Because of you im making 100% more than my previous job at a car dealership. I'm now a local driver hauling tankers, oil and propane in the winter and drinking water and pool water in the summer. Made 80K last year, my bills are paid, finally have 5 figures in the bank, and have my own apartment!. Thanks Yusif, God bless and be safe!
Damn, I’m on the same boat. I work at a dealership currently. I enjoyed it in the beginning and now I’m over it. So then I got my CDL and now looking job. It’s tough when you don’t have experience
Good stuff my man! I just passed my written exams and got my permit. I’m taking classes for road test now, I’m looking forward to changing my life with trucking. It’s always nice to hear stories of others prospering as well. Im in NYC. Thinking I start off OTR for 3-6 months before trying local or regional. As long as I’m close to 80k I’ll be more than happy
Bad time to enter the market. Trucking companies are on the verge of major layoffs. And owner operators are hauling loads that pay less than their operational cost. So they are losing money at the moment. Draining Their savings. I have seen rates drop by pretty much by a half and diesel being super pricey. Maintenance is costlier, inflation creates higher opportunity cost of being a truck driver. Why make $150/day (clean profit) if you can just get a regular job that pays $20/hr and come home every night. I would recommend owner operators to look for another job.
Yusif young man, I drove for over 35 years and nearly four million miles. 1976 to 2011. I was a company freight hauler for 12 years, then a flatbed O/O for 23 years. It was a good occupation. I looked at it as a great job, and eventually a way of life. I am now old and retired, and appreciate your videos as well as a couple other drivers. They keep me informed of what is going on in the industry that I was a part of for so many years. Thanks for the videos, and do everything you can to stay save. And on the front load of coils, I always used three chains. thanks again. retired old ron.
Hey man I’m only 21 and just now getting started in my cdl classes. Any tips or advice you have for the job ?? I would love to hear something positive from an og driver like yourself.
@@wckdaintgoodyou are young find a good company go on the road make money while you are young learn all you can learn flatbed learn dry van decide what you like best. Do you have bigger goals or do you want to be an employee? Think about what you want out of trucking.
@@brewdog8568 I’m actually driving for this company called Quadgraphics right now. Pay and benefits are awesome. But in the future I want to own my own trucks and potentially start a business.
I went from a dead-end office job to driving school in 1994, started driving in January 1995. I've been through a few companies, made some mistakes, but I'm still driving. I'm just trying to last until I retire without keeling over.
You are wise beyond your years. Anyone interested in truck driving should watch this video. I drove for 7 years, with small child and wife at home....painful. Your suggestions and advice is completely accurate. Great video.
I have a finance degree and the corporate life has left me soulless. I really wanna get my CDL A and become a trucker. Subscribed & I’ll check out the rest of your videos.
I was a warehouse manager. After ten years, I couldn’t continue to work at my former company. I wanted change and freedom. Then one day a trucker gave me some advice and he motivated me to get my CDL. Best decision ever I made. I will do it for 5 years and I will be traveling around the world when I reset home.
I’m in my 6th week of training with my husband. I went to a trucking school last April and of course you only learn enough to pass the DMV test. I got my license. I’m owner operator with my husband and we have had this trucking business for seven years now. We have a dedicated run same thing every single day we own 2 trucks. And we haul gravel from phoenix, Arizona to Las Vegas. I drive one of our trucks and we have an employee that drives the other and my husband is still a truck driver for the company that we haul gravel to. That was the stipulation from the owner of the plant. In order to get this run from them exclusively my husband had to stay there as their truck driver, but we were allowed to bring our own trucks in. I got my CDL last year because it was just costing way too much to have two drivers and we couldn’t really find a dependable good driver. Last July the plant that we haul gravel for had an explosion so that meant our business was down, as well as the planet. It was down for seven months. We just went back. About six weeks ago. And my husband resume training with me. This coming week I’m going on my last week of training with him and then I will be on my own. I’ve come so far in the last six weeks. Six weeks ago, I can barely shift without grinding the gears. Now I’m rocking that 18 speed like a boss. I have so much more to learn, but I’m confident that I will be successful. Follow my channel as well as I document my journey of being a driver for our own business. I came across your channel and I really really like it. Great job! I agree with what you’re saying if you don’t have money to back you up in the trucking game you’re not gonna be successful and you’re gonna go down real quick. The money that we make from our trucking we don’t touch it at all. It’s only used to go back into the trucks. Our house is paid off and we don’t mess with credit cards. When we bought our first truck, we saved for years and paid it out right truck and trailer for $80,000. This year we will be buying our dream home but it has taken a very long time to get to this point. Stay safe everyone!
Any trucker that says he has no regrets is lying, people come into this industry with families and miss crucial moments with their kids. I only regret becoming a trucker, because I didn't know my true potential, that I could be better a than a grease monkey behind a wheel. I'm referred to as driver than my own name. I slowly feel my life go past me as I am currently obese, and have no real friends, I'm always traveling and meeting new people, but I don't see the same ppl. I'm still asking myself if its still worth it
Besides that, the income barely grows after 3 years whereas you can potentially see huge income jump in other trades like welder, electrician or carpenter. And what's worse, the automation is pushing human truckers to drive non-stop as a team driving setup in order to compete with self-driving technology.
@@rookiebird9382 There are no fully autonomous semi-trucks on the road right now. There is always an operator who has to keep his hands on the wheel and under any abnormal weather conditions they don't work.
@@boringstuff1542 You'd better prepare for what's coming up in the next decades. Engineers can make anything autonomous including landing a rocket straight up. It's all about regulations and who's to blame when there's an accident.
