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Log Truck pay

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by JustNva, Apr 28, 2016.

  1. Apr 28, 2016 #1
    JustNva

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    I know a guy who says he brings home $5,000.00 a week driving a log truck. I'm certain that isn't true. Any ideas on what the average pay is for a log truck driver?
     
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  3. Apr 28, 2016 #2
    Yves kanevil

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    Tell him to put down the doobie
     
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  4. Apr 28, 2016 #3
    turboguy

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    from what I've seen the pay is hourly $5000 seems a bit out of this world
     
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  5. Apr 28, 2016 #4
    AModelCat

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    That honestly sounds like what an O/O truck would gross a week before any other expenses.
     
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  7. Apr 29, 2016 #5
    sliver

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    Ya sounds like owner op truck gross before any expenses
     
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  8. Apr 29, 2016 #6
    207nomad

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    With my dad's logging company he pays the drivers 25% of gross to start and then up from there after they've been around a while.
     
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  9. Apr 29, 2016 #7
    rabbiporkchop

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    Either that or what one of the crude haulers would have been grossing as a company driver when diesel was $4.50 a gallon.
     
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  10. Apr 29, 2016 #8
    Chewbongka

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    Most of the ones I inquired about around Alabama and Mississsppi paid between $45 to $55 a load with most of the runs 120 miles round trip, 3 to 4 round trips a day max.
     
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  11. Apr 29, 2016 #9
    REO6205

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    I don't know about Virginia but out here the truck might make 5000 a week but the driver won't. A log truck driver in our part of the country can make around a grand a week if everything goes right. And, since it's logging, nothing goes right very often.:rolleyes:
     
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