Are truckers really make enough money?
#1
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Are truckers really make enough money?
Hello All,
I am interesting to become a truck driver.But, i am wondering about how truck drivers make money or how you feel? Are you guys happy with what you earn?I am not asking new drivers or even driving solo. How about driving with team or being owner operator. trucking job may hard for married people.
#2
if you think starting out workin 70hrs a week for 35k a year is good money more power to you. Wants you know what your doing and get some exp. maybe like 60k a year for 70hrs. Thats why i drive local get 18bucks an hr. and home everynight and work around 50hrs a week with OT after 40.
#3
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Originally Posted by Mackman
if you think starting out workin 70hrs a week for 35k a year is good money more power to you. Wants you know what your doing and get some exp. maybe like 60k a year for 70hrs. Thats why i drive local get 18bucks an hr. and home everynight and work around 50hrs a week with OT after 40.
#4
sleeping in a space no bigger than most peoples bathrooms.
#5
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You guys should speak for yourselves, haha!!! I work 40-50..... every now and again I close in on a 60..... but I BRING HOME $900-$1200 A WEEK!!! It really boils down to finding that right company..... that isn't afraid to treat you like the bread winner drivers really are..... because without us...... there would be NO company! I know its hard to get that right job..... but to be honest, it CAN be done..... and only takes a strong mind/willed person to see through all the B.S. and get in where they fit in! Oh, and a local or LTL gig seems to always be the best compensation for your time... :wink:
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Re: Are truckers really make enough money?
Originally Posted by cumacetinkaya
Hello All,
I am interesting to become a truck driver.But, i am wondering about how truck drivers make money or how you feel? Are you guys happy with what you earn?I am not asking new drivers or even driving solo. How about driving with team or being owner operator. trucking job may hard for married people.
#7
What you really need to look at do you enjoy the job or not. If you enjoy it the money will come in time. If not all the money in the world will not be worth it.
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#8
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People seem to make the assumption that everyone has a family waiting for them at home, and that being away from the house is this horrible thing. Not everyone has a wife and kids. Not everyone needs this big huge room to sleep in. I actually prefer to be out on the road for weeks on end. I have no problem with sleeping in a place no bigger than my bathroom. I don't need all this crap in my bedroom to live. I am not a trucker yet, but soon I will be working at getting my cdl so I can become one. Yes, local wouldn't be too bad, but I would like to be able to travel.
The money all depends on how you feel about everything that trucking entails. You have to ask yourself that question.
#9
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"Good money" is a highly subjective term.
What is good money in one area may be starvation wages in another. Around here 20-22,000 gross is considered excellent wages for non college educated workers, and that is often factory work with overtime. So making 35-40k per year is fairly big money. Likewise I fully understand that in some areas of the country a full time burger flipper will make 20,000 a year and there are many "blue collar" type jobs that pay $40k or more per year. SO how good the money is in trucking really depends on where you call home and what the job situation is there.
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#10
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Originally Posted by unkut2003
You guys should speak for yourselves, haha!!! I work 40-50..... every now and again I close in on a 60..... but I BRING HOME $900-$1200 A WEEK!!! It really boils down to finding that right company..... that isn't afraid to treat you like the bread winner drivers really are..... because without us...... there would be NO company! I know its hard to get that right job..... but to be honest, it CAN be done..... and only takes a strong mind/willed person to see through all the B.S. and get in where they fit in! Oh, and a local or LTL gig seems to always be the best compensation for your time... :wink:
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