Hey bro. Been watching you on and off since day one. Glad to see you’re doing well !! I just hit 25 years as an Independent Trucker in March. All of it as a flatbedder. All my equipment is of course paid for and insurance is only $8500 a year. I only go out for 4 overnights a month. Freight not abundant and it’s not paying well so at 57 I’m finally really enjoying life at the beach. As always you have great info for the the new guys! Stay safe out there bro. ✌️ Mike B.
My only regret is that I didn’t start when I was younger. I’ve been trucking about 31 months now and I’m still Truckin. I’m parked at a rest area as we speak on my 10 hour break in my whole life previously to truck driving the most I ever had in the bank was 10 grand And now I have 40,000 in the bank and I drive a car that I paid cash for that cost 15,000 I make about 65 grand a year take home which is about 30,000 a year more than I used to make. And I don’t even have the highest paid job. There’s jobs that pay more and I could make more doing what I do if I really wanted to go apeshit.
@@SourGrey it’s kind of like not knowing how to swim and jumping into a river is kind of what it was for me. I didn’t know anything about trucking. All I knew is that it sounded like something I might like and I thought about it for a long time, but I kept putting it off and then finally I just went for it went in the truck driving school and after I got my CDL I had a job like three days later doing flatbed but the whole time I wasn’t sure it was going to work out. I just went all in and gave it my best ever once in my life everything just seems to keep working out but it wasn’t like somebody was hooking me up I was putting in the work.
@@SourGrey see one thing you can do that will give you an advantage is be dedicated and don’t complain and when you get started just know that it’ll be to your advantage. If you could stay away from home for about two or three months when I started, I was a trainee for about 23 days and then after that, it was Thanksgiving weekend and they asked me if I wanted to go home and all I could think was hell no I don’t want to go home what I wanted to do is get assigned a truck and that’s what I did and I spent Thanksgiving at a pilot, but I was happy that I had my own truck finally
@@cecep7477 i’m still Truckin if you’re a hard worker and you make it a priority in your life that’s a good start. I can’t really give a lot of advice. I guess everybody has a different circumstance that brings them to trucking I think, but I think the one thing in common that makes a person successful out here is you have to be able to stay on the road, you have to be a hard worker and like long days and you have to be very very self reliant. You can’t be the type of person who needs help every time you have a problem you have to be able to solve problems on your own as you’re alone, most of the time.
As much as I love driving trucks, working for truck companies that don’t pay enough for the time we sacrifice away from family is not worth it. If you don’t have family or you don’t mind stay away from family definitely go ahead and do it don’t go over the road just do regional and come back home on the weekend, best wishes and stay safe!
I have been driving for 18 years but when I first started, it was very hard and stressful learning the ropes but I have it pretty good now because I get home every weekend and gets a brand new truck every year 😊
Love your channel and find you a inspiration for others that want to pursue this trucking life and travel. I am retired now and I drove 24 over the road years, no local, 48 states and Canada, 8 dry van , 8 reefer, 8 flatbed . I loved it and miss it now , I am 75 years old. I believe you are a positive influence and have the attitude it takes to stay safe and prosper . I always drove company trucks and wanted to buy my own .
I love to be a trucker, I am 40 years old and 20 years on de road, I did long distance for 14 years, South America and all over North Americas, but I am very handy my self, I understand a lot about crane, big machineries, construction and diesel mechanic, I don’t regret being a trucker, but if I could go back in time I was going to choose something more profitable, and use all of my skills I got growing up, but time is brutal don’t wait for nobody, then adult life it’s time consuming when comes to professional life and pays all bill and work hard to grow, financially and professional! My opinion now and advice to anyone who is young and trying to find a career or turn a hobby into a career, find the one you will use all of your knowledge to make as much money and grow faster, trucking industry doesn’t allow us to use other skills, to reapply in real life to make extra money!
Whats up Yusif, this is Luis. What's up my brotha. I started off 15 yrs ago and my first trucking job was with swift. Making .23 cents a mile. I stuck it out and got my own truck a year later and made better money. Back then was way cheap pay. Glad you're doing well brotha.
Great advice man, I got into trucking about 7 months ago (OTR) and you pretty much hit the nail on the head with everything. Be safe out there man! the snow is melting, let’s get it 💪💰
I recall your adventures and attitude comes to mind because with great strong awesome good attitude towards life in general, will make trucking that much more enjoyable!! In the good and bad times, just like in everyday life.
Also , dont forget that the real money comes when you are owner operator and you have your truck paid off, there is when the BIG bucks comes!!! Great video man
I remember when you started out on You Tube. Thank you for this update. As I said 3 years ago, you will succeed at whatever you do because you have a good work ethic
The advice about evaluating one's position in life is good advice. That crane guy has it good. He has weekends off doing 40 hours a week earning 85K a year. In trucking you if you want to succeed you will be working 10 hour days 7 days a week and your time off will be after doing this 2-3 months striaght to earn good money.
Just finished my first day of trucking school. I honestly feel a bit discouraged because everybody is passing the straight line test within the first day and here I am can't even back straight. I was about 2 hours in when I told myself alright lets try tomorrow. I definitely got better but still not 100% Hopefully the next day will be a lot better.
Good tips above, what worked best for me was turning into the trailer or “grabbing the trailer” Once you see that trailer start to drift left, turn your wheel left just hard enough to “grab it” then turn the wheel back center. All while gently applying pressure to the accelerator, you want to stay in gentle constant motion. Then vice versa for the right side. The goal is to keep an even amount of trailer in BOTH mirrors. You’ll do fine. Remember you’ll only learn just enough to pass your test, you’re real training begins on your first job!
