Stepping Out With My Own Numbers

$6600 a month and he still not satisfied? Maybe it is a good thing you're getting rid of Him... He is in for a rude awakening

 

Friend of mine had three trucks, drove one himself. Had his uncle in one and a new driver on the other. His uncle finally retired, was a real good driver, so he sold that truck after months of not being able to find anyone worth a dam to put in it. All he does is ##### about the driver in his other truck. Sure seems like way to much headache for me.

 

What type of work?

 

Flatbed and livestock.

 

I'll tell you what man, there is no way in heck I'd add any additional trucks (drivers) to my one man dog & pony show.

Believe me, if I wanted to, I could too. Dealing with whining, un-dependable truck drivers as employees, is something I'm just not into at my age

 

I'll agree with everyone's posts so far. But anytime you have employee's it's a head ache. I've got three trucks now adding a fourth very soon, I've been very lucky with the drivers I have now they are the rare finds, great guys who care about their job and trucks. They average 6k a month but home daily (flatbed). The new truck will be out weekly so I'll see how it goes. (prior to the guys I have now) I had a driver just quit on me with loaded trailers (drop and hook daily) same lane working four days a week to go work for U.S., that lasted three weeks then he jumped to JB. I couldn't believe it, actually still can't. But you know the saying, "you can't fix stupid". Unfortunately there is a lot of "stupid" in our industry.

 

Stupidity runs in this industry. I had dedicated route open , day shift, home every night, no more than 9 hrs a day and people were more interested im what kind of truck it is than actual job. Jeez