Why is anyone thinking home every weekend and it's a good a good thing?

You need a company with more pay, more miles, and more home time.

 

I'm home every weekend, and I am satisfied with what I bring home. OH...yeah....I've been at it for 20+ years...I earned my semi-lazy life.

 

If my local Micky Ds was offering $79K, I'd be home every night. Until then, I'll settle for the weekends.

 

Just because you couldn't or didn't do it doesn't mean it can't be done ,, is it likely no but it isn't impossible either

 

Last guy I trained for Prime quit just after his training was done because he was offered a job pulling an end dump , bringing home 900 to 1100 a week home everynight and off on the weekends he had less then 3 months experience when he landed that gig

 

Know pleny of folks that refused to sacrifice their family, health, and personal life by doing that otr garbage and started off driving local. They seem to me doing ok with the time off.

 

Allow me improve that:

"You need a company with more pay and more home time." Dave_in_AZ

There are plenty of trucking jobs where pay is not based on miles driven. You can be paid hourly or by percentage.

 

I'm home every few days and I can make 800-1000 a week take home. Small mom and Pa company.

 

Everybody wants and/or needs something different from the job. It's not ALL about money, and not everybody has family that needs to be tended to. In fact, some choose NOT to pay rent or mortgage and being gone is better then being at a home that does not exist.

Hard to fault a driver for wanting a home life, and it's hard to fault a driver for wanting to stay out for long periods. Whatever floats their boat. But generally speaking, it is sort of flawed thinking to want to be paid more to sit at home more. As a general rule, to expect more wage revenue, you must expect to work harder, longer, or smarter. But at least one of those adverbs must come into play. And there is no getting around this basic life truth.