What Pays Better

I just graduated truck driving school yesterday and am wondering what division pays better. and when is the slow season also pros and cons for the division I have cdl B experiance 2.5 yrs Car hauling found someone who takes a newbie and looked at the truckers report website and found out that once you gain experience you can make $120,000 Is this true? Pulling RGN trailers with Re West Flatbed is the other one I looked at.

Pilot, I'm not bragging, but my company touts me as one of their top drivers - I've experienced a good deal of success in trucking. I can tell you that there is no way you're going to be making 120 grand.

Those kind of numbers are so misleading. I inserted myself into a conversation recently between an experienced owner operator and a newbie who was taking the bait from him with similar numbers being thrown around. After a few questions from me the owner operator's 135 grand income appeared to be more like every other experienced driver's pay - around sixty thousand on a good year.

Don't believe it - you'll be sorely disappointed.

Hey pilot. Like old school said, I wouldn't believe it. That said though I have heard of some top Walmart drivers getting around six figures. I also talked to a driver for diversified automotive which is a leading auto hauler in the northeast. He told me he was close to getting six figures a few times. However working for them you have to provide your own insurance to cover damage to the vehicles. Plus you get paid based on the value of your loads. So if you haul mostly Honda fits your check will be a lot smaller than if you hauled more corvettes our Mercedes.

Let's just say if you plan on being a company driver then 40-60k sounds about right.