Terminal for my trucking company is 2-4 hours away from me

1. No company should have you team driving if you are new to trucking. Your trainer should be awake and training you while you learn.
2. Most training, or team operations have an actual bunk bed on top that is used when the truck is parked.
3. If you really are "team driving", the general idea is to keep the truck moving. That means you switch out sleeper berth time with your teammate, so you definitely shouldn't be sleeping on the floor, especially while the truck is in transit as that is illegal and unsafe.
4. Most companies pay a flat or reduced rate for the training phase of your employment. Some are better than others, but you shouldn't commonly expect to make what your trainers do.

 

Then go there , greener grass.

 

This guy is just trolling the board.

 

Just because they have a terminal doesn’t mean you have to park the truck there on hometime. But maybe they do want that so ask them.

I had a car with a slow drain on the battery. I would disco he negative battery terminal if I had to leave it more than a few days.

 

+1 on battery disconnection. I had a 20 year old Buick that would die, sometimes , after two weeks of not running.

 

My first battery replacement lasted me about 6 months before it would no longer charge.
Sitting and draining for a month at a time is hard on a battery, and the warranty was void because I did not drive it enough to keep it properly charged.

Now I disconnect the negative terminal. After about 2 years it still starts right up. Easy fix and it only takes a couple minutes on either end.
My car is also 20+ years old. A 1997 Chrysler. Some of the newer cars don't like having the battery disconnected, though.

 

$1900 - $2700 a week. That’s for drivers that can drive and have good driving records. They started me out low within two weeks. They brought me the office and said you’re going to top scale. I stayed there for two years and retired. Yeah, before that, I was with another company for 25 years. And 22 years before that was a couple other jobs, all paid pretty good

 

Those prices (except rent) isn't accurate.
So, do you have a driving job?

 

Every trucking job I’ve had has been three hours away from the terminal. Making my first day back out usually the most challenging. I’m often leaving my home at two or three in the morning so I can start driving by 6 AM and as someone who doesn’t fall asleep until late, it usually means I’ve been up the entire night and then I’ve gotta drive the entire day. But after that, it gets easy. I’ll usually crash hard that night And then I find my rhythm. Also, it’s not well suited for someone who stays out for five days and goes home for two days. You’ll be driving nonstop. See if the company will let you stay out for 2 to 3 weeks and go home for 3 to 4 days. I usually stay out for 2 to 3 weeks and go home for 2 to 3 days sometimes I’ll get a fourth day at home, but it’s rare.

so if you’re a driver who plans to stay out a little longer, it definitely can work and be just fine. If you run a bunch of short trips and go home in between? You’ll hate it.