Here's the video I referred to in this one discussing how to ask the right questions when talking to recruiters! This is an important one! th-cam.com/video/L7o4jRRD2n4/w-d-xo.html
Getting in the truck keeps me sane. I like the solitude and time to think. I own the truck and found a great niche that makes more money than when I was an Electric Design Engineer in Silicon Valley. I intend to drive until I am physically unable. When I am at home, I have a million projects to tackle and it's more work work than being in the truck! Everything is paid for so peace of mind comes pretty easy.
I have been driving for 5 years now, went to every state, seen every city, met a lot of people along the way, witnessed and dealt with so many different weather conditions, situations, circumstances, I learned a lot and I still learn everyday, and I can tell you for sure that this channel is worth it and worth the time to listen to and learn from, the information provided is genuine valuable and from someone who knows what is he talking about that can relate very deeply to us truckers, Its my first time watching your videos today and you accompanied me tonight in my drive I’m thankful for you and the effort you put.
I just left trucking after 3 years. Main reason was my health. Prior to trucking I ate well and was in the gym every day. Now I’m back to eating well and I’m back in the gym.
No offense but it's not really truckings fault you ate bad and didn't excersise. Plenty of downtime to run, keep weights in your truck, hell do push-ups on a mat at the truck stop, whatever you can.
Eating well? I’m not sure about that one. If you buy a hamburger you can remove the buns and eat it with veggies. Instead of eating a burger you can buy soup and so on.
I quit after 6 years and was the best decision I've ever made. I have gotten healthier lost 25 pounds in a month since quiting. I've started my 2nd career in emergency medicine and working on my emt currently.
@joel tapia it's not about the money for me. I loved driving it will always be a part of me but I was completely burned out and tired of the lifestyle. I can say I accomplished all of my goals of driving from owning my own truck to running oversize. I just knew for myself it was time to get out. I wish you the best of luck! Keep the shiny side up and safe travels!
Im looking to get into local, dump truck, or front loading dumpsters garbage truck, im getting my class A, but for the reasons above, I want to stay healthy and go to the gym 5 days a week. Im not going over the road, I dont have a wife or kids, so im really ok with clearing $1500 per week driving a dump truck 10 hours a day 5-6 days per week and staying healthy.
When I started an old timer told me the only difference in the companies were the colors of the trucks, after years ,he was right ,but there are companies that can suit your needs. Quit them, they don't mind. CFI three times J B Hunt 3 times Heartland twice and a whole bunch once.
As a mechanic. I couldn't agree anymore. Dealing with rusted bolts and rude, cheap customers. Shops paying you flat rate work order hrs. It's BS. Driving saved me
The worst thing about trucking is sleeping conditions perfect temperature outside trucks running all night who wants to hear engines all day and all night
21 years of driving, 14 of those as o/o i noticed it was getting to my health particularly my legs, but most of all when you take a load and you have an appointment then you sit there for hours burning time that stuff is uncalled for, sat for many hours, if you're not gonna keep your appointment don't make it, FCFS is best, and dealing with smaller manufacturers and warehouses are better, the giant companies could care less how much you sit, retired now, living overseas, turned in my CDL and it feels good
I work for a fedex ground contractor. I cant complain much about it, all drop and hook team driving. We get 6000-7500 miles a week and sometimes my checks are over 2 grand a week take home. Plus i get 2 days at home every week
Trucking is a great career im a local driver. On my way to work i counted over 30 jobs i can apply for plus those trucks on the road. Just the peace of mind no levels of supervision watching every move u make. I listen to audio books and music. beeing out an about just with no one looking over shoulder is a great blessing
Exactly! I got my CDL two years ago. I drive locally for those two years. I love the fact that I can qualify for a ton of CDL jobs (without endorsements). Computer nerds are getting laid off by the THOUSANDS, and telling their sob stories on Tiktok about being unemployed for a whole year.
Gulf mark that haul oil locally and countless of other jobs also end dump,belly dump or dump truck even being an owner op. Or even lease your truck on.
It hit me when I did the math for OTR we are out 24/7 whether your driving or not your away from loved ones and your still working. When you break the pay down to the hour we dont even make minimum wage. I work locally now Monday thru Friday 5am till 2-3pm and make more money...OTR sucks. Its sucks for your health it sucks for your mental health it sucks for your family amd friends..OTR just sucks.
I feel like I aged 10X faster sitting in a truck as well. It just hurts my self esteem overall. I went crazy so I took a trip to Peru to meet a bunch of women. Only thing I am grateful that trucking has allowed me to do
Wish someday we would band together and strike to get the respect and pay we deserve but until then all this is on us. We are like they say the backbone of the country we keep it moving and we can stop it to.
I own my own Trucking company with one truck and love it. I use to own more trucks but I sold them and kept one for me to drive. I work 3 days a week and that’s it. I can’t work for a company because it wouldn’t pay me like my company. I have the freedom and the time to do what I want and not stressing about life.
Watching your videos and they are on point to someone who wants to come one day to USA to drive trucks. Keep making content, it really show true perspective!
Got my CDL in 2009 but couldn't do over the road because of Army 🪖 reserves and nagging/needy girlfriend. Drove flatbed Frieghtliners in Army as a heavy equipment operator (horizontal engineer). Tried working for Swift a few years ago over the road and only stuck around for 3 weeks. Worked at a navy base 4 years ago for 6 months moving freight on base and transporting dummy torpedoes to different bases all over New England. Drove a milk truck when I first got my license. Truck driving sucks. As much as I love to drive, traffic is out of control. People are obsessed with their cell phones.The DOT is Out for blood. It's lonely, stressful, unhealthy and boring. The deregulation by the government has ruined it. Hyperinflation has made the pay rates unlivable. Government mandates and mega carrier abuse is out of control as well. Much respect to anybody that can do it just for the money. I need to either be satisfied or happy. Money is important but it is secondary. You can make money lots of ways but you can't get time back. I wish this wasn't the case because I thought trucking was going to be my magical fix for poverty. I am currently a doordash driver and have been doing it for 4 years. I'm not getting rich but I have peace of mind and do what I want. ✌️
I love the company I'm with now. I was so close to quitting until I stopped in on a whim. Small family company out of nowhere Iowa near my house. I don't intend to stay OTR for more than the next 2-3 years but I still love the job itself, it's all the bs and a lot of the other drivers who are poorly trained
I've only been trucking 4 months. I've learned that large companies, brokers and the government have caused most of the problems. I'm gonna get the needed experience then move on to a better company and eventually run my own rig.
You have to do what you don't mind doing, me personally I did 15 years in Trucking and I feel nothing is positive in the industry. So I finally gave it up for mental health and well being.
The future of OTR... A driver remotely pilots the truck from the terminal to the on ramp of the highway. Then, a robot drives the truck cross country. If there's traffic, refueling, or something the robot can't handle, a remote driver takes over for a few minutes. At the other end, another remote driver pilots the truck to the terminal and backs it up to the dock. Everyone will get fired or become a remote driver. There are already trucks driving from California to Texas without live operators in the trucks. This could happen quickly.