I’m about to get into Hotshot as a Non-CDL Owner Operator…… this video is definitely a good “real” viewpoint of trucking….. I’m 21 so I think it’s a good time to get into it……
Hello man I just seen your post it’s 11 months old, I don’t know why I have not seen you but I want you to know I really appreciate you and your videos, we started in 2019 as a hotshot then like you upgraded to 2 semi’s again I appreciate you.
If you are young and decide not to go to college don’t waste your time at warehouse jobs get your CDL and you’ll make 70k-100k within 3 years. Don’t be scared the beginning will be tough but stay the course. I was able to buy a home my first year in trucking and traveI wherever I want through trucking and vacation. I will admit I realized I can’t do this forever because I have a family. So I’ve decided to drive for 2 more years which will complete 5 years total. I have a goal to start my own small trucking business. If you do trucking for 3-5 years trust me you can put yourself in a good position to do other things if you decide to stop trucking. Good luck 👍
70-100k a year ? Something ain’t right. As an owner operator you should be making minimum 10k a month on a bad month. And I’m talking net after expenses.
Yousif, I cannot wait to make the move into trucking. You are an inspiration sir! The life of a trucker it seems will suit me perfectly and because of your level head and wisdom and positive outlook, I am looking forward even more to start this journey and make the move overseas asap. Best wishes.
Hey buddy, you really motivated me I’m now finishing up my first year trucking with my own company. I remember when you first started👍🏾🏁 Never stop grinding
I’m a mechanic engineer and going to become a truck driver. Starting my CDL school next monday! I currently work for a well known company but being a truck driver has always been my dream. I don’t regret getting my degree either because i know more theories, have higher education than others, and most importantly i have something i can back up to. wish me luck!
I tell everyone: "I wish I had found trucking ten years ago!" I'm 57 years old, married, no children. I started at a local class A job 8 months ago and love it. Home every night, driving 300-500 miles a day, 10-12 hours per day on average. Over $90k annualized. It is perfect for me. My retired wife would like me home more, but I talk on the phone with her and text when not driving. ... Simply put, I love driving.
Awesome man, I’m 24 and just got my class A this past weekend. I’m looking to start with TMC as I want to run flatbed and I’ve heard they run a good program there!
Coming up on 3 years OTR and I’m entirely done. Hardly home, miss my kids. Tired of missing out on life to make my brokers and dispatchers richer than me
@@Chroy222 I’ve been day trading for about 3 years while OTR( Lots of long sleepless nights) and I’m considering going full time with it now so I guess you can say a entirely different career
Not trying to be negative or discourage anyone of getting CDL but my experience of being trucker for four years was just lost of time and energy for no reason ! If I stayed in my business would have being a lot better . Thx God I left trucking and I m back to my previous business . I can spend time with my family and get enough sleep and eat good food ! I’m happy and good luck for everyone !
I'm 34 I'm in school i only regret not doing it earlier , i work at a warehouse almost 10 years and imagine with all these Experience and get treated like a temporary employee I'm worthless if I quit and go somewhere else I have to start from the bottom when I'm in trucking school I'm smiling it's like a therapy my friend at works says I never see you smile this much I can't wait to get my cdl and be left alone 🚚🚚🚚
income for truckers is actually just minimum wage. The reason we make more money is the the amount of work and the time that we do it. Lots of overtime and shift bonuses. in Australia, driving 12 hours is equal to 12 hours of minimum wage.
Your Hot Shot Videos were the best, that is not to take away from what you are doing now, but your hot shot videos were more active and I felt like i was on the journey/road with you.
Just found your page so I am on hotshot vids as thats my starting plan. Thanks for the content! I am almost there... ran a service company for 13 years and sold it. Got a job in July and this is not me. Plan is to buy a Kaufman EZ4 and finance a RAM Tradesman. Have the capital to pay for the trailer and truck but I will just buy the trailer outright and pay off the truck the same way you did 3 years ago(again I am watching old vids still). Thats what I have done with all my trucks in the past.
So far its going well for you as a single young man but if you want to have a good well rounded life trucking is not a long term solution. The smart ones get in make there money and invest, then get out.
Yousif, I’m surprised you don’t get free food from fueling. I hit 1,500 gallons with TA, and get $17 voucher everytime i fuel which u can use for food, shower, parking
I make 38,000 a year but I also work a state job. And I only work four days a week but you can’t live in this economy making $38,000 year that’s why I’m fixing to take my CDL‘s over the road but it’s so hard to quit my state job after eight years.
Amazing video! I wish I saw this video 4 years ago lol I got my CDL, I was single, but I only lasted a couple of weeks. I got discouraged cause I had an "Ok instructor" he wasn't that bad in comparison to my school instructor but for the most part, was thinking about life back home. I've always played sports and moved around so I quit. But I love driving trucks, I pay attention to Trucking news, truck shows, etc. I'm in IT now, I make decent money and I work 40-50 hrs/week. Is funny to see ppl's reaction when they find out I got a CDL lol. Ngl in a perfect world I would drive 3-4 days/week and have the rest of the days off making 70k+/year, but I we all know that's not the norm at all lol.
You know, brother? you made the greatest decision a man could ever make ..... A sound one, too! Wow. I'm proud of you .. Happiness is everything..... Happiness is everything...... Happiness is everything. . Happiness is everything... Happiness is everything... do what makes you happy. Happiness is everything..
