What would you do?

Came pretty #### close in 17 and barely averaged 4000 miles a month. Took some digging around and talking to the right people to find it. My body aches just think about 4000 miles a week. Maybe 20 years ago, you know that old Bob Seger song like a rock.

 

Op, a few things.

1- yes I know a few who make over $150k net but most are not in this business and those who are in this business own trucks.

2- you can't do 4K a week consistently, there are too many variables. At 4K a week you will be changing oil every 20 days which means that truck can be tied up for a whole day.

3- your competition is someone like me, I can take your customers away from you, run at break even just to be mean and not care about the loses. I don't do that but I know a lot of owners who will, so remember this you are not special, you are on very little fish in a very very big ocean and you can get eaten up so fast.

 

LOL. Not to be Swift hater is a challenge. I was itching to do similar more than once, never got enough adrenaline injection, though.

 

With Elogs now, there is no way to do coast to coast with less than 12 days per loop, solo. Drop and Hook even.

 

At 4000 miles a week I would only have to workj 15 weeks a year to do my 61,000 mile year.

 

Dude, follow through with your college career plans. You would be completely crazy to get mixed up in this business. This industry is in the trash big time. Follow through with that Major and eventually it will pay off you won't have to be sitting in a seat of a truck for 70 hours a week with no life. Away from home, loved ones, etc etc.

 

You're in college right now and thinking about over the road trucking?? Go get laid a few times then see how bad you want to live in a moving small metal box by yourself..

 

lol Yeah! Unless he is a drop out or soon to be. Although, my years in college were about starring out the window during lectures. If he is the same, at least he will be staring out the windshield with a purpose.