Thinkin about driving?

You want no BS, right? Well, stick to being a mechanic. You're making more money than a lot of guys out here are right now.

 

Yeah i would wait if i were you simpleman. now really isn't the time to try to break in to the biz, especially if you already have a good paying gig. You say you are still young so be patient and wait for the industry to pick up again. I'm not saying don't do it, I'm just saying wait a bit. Whatever else the decision is yours to make, do some homework and talk to drivers, get the real story before you talk to the liars oh I mean recruiters.

 

There is that same myth about truck drivers too. before i left my last job driving I was making 31 and 1/2 cents per mile. I was fighting to get 1200 miles a week. That was $378 dollars a week pre tax. take out $90 insurance, 20% taxes, and my advance of $100 ( had to eat ya know) and what did my wife and son get......$113 for a week. Do you make that little as a grease monkey?

By the way I was one of the luckier drivers at my company there were guys getting less

 

I would say this is the worst time in history to go out and get a cdl,......But is you really want to drive,...Why not try to get on with the company you are wrenching for????

 

A guy I went to high school with and still keep in touch with is a diesel mechanic at a Freightliner dealer back home. He has been doing it for going on 15 years now and is topped out in pay. Like you, he started off as a mechanic for a company. Eventually it has paid off for him. He's making over $20/hr now, and even after he pays for his tools, etc. he's still bringing home a lot more than I am. Plus he has the added bonus of working side jobs on the weekends for a couple of O/O's.