@@JesseGMan7 bro. When you post contents on social media, the whole world sees it..... either your post taps right into some of your many subscriber's person lives or it don't.... so, if you see a subscriber, expressing him or herself in some painful and exciting manners, it would be wise to understand the situation before making remarks. because the remarks you make could hurt or up lift someone. What if, the person has never experienced freedom till they watched your post....and for the first time, your post and content broke the chains of suppression off of them! you never know how many lives can be touched or damaged with just one post on your social media.... So, you must know the audiences, and never critique anyone due to how he or she expresses themselves... You don't even know me and you're telling me that I'm weird... Well, it's better to be weird than to lack common sense..... besides, you're not as smart as I thought...... Your post and contents will never mean a thing to me, ever again! Real talk.
Going on 1 year & 3 months with my license. Started with reefer and switched to local running Long Beach ports. My only “fear” is getting the process started for my own authority since rates are ehhhhh and truck prices are high!
Hint: Save your money until the economy truns around. Once that starts happening it will be okay to jump into trucking as a owner operater. Even then you want to save money for when the frieght market goes down like it is now.
Start trucking in Los Angeles...or California with so many DOT regulations and city ordinances is a big mistake. I moved to Texas about a year ago and here ain't no rules neither regulations, you can drive for ten hours straight without crossing any state line. My regret was....no moving here way back but hey I am doing very well. Saludos.
It’s a great job if you don’t have kids,wife,family…..but if you have responsibilities it’s gonna be hard. You can not take care of your family and watch what’s going on if you do OTR cuz you are working away from them.
with all respect to you you still have alot to learn in trucking even though you gave some common sense advice, to make it in this business you really need to be smart and prepared from your mechanical to parts to fixing your own truck, in terms of health i take 51 vitamin a day i cook in my truck healthy cooking i do blood work every 6 months and i know hwo to read them, i take zero medicine, you are honst at least you didn't say you make one million a month, i truly hate trucking even though i own 19 trucks, i see so many liers in the industry and so many dumb ass but we have quality drivers my advice be gentleman and help other truck drivers and stop lieng about hwo great and awesome you are,I'm a civil engineering graduate but i did this when things where good
Getting a degree is partly also a scam, just to make sure people get into debt. Paying huge amounts of money for education does not have any guarantee about your future position and income. The education business is great, because they don't have to guarantee anything. EDIT: this is not a vote against education and schooling of any kind, learning things is good, but you should really pay attention to what you are getting in exchange after you did all these loops and hoops in educating process paid with big sums of money, your money.
3 years exp. then COVID came. I did local which was great for me. Now that I have traveled the world some and started to learn how to trade, I wouldnt mind maybe doing OTR with my laptop making even more $$ I was never a fan of winter driving tho, but life is how you look at it. One love 🌠💓
just remember, 95% of day traders lose money, you only hear about the ones who claim to do well because that is their marketing scheme. Invest, don't gamble. Read the book "Rich dad, poor dad". Peace!
I had driving jobs during college time and want to go back now. Time fly when out there, I am so sick of office job after 10 years now. BTW same or even better money I used to make while driving.
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Because of you im making 100% more than my previous job at a car dealership. I'm now a local driver hauling tankers, oil and propane in the winter and drinking water and pool water in the summer. Made 80K last year, my bills are paid, finally have 5 figures in the bank, and have my own apartment!. Thanks Yusif, God bless and be safe!
Damn, I’m on the same boat. I work at a dealership currently. I enjoyed it in the beginning and now I’m over it. So then I got my CDL and now looking job. It’s tough when you don’t have experience
Good stuff my man! I just passed my written exams and got my permit. I’m taking classes for road test now, I’m looking forward to changing my life with trucking. It’s always nice to hear stories of others prospering as well. Im in NYC. Thinking I start off OTR for 3-6 months before trying local or regional. As long as I’m close to 80k I’ll be more than happy
@@AdamFlips what state do you work in and what company. I'm looking for a new job
Great to hear that! I wish you all the best and god bless!
Bad time to enter the market. Trucking companies are on the verge of major layoffs. And owner operators are hauling loads that pay less than their operational cost. So they are losing money at the moment. Draining Their savings. I have seen rates drop by pretty much by a half and diesel being super pricey. Maintenance is costlier, inflation creates higher opportunity cost of being a truck driver. Why make $150/day (clean profit) if you can just get a regular job that pays $20/hr and come home every night. I would recommend owner operators to look for another job.
Yusif young man, I drove for over 35 years and nearly four million miles. 1976 to 2011. I was a company freight hauler for 12 years, then a flatbed O/O for 23 years. It was a good occupation. I looked at it as a great job, and eventually a way of life. I am now old and retired, and appreciate your videos as well as a couple other drivers. They keep me informed of what is going on in the industry that I was a part of for so many years. Thanks for the videos, and do everything you can to stay save. And on the front load of coils, I always used three chains. thanks again. retired old ron.
Hey man I’m only 21 and just now getting started in my cdl classes. Any tips or advice you have for the job ?? I would love to hear something positive from an og driver like yourself.
@@wckdaintgoodyou are young find a good company go on the road make money while you are young learn all you can learn flatbed learn dry van decide what you like best. Do you have bigger goals or do you want to be an employee? Think about what you want out of trucking.
@@brewdog8568 I’m actually driving for this company called Quadgraphics right now. Pay and benefits are awesome. But in the future I want to own my own trucks and potentially start a business.
I went from a dead-end office job to driving school in 1994, started driving in January 1995. I've been through a few companies, made some mistakes, but I'm still driving. I'm just trying to last until I retire without keeling over.
This video is a great example of why we like your videos. Honest, authentic and interesting.
I love your perspective on things.
