USA Truck

As already very accurately said, if anyone is a recruiter, your inbox would have told you so in a hurry.
Forum or not, no one in their right mind is going to tell anyone else about the best jobs and customers. If I do legwork to cultivate a new customer, for good paying freight, there is no way I am going to pass that customer along to anyone else. Do your own legwork.
I didn't judge anyone, I stated FACTS is all. This is an industry, and like any other industry, the good employers are a lot fewer than the bad. It's up to each person to root out the best fit for them.

Martin

 

If you're an owner operator, that's understandable.. you are running a business and have to make a profit through good customers etc etc.
However if you're a company driver how does referring drivers to your company hurt you?
Say if every driver left Werner and CR England to do the same job for a better paying company then it would force up pay rates for they lost many drivers to competition.
Company drivers allowing themselves to work for 20-30CPM hurts us all because that allows crappy paying companies to out bid for freight because they can afford it due to they don't pay their drivers anything.
If O/Os can always say "don't take cheap freight", I can say "company drivers don't work for garbage".

 

Because the reality is, all those mega fleet drivers running to the good companies would have the opposite effect. If you haven't figured that out yet, don't know what to tell you. The better companies would LOWER rates, not make Werner etc raise theirs...
It's supply and demand bud, realize that and you will be able to work your way forward.
Either way, you need to find your own way, and not ride the backs of other peoples hard work. Company or O/O, no difference.

Martin

 

I disagree with that.
We are paid what we are because we accept it.
If nobody would drive for a company for less than say 35 CPM then any company that doesn't pay at least that will be out of drivers and out of drivers means out of business.
There is no trucking companies without drivers to fill their trucks.
Shippers products don't move without truck drivers either.. etc etc.

Supply and demand indeed.

If this website was filled with people all saying "figure it out yourself" this website wouldn't be any good. If we're not here to help and share with people then what are we here for?
I came to this site when I knew nothing and did the research before even going to CDL school, the little I know I share.. if I can help I will... there were those whom took the time to share and help me prior as well.

 

Last attempt at this one, after all I have only seen it happen countless times over the past 23yrs.....
The bottom feeders will ALWAYS get warm bodies in their trucks. It's just a fact of life.
Most do not do research and see they are getting screwed.
Most believe the recruiters and the tales they tell.
Most will fall for the "We can get you your CDL" line, and end up owing the bottom feeders a fortune.
So on and so forth.
Keep those rose tinted glasses by all means, but this is the way the industry works now.

Tell me you have a truck, log book, DOT, etc, issue, and I will be among the first to offer help.
Ask me where the best customers are, and i will tell you (like everyone else has) to go find your own or get to looking hard. Seems that everyone else gets it.....besides you!
Martin

 

I'd like to think that even drunk I'd be able to hook up to my trailer.

 

Guess it doesn't count that I am happy here and that the pay is good for me and my lifestyle. I am a simple man. We are a simple family, don't want need much. Hell honestly, most money we have after meeting our needs we give away to those in need. So, you see, im not some money hungry, dollar bill grabbing super trucker. I don't cheat my log book for that extra load that will pay $100. I am happy here. I am sorry if that offends you or throws your world out of whack, but I don't care. You gave your advice. On this one im not listening to it. So stop banging on my company cause im not doing it to yours.

 

Sure, not a problem. I also have pay stubs to prove it if I need too. My company they require 2 years exp but I know the owner so he gave me a shot, and yes I've been averaging around 1000-1200 a week. And my weekly miles have been averaging 3000-3400 at my starting rate of .36 CPM you do the math. Also that is my bring home, not gross. My last paycheck was 1,057 bring home.

 

Its not a mega, I'd never work for a mega company again. And I'm not a recruiter. It's a small company 3 dispatchers and just over 30 drivers. I have a running thread in the favorite trucking company section as a running log day by day or load by load. I have no reason to lie or make numbers up. Don't hate lol

 

If you happy sir, congratulations and keep striving to better yourself, I know many guys who do excellent with the megas and some don't I have a uncle who is a million miler at USA and is doing great. Don't pay attention to the low self esteem truckers
on here, there's is a lot trust me. The best advice if any i say is don't ever lease from these guys, always be a company driver or buy your own truck if you want to be an o/o gl