So, how much am I REALLY going to make my first year?

I went to a Schneider school in Houston.. it wasn't worth a ####. I can't speak on Stevens.. never been. But Schneider paid cdl school in houston was a no good

 

I should be clearing 80k my first year as a team driver driving for FFE. Lots of driving and loading trailers. Lots of inner city driving.

If I can figure out how to post pics Id post a few of my stubs so you can see. Worked through my home time week and just got the Qualcomm message saying I grossed 2450.00 for last week. Also expecting at around 5000 miles next week. We are getting a long run. This current week wont be as large. Some weeks are still like that even teaming. Most weeks are good though.

Picking a decent company and having good work ethics will be what you need.

If you are teaming and looking to make the most you can you will need a good partner with comparable work ethics. A guy that will drive when it's his turn and not not say something like just park it and I'll drive in a few hours... Then 6 hours later he's finally rolling. I had that once. We were always late. He had tons of junk for comfort. If you get that ask for a different guy. You are looking to make money, Not sit parked on a ramp somewhere while your codriver sleeps for 15 hours straight.

My current guy is really good. He works! So we are a good team and we get #### done and make money.

 

80k. And that's your first year trucking ?.. pretty good

 

Considering this thread was started in October? Based on October you would be lucky if you saw 3-5k (presuming you have to deal with traning and all the new to company headaches). As the new year has only just started