I own a daycab... I run rails in Chicago... 2 loads a night up to Wisconsin, 180 mile round trip!!! 800 per night!!! 6 nights a week!!! $900 to $1100 in fuel!!! I cant even complain!!!
Im looking to get into the field. Everyone i met has told me nothing but good things and i see you guys being able to take care of your families. Thank you guys for the information and opportunities
Ty 4 your time. I enjoyed your Adventure & experience. My kids are over 18 now maybe now I can save up for a rig. Someone once told me, " u can only make it in this business if someone wants u too." I realize 5 yrs later he was just a hater. I almost gave up cuzz 1099 doesn't benefit the drive. The only power we got is we can take time off if need to be & it doesn't count against us like a w-2 job. May God continue to bless you & if I ever get to buy my own rig I'll hit you. The pain & struggle will make some drivers wake up...
Great Inspiration !! Love your stories !! Been in CDL game for 4 months.. started as company flatbed driver ($1200/WK) .. now doing team dry van working directly with dispatcher (my cut so far $2000-2500/WK) .. banking to get my own rig in 4-6 weeks to work under authority of company paying out 88% (I pay all diesel and their insurance rate) .. after my one year will be solo owner op keeping all the change
I hauled illegal immigrants before from laredo to san antonio and that paid me $30K a day, 3 loads a day paying $10K each. Did that 5 days a week and made $120K a week, serious money driver.
Lot's of respect to you! I wish I could start a new career in trucking, and get my own truck. I have to deal with a lot of health issues, though. It might be down hill from now on. I'm glad you're doing good and giving out good advice to the young. It's a good field, and good alternative to getting one's ass into student loan debt. God Bless!
Doing EMS now & boy let me tell you , saving lives doesn’t pay nearly as much as what I’m seeing people in the trucking industry is making. All the comments of people making big bucks a week ... I’m ready for the switch but I have a long way to go. Gotta get that permit first. Also , been watching your vids Rich, def appreciate all the great info I’m learning from u, thank you.
@@chrisposada6221 true. I use to work at Thompson industrial services. Cleaning tanks. It was a dirty Job. But I got a taste of the road. I loved it. But I didn't like my job. I hated it. Wasn't getting paid the money I was putting out. Ex boss is begging me to come back but I'm not. But I think I'd enjoy this. My passion is music tho. So I'd rather go an make money than to end up not making it in the music industry. But i also drove one of those big vac trucks on plant site with out cdl cause it needed to be moved. And that's what got me very interested.
The most I made off one load was pulling road salt with a dump trailers to Atlanta from Knoxville for Georgia DOT. Paid $2,700 per load 418 miles round trip in 2017. Did that for 3 months until the barns was full. Aww I wish it snows hard in Atlanta before the year is over...
Hassan H I live in Atlanta, can you share any information about this type of load? I’ve been running under my own authority for 2 years now and I’m only seeing about 92% off loads of McDonalds French fries from Wisconsin to Georgia. I see about $4,600 after fuel and fees but the ware on my rig is becoming a headache. 418 miles round trip for $2,700 is a damn good payout
@@traceyburton2237 Its for dump trailers. The contract was first start through all pro transportation after that big snowstorm that shut down Atlanta. GDOT started building salt barns all around 285, 85, 75, and 20. They hold around 300 tons each I think there'll about 45 to 50 of them. Around 2016 i just went directly with GDOT and gotten the contract direct from them. Its been good every since. They really didn't need us this year, cause it hasn't really snowed, but I've been running a few other contract like penndot nydoy njdot pulling road salt from Tennessee. They all pay well especially during harsh winter storms. The locations sucks cause most of the time you have to basically do a uturn on a major interstate to get into the driveway to the salt barns, when its pouring snowing and ice you still have to be there because they need that salt for the roads.
THAT SOUNDS GREAT. JUST GOT A TEXT FROM OLD SAG THAT WAS IN GERARD HE TOLD ME TO CHECK YOU OUT BECAUSE IM A OWNER OP. ANYWAY GOOD LUCK BUDDY KEEP IT ROLLING GREAT VIDEO.BY THE WAY THE HELL WITH SHAW LOL. P.S IM A LOCAL DUMP TRUCK MOST IVE MADE LOCALY IN 1DAY HAS BEEN $2,200 IN A DAY SO FAR AND WAS HOME BUY 430PM.