Honestly man I'll be honest. I love the job. I HATE the lifestyle. My mental health is my biggest struggle in flatbed. It's not the tarps, weather, 4 wheelers, etc. It's mental health. It's difficult that's why I'm thinking about hanging it up for good but as of now I'm still trucking thanks for the daily inspiration stay safe
My man, I completely understand! Mental health can be a struggle no matter what you’re doing. Search in TH-cam how to be happier but most importantly, follow their advice no matter how stupid it sounds. Simply forcing a smile triggers a chain reaction that sets off “happy hormones” to put it simply and is very underrated. There are many more things that can be done but you have to want to do it and demand a change. Good luck!
@@Joshualibbyy mental illness doesn't run in my family but there are a couple that have suffered through depression. I experienced a bout of depression in my late teens. It wasn't severe enough to need medication or therapy. I am also in a low point of my life right now. Due to finances and I'm also going through a mid-life crisis. I'm not going to lecture you or tell you how to deal with mental health issues. I will say that, your career has a lot to do with satisfaction and happiness. Even more so, sometimes surrounding yourself with good family and friends will help you out of a dark place. Trucking is not easy. Isolation might work for some but most of us are social animals and need interaction to be mentally stable and happy. You have to earn a paycheck but your mental health doesn't have a price tag. I wish you well and think about what needs to be done in order to get yourself to a happy place. Life is special and we only have one shot. You can always make money but you can't buy back time. ✌️
It's part of the job to be gone and there are a lot of spots that get you home and still make decent money. I do this to support my family I make more here then I did before and it's making my family's life better. A part of a man's life is this that you have to be away when it benefits the family. I have worked out of town construction jobs that was necessary to pay the bills. Men should have this capacity as it is built into our DNA we have left home to provide for thousands of years while our families wait for us to return. I love my family and only want the best for them. With that I I will do what I have to to make sure they are provided for. Your video has some good points but I will keep driving because I do love it and it does provide for my family.
Im going through the process. Owner operator right now critically thinking if I should 1. wait out the year & wait for a Walmart company driver opening 2. Go for a local yard/city Walmart position or 3. Find another career field.
Now is the time to make moves because there are so many jobs in so many different fields that it's ridiculous. Nobody wants to work. Ever since the pandemic started. They are either collecting off of the government, making money online, working from home or doing illegal things for a paycheck. We are supposed to be heading into either a massive recession or a depression. Once that happens the jobs will evaporate. Now is the time to act. Wish you luck.
If you're gonna buy a truck FUEL MILEAGE IS EVERYTHING, i would average 6.4 out of my classic xl (500 Detroit 12.7 ) should have bought something with about 435 hp, remember big ponies cost money
I am fortunate to have a dedicated run hauling air freight so I am home every week on the same days. I’ve been leased to my current company for 11 years now. The pay is great, and so is the home time. What you say is absolutely true, I’m just lucky enough not to have to contend with most of it, thankfully.
I only have 7 months doing trucking but I already noticed that brokers play a big factor for bad on this business. If brokers are not on same page with drivers when it comes fair wages then it would be a bomb on a timer.
One good thing about driving... In the cab, your thoughts are your own. You have time to think and learn things. If you develop some rare skills, you could turn them into an amazing job down the road. There is almost no other job that gives you this kind of time to think and learn stuff. If you commit to live in the truck, you won't be wasting money on an empty apartment and you can save a lot of money.
I only do local get paid by hour only. That being said trucking will kill your health we have the lowest life expectancy for a reason. Also all the crazy hours responsibility we should make 175k on start local 225k minimum over the road. Being away from family stress on your nervous system back digestive stress levels hard to eat sleep good. We should be able to retire with pride dignity and take care of our families
If you do intermodal you don’t get micromanaged they don’t really bother you at all as long as you keep it moving just know though that it’ll take you six months to a year to learn the railyards if you’re talking Chicago or the East Coast
Disrespect is ingrained in the American culture. Office staff gets disrespected, nurses get disrespected, food workers get disrespected, hair dressers. It’s everywhere. Society needs to change as a whole…
24 years as a local driver here in NY. I was one of the idiots who thought Being a truck driver was a great career move. Fast forward over two decades and I currently have nothing but regret for not getting out sooner. Now at 44 years old, I'm considering college. So here are my reasons for why truck driver is a horrible career choice. #1 Drug and alcohol tests regularly DOT physicals every two years For a job that is arguably one of the most unhealthiest jobs out there. #2 Paying low hourly wages but want you to be out on the road twelve hours a day, six days a week in order to make money. #3 Customers treating you like the gum on the bottom of their shoe. #4 The Isolation naturally makes you antisocial. #5 Truck driving overall has been reduced to, and become the equivalent of pushing a broom in a warehouse. No real skill required. #6 Cameras installed in the cab to keep an eye on the driver at all times. As per the insurance companies of course. #7 Too many Lowlifes taking on trucking as a job. Lowlifes meaning People who have done prison time, Recovering Addicts, and husky women who bat for the other team. It's time to move on from trucking. The business has gone down the toilet.
Last thing the recruiters/sales people want is anyone asking questions. You want them to go silent on you, start asking them to put what they are telling you in writing.
I've had a different experience in the trucking world so far. What I mean is I've seen trucking companies trying desperately to hold on to their drivers and will try to accommodate them anyway that they can. I found a neat in the trucking world though since so many people quit I go and recover the trucks do Lowe's and don't have to worry about home time or any of that and I also get paid good.
I have no intention on quitting! I make great money working local! I'm in the Food delivery service field, I work my ass off! Long hours but I'm home mostly everyday and pulling in an average of 107,000-115,000 a year! With no college degree, I can't complain! Where else can I make that kind of money!
@@jcamaro70-19 do you still recommend getting a CDL? I'm even thinking of getting my permit this week lol, I have a new job at Sonic, but I'd rather do a paid to get your CDL program if possible.
@gerradwalker346 Absolutely! You will definitely make a lot more money than Sonic! Some companies require to have some experience, 6 months to a year. I believe US Foods is 6 months.
If drivers have all theses problems out on the open road there is a person problem I have no problems you listed truck stop are for fuel shower and minor truck repair there is plenty of parking might not be where they want but I never park at them disgusting pissy parking lots all u gotta do is look outside the box and trip plan correctly
You're making less than minimum wage driving a truck. Look at all the time you're putting into it. If you worked in fast food and put in 55-70 hrs a week you have the same pay.
It's weird. I see the heavy recruiting for Veterans that they are great fits. Leave one profession where work life balance isn't the best just to go to another one where home time isn't always guaranteed. Make it make sense.
