Quote (Marinda @ Jun 18 2017 05:01pm)
Total transportation of Mississippi the pay is 36 cents a mile after I finish my school. They said i should average 2500 to 3000 miles a week.
So roughly around 800-1100 dollars a week. Of course with more experience the more u get paid and miles u get
I have to let a trainer go with me my first 3-4 weeks though which I won't be getting paid by the mile but salary in those weeks of 620 a week i kinda dred that not gonna lie.
I just don't know how I will like over the road driving said I will get home every 2 weeks maybe 3 weeks. But if I can get through the 6 months I should be ok. I just don't want to quit the job I have now and take a chance on truck driving and hate it lol. They local jobs around here with hazmat I can make up to 80k a year with a year experience
tough it out and get the experience. thats not bad pay just dont let them stick you in the northeast the miles are shit up there. once you get experience that will open up more choices for you in driving with more local jobs. thats what i done and havent looked back. also be prepared to be lied to dispatchers are assholes and dont care about you.
also i hope you get a good trainer a lot of them dont have much more experience than you. my trainer had over 20 years experience in a truck and was patient and helpful but a lot of them are no nothing shithead steering wheel holders. the hardest part of OTR is if you have a wife and kids at home.
Quote (stupidkid282 @ Jun 18 2017 05:00pm)
excuse my ignorance, but $0.25 a mile? that just covers gas....
ive been driving 8 years now so things change. but when they have you bent over the barrel its either accept what they offer or come up with the 8k or 9k whatever the school i went to cost. not everybody has family or friends with semis to teach you how to drive and give you a job with no experience so you have to take what you can until you can make your own way in trucking.
This post was edited by JDH on Jun 18 2017 03:22pm