Paralysis by Analysis..

Look around you, see all those big trucks going down the road? Most are taking home between $400-700 weekly. That said, it's a tuff lifestyle, too tuff for me. But it can be done.

 

You can make a living wage. It is not all doom and gloom.

Feel better now?

Don't be scared off by everything you see and hear about this job. But do try to pick up on what folks are talking about. Go into interviews with your mind and eyes and ears open.

You will likely be in a training program after school. Learn from it.

Good Luck!

 

Sure hope I bring in more than 400/week =\

 

Think Military Recruiter when you sit down with a company recruiter.

As a previous poster stated, it's not all gloom and doom.

If you bring home $500 a week over the next few months, consider yourself on pace. Especially with freight the way it is now.

 

Danc,

So by "bring home $500", I hope you mean after taxes and health care?

Meaning net spendable money??

Grossing like $700 ?

 

if you dont make 800+ dollars clear a week driving a truck then you are f**king up and doing something wrong.

 

During your training you are not going to make $800

 

Tel I'm not a trucker (yet) but I've been hanging around here for a while now.
From what I gather the best thing to do before getting into trucking is to get as financially prepared as you can because it may take a year or so before your better paying gigs will come along.
The way way I understand is that first year is all about getting the experience and keeping your record clean.
After that trucking can be a very rewarding career.
It's kinda like welding jobs some of them pay $10 p/h and others can pay up to $50 p/h.