I think the biggest problem is guys getting in over their head in debt and putting all their eggs in one basket.. I keep my equipment costs low and rarely finance anything I drive when I want to. When I get out of the truck I get on a tractor and farm or ride a few horses neither pay as well as driving that truck but it does break up the 11/14/10 (70) clock that burns us up. The point is have more than just one revenue stream so you can stay ahead of the burnout and don’t drown yourself in debt to the point that you have to keep the wheels turning
I spent 17 years trucking. Local regional otr. Hauled all kinds of Shit. Owned three trucks. Now Iam in law enforcement just completed my first year of it. 19 years from now god willing I can retire with a pension and enjoy life. I quit trucking ya I miss it sometimes but trucking is dead. Full of steering wheel holders now. To much regulations and Assholes in 4 wheelers. Good luck to the real ones left in the industry.
My Class 1 (CDL) expires next month and I can't wait! The biggest waste of 10,000 dollars outside of roulette at Vegas. One truck company showed me that the 70 hour rule can be circumvented, and it's legal!
Yea i love trucking, but couldnt get it to work after five years. The hours and never having a life. I kept my cdl for back up. It has been two months now and I working security and part time at a gas station, but when works over, the amount of time I have now makes it all worth it. I sure do miss the money though. I worked IT few years back and the pay for the stress, it was Hospital Helpdesk, the pay wasn't anymore than any other job out there. IT seems pays well to managers like any other field. Sometimes its better takea cut in pay and enjoy life, besides most truckers arent making that much right now i was out there. Still a great field and love to see the world like i did.
Only two years in the game, and a I'm already throwing in the towel. They keep saying there are better companies out there, but I ain't seeing any of em. Tired of people promising big miles, and good pay only to keep you sitting, and waiting for that next load, or capping your miles just as you're about to hit their supposed average miles for their drivers. Pay money for these fancy ass trucks, but can't keep their promises and then wonder why their turn over rate is so high.
Great video man. 5 year company driver. I have a ton of questions for you. But two I have in particular are do you regret becoming an owner operator? Do you ever see yourself getting back into trucking in any capacity?
Thanks! I do not regret becoming an O/O one bit. Loved it! My personality fit it more than a company guy and there's nothing wrong with it either way. I will own a truck again some day but not in the traditional truck driver sense. I want to help as many truck drivers as possible and I can do that starting with my channel as well as putting my attention towards growing other businesses in the trucking industry to help on a larger scale. I'm a very ambitious person but even though I love driving, being a driver is not what I'm on this earth to do.
Thanks for the reply. I also fill it would fit my personality more. For example I would love to be able to take time off without feeling like I’m committing a crime. I could go on and on.
Pay has to be compared to something else and why not state what the pay is. On Google one place says the average is 77000. That's more than a teacher and without the five years of college. My son in law makes more driving a garbage truck than he did working as an EMT. That is just messed up.
There’s definitely a big disparity in parts of the medical field for sure, 77k is waaaaay above the average though. Of course, teachers are grossly underpaid as well. Pay unfortunately in the trucking field can’t be generalized though as there’s a massive difference between an over the road company driver, a guy that owns his own trucking company, as well as a shuttle driver for a small company. There needs to be better regulation in the right places rather than what’s usually focused on.
Im glad to hear that, im lookong to get into dumpster front loading garbage truck, its a union job health benefits and pension, mon-fri, starts at 4:30am done around 1:00pm. Starts at $28hr, after 3 months probationary training complete, goes to $32hr. Plus have the option to work 5hr shift on saturday morning for $48hr. Im really really considering it!
Another imortant thing to mention is that truckers have some sort of stockolm syndrome where if you ever mention any problens in the industry or that your quitting, they'll all pile on you and make you out to be the bad guy instead of simply acknowledging its a crap industry that treats its workers very badly and is in dire need of labor reform!
When you say truck driving, do you mean OTR truck driving? I drive a truck locally for a company; I work 8 hours a day, and I'm home every night. The company that I work for is not a trucking company, they just need a commercial vehicle to make deliveries. I don't consider myself a trucker in any sense of the word.
I’m building an ecommerce business on the side that makes me an extra $30k now. My goal is to have it replace trucking and get out of this forsaken industry within two years. If it doesn’t I’m off to commercial pilot school
Thank you! Made decent money W/ TQL loads, but they never paid Promised detention, never cared one iota about me (FOREVER) LYING to me! so I blacklisted them! More than 6 months ago.
Man I just started, 3 months in. I’m so frustrated because one of the main reasons I quit my old job and started trucking was for the money and yet I haven’t seen it. I made more at my last job while I’m way more stressed now. I’ve had to ask my parents for extra money every week to help get me by. I can’t afford to feed myself or do personal hygiene after bills on the money I’m making. I feel like a slave. I used to weight train every day but now I lost all my muscle. I’m giving it 2 more weeks and if I’m not making money I’m jumping ship. I think first I’ll try a different company rather than quit the industry though. Something needs to change because I can’t keep doing all this for the chump change they give me.
I’m reaching the end of my 20’s and have been driving for a year now. I’m single and this lifestyle starts speaking to me since I waste it away in that truck, I’ll never have the time to meet someone and start a family. Not to mention I miss smoking weed…
I'm quitting trucking I have every endorsement and been driving 17 years and am struggling I've never made more than $200 a week and just the endorsements costs more than what I make
I make 1400 dollars a week doing deliveries … which is more than I’ve made in my life, but at the same time I work 50-60+ hours a week so is it really worth it when I barely have time for myself
This video feels like it’s only made for the employee drivers, from $850-$1,250 If you’re making that why even bother ? In my opinion drivers deserve more $1,500 minimum
All of these reasons are why I'm studying to be an accountant, I've been a truck driver for 2 years and I've just had enough, people keep saying there's better jobs, but I don't believe it because everywhere I go I'm working 3 times as hard but making less money. The only difference between companies really I've found is the color of the trucks, thats it, I've worked for mostly small companies and most of them I've found to be meat grinders where you are overworked, underpaid, and micro managed!
Idk what’s good or bad for you but the company I’m working for you can make $2000-$2500/week easy. They pay .64 CPM, $250 layover pay, and stop pay. Just drove 3400 miles last week and made an extra $200 for detention because I had to wait at a shipper. So far it’s the best company I’ve driven for
Regional, in Oregon, i dont believe any good jobs exist because I have people tell me what you just said and its ussually not true. I've in some cases worked 70 hours and got paid so little that I could barely afford rent. Im Gen Z and I dont know where older people get off, thinking im entitled for wanting to pay paid enough to eat and have a roof over my head! Some trucking jobs are the apidomy of the term "wage slavery".
I got my CDL two years ago. I drive locally for those two years. I love the fact that I can qualify for a ton of CDL jobs (without endorsements). Computer nerds are getting laid off by the THOUSANDS, and telling their sob stories on Tiktok about being unemployed for a whole year.
OTR is no joke when started looking into truck that was no go . Not to take anything from the message my truck my way . I never believed in working for anyone trucking or not .
