Local Short Haul vs. OTR

$900 should be one weeks pay...not 2.

And your truck should be kept in good working order...

It will depend on your work history and where you live....but give Maverick Transportation a call.

 

You should be making that or more every week.

Good advice from Ridgerunner665 about Maverick.

Two other good choices are Melton Truck Lines and Schneider tanker division.

Plus, with these 3 companies, you will have a full benefits package.

 

450 a week.....

 

Lousy pay!

 

$450 per week is good pay if the guy is willing to work for that. You are worth what you are worth. The farmer pays that much because there is someone out there willing to work for that. If there was not then he would raise the pay. Its called the law of supply and demand and its the most powerful force on Earth and it drives everything. Don't blame the farmer, blame the free market. We know that all those bottom feeder mega trucking companies pay practically nothing too. They do it because there is a never ending supply of people out there willing to work for those wages.

 

950 is good pay after 30 years? What about someone who just started. Isn't 450 pretty good pay for a beginner?

 

I'm a beginner and I wouldn't do that job for $450 a week, or even $650 a week. If the company won't maintain their own equipment, they sure don't care about you either.

 

Maybe $450 a week during training, but after going solo that should double. Prime even pays $600 a week during training. Some drivers are happy with $450 a week, but there's much more out there is you want it.

 

How many hours a week are you working? If you're burning up your 70 every week then it's not very good money. If you have no bills, no rent/mortgage then it's good money.