My Experience as a Line Haul Driver

went to south hill again last night, got back at 3:45 am, worked the dock till 7:45am. Thank god its friday im exhausted. Got my pay check last night, $925.30 not to shabby for 5 days of work




American Trucker

 

Last night i got my gravy run again, and i got a payroll print out so i can see my check break down.

Pay:

Charlotte, NC to South Hill, VA $70 each way, so $140 for the round trip, 6.5hrs drive time = $21.53/hr

Charlotte, NC to Burlington, NC $40 each way, so $80 for the round trip (often times you'll do two runs in one night so $160) in 3.5hrs = $22.85/hr

Charlotte, NC to Atlanta, GA $80 each way + $5 for a set each way (99% of the time a set) so $170 for the round trip, in 9hrs = $18.88/hr


Then $16.50/hr for dock work, on top of that.






American Trucker

tanker is my goal, i was shooting for fuel hauling and landed this first, so i'll sit back and get me some doubles exp, while i do as much research as i can on local tank work around here and start at the top and work my way down.





American Trucker

i'll PM you now




American Trucker

oh so yesterday, while we were hanging out waiting for our paper work a swifty comes in looking for a job....they tell him "suck it up, stay with swift for a while then give us a call back you dont have enough exp" he's been a big bad "trucker" for 4 whole months!

So while he was waiting to talk to the terminal manager (who was out on the docks) he was wineing about haveing to stay out 2 whole weeks at a time! Now i know your thinking whats the big deal, well it was funny because all 7 of us waiting for our paper work started busting out laughing at the same time. Apparently he thinks 2 weeks is longer they most OTR guys stay out. I will give him credit though he is a company driver not a dumbarse lease op, and when i asked he said "ohhh helllllll nah man i aint that stupid!"





American Trucker