Trucking used to be a fun job for folks that didn’t want someone looking over their shoulder.. with the ELD and cameras looking at drivers and all the tracking going on, it’s taken a bad turn in my opinion.. miss the days of pure freedom of driving OTR… dot wasn’t as bad. We were the help on the highway.. things change and not always for the better but they do change
Truckers need a nationwide union to tackle government and bogus laws along with the mistreatment of drivers. I drive for a local union outfit. I go home daily to my family and Make well over 100k annually and if I have a problem that can't be resolved I simply contact a union rep and go from there. Trucking isn't for everyone and neither is college. You either can tolerate it or not. But until truckers stand together as one, the job will have several unnecessary headaches
I think to be successful if you’re talking about being over the road or a regional driver where you are on the road 5 to 6 days out of the week I think the way to be successful is to have a shitty home life or not much of a home life at all not that it has to be a total disaster zone just being single with nothing at home it’s probably the best way way I think that if you have a really great home life and a loving familyAnd you’re on the road thinking about home all the time I think eventually he’ll wear you down and either you’ll figure out a way to go local or if you can’t do that you might just get out all together
You definitely make good points. Lucky for me so to say I love trucking. I hate being annoyed and fridges made me crazy while flatbed thought me a lot. It's great window for immigrants but also many companies go cheap and drop ppl onto the road without proper discipline and training. Good money no doubt but if You are single You will most likely stay single, kids especially make it hard for my friends who are quitting both single oo after paying out their new trucks. I have a gf and a dog so we can travel together from time to time, just gotta find good job, doesn't have to pay the best but the one who cares for You and understands Your needs. We will definitely go oo, now in Canada but we started green cards application since we cane to conclusion that Canada is USA b**ch in many aspects and trucking as well🤭 I was lucky tho thx to my current company who hired me and helped with immigration, Ive been in 46 states, saw whole south Canada and gave me opportunity to get flatbed experience, oversize experience even thru entire Canada. I love N.America especially that transport/long-haul in Europe sucks, like rly rly is bad. Thx for coming back to us👍
@@bsar11 There are few companies that hire experience drivers but it cost 10k $ and takes 2-3y... But I can sit here do my thing and after few years I just get it, go work for them a year and Im all good. Experior is one all my friends go, eazy to check it, many YT videos about it.
@@Lone_Wolf_91 ok thanks. Yea I know it will cost that much. I’ve done research on the EB3 visa they give. I don’t mind waiting. It just the experience I don’t have. I can check out that company. Thnx. If you know any other, please share lol.
Ain't nobody paying extremely good these days unless someone's working as an engineer at a big company with a good contract. Pretty much everything else is unskilled labor jobs. I'm coming from basically the gutter financially and with lame jobs. There's not much they can do to me that haven't already screwed me in the past.
It's because 75% of truck drivers are foreigners who live overseas. I'm a truck driver I'm 26 I see nobody my age doing this job really. I saw nobody from my highschool even mention this career. It feels lonely and I feel like an outcast in society. the job is already shipped overseas but they all live here!! Or it's people who work for low pay and it ruins it for normal Americans. I'm looking into becoming a pilot. I'll do trucking for another yr or just before I go insane. I used to be insanely invested in athlrtics and somehow I let myself sit in a seat 🪑
I did it for two years and quit cuz the lack of respect and them always taking advantage of me and no overtime pay and 70 hours every week is not sustainable for me and the countless lies they would tell me and them fucking up my paychecks and having to fight for them to correct it, you either live in the truck doing Otr and get fat and can’t walk or you do local do 70 hours a week and only have time to come home shower sleep and go right back to work
My driving career ended with me being citied for driving away from a vehicle who passed on the right shoulder and made contact with the front of the truck.
Clutch yes, turbo no and it was the OEM turbo as well. I did not dog my truck when it was heavy and I tried to keep my boost under 20 PSI at all times.
Well llll because this video make.me.think ..u right sooo i will look for other careers!!! To much sh...ittt happen in tnis industry just for "A" individual Little Driver!! Alot Rats around !!
I don’t understand it , I’ve done this for 25 years and still love it, truckers are whiny and stupid, you wanna hide something from a truck driver? Put it in a book
Here's the video I referred to in this one discussing how to ask the right questions when talking to recruiters! This is an important one!
th-cam.com/video/L7o4jRRD2n4/w-d-xo.html
Getting in the truck keeps me sane. I like the solitude and time to think. I own the truck and found a great niche that makes more money than when I was an Electric Design Engineer in Silicon Valley. I intend to drive until I am physically unable. When I am at home, I have a million projects to tackle and it's more work work than being in the truck! Everything is paid for so peace of mind comes pretty easy.
Damn if you ain't telling the truth the truck gives me a peace of mind!
Trucking done the right way!
Right. My favorite is putting on a audio book and driving around 2am somewhere in the middle of nowhere. It's the most peaceful part of my life.
Same here man I love it
You were an EE? In Silicon Valley? And you make more as a truck driver? Where did you work?
I have been driving for 5 years now, went to every state, seen every city, met a lot of people along the way, witnessed and dealt with so many different weather conditions, situations, circumstances, I learned a lot and I still learn everyday, and I can tell you for sure that this channel is worth it and worth the time to listen to and learn from, the information provided is genuine valuable and from someone who knows what is he talking about that can relate very deeply to us truckers, Its my first time watching your videos today and you accompanied me tonight in my drive I’m thankful for you and the effort you put.
I just left trucking after 3 years. Main reason was my health. Prior to trucking I ate well and was in the gym every day. Now I’m back to eating well and I’m back in the gym.
No offense but it's not really truckings fault you ate bad and didn't excersise. Plenty of downtime to run, keep weights in your truck, hell do push-ups on a mat at the truck stop, whatever you can.
@@Trahzy No it's really not his fault, since most OTR companies run you into the ground by giving a schedule where you just sleep and drive!
Eating well? I’m not sure about that one. If you buy a hamburger you can remove the buns and eat it with veggies. Instead of eating a burger you can buy soup and so on.
I quit after 6 years and was the best decision I've ever made. I have gotten healthier lost 25 pounds in a month since quiting. I've started my 2nd career in emergency medicine and working on my emt currently.
That’s gotta be a huge pay cut! 😳 Wish the best for you though!
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@joel tapia it's not about the money for me. I loved driving it will always be a part of me but I was completely burned out and tired of the lifestyle. I can say I accomplished all of my goals of driving from owning my own truck to running oversize. I just knew for myself it was time to get out.
I wish you the best of luck! Keep the shiny side up and safe travels!
@joel tapia the grass is always greener.
@joel tapia don't do it stay at emt
Im looking to get into local, dump truck, or front loading dumpsters garbage truck, im getting my class A, but for the reasons above, I want to stay healthy and go to the gym 5 days a week. Im not going over the road, I dont have a wife or kids, so im really ok with clearing $1500 per week driving a dump truck 10 hours a day 5-6 days per week and staying healthy.
When I started an old timer told me the only difference in the companies were the colors of the trucks, after years ,he was right ,but there are companies that can suit your needs. Quit them, they don't mind. CFI three times J B Hunt 3 times Heartland twice and a whole bunch once.
