The best advice I can give is to be patient and pay attention. Don’t let anybody rush you. Stay focused on what you’re doing, whether it’s backing up, or making a turn in a tight spot. A lot of other guys can be yelling at you or telling you what to do and it can be intimidating and easy to get frazzled. Just breathe and focus yourself.
This trucking is confusing, help.
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Linnysmom, Jun 17, 2018.
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I don't really know what part of the US I'd like to drive in. East of the Mississippi seems pretty reasonable. I was under the assumption if I say, went to a commercial school, l I'd be everywhere. I think I'm going to take my chances and do a commercial school come august. The driving schools out here seem shady, I don't know why. I'm looking into Swift. -
Whatever you do during school, don't make the mistake of getting the restriction on your license that only allows you to drive automatics. You don't want to limit yourself in this industry. Once you get to a company and you have your own truck, don't limit yourself to one part of the country. Experience is most valuabke when you go everywhere.
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Sorry it’s a bit jumbled together. Just trying to get some main things out there. I am the kind of person to do 15 hours of research before I decide on a college or trucking company. Hope I helped a bit!Pumpkin Oval Head and Linnysmom Thank this. -
Also, why do ltr make more than otr? Or is that even true.
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They’re lined up out there wanting you. I had 12 job offers before I graduated school. I accepted my job 2 weeks before the end of school. 6 months later, I’m still getting emails asking how it’s going, and am I having second thoughts.
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I hauled frozen food for a while to ShopRite Groceries, to NJ and NY from PA. I was paid $.49 a mile, plus &17 for each stop, ususually 3 stops. I had a year of driving experience, to get that rate.
That was two years ago.
I would start at 5:30 a.m. and done by 4 pm. My average pay was $200 a day.
It was a union shop and the manager told me the company paid my union dues as I was part time. I think the full timers had good benefits too.
They were always looking for drivers.
I don't doubt there are daycab drivers making as much as otr drivers, maybe making more, depending on the company and their location.
The northeast pays better than the south or midwest for line haul, in my experience. Otr is kind of a national rate, because the megas hire drivers from everywhere to drive evrywhere. Since the cost of living is higher in the N.E., the pay rates across all jobs tend to be higher in the N.E., and therefore higher than the otr average rate.
I won’t do otr due to time away from family, but others don’t have that restriction. I am phasing out driving a cmv soon, and going for my second retirement, since my first retirement in 2010 from an office job.Linnysmom Thanks this.
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