Successfully Completed L/P drivers

The crickets here should seriously serve as a warning to those contemplating making the error/move.

 

Didn’t want to say it, but thanks.

Confirmation Bias.

 

I have my title. There is a 200+ page thread of that journey that stays on the front of this page as I keep it active.
Ones own perseverance to own a truck will be the make or break. Not the confirmation that someone else did it. Although I’m a firm believer that if one can do it, so can another.
Not every aspiring LP has the same circumstances in life.
Some have families to think about and visit every so often. Some may have legal issues to work through. These are not “disqualifiers” just obstacles that need to be overcome.
A long hard think needs to be done, maybe a few times before signing one of these.
You might get what you want.

 

This seems to be a very short thread, perhaps its the size of the company that is the negative common denominator.

That said , oh wait , do I hear a train ten miles away? Shore is quiet tonight.......

 

I paid 64K for a 09 Prostar with and ISX and 445k miles back in July of 13, paid the truck off in 29 months while taking home 2500 to 3000 a month. I ran on average out three weeks and home for one week. I am still with the same company and have the same truck. DSV (formerly Sammons ) out of Missoula MT. Watch fuel costs and don't haul cheap freight, it can be done if you make sound business decisions.

 

I paid 51K for my '12 cascadia with an ISX, paid it in nine months. Same place a Dr Flush. I spent 4 weeks out and usually 3-4 off depending on the amount of maintenance required. I usually didn't do much else besides work on the truck when I was home. Once I paid it off, I spent 10 days off, doing little or nothing on the truck. Then the next month I was able to spend 11K on it (tires, emissions.) I made about 3K p/mo give or take and it was steady, unless it was a bangin' month (had 1 of those.) Thanks to the availability of electronic tools to keep an eye on the engine I was able to milk a severely ashed up DPF for those 9 months, with out that, I would have spent a fortune in the shop. I'm still leased to them, but have been looking at Landstar/Ranger.

 

I'm 56 years old. I've tried the 8-5 thing 3 times with the longest stint lasting 7 years and it ALWAYS resulted in me being fired. This is my third stint driving. I started with a reasonable company(System,) but it was the equivalent of working in an office for me, because of the attempted micro-managing. I had a great deal of impetus and a great support network(TTR, rawze) and I'm somewhat mechanically inclined. I have a place to park my trailer across the street from my house and thanks to a new concrete pad; a place to work on the truck. And not the least of which, a wife who is behind me 100%, never any friction when it comes to working on the truck. Did I forget to mention LUCK. Sometimes you can make some of your luck.

 

@Cptn_Deudermont what company are you trying to recruit for?
Whem you have to go begging for "success" stories in a scheme with a 95%+ failure rate... Don't worry, you will make quota, after all, "there is a sucker born every minute."