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Originally Posted by okra77
just had a few questions for you guys on the road i am presently a high school math teacher in mississippi and i make ar ound 32000 yearly i have tossed around the idea of becoming a driver what do you guys think
Here's some numbers for you to consider:
Log 70 hours per week
Work 80-100
Paid for 50
No overtime after 8/40 hours on the job
120% average annual turnover rates
7 times more likely to be killed on the job than workers in other professions
1 week of vacation AFTER one year of service
$40-60.00 holiday pay (if they even pay it)
Anywhere from 3-10% of all miles will be driven for free
$0.00 for inspections, dropping/hooking trailers, breakdowns, 2 hours of docktime, scaling loads, DOT, safety meetings, PM's, paperwork, stuck in traffic, waiting for loads, fueling the truck...to name but a few of the freebies you'll perform.
Keep the teaching gig and sleep in your own bed evernight with weekends and holidays off. If you need more money then get a part-time job somewhere. Forget OTR trucking - it's a low-paid burn job. 40-60k sounds good until you find yourself working round-the-clock, living out of a sardine can, and never seeing home.