You are wise beyond your years. Anyone interested in truck driving should watch this video. I drove for 7 years, with small child and wife at home....painful. Your suggestions and advice is completely accurate. Great video.
I have a finance degree and the corporate life has left me soulless. I really wanna get my CDL A and become a trucker. Subscribed & I’ll check out the rest of your videos.
Same!
I was a warehouse manager. After ten years, I couldn’t continue to work at my former company. I wanted change and freedom. Then one day a trucker gave me some advice and he motivated me to get my CDL. Best decision ever I made. I will do it for 5 years and I will be traveling around the world when I reset home.
I’m in my 6th week of training with my husband. I went to a trucking school last April and of course you only learn enough to pass the DMV test. I got my license. I’m owner operator with my husband and we have had this trucking business for seven years now. We have a dedicated run same thing every single day we own 2 trucks. And we haul gravel from phoenix, Arizona to Las Vegas. I drive one of our trucks and we have an employee that drives the other and my husband is still a truck driver for the company that we haul gravel to. That was the stipulation from the owner of the plant. In order to get this run from them exclusively my husband had to stay there as their truck driver, but we were allowed to bring our own trucks in. I got my CDL last year because it was just costing way too much to have two drivers and we couldn’t really find a dependable good driver. Last July the plant that we haul gravel for had an explosion so that meant our business was down, as well as the planet. It was down for seven months. We just went back. About six weeks ago. And my husband resume training with me. This coming week I’m going on my last week of training with him and then I will be on my own. I’ve come so far in the last six weeks. Six weeks ago, I can barely shift without grinding the gears. Now I’m rocking that 18 speed like a boss. I have so much more to learn, but I’m confident that I will be successful. Follow my channel as well as I document my journey of being a driver for our own business. I came across your channel and I really really like it. Great job!
I agree with what you’re saying if you don’t have money to back you up in the trucking game you’re not gonna be successful and you’re gonna go down real quick. The money that we make from our trucking we don’t touch it at all. It’s only used to go back into the trucks. Our house is paid off and we don’t mess with credit cards. When we bought our first truck, we saved for years and paid it out right truck and trailer for $80,000. This year we will be buying our dream home but it has taken a very long time to get to this point. Stay safe everyone!
This video is so truthful. You covered so many subjects, and you were spot on with your analysis.
Any trucker that says he has no regrets is lying, people come into this industry with families and miss crucial moments with their kids. I only regret becoming a trucker, because I didn't know my true potential, that I could be better a than a grease monkey behind a wheel. I'm referred to as driver than my own name. I slowly feel my life go past me as I am currently obese, and have no real friends, I'm always traveling and meeting new people, but I don't see the same ppl. I'm still asking myself if its still worth it
Besides that, the income barely grows after 3 years whereas you can potentially see huge income jump in other trades like welder, electrician or carpenter. And what's worse, the automation is pushing human truckers to drive non-stop as a team driving setup in order to compete with self-driving technology.
@@rookiebird9382 dang bro
@@rookiebird9382 self driving trucks are a long way off
@@rookiebird9382 There are no fully autonomous semi-trucks on the road right now. There is always an operator who has to keep his hands on the wheel and under any abnormal weather conditions they don't work.
@@boringstuff1542 You'd better prepare for what's coming up in the next decades. Engineers can make anything autonomous including landing a rocket straight up. It's all about regulations and who's to blame when there's an accident.
Man you out here preaching I been told everyone this a 7-10 years job and being a company driver is not bad man
Hey bro. Been watching you on and off since day one. Glad to see you’re doing well !! I just hit 25 years as an Independent Trucker in March. All of it as a flatbedder. All my equipment is of course paid for and insurance is only $8500 a year. I only go out for 4 overnights a month. Freight not abundant and it’s not paying well so at 57 I’m finally really enjoying life at the beach. As always you have great info for the the new guys! Stay safe out there bro. ✌️ Mike B.
My only regret is that I didn’t start when I was younger. I’ve been trucking about 31 months now and I’m still Truckin. I’m parked at a rest area as we speak on my 10 hour break in my whole life previously to truck driving the most I ever had in the bank was 10 grand And now I have 40,000 in the bank and I drive a car that I paid cash for that cost 15,000 I make about 65 grand a year take home which is about 30,000 a year more than I used to make. And I don’t even have the highest paid job. There’s jobs that pay more and I could make more doing what I do if I really wanted to go apeshit.
Lot of us just trying to be on your level. Good job sir.
@@SourGrey it’s kind of like not knowing how to swim and jumping into a river is kind of what it was for me. I didn’t know anything about trucking. All I knew is that it sounded like something I might like and I thought about it for a long time, but I kept putting it off and then finally I just went for it went in the truck driving school and after I got my CDL I had a job like three days later doing flatbed but the whole time I wasn’t sure it was going to work out. I just went all in and gave it my best ever once in my life everything just seems to keep working out but it wasn’t like somebody was hooking me up I was putting in the work.
@@SourGrey see one thing you can do that will give you an advantage is be dedicated and don’t complain and when you get started just know that it’ll be to your advantage. If you could stay away from home for about two or three months when I started, I was a trainee for about 23 days and then after that, it was Thanksgiving weekend and they asked me if I wanted to go home and all I could think was hell no I don’t want to go home what I wanted to do is get assigned a truck and that’s what I did and I spent Thanksgiving at a pilot, but I was happy that I had my own truck finally
This gives me so much hope I can’t wait to start school!
