work hours per week

You're right I paid my dues for many years to reach my goal. I only show my wages so that maybe a new driver that's getting a little discouraged can have something to shoot for. I started at 12½ a mile and got hardly nothing for unloading the trailer. It's no secret that any job starts out with low pay and you have to work up. And it's no secret that driving a truck OTR is a lifestyle. The object is to set goals for yourself and if you choose to drive a truck to make a living and not living to drive then you've got to work for peanuts to gain the experience needed for the better jobs. Maybe someday it will be fair and a driver will get paid for all of his time away from home. But until then a driver must do alot of research and legwork to find the better companies instead of just letting a recruiter find your job.

 

You definately was running illegal

You was WAY over your 60/70 hour rule

 

I certainly was and I don't do it anymore. I know what you are saying but 99.9% of logs are false, 15 minutes for fueling that took you an hour, hours spent waiting to load or unload and showing a half hour, showing off-duty while waiting for dispatch when it should be on duty not driving. Some of that time was working on truck and trailer and making sales calls. Nowadays I put in 110 hrs per MONTH. I've reached gentleman trucker status.

 

By the way congrats on 50 years... Hats off to you

 

Bingo!!!!!!!!


DOT is not going to put you in jail for writing down 15 minutes to fuel when it took you 45 minutes.. DOT is not going to put you in jail for writing down 30 minutes at a shipper when it took you an hour.. They know wassup.. They are really looking for the guys who run 2-3 logbooks and really are pushing it...

Now you see where the 13-16 hour days come in???80-100 hours a week? your logs will not reflect that..

Just log best you can within reason and you will make money.. thats being honest

Legal part-- You should run 100% legal and I do not recommend anybody cheating

 

Way to stay positive GasHauler!

 

Appreciate the stroking. It will be 53 years in August. Some days I wonder if I'm a slow learner or just got a sweet tooth for punishment.