I was a Mechanic for 30 years but got my cdl 28 years ago and glad I did. I am trucking again and really enjoying it
As a mechanic. I couldn't agree anymore. Dealing with rusted bolts and rude, cheap customers. Shops paying you flat rate work order hrs. It's BS. Driving saved me
The worst thing about trucking is sleeping conditions perfect temperature outside trucks running all night who wants to hear engines all day and all night
21 years of driving, 14 of those as o/o i noticed it was getting to my health particularly my legs, but most of all when you take a load and you have an appointment then you sit there for hours burning time that stuff is uncalled for, sat for many hours, if you're not gonna keep your appointment don't make it, FCFS is best, and dealing with smaller manufacturers and warehouses are better, the giant companies could care less how much you sit, retired now, living overseas, turned in my CDL and it feels good
I work for a fedex ground contractor. I cant complain much about it, all drop and hook team driving. We get 6000-7500 miles a week and sometimes my checks are over 2 grand a week take home. Plus i get 2 days at home every week
Yeah a thousand miles a day is average for me.
Lmao slave
Trucking is a great career im a local driver. On my way to work i counted over 30 jobs i can apply for plus those trucks on the road. Just the peace of mind no levels of supervision watching every move u make. I listen to audio books and music. beeing out an about just with no one looking over shoulder is a great blessing
Exactly! I got my CDL two years ago. I drive locally for those two years. I love the fact that I can qualify for a ton of CDL jobs (without endorsements). Computer nerds are getting laid off by the THOUSANDS, and telling their sob stories on Tiktok about being unemployed for a whole year.
Gulf mark that haul oil locally and countless of other jobs also end dump,belly dump or dump truck even being an owner op. Or even lease your truck on.
It hit me when I did the math for OTR we are out 24/7 whether your driving or not your away from loved ones and your still working.
When you break the pay down to the hour we dont even make minimum wage. I work locally now Monday thru Friday 5am till 2-3pm and make more money...OTR sucks. Its sucks for your health it sucks for your mental health it sucks for your family amd friends..OTR just sucks.
The Trucking math doesn't add up if you break it down like a regular job.
True but it's not really encouraging to know that a fast food worker makes more an hour than you!
@@jacksonwhittier3646and then you take away the overpriced foods from the truck stops. And $30 a day parking. All of that cuts into your money
@@helaltariq3958 Tucking math? It's called exploitation.
I don't understand these people complaining about paying for parking I've paid once in my whole career
The diesel is in my veins now. You’ll know exactly what I mean. I’m addicted to the open road
I feel like I aged 10X faster sitting in a truck as well. It just hurts my self esteem overall. I went crazy so I took a trip to Peru to meet a bunch of women. Only thing I am grateful that trucking has allowed me to do
Lol pounded some cheeks in Peru 😂
Never do anything else 24 years still love it .
Wish someday we would band together and strike to get the respect and pay we deserve but until then all this is on us. We are like they say the backbone of the country we keep it moving and we can stop it to.
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Every job sucks dude - any and ever job / career is like a marriage- some days is awful n some days it’s bliss- it’s all mental
I own my own Trucking company with one truck and love it. I use to own more trucks but I sold them and kept one for me to drive. I work 3 days a week and that’s it. I can’t work for a company because it wouldn’t pay me like my company. I have the freedom and the time to do what I want and not stressing about life.
Trucking done right!
Watching your videos and they are on point to someone who wants to come one day to USA to drive trucks. Keep making content, it really show true perspective!
Got my CDL in 2009 but couldn't do over the road because of Army 🪖 reserves and nagging/needy girlfriend. Drove flatbed Frieghtliners in Army as a heavy equipment operator (horizontal engineer). Tried working for Swift a few years ago over the road and only stuck around for 3 weeks. Worked at a navy base 4 years ago for 6 months moving freight on base and transporting dummy torpedoes to different bases all over New England. Drove a milk truck when I first got my license. Truck driving sucks. As much as I love to drive, traffic is out of control. People are obsessed with their cell phones.The DOT is Out for blood. It's lonely, stressful, unhealthy and boring. The deregulation by the government has ruined it. Hyperinflation has made the pay rates unlivable. Government mandates and mega carrier abuse is out of control as well. Much respect to anybody that can do it just for the money. I need to either be satisfied or happy. Money is important but it is secondary. You can make money lots of ways but you can't get time back.
I wish this wasn't the case because I thought trucking was going to be my magical fix for poverty. I am currently a doordash driver and have been doing it for 4 years. I'm not getting rich but I have peace of mind and do what I want. ✌️
I love the company I'm with now. I was so close to quitting until I stopped in on a whim. Small family company out of nowhere Iowa near my house. I don't intend to stay OTR for more than the next 2-3 years but I still love the job itself, it's all the bs and a lot of the other drivers who are poorly trained
All I do it for is the money 💰 that’s it if you drive truck you’re constantly in bad situations.
I've only been trucking 4 months. I've learned that large companies, brokers and the government have caused most of the problems. I'm gonna get the needed experience then move on to a better company and eventually run my own rig.
Good idea, do your research first.
You have to do what you don't mind doing, me personally I did 15 years in Trucking and I feel nothing is positive in the industry. So I finally gave it up for mental health and well being.
The future of OTR...
A driver remotely pilots the truck from the terminal to the on ramp of the highway.
Then, a robot drives the truck cross country.
If there's traffic, refueling, or something the robot can't handle, a remote driver takes over for a few minutes.
At the other end, another remote driver pilots the truck to the terminal and backs it up to the dock.
Everyone will get fired or become a remote driver.
There are already trucks driving from California to Texas without live operators in the trucks.
This could happen quickly.
Same way drones are used.
Honestly man I'll be honest. I love the job. I HATE the lifestyle. My mental health is my biggest struggle in flatbed. It's not the tarps, weather, 4 wheelers, etc. It's mental health. It's difficult that's why I'm thinking about hanging it up for good but as of now I'm still trucking thanks for the daily inspiration stay safe
My man, I completely understand! Mental health can be a struggle no matter what you’re doing. Search in TH-cam how to be happier but most importantly, follow their advice no matter how stupid it sounds. Simply forcing a smile triggers a chain reaction that sets off “happy hormones” to put it simply and is very underrated. There are many more things that can be done but you have to want to do it and demand a change. Good luck!
It's not easy dealing with mental health issues. Even more so if you are living the isolation lifestyle in a truck
@@carlgoogle2869 amen
@@Joshualibbyy mental illness doesn't run in my family but there are a couple that have suffered through depression. I experienced a bout of depression in my late teens. It wasn't severe enough to need medication or therapy. I am also in a low point of my life right now. Due to finances and I'm also going through a mid-life crisis. I'm not going to lecture you or tell you how to deal with mental health issues. I will say that, your career has a lot to do with satisfaction and happiness. Even more so, sometimes surrounding yourself with good family and friends will help you out of a dark place. Trucking is not easy. Isolation might work for some but most of us are social animals and need interaction to be mentally stable and happy. You have to earn a paycheck but your mental health doesn't have a price tag. I wish you well and think about what needs to be done in order to get yourself to a happy place. Life is special and we only have one shot. You can always make money but you can't buy back time. ✌️
@@carlgoogle2869 well said
Even in this market, there is not other job that I can do that would make me this much money. Not even remotely, so trucking it is
Great thorough appraisal of the job. Very detailed and good opinions on many important topics.