@@cecep7477 i’m still Truckin if you’re a hard worker and you make it a priority in your life that’s a good start. I can’t really give a lot of advice. I guess everybody has a different circumstance that brings them to trucking I think, but I think the one thing in common that makes a person successful out here is you have to be able to stay on the road, you have to be a hard worker and like long days and you have to be very very self reliant. You can’t be the type of person who needs help every time you have a problem you have to be able to solve problems on your own as you’re alone, most of the time.
As much as I love driving trucks, working for truck companies that don’t pay enough for the time we sacrifice away from family is not worth it. If you don’t have family or you don’t mind stay away from family definitely go ahead and do it don’t go over the road just do regional and come back home on the weekend, best wishes and stay safe!
Or local..
I have been driving for 18 years but when I first started, it was very hard and stressful learning the ropes but I have it pretty good now because I get home every weekend and gets a brand new truck every year 😊
Love your channel and find you a inspiration for others that want to pursue this trucking life and travel. I am retired now and I drove 24 over the road years, no local, 48 states and Canada, 8 dry van , 8 reefer, 8 flatbed . I loved it and miss it now , I am 75 years old. I believe you are a positive influence and have the attitude it takes to stay safe and prosper . I always drove company trucks and wanted to buy my own .
I love to be a trucker, I am 40 years old and 20 years on de road, I did long distance for 14 years, South America and all over North Americas, but I am very handy my self, I understand a lot about crane, big machineries, construction and diesel mechanic, I don’t regret being a trucker, but if I could go back in time I was going to choose something more profitable, and use all of my skills I got growing up, but time is brutal don’t wait for nobody, then adult life it’s time consuming when comes to professional life and pays all bill and work hard to grow, financially and professional! My opinion now and advice to anyone who is young and trying to find a career or turn a hobby into a career, find the one you will use all of your knowledge to make as much money and grow faster, trucking industry doesn’t allow us to use other skills, to reapply in real life to make extra money!
Whats up Yusif, this is Luis. What's up my brotha. I started off 15 yrs ago and my first trucking job was with swift. Making .23 cents a mile. I stuck it out and got my own truck a year later and made better money. Back then was way cheap pay. Glad you're doing well brotha.
Great advice man, I got into trucking about 7 months ago (OTR) and you pretty much hit the nail on the head with everything. Be safe out there man! the snow is melting, let’s get it 💪💰
Question... do I have to spend a month with a trainer after I get my cdl?
Thanks Yusif, you are always upfront clear and inspiring. Thank you.
Thank you, good advice. I’m 66 years old, former truck driver, I have found you make money on your dream. I loved trucking.
Great honest commentary...thank you Sir!
I recall your adventures and attitude comes to mind because with great strong awesome good attitude towards life in general, will make trucking that much more enjoyable!! In the good and bad times, just like in everyday life.
Also , dont forget that the real money comes when you are owner operator and you have your truck paid off, there is when the BIG bucks comes!!! Great video man
I remember when you started out on You Tube. Thank you for this update. As I said 3 years ago, you will succeed at whatever you do because you have a good work ethic
Great video Yousif I've been watching you from day one and I can tell that you are an educated guy God-bless
Thank you!
Thank you Yusuf for the honesty and the knowledge that you constantly give to those of us who want to learn more.
The advice about evaluating one's position in life is good advice. That crane guy has it good. He has weekends off doing 40 hours a week earning 85K a year. In trucking you if you want to succeed you will be working 10 hour days 7 days a week and your time off will be after doing this 2-3 months striaght to earn good money.
Going local and specializing was the best thing I ever did… home everyday, weekends off, time to go to the gym,
That’s the issue with me, I have to hit the gym, not an option
Just finished my first day of trucking school. I honestly feel a bit discouraged because everybody is passing the straight line test within the first day and here I am can't even back straight. I was about 2 hours in when I told myself alright lets try tomorrow. I definitely got better but still not 100% Hopefully the next day will be a lot better.
The secrete to backing is going slowly while checking your mirrors like a swivel. Nobody will yell at you for backing up slowly!
Imagine a line on the leftside of the trailer right behind the cab only use the left mirror. This line will tell you which way to turn ..
Turn steering 45degreez count 3 seconds etc
Good tips above, what worked best for me was turning into the trailer or “grabbing the trailer” Once you see that trailer start to drift left, turn your wheel left just hard enough to “grab it” then turn the wheel back center. All while gently applying pressure to the accelerator, you want to stay in gentle constant motion. Then vice versa for the right side. The goal is to keep an even amount of trailer in BOTH mirrors. You’ll do fine. Remember you’ll only learn just enough to pass your test, you’re real training begins on your first job!
@@20jallow some people do, but you shouldn’t mind them
Blessings to You bro. Stay safe
Very good information to pass on to new drivers. Your information was right on track!
Continued best wishes for your safe trucking lifestyle ! Your advice makes a lot of sense !
I’m about to get into Hotshot as a Non-CDL Owner Operator…… this video is definitely a good “real” viewpoint of trucking….. I’m 21 so I think it’s a good time to get into it……
Hello man I just seen your post it’s 11 months old, I don’t know why I have not seen you but I want you to know I really appreciate you and your videos, we started in 2019 as a hotshot then like you upgraded to 2 semi’s again I appreciate you.
I have been driving a year now and I love it. And that's exactly what I wanna do in the future. Pay Fram and live life to the fullest.
This is a rich and meaningful video.
Thanks a lot, brother, for sharing information about your experience in trucking.
Have a good day!
Awesome video and a lot of truth !!!
God bless you and stay successful!!!
