questions from a newcommer

Being that you are fro Detroit, you already know that the economy is in the toilet. Auto sales, retail sales and construction are all down. And therefore trucking is slower than normal. Could you make more in trucking than the $8.00 per hour (16K year) you are making now? YES. Will you become rich and live the good life? NO.

Do you have any issues in your background? Accidents? Tickects? DWI? Or Criminal Convictions? If so, you are going to face stiff competion for a job.

You should have better options if you attend a PTDI certified school. Look into Baker College of Flint or Baker College of Cadillac.

 

The making over $16 k a year is questionable and you'll be away from home 3 or 4 weeks at a time .

 

"they will not give me a raise from the 8$/hr i work for, so i want to get my cdl and go otr, cause thats where the good $$ is right?"


god help yet another poor unsuspecting soul. good sir, please read a thread I posted a while back which unfortunately offended some folk...


http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/trucking-jobs/72164-8-00-hour-seriously.html



but PLEASE don't let me mislead you into believing that can actually make $8.00/hour driving a truck. if your weekly miles are down around 1000-1200, like a LOT of folks right now, you might actually be closer to the $4.00-5.00/ hour range. help him lord.

 

"i do talk to truckers all day as i am kinda in the business already, i hear lots of stuff, but when i tell them i make 8/ hour they laugh, they all make 12-22/hour doing local but in order to get a good local gig i must go otr and get my hours/years in just like everyone else. when i said the big $$ i meant it is more then 8/hr and i do not plan to work for any of the big bad companys that have you sitting more then driving, but if its what i have to take to get my 1-2 years in ill do it i love to drive and hell why not get paid for it"

but you specifically said "i want to get my cdl and go otr, cause thats where the good $$ is right?"

SOME local guys make pretty good money, that's true. BUT getting a good local gig in a good economy is nearly impossible. in a bad economy - FORGET IT!! and right now, even getting a 1200 mile a week OTR gig would be difficult - unless you're replacing a rube who just quit after realizing he's only going to make $200-300 a week. but I guess if you're really determined, you'll just have to find out the hard way.

 

Seriously , there are some saying they can't make over $300 a week . They get $.30 a mile , can't get 1,000 miles a week . When you deduct the cost of school that puts quite a few more down well under $20,000 . Then you have the ones that going to a training carrier , quit or get terminated before meeting their year obligation . They've earned less than $10,000 and get billed $5,000 for schooling .