The important thing is not what you make, but what you keep...........
Cheap, Frugal, Tightwad, should be viewed as character strengths, not weakness. 8) 8)

 

50% of my earnings goes towards my 401k and Roth.

 

more than i should, less than i need

 

I make 40k a year. I leave sunday. home all day tuesday. Leave late tuesday home thursday am and off the rest of the week. The area im in doesnt have much for local and this gets me more quality hometime than even a local job (im not worn out thursday and friday when i get off as i dont work those days). I could make more i think working for fedex, yellow or estes local but you have to pry those jobs out of the drivers cold dead hands.

Ive talked to a LOT of drivers. The newbie company drivers get screwed hard. I talked to a pam the other day whos out 3 weeks at a time and clear way less than 600 a week. Probably closer to 4. I could clear 4 leaving sunday and getting home tuesday morning. Have talked to swifties, schneider etc and heard the same story. Star (red) too but those guys its usually been because they're lazy and legal.

If you work HARD and arent a whiney biznatch about your log you should be able to make 35-40 your first year. Wages are going up a bit finally If i were OTR full time out 3 weeks i wouldnt work for less than 65-70k a year and even then id be looking around for another job. After 1 year dont work for less than 33-37 a mile and a minimum of 2500 a week. 3-4k a week and .40 a mile if you're out 3 weeks at a time.

 

Sounds like Swift trainers really like to pull the trainees chain

 

making 120+ k? riiiight. In 60mph trucks too...

Lets see so they get 5000 miles a week or so, 52 weeks a year with no time off for paid vacation.. at around .46 a mile...

Golly gee i believe that! I bet they tell their trainees swift is the BESTEST company with the BESTEST drivers too.

 

My trainer is o/o, makes .92 cpm. I saw his paperwork from his accountant for 2007 as I was with him at the right time. I also saw his paperwork for 2006. He really did make $176k, however a good portion of that also went to truck costs. Ohh and his truck is governed at 72, not 60ish.

 

.92cpm is chump change for an O/O. Grossing 176k isnt all that unusual either. Its decent but he ran a ton of miles to get it and his fuel and maintenance are through the roof. He's probably lucky if he made much more than a co driver, depends on his lease, I mean truck payment. :lol:

 

enough to satisfy my personal needs and wants.

 

About 32k my first year with Swift
On pace to hit almost 60k this year with TMC.