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re: I wanna get my CDL
Posted on 5/6/18 at 12:02 pm to Lou Pai
Posted on 5/6/18 at 12:02 pm to Lou Pai
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Most drivers will make a percentage of revenue made by the truck. Way too much sitting in the oil field to guarantee hourly. If they are guaranteed hourly, that won’t last long. As I said, that will just to get someone up there.
Most drivers will make a percentage of revenue made by the truck. Way too much sitting in the oil field to guarantee hourly. If they are guaranteed hourly, that won’t last long. As I said, that will just to get someone up there.
This post was edited on 5/6/18 at 12:08 pm
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Posted on 5/6/18 at 12:13 pm to tankyank13
Wasn't called a guarantee, the number my buddy gave me was predicated on a 80/20 cut of revs and trucking rates are obet $100, according to him. Are either of those numbers out of bounds?
This post was edited on 5/8/18 at 9:27 am
Posted on 5/6/18 at 12:16 pm to LSUnibrow
Stevens Transport
Posted on 5/6/18 at 12:18 pm to Lou Pai
20 percent seems a little low for the driver. 130/hr for the truck seems inflated. Hourly in the trucking industry, is a guarantee.
Hourly pay for a truck is usually in a contracted job or on a specific site, involving a specialist of some sort. Now what type of truck is this involving? A vacuum truck? Pump truck?
Hourly pay for a truck is usually in a contracted job or on a specific site, involving a specialist of some sort. Now what type of truck is this involving? A vacuum truck? Pump truck?
Posted on 5/6/18 at 12:23 pm to tankyank13
There's the problem. Was telling me it was 80% to the driver. Sounds like that's where he's/I'm wrong, then.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 12:26 pm to Lou Pai
Yeah no way 80 percent to driver. Now 80 percent to an owner operator would be a great rate. Most rates to owner operators are 65% to 75%
Posted on 5/6/18 at 12:30 pm to tankyank13
Aight should have just said 6 figures then. Sorry to get your hopes up, OP.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 12:32 pm to Lou Pai
What's hurting a lot of guys out there is housing. It's simply unaffordable. If a driver had his own little bumper pull or 5th wheel and could handle that type of living. he'd pocket a ton.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 12:53 pm to ellishughtiger
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Way to swing for the fences
This is a fallacy of thought. Intelligent people can take on "lower intelligence" jobs and do extremely well. I have two degrees and due to family emergency I had to quit my job to move home. All I could find in a bind was a high school diploma type job...within a year I received two significant raises (20k) and was promoted to supervisor of my own plant (usually requires a min of 6 years).
My hometown doesn't have positions in a field of specialty, so I had to move for my next job...and I still have second thoughts about moving. Even though I make 80% more in my field I have to live in an area where home prices are 500% more not to mention Student loans and not working in a "career" for 6 years while in school.
Situation A: work 4 days/40 week, guaranteed job, no stress, live in a 2000 sqft 4/2 home for 150k....but it's blue collar and not sexy
Situation B: work 5 days/60 week, job if company doesn't go belly up, live in a 2 bed apartment for 3k/month....but you live in "Rome" as a "respected professional".
As a truck driver you can live anywhere (cheap), work whenever you want, and if you are actually intelligent you can easily work your way up in a company and within a few years work become some type of logistics Manager.
The regional directors of McDonald's all use to be fry cooks, to asst mgrs, to managers....etc.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 1:03 pm to tankyank13
What I’d be concerned about is becoming a new CDL and then losing my job 10 years down the road when vehicles are automated. There will still be some jobs that require CDLs for a while, but those will go to the 30 year vets, not the 10 year guys. You might make a lot of money in the meantime, but it won’t be enough to carry you to early retirement at 40. You’ll need another job doing something you have no experience in
Posted on 5/6/18 at 1:26 pm to LSUnibrow
I'm thinking if doing the same. I know PFG Caro trains drivers while they paying them. It's rough work driving for a food service company but they have some excellent drivers.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 1:32 pm to LSUnibrow
I have a feeling before I die, and maybe before I retire getting a cdl will not exist. If I had to guess I'd bet like in 20 years walmart will own atleast 1 fleet of self driving commercial vehicles.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 2:54 pm to russellvillehog
They'll still need someone to ride along as a safety measure
Posted on 5/6/18 at 3:06 pm to Kujo
I feel like 90% of your posts are about being a plant worker
Posted on 5/6/18 at 3:07 pm to Kujo
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They'll still need someone to ride along as a safety measure
I want that job. See the country, post on the OT, and get paid.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 3:07 pm to Sao
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And most of it is sand and water hauling.
And a lot of it is off road driving. It's brutal on the equipment. A lot of down time because of breakdowns, repairs, and maintenance. And if you own the truck, all those repair costs are paid by you.
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