It's part of the job to be gone and there are a lot of spots that get you home and still make decent money. I do this to support my family I make more here then I did before and it's making my family's life better. A part of a man's life is this that you have to be away when it benefits the family. I have worked out of town construction jobs that was necessary to pay the bills. Men should have this capacity as it is built into our DNA we have left home to provide for thousands of years while our families wait for us to return. I love my family and only want the best for them. With that I I will do what I have to to make sure they are provided for. Your video has some good points but I will keep driving because I do love it and it does provide for my family.
I've been"home" for 10 hours so far after being out 2 months. I'm already ready to go back out. To much chaos here
I feel that
Im going through the process. Owner operator right now critically thinking if I should 1. wait out the year & wait for a Walmart company driver opening 2. Go for a local yard/city Walmart position or 3. Find another career field.
Never an easy choice
Now is the time to make moves because there are so many jobs in so many different fields that it's ridiculous. Nobody wants to work. Ever since the pandemic started. They are either collecting off of the government, making money online, working from home or doing illegal things for a paycheck. We are supposed to be heading into either a massive recession or a depression. Once that happens the jobs will evaporate. Now is the time to act. Wish you luck.
Wal mart always look for drivers
If you're gonna buy a truck FUEL MILEAGE IS EVERYTHING, i would average 6.4 out of my classic xl (500 Detroit 12.7 ) should have bought something with about 435 hp, remember big ponies cost money
I am fortunate to have a dedicated run hauling air freight so I am home every week on the same days. I’ve been leased to my current company for 11 years now. The pay is great, and so is the home time. What you say is absolutely true, I’m just lucky enough not to have to contend with most of it, thankfully.
It's easy, if you have a family, stay home, if you are single ,the road is your oyster. But it's scary.
What's your scary trucking story
What is scary … please tell me
@@Lizbeth36961dot is scary
I only have 7 months doing trucking but I already noticed that brokers play a big factor for bad on this business.
If brokers are not on same page with drivers when it comes fair wages then it would be a bomb on a timer.
I have a long term plan but we’re talking 2-5 years or so. We’ll see, that’s a long time, anything can happen
One good thing about driving...
In the cab, your thoughts are your own. You have time to think and learn things.
If you develop some rare skills, you could turn them into an amazing job down the road.
There is almost no other job that gives you this kind of time to think and learn stuff.
If you commit to live in the truck, you won't be wasting money on an empty apartment and you can save a lot of money.
I only do local get paid by hour only. That being said trucking will kill your health we have the lowest life expectancy for a reason. Also all the crazy hours responsibility we should make 175k on start local 225k minimum over the road. Being away from family stress on your nervous system back digestive stress levels hard to eat sleep good. We should be able to retire with pride dignity and take care of our families
If you do intermodal you don’t get micromanaged they don’t really bother you at all as long as you keep it moving just know though that it’ll take you six months to a year to learn the railyards if you’re talking Chicago or the East Coast
Disrespect is ingrained in the American culture. Office staff gets disrespected, nurses get disrespected, food workers get disrespected, hair dressers. It’s everywhere. Society needs to change as a whole…
24 years as a local driver here in NY. I was one of the idiots who thought Being a truck driver was a great career move. Fast forward over two decades and I currently have nothing but regret for not getting out sooner. Now at 44 years old, I'm considering college.
So here are my reasons for why truck driver is a horrible career choice.
#1 Drug and alcohol tests regularly
DOT physicals every two years For a job that is arguably one of the most unhealthiest jobs out there.
#2 Paying low hourly wages but want you to be out on the road twelve hours a day, six days a week in order to make money.
#3 Customers treating you like the gum on the bottom of their shoe.
#4 The Isolation naturally makes you antisocial.
#5 Truck driving overall has been reduced to, and become the equivalent of pushing a broom in a warehouse. No real skill required.
#6 Cameras installed in the cab to keep an eye on the driver at all times. As per the insurance companies of course.
#7 Too many Lowlifes taking on trucking as a job. Lowlifes meaning People who have done prison time, Recovering Addicts, and husky women who bat for the other team.
It's time to move on from trucking. The business has gone down the toilet.
Last thing the recruiters/sales people want is anyone asking questions.
You want them to go silent on you, start asking them to put what they are telling you in writing.
I've had a different experience in the trucking world so far. What I mean is I've seen trucking companies trying desperately to hold on to their drivers and will try to accommodate them anyway that they can. I found a neat in the trucking world though since so many people quit I go and recover the trucks do Lowe's and don't have to worry about home time or any of that and I also get paid good.
I want in on that deal sounds sweet where do I apply
The fact that if you screw up you could kill someone and spend twenty years in prison to think about how irresponsible you are
I have no intention on quitting! I make great money working local! I'm in the Food delivery service field, I work my ass off! Long hours but I'm home mostly everyday and pulling in an average of 107,000-115,000 a year! With no college degree, I can't complain! Where else can I make that kind of money!
With no degree? Software engineering
oh wow, that's really great for which company? And how long have you been driving for?
@gerradwalker346 US Foods and I got my Class A in 1998. 25 years now
@@jcamaro70-19 do you still recommend getting a CDL? I'm even thinking of getting my permit this week lol, I have a new job at Sonic, but I'd rather do a paid to get your CDL program if possible.
@gerradwalker346 Absolutely! You will definitely make a lot more money than Sonic! Some companies require to have some experience, 6 months to a year. I believe US Foods is 6 months.
If drivers have all theses problems out on the open road there is a person problem I have no problems you listed truck stop are for fuel shower and minor truck repair there is plenty of parking might not be where they want but I never park at them disgusting pissy parking lots all u gotta do is look outside the box and trip plan correctly
Solid advice here
Quit and do what? Go work in fast food or bag groceries? No thanks.
Depends on your skill set, the point of the video was not to quit trucking, it was to think about one's situation and see how it can be improved 👍
Do what?
College?
Trade school?
You sound unmotivated
Pays more to work two jobs at 16 hours a day than to drive a truck.
You're making less than minimum wage driving a truck. Look at all the time you're putting into it. If you worked in fast food and put in 55-70 hrs a week you have the same pay.
I ask myself this question all the time, and then I ask myself, what would I do otherwise?
It's weird. I see the heavy recruiting for Veterans that they are great fits. Leave one profession where work life balance isn't the best just to go to another one where home time isn't always guaranteed. Make it make sense.
