New career path, dumb move or smart?

Where do you live? General area...put it in your profile...this will help give you better info.

 

Dumb.


Just run uber to make extra money.
Or
Run cars fix them and sell them.


Reevaluate in three years when the states all raise the minimum wage up the 10$ hr or more. Trucking pay lags behind the economy.

 

Pretty sure you'd be taking a pay cut to start trucking until you pay your dues so to speak. I would at least wait till the 15 year old is out on his/her own

 

I wouldn't drive for uber. They recently have had price cuts and it's hard to make any money with it now. When local trucking jobs pay $22 and OTR pays 40-80k a year how is it a dumb idea? Sounds like more than $10 hr 40 hours a week.

 

OP stated he couldn't afford debt from a trucking school so that means company sponsored training good luck finding 40-80K

 

If you can't make atleast 40k after a year of experience you are doing something wrong lol.

 

AFTER a year. Notice where I said he needs to pay his dues first? 15 year old at home....can't afford trucking school = bad idea in my opinion

 

You can make $50K+ with Maverick Transportation. They have their own CDL school.

 

agreed. if he can't foot the bill for something like a good community college course or other in depth school it's better to wait till he can. doing that he has options in hiring. I saw 43,890 my first year but I paid upfront for an 8 week / 380 CC course and had options in where I went I wasn't stuck choosing from the usual 4-5 suspects.....and had the background to get on with a better than average starter company. my results were not typical.

company sponsored slavery through a 3 week crash course is just that. if you see 30k first you'd be lucky.

wait until you can afford the school and then if you want to go for it. don't be held captive by a #### company just because they paid for your school. it almost never ends well. this forum is full of those stories.

there are always exceptions. I was one. but that's what they are. exceptions.