I thought I'd add to the discussion......the amount you make is directly related to how willing you are to drive on weekends. It's kind of hard to make money if you're sitting at home or not putting in the hours. And being where you need to be at the right time is another big factor. If they stop shipping at 3:30 and you get there at 4:00...guess what??
     
  9. Snowman&Fred

    Snowman&Fred Light Load Member

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    couldnt pay me enough to work for the government. i already work from Jan-April for the government (Taxes), i'd be dammed to work for them for the whole year. :biggrin_2551:
     
  10. soon2betrucking

    soon2betrucking Road Train Member

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    i dk what an appt goes for, prob around that much, im 22, still live at home with my parents, not married, and noooooooooo kids. i dont have a car, so no payments on that., the only bill i have is a cell phone bill, and its usually about $80 bucks a month.... its not union at alll. and im off on the weekends. well, not the whole weekend, usually home for my 34 hour restart, get home friday night, and im usually back out on the rd sunday night.
     
  11. soon2betrucking

    soon2betrucking Road Train Member

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    oh, and i deliver to mom&pop shops, i deliver between there biz hours. i get there when i ger there, and i have only got delayed 2 times where i could not get to my last delivery for monday, but 1 was due to a DOT inspection up in NY on 87, and the other time was because i had an airleak in my trailer and got a really late start. had to call 1 guy and be him to stay for what i thought would be 20 mins after the store closed, but turned out to be an hour due to traffic, but he called me and told me to take my time.
     
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