I think the biggest problem is guys getting in over their head in debt and putting all their eggs in one basket.. I keep my equipment costs low and rarely finance anything I drive when I want to. When I get out of the truck I get on a tractor and farm or ride a few horses neither pay as well as driving that truck but it does break up the 11/14/10 (70) clock that burns us up. The point is have more than just one revenue stream so you can stay ahead of the burnout and don’t drown yourself in debt to the point that you have to keep the wheels turning
I’m mentioning additional income streams in the next video 👍🫡
I spent 17 years trucking. Local regional otr. Hauled all kinds of Shit. Owned three trucks. Now Iam in law enforcement just completed my first year of it. 19 years from now god willing I can retire with a pension and enjoy life. I quit trucking ya I miss it sometimes but trucking is dead. Full of steering wheel holders now. To much regulations and Assholes in 4 wheelers. Good luck to the real ones left in the industry.
Brokers in general suck. We don't need them
My Class 1 (CDL) expires next month and I can't wait! The biggest waste of 10,000 dollars outside of roulette at Vegas.
One truck company showed me that the 70 hour rule can be circumvented, and it's legal!
Yep, called running recaps, a dispatcher tried to push that bullshit on me and I refused!
Yea i love trucking, but couldnt get it to work after five years. The hours and never having a life. I kept my cdl for back up. It has been two months now and I working security and part time at a gas station, but when works over, the amount of time I have now makes it all worth it. I sure do miss the money though. I worked IT few years back and the pay for the stress, it was Hospital Helpdesk, the pay wasn't anymore than any other job out there. IT seems pays well to managers like any other field. Sometimes its better takea cut in pay and enjoy life, besides most truckers arent making that much right now i was out there. Still a great field and love to see the world like i did.
Only two years in the game, and a I'm already throwing in the towel. They keep saying there are better companies out there, but I ain't seeing any of em.
Tired of people promising big miles, and good pay only to keep you sitting, and waiting for that next load, or capping your miles just as you're about to hit their supposed average miles for their drivers.
Pay money for these fancy ass trucks, but can't keep their promises and then wonder why their turn over rate is so high.
Facts just stay local or look into a different thing
Local is the way to go.
Great video man. 5 year company driver. I have a ton of questions for you. But two I have in particular are do you regret becoming an owner operator? Do you ever see yourself getting back into trucking in any capacity?
Thanks! I do not regret becoming an O/O one bit. Loved it! My personality fit it more than a company guy and there's nothing wrong with it either way.
I will own a truck again some day but not in the traditional truck driver sense. I want to help as many truck drivers as possible and I can do that starting with my channel as well as putting my attention towards growing other businesses in the trucking industry to help on a larger scale. I'm a very ambitious person but even though I love driving, being a driver is not what I'm on this earth to do.
Thanks for the reply. I also fill it would fit my personality more. For example I would love to be able to take time off without feeling like I’m committing a crime. I could go on and on.
Pay has to be compared to something else and why not state what the pay is. On Google one place says the average is 77000. That's more than a teacher and without the five years of college. My son in law makes more driving a garbage truck than he did working as an EMT. That is just messed up.
There’s definitely a big disparity in parts of the medical field for sure, 77k is waaaaay above the average though. Of course, teachers are grossly underpaid as well. Pay unfortunately in the trucking field can’t be generalized though as there’s a massive difference between an over the road company driver, a guy that owns his own trucking company, as well as a shuttle driver for a small company. There needs to be better regulation in the right places rather than what’s usually focused on.
@@DrivenTrucking look how much waste removal guys make in New York City. You'll be shocked.
It is messed up but lets be real supply and demand…jobs that most dont wnt to do should have appropriate compensation…but i understand the sentiment
Im glad to hear that, im lookong to get into dumpster front loading garbage truck, its a union job health benefits and pension, mon-fri, starts at 4:30am done around 1:00pm. Starts at $28hr, after 3 months probationary training complete, goes to $32hr. Plus have the option to work 5hr shift on saturday morning for $48hr. Im really really considering it!
Teachers work 9 months a year.. I’m all for paying teachers but let’s be honest it’s a pretty cushy job
Another imortant thing to mention is that truckers have some sort of stockolm syndrome where if you ever mention any problens in the industry or that your quitting, they'll all pile on you and make you out to be the bad guy instead of simply acknowledging its a crap industry that treats its workers very badly and is in dire need of labor reform!
When you say truck driving, do you mean OTR truck driving? I drive a truck locally for a company; I work 8 hours a day, and I'm home every night. The company that I work for is not a trucking company, they just need a commercial vehicle to make deliveries. I don't consider myself a trucker in any sense of the word.
Most of what I talk about does pertain to OTR peeps but I believe local drivers are truck drivers as well, just looks different.
im local i work 9hrs and go home i work 4 days a week and im off 3 i still take home about 1k a week and i park the truck home im good lol
What city? New York City? LA?
I’m building an ecommerce business on the side that makes me an extra $30k now. My goal is to have it replace trucking and get out of this forsaken industry within two years.
If it doesn’t I’m off to commercial pilot school
I’m transitioning .. trying my hardest to hang these keys up by January
I am not a driver, but now I'm pissed...my son in law is a driver and home time is a big issue.
Thank you! Made decent money W/ TQL loads, but they never paid Promised detention, never cared one iota about me (FOREVER) LYING to me! so I blacklisted them! More than 6 months ago.
Man I just started, 3 months in. I’m so frustrated because one of the main reasons I quit my old job and started trucking was for the money and yet I haven’t seen it. I made more at my last job while I’m way more stressed now. I’ve had to ask my parents for extra money every week to help get me by. I can’t afford to feed myself or do personal hygiene after bills on the money I’m making. I feel like a slave. I used to weight train every day but now I lost all my muscle. I’m giving it 2 more weeks and if I’m not making money I’m jumping ship. I think first I’ll try a different company rather than quit the industry though. Something needs to change because I can’t keep doing all this for the chump change they give me.
I’m reaching the end of my 20’s and have been driving for a year now. I’m single and this lifestyle starts speaking to me since I waste it away in that truck, I’ll never have the time to meet someone and start a family. Not to mention I miss smoking weed…
I love trucking, I'm 2 months in and it's great. The reason I'm quitting is because they refuse to give me the miles I'm asking for.
I'm quitting trucking I have every endorsement and been driving 17 years and am struggling I've never made more than $200 a week and just the endorsements costs more than what I make
You need to move to another cities.
I make 1400 dollars a week doing deliveries … which is more than I’ve made in my life, but at the same time I work 50-60+ hours a week so is it really worth it when I barely have time for myself
I agree truck drivers have a lack of respect for everyone else.
It goes both ways.
This video feels like it’s only made for the employee drivers, from $850-$1,250
If you’re making that why even bother ?
In my opinion drivers deserve more $1,500 minimum
Majority of it yeah, at least from the financial side
I say 150k min salary local 250k otr
I'm now a professional bum ,heck yeah. Jobs are for suckers.
