[continental]

Im not sure if it has been done yet, as I can't read everything on this board.
What is the most money that you've made in a day, driving truck and what did you have to do for it?
:wink: I wanna see you JB drivers shine in here!

[Uturn2001]

I never worried about how much I was making in any given day. I was concerned with how much I made during a pay period.

[silvan]

Originally Posted by continental

Im not sure if it has been done yet, as I can't read everything on this board.
What is the most money that you've made in a day, driving truck and what did you have to do for it?

OK, this one is easy. I got paid $650.00 to drive a grand total of 70 miles. More than once.

Nothing for me on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, OK, we'll send you to the stop 35 miles from home on Friday, one stop on the truck. 70 miles for the week for my salary of $650.00.

People wonder why I cry so much about losing my old job. That is why. I averaged 1600 miles a week for that $650, but there were odd weeks like the one above. Even a couple of weeks when I sat at home ALL week for $650.

It was only $650 a week, but damn.

I guess this has a lot to do with why I got laid off. They sure paid me for a lot of nothing. Especially toward the end. One week I got paid $650 to call in every day in the middle of making my big music stand, and I never went anywhere at all:

[Orangetxguy]

$1748.25
15 hours of work, on every holiday that I was scheduled to work in 2001, 2002 and 2003. 8 hours from midnight to 7AM, 8 hours from 4pm till Midnight. Each holiday was paid @ triple time & 1/2. Those were the days.

[brian]

7493$ from kalispell montana to fort mcmurray alberta to move a 79 ton generator IMMEDIATELY.

[danske]

Originally Posted by brian

7493$ from kalispell montana to fort mcmurray alberta to move a 79 ton generator IMMEDIATELY.

Did you move that oversize load in 1 day? It looks to me that it was 780 miles. Thanks

[Sheepdancer]

I dont drive a truck and still want to play this game. No one really cares how much I make in a day recruting...so I will keep in driving.

I actually have made money driving a tractor trailer. about 18 years ago.
I have a buddy in Dallas who owns a manufacuring company. Every once in a while he would get a load from dallas to Del Rio and his regular driver has cancer and didnt like to take long trips. So he would ask me to do it. He would pay me 1200 bucks for me to drive there and back. I would drive there 9 hours, unload for an hour and drive back 9 hours all without rest most of the time. Stupid...I know.
Yes, this was illegal...I was young and stupid. I didnt have a class A or any commercial license. I would take the back roads to avoid the scales.
I could drive the truck....never came close to having a bad accident. However the trailer always came back with a few new scratches from low tree branches on the back roads...lol
I could never back the damn thing up. ( I still dont know how you drivers do it so well) I always had to have someone at the delivery back it up for me...lol.
I made this trip about nine times and never got caught. Hell, one time I even bobtailed accross the mexican border and no one stopped me or asked any questions. I did, one time, get stopped by the border patrol between uvalde and del rio. They just had me open my trailer and looked to see if I had any passangers, the let me go.
Before any of you all say this was very stupid and illegal. I know. I was young, stupid and didnt care if it was illegal. When you are a young stupid starving college kid and someone offers you 1200 bucks for a days work, you take it without thinking of what could happen.
Knowing what I know about the industry today, I would never do something that dumb. However, I have to admit while doing it, it was fun.
So thats my answer...how much have I made driving a truck in one day. 1200 bucks. Not that much compared to some of you. However, its also the LEAST money Ive ever made in one day driving a truck....so thats pretty cool. :?

[brian]

Originally Posted by danske

Did you move that oversize load in 1 day? It looks to me that it was 780 miles. Thanks

me and my wife did, heavy haul is her deal, I just help out when the need arises, i`ve got my own truck to run.

[Fredog]

Originally Posted by continental

Im not sure if it has been done yet, as I can't read everything on this board.
What is the most money that you've made in a day, driving truck and what did you have to do for it?
:wink: I wanna see you JB drivers shine in here!

not sure if this counts, but I hurt my leg getting out of the truck and the insurance company gave me $14000.00 to settle plus they paid the doctors bills

[ceb]

I made $475.50 one day while was I was on lay off.

I ran some paperwork to NH. to get it signed for a buddy of mine he gave me $500 to do it after the cost of gas wich was $24.50 I made $475.50.