{"id":2431,"date":"2017-09-01T09:19:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T16:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/?p=2431"},"modified":"2017-10-25T11:31:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T18:31:01","slug":"truck-driving-in-delaware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/truck-driving-in-delaware\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck Driving in Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>State Overview<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are over 270 trucking companies in Delaware and the industry employs 3,790 drivers. The highest paid truck drivers\u00a0<a title=\"How much do Delaware Drivers earn?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usawage.com\/de\/heavy_and_tractor-trailer_truck_drivers-salary-in-delaware.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">earn<\/a>\u00a0$48,810 ($23.47 hourly). The highest paying areas are Sussex County with a Median Annual Salary of $37,140 and Dover ($34,610).<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Pros and Cons of Truck Driving in Delaware<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>GOOD:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"good\">\n<li class=\"\">Delaware doesn&#8217;t have state or local sales tax<\/li>\n<li class=\"hidden-xs-meta\">Delaware is easy to navigate for the most part<\/li>\n<li class=\"hidden-xs-meta\">Tolls are inexpensive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>BAD:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"bad\">\n<li class=\"\">Lots of stops and starts when driving in Delaware<\/li>\n<li class=\"hidden-xs-meta\">Heavy traffic around the large chicken plants in the little towns<\/li>\n<li class=\"hidden-xs-meta\">Lots of rainy weather in the winter months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Truck Driving Tips for Delaware<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"tips\">\n<li class=\"\">Get some over the road experience (a year or two) then look for that local job<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Don&#8217;t build a bad reputation, it seems that everyone knows everyone<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Understand the fatigue that comes with night driving<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Make sure you have an up-to-date atlas that includes bridge heights<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Many accidents can be prevented by communicating road conditions ahead of you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Fellow Truck Drivers in Delaware Say:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>&#8220;Respectful drivers and nice scenery&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Jerry T.\u00a0<span class=\"muted\">&#8211; 5 years of experience<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">GOOD<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n The scenery can be nice also the amount of respect other drivers can show you goes a long way<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">BAD<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n Traffic, ignorant 4 wheel drivers no driver courtesy and distracted drivers abound<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TIP TO NEW DRIVERS<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n Watch out for sudden stops and starts and watch out for all the other drivers and hang in there with road rage these people know not what they do<\/p>\n<div class=\"control-group\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>&#8220;Inexpensive driving&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Brad M.\u00a0<span class=\"muted\">&#8211; 4 years driving experience<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">GOOD<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n Kent and Sussex counties are pretty spread out so it makes it easy to navigate. New castle County isn&#8217;t that bad either but still a bit more congested than the 2 southern counties. Tolls are inexpensive<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">BAD<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n One headache of driving a truck in Delaware is the large chicken plants in the little towns. Usually at shift starts and ends traffic backs up around the plants for excessive amounts of time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TIP TO NEW DRIVERS<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n Stick with it, everything has its ups and downs but there are benefits to not having someone with you all hours of the day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>State Overview There are over 270 trucking companies in Delaware <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/truck-driving-in-delaware\/\" title=\"Truck Driving in Delaware\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Truck Driving in Delaware - Class A Drivers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn all about truck driving in Delaware. 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