All of these reasons are why I'm studying to be an accountant, I've been a truck driver for 2 years and I've just had enough, people keep saying there's better jobs, but I don't believe it because everywhere I go I'm working 3 times as hard but making less money. The only difference between companies really I've found is the color of the trucks, thats it, I've worked for mostly small companies and most of them I've found to be meat grinders where you are overworked, underpaid, and micro managed!
Idk what’s good or bad for you but the company I’m working for you can make $2000-$2500/week easy. They pay .64 CPM, $250 layover pay, and stop pay. Just drove 3400 miles last week and made an extra $200 for detention because I had to wait at a shipper. So far it’s the best company I’ve driven for
Regional, in Oregon, i dont believe any good jobs exist because I have people tell me what you just said and its ussually not true. I've in some cases worked 70 hours and got paid so little that I could barely afford rent. Im Gen Z and I dont know where older people get off, thinking im entitled for wanting to pay paid enough to eat and have a roof over my head! Some trucking jobs are the apidomy of the term "wage slavery".
I got my CDL two years ago. I drive locally for those two years. I love the fact that I can qualify for a ton of CDL jobs (without endorsements). Computer nerds are getting laid off by the THOUSANDS, and telling their sob stories on Tiktok about being unemployed for a whole year.
OTR is no joke when started looking into truck that was no go . Not to take anything from the message my truck my way . I never believed in working for anyone trucking or not .
When I started an old timer told me the only difference in the companies were the colors of the trucks
When I came through school 25 years ago, I asked my instructor what was the best company to work for, he said: What's your favorite color...
Trucking used to be a fun job for folks that didn’t want someone looking over their shoulder.. with the ELD and cameras looking at drivers and all the tracking going on, it’s taken a bad turn in my opinion.. miss the days of pure freedom of driving OTR… dot wasn’t as bad. We were the help on the highway.. things change and not always for the better but they do change
Truckers need a nationwide union to tackle government and bogus laws along with the mistreatment of drivers. I drive for a local union outfit. I go home daily to my family and Make well over 100k annually and if I have a problem that can't be resolved I simply contact a union rep and go from there. Trucking isn't for everyone and neither is college. You either can tolerate it or not. But until truckers stand together as one, the job will have several unnecessary headaches
I work for a Freight company in West Michigan as a Janitor and all the truckers quit so they are struggling to hire drivers.
I feel you bro . Great video
I think to be successful if you’re talking about being over the road or a regional driver where you are on the road 5 to 6 days out of the week I think the way to be successful is to have a shitty home life or not much of a home life at all not that it has to be a total disaster zone just being single with nothing at home it’s probably the best way way I think that if you have a really great home life and a loving familyAnd you’re on the road thinking about home all the time I think eventually he’ll wear you down and either you’ll figure out a way to go local or if you can’t do that you might just get out all together
The I ot thing I can think of is local food service they get home mostly theyight be super tired but that's the only thing that's seems okay.
The job market's flooded with truckers.That's why the pay sbelow.. Most of them don't speak english very well
It's not assigning because everything is negotiable, you wanna be on the strong side of the negotiating table.
You definitely make good points.
Lucky for me so to say I love trucking.
I hate being annoyed and fridges made me crazy while flatbed thought me a lot.
It's great window for immigrants but also many companies go cheap and drop ppl onto the road without proper discipline and training.
Good money no doubt but if You are single You will most likely stay single, kids especially make it hard for my friends who are quitting both single oo after paying out their new trucks.
I have a gf and a dog so we can travel together from time to time, just gotta find good job, doesn't have to pay the best but the one who cares for You and understands Your needs.
We will definitely go oo, now in Canada but we started green cards application since we cane to conclusion that Canada is USA b**ch in many aspects and trucking as well🤭
I was lucky tho thx to my current company who hired me and helped with immigration, Ive been in 46 states, saw whole south Canada and gave me opportunity to get flatbed experience, oversize experience even thru entire Canada. I love N.America especially that transport/long-haul in Europe sucks, like rly rly is bad.
Thx for coming back to us👍
Hey buddy. How are you doing the green card application to move down south. I want to do the same thing.
@@bsar11 There are few companies that hire experience drivers but it cost 10k $ and takes 2-3y... But I can sit here do my thing and after few years I just get it, go work for them a year and Im all good.
Experior is one all my friends go, eazy to check it, many YT videos about it.
@@Lone_Wolf_91 ok thanks. Yea I know it will cost that much. I’ve done research on the EB3 visa they give. I don’t mind waiting. It just the experience I don’t have. I can check out that company. Thnx. If you know any other, please share lol.
Ain't nobody paying extremely good these days unless someone's working as an engineer at a big company with a good contract. Pretty much everything else is unskilled labor jobs. I'm coming from basically the gutter financially and with lame jobs. There's not much they can do to me that haven't already screwed me in the past.
I gave 10 years of my life to the trucking industry and that was enough. The day came when I just couldn't justify it.
Brokers are the biggest scam 😂
So are truck manufacturers who shame on them dont build their stuff to last (cheap to repair, proper fail points).
Not sure how anyone can do over the road trucking with ELD’s.
It's because 75% of truck drivers are foreigners who live overseas. I'm a truck driver I'm 26 I see nobody my age doing this job really. I saw nobody from my highschool even mention this career. It feels lonely and I feel like an outcast in society. the job is already shipped overseas but they all live here!! Or it's people who work for low pay and it ruins it for normal Americans.
I'm looking into becoming a pilot. I'll do trucking for another yr or just before I go insane.
I used to be insanely invested in athlrtics and somehow I let myself sit in a seat 🪑
Small cup pineapple is 5.99 at truck stop such bs beef jerky is like 30$ a bag
I did it for two years and quit cuz the lack of respect and them always taking advantage of me and no overtime pay and 70 hours every week is not sustainable for me and the countless lies they would tell me and them fucking up my paychecks and having to fight for them to correct it, you either live in the truck doing Otr and get fat and can’t walk or you do local do 70 hours a week and only have time to come home shower sleep and go right back to work
My driving career ended with me being citied for driving away from a vehicle who passed on the right shoulder and made contact with the front of the truck.
Dang that sucks, sorry to hear it. A big concern about the job for sure
So does marriage but people still do it
Yes.
Did you ever have to replace your Turbo or clutch?
Clutch yes, turbo no and it was the OEM turbo as well. I did not dog my truck when it was heavy and I tried to keep my boost under 20 PSI at all times.
Trucking companies should pay hourly
Well llll because this video make.me.think ..u right sooo i will look for other careers!!! To much sh...ittt happen in tnis industry just for "A" individual Little Driver!! Alot Rats around !!
Politicians in DC need to do something about our Trucking shortage.. Supply and demand are about to be disrupted heavily.
No Im gonna truck because I can manage my home expenses unlike some people who never could grasp that concept before they started.
I don’t understand it , I’ve done this for 25 years and still love it, truckers are whiny and stupid, you wanna hide something from a truck driver?
Put it in a book
Shi trucking is great I made 100k last year as a company driver!