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<p>[QUOTE="lual, post: 12388465, member: 308783"]Expected average?</p><p><br /></p><p>Suggestion: I don't know how much "seat time" you now have....I believe you started driving not long ago. But....with that said....</p><p><br /></p><p>Get AT LEAST A YEAR of driving where you're at now (& more than that will make you look even better). After that....start looking around at some of the <b>private carriers</b> that are near your location. See what experience/endorsements they want/require....and when you have that.....apply to one (or more) of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Private carriers are <b>NOT</b> trucking companies. Private carriers are instead businesses that specialize in something else--but have their own fleet of big rigs to move their product(s) about. Easy examples: Walmart, Tyson Foods, Pilot/Flying J, Love's, Kroger, Frito Lay. You get the idea....</p><p><br /></p><p>Driving for a private fleet is a <b>great way</b> to make better than average driver earnings--for the same work that a non-private driver elsewhere will do.</p><p><br /></p><p>-- Lual[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lual, post: 12388465, member: 308783"]Expected average? Suggestion: I don't know how much "seat time" you now have....I believe you started driving not long ago. But....with that said.... Get AT LEAST A YEAR of driving where you're at now (& more than that will make you look even better). After that....start looking around at some of the [B]private carriers[/B] that are near your location. See what experience/endorsements they want/require....and when you have that.....apply to one (or more) of them. Private carriers are [B]NOT[/B] trucking companies. Private carriers are instead businesses that specialize in something else--but have their own fleet of big rigs to move their product(s) about. Easy examples: Walmart, Tyson Foods, Pilot/Flying J, Love's, Kroger, Frito Lay. You get the idea.... Driving for a private fleet is a [B]great way[/B] to make better than average driver earnings--for the same work that a non-private driver elsewhere will do. -- Lual[/QUOTE]
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