Not Looking to get rich

You would still have to average 44.6 MPH.....that's harder than you think , unless you plan on having a really good pulling truck/light loads....hard to do that!

 

First thing to do is to not set your sights so low. Skip over all of the companies you mentioned.

 

Its never consistent, you work till the works done, sometimes it takes 10h45m, sometimes you're only rolling 4 hours. For example a few days ago I had a load that was about 15 hours of drive time from the delivery. Had the shipper loaded me on time I could have knocked it out with a couple 8 and a half hour drives. But being a reefer puller I'll be detained on the way to my own funeral. Shipper spent about 4 hours getting me loaded, which means I had to run like a mad dog to keep my delivery window on time. It is what it is.

 

Expect to see 15-23/ish thousand a year, guy.

 

Try Navajo, running coast to coast. You'll get some down time waiting on loading/unloading, Maybe run hard one day then not so hard the next, no pressure as long as you make the appointments.

Edit: Stay out of the shop! WitchingHour doesn't need advice! He doesn't tell you how to drive, so you don't tell him how to fix the stuff you break!

 

And if you go to Navajo, don't be bothering me in the shop. My patience with drivers wears thin quickly at this job.

 

Come on now, don't you know the drivers know more about your job than you do?

 

I run monday through friday home every night and hit 3,000 consistently and if I stay out a night I can hit 3500 - 3600. Granted, I have a 68mph truck, but it can be done with a slower truck if you stay in it and don't stop at every truck stop. You just have to look at it a different way. If its going to take you 16hrs to get some where, drive 10-11 hours then lay over and the next day you only have 5-6 hours the drive so you can take your time. 10 hours 1 day and 6 hours the next still averages to 8 a day.

 

My buddy works for Crete. Sticks mostly to an 8.5 hour day for recap purposes, makes 34cpm is usually very close to or over 3k miles a week (at 62 mph). He goes the extra mile and works hard and smart for that though.