Realistic income (prime)

The $700 you are talking about is the base pay during tnt (team driving with trainer for 30k miles or whatever now). After you get on your own or real team if you swing that way it's just your milage pay with no guaranteed minimum I'm aware of.

That said, you'd have to be slacking off to only average $700 a week net let alone gross solo. 2500 miles a week is only 420 miles a day 6 days averaged. At 40c a mile that's $1000 a week. If you creep along at 55 that's only 8 hours of driving a day.

 

700 dollars bi-weekly. Yikes. I guess if it’s to get a CDL and then get into your own truck and into real pay, maybe. A CDL costs $5k out of pocket. And 4 weeks no pay. I would do your prime training if there wasn’t another way.

 

It's 700 minimum gross a week (more after a certain number of miles) during tnt unless something has changed.

 

Can you make more than $700 as company, depends on where they put you at. If you get an OTR spot, and manage your time, yes. Avoid the regional, especially the Western 11, know 3 drivers that were Western 11 Regional, and said they had $200 weeks, and averaged $600 take home. All 3 were OTR and were switched to the Regional. Do not lease, why pay someone else's truck and insurance payment?

 

i think it really depends on the company you work for

 

$700 bi weekly is what training pay was 10 years. I've heard companies pay about $1000 bi weekly during training pay. I want to say Averitt Express does. I can't remember though. Once you get out of training you should be able to clear $700 per week easily and then some if you're willing to go anywhere.