Small Companys

I started trucking with a small company. The owner had about 10 road trucks and several local dump buckets. I delivered garments in NYC,Boston and Jersey. After I got in the swing of things I enjoyed the job very much.

This was my first over the road job and I brought home about $750.00. This was 1979. The boss would give me 50 bucks extra if I didn't have a flat or if I did I didn't burn the tube up. Back when there was tubes in tires.

I then started pulling a flatbed back when you run until you couldn't run any more. I was in good health and had a great time trucking in that era. Trucking was actually fun.

I drove for owner operators during this time. We had one load that went from Russleville,Ky. To Riverside,Ca. that paid 3750.00 to the truck and my cut was 25% plus $300.00 extra if I got there in 48 hours as this was a team load and time sensitive.

Several years later I got a job that was union and the pay was great! The problem with this job was that it was a huge company and with that came a lot of rules and a lot of paper work. I worked on the average of 4-5 days a week and brought home over a $1000.00. (I'm learning. Less miles more money)

This was pulling a reefer and it don't take long to get tired of distrubition
centers and grocery warehouses.

I then went back to a flatbed and worked for fairly large companys. Quallcomm and paperwork. Need I say more?

My last over the road job was for a neighbor that pulled flatbeds and liked large cars.
My cut here worked up to 30% and since I worked for the Boss that had his own authority I was getting the primo loads and making good money.

My best check for one week was $1850.

This was a 1099 job but I could do good on my taxes and it worked out alright.

On this job all I had to do was leave out call in when empty and load back toward the house. No check calls. Just do your job.

That's why I like small companys.

It seems like the large companys has so many rules to follow that a driver can't find time to truck.

You all have a great day.Roy