Is Truck Driving worth getting into now a days?

sylice613 · Jun 9, 2014

Honestly, what makes me happy is writing and music. We all know you cant go to college or a trade school and make a living off of that.

scythe08 · Jun 9, 2014

I posted an apology in my post. I didnt mean to sound like I was calling you out. He was a company driver or at least that is what is being stated

sylice613 · Jun 9, 2014

Oh no lol, I didnt take any offense.

Chinatown · Jun 9, 2014

pattyj said: ↑

Hi china u haul tanks maybe u can tell op how much he would be making in hauling tankers as a new driver.I know van and reefer u don't make much.
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With tanker/hazmat endorsements, TWIC, passport, he should make $55K - $65K after orientation and training is complete. Some companies he might make between $50K - $55K ; but that's really low for tanker/hazmat drivers.

Jrivas23 · Jun 9, 2014

NewNashGuy said: ↑

No matter what happens stay away from computer science. Ive done it for 14 years and when new technology comes out your boss or clients expect you to be an expert and make miracles happen with little pay since your competing with Indians who work full time for $200 per month. All of the android buzz these days will be obsolete in 10 years. Find a good trucking company like I did that pays very well.
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Who you drive there for Guy?

Jrivas23 · Jun 9, 2014

Wooly Rhino said: ↑

I have been writing my response to this for about 3 hours now. Each time I finish, something happens and it doesn't post or I re read it and think I am being just too hateful. So I try again for the last time.

The question you asks offends me on one hand and just shows me that you are young on the other. I will give you the benefit of the doubt and go with you did not want to insult everyone in the trucking industry.

I have done a lot of different things in my 57 years. Driving a truck is only one of them. It is not the option in my life that has made the most money. It is an option that has brought me some of the most satisfaction.

I was a banker for 19 years. My base salary was $70,000 per month. That was paid in cash. No taxes. I traveled all over the world and my bonus were large. I paid blackjack in Vegas and once lost $400,000 on one hand. Truck driving will not allow me to maintain that lifestyle but I have no desire to do so.

I made as little as $45,000 on year in trucking. That was 2008. My second year in trucking. I am now buying my first two trucks. Brand new 2015 Volvo 780s. New APUs and Dieselboss is going to add a couple of satellites so they can have Direct TV or Dish network and internet. I have a different approach to the company and I have enough in the bank that if I fail big deal.

I am now going to give you some advice that had it come from someone other then myself I would call wisdom. The secret to success is to find something you love and do it well. It is not about finding something that makes a lot of money. If you are the kind of trucker that has to be pushed out of bed and forced to drive over the road, you will fail in this industry. The ones who make it are those would have to be pulled out of the truck and told to get some home time.

I found out, by accident, that I love trucking. For some strange reason, I love backing into a hole and having both of my trailers corners hit dead center the first time backing. I love getting the product ontime to the receiver and I love when a shipper is relieved to see that my arrival has saved him.

I am looking forward to hiring some drivers who want to help me build a new company. I want to see them succeed. I want to watch their families grow and have a nice future. I do not care if I make money. Money will follow, it always does.

Do you love computers? If so go into that. If however, you are only going into computers because some guidance counselor told you that it is the wave of the future, you will fail. The only sure way to have something to eat in the future is to grow your own food. Everything else is based on doing something better then anyone else does.

Do what you love. Love what you do. And charge for it.
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Am moved by this words bro. No joke!

scythe08 · Jun 9, 2014

sylice613 said: ↑

Oh no lol, I didnt take any offense.
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Not you, you silly goose! Chinatown

Freddy57 · Jun 10, 2014

snowwy said: ↑

no it won't. trains and robots will take our place. cuz csa will see them as the only safe mechanism that will obey the rules.
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Trains have been trying to replace us for 30 years now...guess what, we are still here. They take money from us and give it to the railroads to help them to compete with us but they can't get freight delivered fast enough to satisfy the demand. Robots...probably in about 20 years or so they will start becoming a competitor for drivers. They will have to get the smart cars working first and then trucks are sure to follow along after they get the technology working reliably.

glenn71 · Jun 10, 2014

CargoWahgo said: ↑

Nah

Just sit in your underwear knock up a chick 6 times and collect welfare. More money to be made.
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bad plan. Do you know how much its going to cost him to put six kids through computer science school?

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