New Driver Pay And Relationship Question

Things to co sidereal are rhe current freight market, how long you have to stay out, work life balance and flexibility as well as ancillary pay.

I've talked to a lot of companies offering mid 60s to 70s cpm for dry n reefer otr. But, almost all of them have very little ancillary, requirements of 3 or more weeks out, and varying degrees of flexibility.

I think it all averages out in the end to between 70k to 90k depending on how efficient you are and how much you run. With the market now I suspect that it's down from that as there isn't as much freight available.

I make a considerable amount in ancillary pay, so it offsets the sitting. Unfortunately the loads that we have access to are based on a slower time, so I frequently have lots of layover, notwithstanding, if I choose to, I'll run 11k to 12k a month in miles, but I sacrifice home time to do that.

One other thought is that even though we may be out and on the road, at least coming from the trades, I hardly consider a lot of what I do as real work. Sitting around at a shipper for hours on end watching TV and playing Ghost Recon isn't really that tough of a job. I think that the pay is reflected of that. I'd prefer to be solid working the whole day but it seldom happens.