If you are young and decide not to go to college don’t waste your time at warehouse jobs get your CDL and you’ll make 70k-100k within 3 years. Don’t be scared the beginning will be tough but stay the course. I was able to buy a home my first year in trucking and traveI wherever I want through trucking and vacation. I will admit I realized I can’t do this forever because I have a family. So I’ve decided to drive for 2 more years which will complete 5 years total. I have a goal to start my own small trucking business. If you do trucking for 3-5 years trust me you can put yourself in a good position to do other things if you decide to stop trucking. Good luck 👍
70-100k a year ? Something ain’t right. As an owner operator you should be making minimum 10k a month on a bad month. And I’m talking net after expenses.
I meant 70k-100k as an employee but I agree with you making more as an operator makes more money for sure.
Thank you for the eating tips! I'm going to look to see if you have a video of the set up for cooking in your truck. 💞
If you listened to him to the end,then you are university graduate. As a Trucker, I’m sure he gave out honest advice to all.
Trucking is nothing but headaches.the only good thing is seeing all 50 states and meeting new people.
Yousif, I cannot wait to make the move into trucking. You are an inspiration sir! The life of a trucker it seems will suit me perfectly and because of your level head and wisdom and positive outlook, I am looking forward even more to start this journey and make the move overseas asap. Best wishes.
Hey buddy, you really motivated me I’m now finishing up my first year trucking with my own company. I remember when you first started👍🏾🏁 Never stop grinding
I’m a mechanic engineer and going to become a truck driver. Starting my CDL school next monday! I currently work for a well known company but being a truck driver has always been my dream. I don’t regret getting my degree either because i know more theories, have higher education than others, and most importantly i have something i can back up to. wish me luck!
I tell everyone: "I wish I had found trucking ten years ago!" I'm 57 years old, married, no children. I started at a local class A job 8 months ago and love it. Home every night, driving 300-500 miles a day, 10-12 hours per day on average. Over $90k annualized. It is perfect for me. My retired wife would like me home more, but I talk on the phone with her and text when not driving. ... Simply put, I love driving.
Awesome man, I’m 24 and just got my class A this past weekend. I’m looking to start with TMC as I want to run flatbed and I’ve heard they run a good program there!
Is 40yrs good age to start trucking
@@ashk1422 yes 👍
@@nathanhearn8914 how about 19
@@jsmoothatp the earlier the better bro. I'm 19 and just got my permit searching for trucking schools today
Well done great overview. I wish you well for the next 3 years!
Thank you Yousef! I too do intermittent fasting, and I eat once a day. It’s the best thing ever!
Hey man long time not seeing any videos. Hope you’re doing good . Good bless you 🙏
What is up brother from the imperial county California 👍👍🖐️🇺🇲🇺🇲
Thank you for this video 🙏🏻
Coming up on 3 years OTR and I’m entirely done. Hardly home, miss my kids. Tired of missing out on life to make my brokers and dispatchers richer than me
You switching to local or changing careers entirely?
@@Chroy222 I’ve been day trading for about 3 years while OTR( Lots of long sleepless nights) and I’m considering going full time with it now so I guess you can say a entirely different career
@@t2thek are u forex trader
@@marisacillahi1537 Yes
@@marisacillahi1537 you can make a full time living trading forex?
A lot of great info! Much appreciated.
Not trying to be negative or discourage anyone of getting CDL but my experience of being trucker for four years was just lost of time and energy for no reason ! If I stayed in my business would have being a lot better . Thx God I left trucking and I m back to my previous business . I can spend time with my family and get enough sleep and eat good food ! I’m happy and good luck for everyone !
Not everyone has a family
Great advice! Thank you! Safe travels!
Thanks for posting great advice.Enjoy your day.
Excellent talk:) worth the listen!
I'm 34 I'm in school i only regret not doing it earlier , i work at a warehouse almost 10 years and imagine with all these Experience and get treated like a temporary employee I'm worthless if I quit and go somewhere else I have to start from the bottom when I'm in trucking school I'm smiling it's like a therapy my friend at works says I never see you smile this much I can't wait to get my cdl and be left alone 🚚🚚🚚
income for truckers is actually just minimum wage.
The reason we make more money is the the amount of work and the time that we do it.
Lots of overtime and shift bonuses.
in Australia, driving 12 hours is equal to 12 hours of minimum wage.
That’s not always true. Minimum wage in my state is $11 per hour…my CPM works out to be about $30 per hour.
Your Hot Shot Videos were the best, that is not to take away from what you are doing now, but your hot shot videos were more active and I felt like i was on the journey/road with you.
Thanks for sharing your story. I am going for my cdl and I'm scared to death to back up and look stupid.
Just found your page so I am on hotshot vids as thats my starting plan. Thanks for the content! I am almost there... ran a service company for 13 years and sold it. Got a job in July and this is not me. Plan is to buy a Kaufman EZ4 and finance a RAM Tradesman. Have the capital to pay for the trailer and truck but I will just buy the trailer outright and pay off the truck the same way you did 3 years ago(again I am watching old vids still). Thats what I have done with all my trucks in the past.
You have a strong mindset there is nothing on the face of the planet that would make me work 16 hrs a day 7 days a week
Thanks brother, you're so awesome, very honestly, I like that. 👍
The vibrations from sleepers would always help me sleep !!
Wise Words My Friend!
Great advice thank you and good luck to you my friend
Thank you!
So far its going well for you as a single young man but if you want to have a good well rounded life trucking is not a long term solution. The smart ones get in make there money and invest, then get out.
I agree with everything you said. I like your channel and God bless you.
