Reddaway

Gonna have to agree with Cool35 on that. If you need to clear that kind of money then stay where you are. LTL is a good gig, but it takes time to clear that kind of money. I am a city driver and make any where from 650-800 a week after taxes, usually 45-55 hours a week, we do have guys who make well over a 1,000 after taxes

 

Reddawaydriver,
How long did it take you to get your bid run? Was the 800 a week take home or gross. I'm going over bills and might be able to make it work. Are you able to make plans if on the extra board? Or am I at their beckon call? I hear it will be mostly nights, which isn't really a problem. Thanks in advance.

Cool35 and ACH, thanks for the input as well.

 

6 months for a bid? That's it! I was thinking 1-2 years. Maybe I'll get lucky in January then? How long you been there? Is your barn union?

 

I am also a line driver. I pull in $1400 every two weeks (after taxes and 401k contributions). Like some other guys, I spend a lot of time sitting by the phone, wondering when they are gonna call me in.

 

I'm not in a union shop. There is only one yard down here that is. I heard it would be about 2 years at my yard to get a bid run. I also did hear it would slow down really bad in the winter. I don't get why they do the bids in January? That's when it slows to a crawl. There is one guy with a lot of seniority that only runs the extra board and he gets the most miles of anyone. There are 3 others on the extra board at the bottom. I'm number 2. I might be here a while. I'm not sure about how many bids will be coming up but I haven't heard any news yet. Kinda getting nervous with winter coming up.

 

Well I don't know if I can take the pay cut and I'm pretty sure my old lady isn't gonna want me waiting by the phone 7 days a week. If I was just starting out or didn't have the bills I have, I'd go for it. That slow down during the winter really worries me. Right now I'm steady all year long. Thanks for the information guys.

 

Linehaul here. I'm extraboard been here for 5 months. I'm taking home since jun 800-975 weekly, last 2 months it's been 900's. Hopin by bid time in April to have a bid. My term has no daylights so I know when there usaully gonna call which I normally get a call so it ain't that bad for me. Until we get that 15% back in 2015 were gonna not appeal to drivers or they won't make it. It's definitely a hardship til you get that year in.