Is truck driving about $10 per hour?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by lupe, Jan 30, 2011.

  1. SlowPoke44magnum

    SlowPoke44magnum Medium Load Member

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    Pitt Ohio Express.
     
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  3. striker

    striker Road Train Member

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    My gross last year was $53,059, averaged out to about $18.30 an hr, which is odd because my hourly rate is $18.50 an hr, but fro some stuff I get paid a percentage, and there are a few percentage loads that pay less than hourly.
     
  4. lupe

    lupe Medium Load Member

    You mean when you started trucking in general, or when you started LTL linehaul?
     
  5. lupe

    lupe Medium Load Member

    What kind of trucking job is this?
     
  6. Jacks Girl

    Jacks Girl Light Load Member

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    Thanks much, I appreciate that.
     
  7. Krooser

    Krooser Road Train Member

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    One of our company drivers broke in the biz with swift... he stayed 5 months and made $7,000.00. he came to the outfit I'm leased to and made $44,000.00 in the last 7 months of the year....
     
  8. Bankrobba

    Bankrobba Bobtail Member

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    My deal worked out to about 6 bucks an hour for my time in 1994 $.......I hope its much better now....
     
  9. Jarhed1964

    Jarhed1964 Road Train Member

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    How much do you make now?
     
  10. TREE

    TREE Heavy Load Member

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    Lupe you could go talk to the Mexican cartel and make upwards to $200,00 to $500,000 !

    I know Rerun doesn't play that game but he might know a guy who knows a guy that knows nobody,if that helps!
    j/k:biggrin_2559:
     
  11. mrE

    mrE Light Load Member

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    in our wildest dreams.you have to take into account all time in the truck away from home.from the time you leave the terminal or home until you return to that same point nowhere near or even close to $10/hr. this goes back to the logbook thing if we were paid like everyone else there would be no reason to falsify logbooks because we would get paid for every hour we are responsable for that trk/load
     
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