you have to look at the trailers. hauling containers out of a port if often very cheep freight, next is an enclosed trailer that we call "dry van" then you have refer & next is flatbed. the more specialized trailers demand more money such as stepdeck & lowboy. @Cali 6311
@@patrickevans9626 You still hauling? I'm getting into hotshotting 14k lbs and under. Starting out from Maine but will be otr. any tips? From what i've seen New England has a LOT of crap loads
$10 x a barrel Gross on 175 = $1750 per day 6 days a week 11:20 hrs a day from my door back to my door 631 miles. Crude Oil on the Plains Pipeline Contract from Barnhart TX to Cotulla/Gardendale TX. Lact to Lact which is plug and play. Hills cost you 100 gallons a day 2017-2018 Gross was half a million/ some people threw a driver in the seats for the second shift, and was holding on to around a mil.We hurting now though! We in bad order! Lucky to net $120,000 because of the expense beating your truck takes going to regular Well sites in the middle of nowhere, on oilfield lease roads. What was sweet about the Plains run was it was right on highway 67, and offload was right off I35. HWY to HWY! Cost went down brother!
About $1,100. I haul dry bulk cement to drilling rigs. 95 mile to the rig, it was broke down, standby for 29 hrs, load it self payed $350, I get $25 hr stand bye. I am a company driver.
$6500 for 32 miles!! Bro that was a big shocker for me,that was kind of hard to believe. That's what gets me,these companies got the money,If only they would share more consistently. Bro that was a good testimony thanks for sharing. I'm about to run a $6700 load weighing supposingly over 50k going over 1000 miles.So you did great on that one,lol
@@trucker2b I was going on bro my name is trucker dating anybody looking for a good opportunity hit me up we do 1500 to $2,000 a week what number is 850-382-8397 just trying to put people up on good info thanks bro peace
@@mbekka1 hirshchbach but give me a call if you can bro and I'll tell you anything else you need to know about the company. Its really nice over here .8503828397
Wow! My brother this makes Trucking industry very, very intriguing and inspiring. All the challenges that come with this job these are the type loads that makes it worth it! Great story brother. Thanks for sharing.
I gross roughly $3400can/wk, running city, home within 12 hrs, about $400-600 in fuel....not what I'm used to when I was running hiway but I'm glad to be home every day
A buddy of mine got lucky when he started trucking. He was offered a dedicated run with with the company he leased under doing loads for Fedex. He ran team for like 18 days straight without going home doing 1,000+ miles a day...grossed about $30k. He had like 3 months as an owner operator so that definitely put him ahead.
S/O to you g. U putting info into the universe for us potential rookies. This is gonna help me and my cousin to spread our Muzik and find it‼️ keep doing what u doing homie. I appreciate you and the channel 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿🙏🏿 What’s also crazy is we are from Louisville KY 😂😂😂
I had a driver call in sick, and desperately needed a load covered with very little notice. It was 6:00 PM and I needed it live loaded before 11:00 PM and delivered the next morning at 7:00 AM. Ended up paying TQL $1,100 for a 120 mile load with two stops.
I am a dispatcher book a load for $11k from miami to philly. Back in 2016 when the market was really hot all year thats not everyday luck was on my side that day lol
@@HighGrade592 this was during produce season but I was not hauling produce I was hauling you boxes for U-Haul in the year 2014 when the market was at an all-time high
Depends how many miles you run....over the road I hope you make at least .45 cents a mile. Anything less I wouldnt do. Average for a driver should be $1,300-$1,500
I am a company driver, i make $280 per load hauling containers to the ports of seattle (480 miles round trip) home every night and weekends off...i plan on buying a truck in the next 2-3 months. They pay $1,150 to the load, i think thats decent money to jump out of the window.
@@derrickalexander9710 stay positive you can do it man! Been in the game for over 3years. Little bro got his cdl 6months ago kids making 1200week proud of him. Dont listen to the shit that will bring you down from people in the trucking industry, there lots of money to be made. Good luck.
Don't forget to mention get your truck and a credit card with a hefty credit limit to take care the brake downs you gonna get when buying a used truck...it's not about ownig a truck making you the money it's also about the way you manage your business.
What I didn’t make was a two in a row double booked load the first one was 4750 D.C. to Marion ok for the second load wasn’t sure but the load I did take was 700 for around 700 miles total dead head was 300ish miles and 150 x 2 for no truck used. P.s. the first load was for 3 days the whole oral deal took 3 days
When I ran with Schneider, I ran a Laredo TX to Detroit lane. Carrying Chrysler parts into Detroit, leaving out with racks. One week made 3300. Just running the one lane. But it was seasonal run.