Yousif, I’m surprised you don’t get free food from fueling. I hit 1,500 gallons with TA, and get $17 voucher everytime i fuel which u can use for food, shower, parking
I make 38,000 a year but I also work a state job. And I only work four days a week but you can’t live in this economy making $38,000 year that’s why I’m fixing to take my CDL‘s over the road but it’s so hard to quit my state job after eight years.
Amazing video! I wish I saw this video 4 years ago lol I got my CDL, I was single, but I only lasted a couple of weeks. I got discouraged cause I had an "Ok instructor" he wasn't that bad in comparison to my school instructor but for the most part, was thinking about life back home. I've always played sports and moved around so I quit. But I love driving trucks, I pay attention to Trucking news, truck shows, etc. I'm in IT now, I make decent money and I work 40-50 hrs/week. Is funny to see ppl's reaction when they find out I got a CDL lol. Ngl in a perfect world I would drive 3-4 days/week and have the rest of the days off making 70k+/year, but I we all know that's not the norm at all lol.
From 🇰🇪... thank you for this video Sir 🙏
Man this video great out here from the Fresno ca area
You know, brother?
you made the greatest decision a man could ever make ..... A sound one, too! Wow. I'm proud of you ..
Happiness is everything..... Happiness is everything......
Happiness is everything. . Happiness is everything...
Happiness is everything... do what makes you happy.
Happiness is everything..
Dude, why do you talk so weird, repeat so much, and …………. So much. It’s weird dude.
@@JesseGMan7 bro. When you post contents on social media, the whole world sees it..... either your post taps right into some of your many subscriber's person lives or it don't.... so, if you see a subscriber, expressing him or herself in some painful and exciting manners, it would be wise to understand the situation before making remarks. because
the remarks you make could hurt or up lift someone.
What if, the person has never experienced freedom till they watched your post....and for the first time, your post and content broke the chains of suppression off of them!
you never know how many lives can be touched or damaged with just one post on your social media....
So, you must know the audiences, and never critique anyone due to how he or she expresses themselves...
You don't even know me and you're telling me that I'm weird...
Well, it's better to be weird than to lack common sense..... besides, you're not as smart as I thought......
Your post and contents will never mean a thing to me, ever again!
Real talk.
Thanks for your positive insight
your speech delivery is awesome. salam from Bangladesh
Awesome video. I appreciate you and explaining in detail. Very helpful
Way to mention eating once day… atta boy! 💪🏼💕
Good video! Gracias!!!!
Thanks for the advice 🙏 👍
Great tips brother!
Going on 1 year & 3 months with my license. Started with reefer and switched to local running Long Beach ports. My only “fear” is getting the process started for my own authority since rates are ehhhhh and truck prices are high!
How much do you average working ports?
Hint: Save your money until the economy truns around. Once that starts happening it will be okay to jump into trucking as a owner operater. Even then you want to save money for when the frieght market goes down like it is now.
Pulling boxes never really paid unless they had households or double stacked lambos ;)
Start trucking in Los Angeles...or California with so many DOT regulations and city ordinances is a big mistake.
I moved to Texas about a year ago and here ain't no rules neither regulations, you can drive for ten hours straight without crossing any state line.
My regret was....no moving here way back but hey I am doing very well.
Saludos.
@@JesusFlores-cp6it blames on you. You loved the cali life
Most honest vidio I have watched
Great energy, brother 🙏🏼💙 keep up the good work
Great advise and info love your videos .
As a broker (you probably hate us) , I respect all truck drivers tremendously for all the work they do
Na actually we want to find your address and sacrifice you to the gods
Well said !!!!
It’s a great job if you don’t have kids,wife,family…..but if you have responsibilities it’s gonna be hard. You can not take care of your family and watch what’s going on if you do OTR cuz you are working away from them.
My low back always in pain,i dont think i can drive a truck long distances
Heyy holy moly I used to watch your videos on hotshoting, man that’s wild how long ago that was
Happy Eid habibi yousif 💗
with all respect to you you still have alot to learn in trucking even though you gave some common sense advice, to make it in this business you really need to be smart and prepared from your mechanical to parts to fixing your own truck, in terms of health i take 51 vitamin a day i cook in my truck healthy cooking i do blood work every 6 months and i know hwo to read them, i take zero medicine, you are honst at least you didn't say you make one million a month, i truly hate trucking even though i own 19 trucks, i see so many liers in the industry and so many dumb ass but we have quality drivers my advice be gentleman and help other truck drivers and stop lieng about hwo great and awesome you are,I'm a civil engineering graduate but i did this when things where good
Getting a degree is partly also a scam, just to make sure people get into debt. Paying huge amounts of money for education does not have any guarantee about your future position and income. The education business is great, because they don't have to guarantee anything. EDIT: this is not a vote against education and schooling of any kind, learning things is good, but you should really pay attention to what you are getting in exchange after you did all these loops and hoops in educating process paid with big sums of money, your money.
Great video brother 💪
3 years exp. then COVID came. I did local which was great for me. Now that I have traveled the world some and started to learn how to trade, I wouldnt mind maybe doing OTR with my laptop making even more $$ I was never a fan of winter driving tho, but life is how you look at it. One love 🌠💓
just remember, 95% of day traders lose money, you only hear about the ones who claim to do well because that is their marketing scheme. Invest, don't gamble. Read the book "Rich dad, poor dad". Peace!
How’s your trading going bro?
Hi brother, not to start early on trucking also my regret..would you do also video bout setting up a hotshot from your experience.thanks and keep safe
Nice presentation
Just stop by to say ramadan Kareem bro
I had driving jobs during college time and want to go back now. Time fly when out there, I am so sick of office job after 10 years now. BTW same or even better money I used to make while driving.