Comments By Pupil2Prodigy

Drivers or trainers on here?

Thanks for all the replies guys

Lol

Nice, nice

My truck is a lightweight which pays an extra .05 cents per mile.

Do they have enough room for a guy my size? 6'2

Flatbedder. Got my truck January 2. On track to gross over 60k this year.

How long are you out? How long are you home? What kind of miles are you averaging?

My gross in 6 months is nearly 25K!

That's so much money, how are you doing it?

30k average for a newbie, that's take home right? Maybe 40 if I hit the ground running, run hard, and learn fast?

Hard to clean all the crap out of my ears hunting down credible information.

There are some helpful tubers out there but they're few are far between, one such tuber is Mark Staite.

"Getting on a trainers truck" https://youtu.be/WyaFhM5D_m8

heres an article i wrote about OTR trucking life in general.

the Culture shock of trucking

Was a good read, thanks

Thanks guys

Well that eases my anxiety, thanks

Can anyone build up the ability to drive long hours every day or do some people just have it?

It's a huge leap to go from 25 minutes here and there to an all day affair, how many people make it?

Do the breaks really breakk it up?

is it like anything else? half-way through the day and it's down hill from there?

Thanks for all the knowledge guys, the perspectives, for clarifying and what not, thanks

Most top tier companies are pretty good about having loads lined up right?

Sorry I went off on a tangent but you get the drift.

Yeah.

Millis is dry-van only so that should help, no tarps, no reefer etc

Ah good, thanks

I've done a whole heck of a lot of reading/watching; if the wheels aint turnin-you aint earning and so on. For those of you who try to stay off the clock or preserve your service hours, how long does your day actually become? If you're running 11, what about paperwork? sitting? How long is your day on average? 14? 15 hrs? And of course, trucking is organized chaos and there will be constant change but I'd like some idea before committing to any contracts. Right now I only work 40 hours a week, so it'll be a huge adjustment for me.

Wow that's awesome

Grats, grats