Shout out from Detroit! Kentucky not to far. You want supposed to do the other run. You got the run you was supposed to get. The one paying the most! Sometimes we have to be patient and wait on God.
Most i made in a day was $5,000 hauling a big water pump from the utilities district co in Omaha about 600 miles. They called because a guy I know worked there and gave them my #. They were very desperate to get this pump to a specialty shop to get rebuilt asap but I didn't want to do it so I just was clowning really and said $5,000 and they said come right now you got it if you can load within the hour 🤣🤣
I'm a company driver my current employer I've been with for almost 4 years. I have almost 12 years of experience altogether. I work in state only in Florida most of the time. Home just about every night. And off on the weekends. I have made up $1800 a week a few times but on average I make $1300 a week..
Your videos are very, very helpful...I'm ready to start my own authority....Question: I have 20k saved, I have a credit score of over 700, I live in my truck, so I have no bills. No house, no car no credit card bills, no spouse, no kids, no pets, no bad habits. I have a great job now, mostly going coast to coast. Based in Las Vegas. I save about 1300 a week. Not meaning to brag, took me a long time to get here, but I'm sitting real pretty.....Is the following a good plan?....Save my money for a couple more months, build the nest to 30k, take 10k to use as a down payment on a good, used truck and trailer, 5k for fees and licence and insurance etc., leaving a balance of 10k for the maintenance fund, and 5k for the 2 month back up money? 10k down payment 5k fees license, registration, insurance 10k maintenance fund 5k 2 month back up fund ------------------------------------------- 30k thanks, Floyd
I earned 450 bucks on a load one time 50 miles dh and 100 miles loaded. One time I earned 4 bucks a mile on a load from amarillo to el paso. Lots of loads like that out there, just gotta be in the right place at the right time.
$17,000 in one week and that's bring home. the average bring home per week $ 9,000 per week only problem there no home time at all your only time off is winter believe it are not that my bring home driving truck. it took 5years to get in and no opening keep looking fellows there out there just have to find them and not heavy haul. sorry but we are not able to talk about the company but I am here to tell you there out there for o/o and you don't need your own auth. That something are meant to be keep Quit.
Felipe Anaya I'm in the truck on average 110 hrs a week. I'd say 35 hrs behind the wheel, 20 hrs labor/unloading. And the rest is standby or sleeping on the side of the road somewhere. That's just me though. Some guys only work day or nights , I take every load I'm asked to do but wouldn't be a problem. If I chose to run legal.
I have a question for you One Rich. What truck would you consider of getting for a person who's considering of buying a truck? The only brand that comes into mind is Peterbilt.
sometimes I think about switching and getting a licensed to do this stuff but i feel like its hard on the body in your mid-late 50s. I make $1800 every two weeks after tax sitting at a computer and work 37.5 hours a week.
IVE BEEN DRIVING 15 YEARS AND IVE ALWAYS WANTED MY OWN TRUCK BUT THE ONLY THING THAT SCARES ME IS BREAKING DOWN ON THE RD AND HAVING A HUGE BILL MACHANIC WISE
Repairs happen. 1st rule warranty warranty warranty. Try to make sure your truck is covered under warranty for the length of the contract. 2nd rule save 30 percent of your net for taxes. Dont think you can catch up later it piles up fast. Rule 3. Dont expect it to be easy. Ive been down to my last dime more than once.
Im 23 nd i got a truck 2k14 kenworth. Bro the money yu make in 3 weeks own authority or owner op under a company. The money yu get the first 2 weeks put half to the side thats way more tht enough for wt yu need. If anything was to go wrong.
I've been an owner operator for about 8 months and yeah I know I get a lot of repair bills but it's usually done on my time off at the other week my hair system broke down and I'm in a rental truck for a week and a half so that's probably $2,000 the repairs about $3,100 and I had it towed to places so that was $1,100 it when the first service truck looked out as 300 so it is about $6,500 and if I would have had made it home I was a thousand miles out the cost would have been just a little over half that but yeah I'm looking at all together probably 65 $6,700 for repair but I will tell you this game as the owner I pay myself a salary and there's months I don't pay myself. But I finally had a couple months with little maintenance so the $6,700 I'm still able to pay myself for the month if I want to it's just after I have a big repair I'm worried when another big one and something's going to flu can happen a week or two later I run a dedicated account to even with the breakdown to put me two days behind from getting home but I didn't miss out on my run and yeah it seems like what I made was the cost was a little less than the cost of the total repair bill but that's still way better than having the whole repair Bill and no revenue for those week or two lights down
