A lot of people don’t want to hear this but - an active strong advocate for workers has historically been the answer to reverse these trends - Unions.
@banjer9630
10 жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter what line of work you want to be in employers now days don't care about experience all they care about is who they can get to work the cheapest.
@SmartTrucking
10 жыл бұрын
banjer96 Unfortunately, I think you are right.
@azxff1
9 жыл бұрын
trueman mann That is a short term effect.... Lower wages eventually equal no one buying things and that equals negative growth... Henry Ford knew that.
@KevZen2000
9 жыл бұрын
banjer96 Truck Drivers have a high demand. Good truck drivers are limited, so any person who knows how to negotiate, could acquire a good income. Most of the cheaper truck drivers are inexperienced, or they are not as efficient as the ones that demand a higher income. A good truck driver could be worth 2 or 3+ less skilled ones, so it is a matter of marketing yourself right to get a decent salary.
@marianasreality
9 жыл бұрын
banjer96 That is until some inexperienced green horn gets someone killed.
@sabrinacordell6290
7 жыл бұрын
Not really. You either drive for what they offer or you don't
@Inhalin1514
8 жыл бұрын
I was watching this video and for some reason it dawned on me that this gentleman seems to be a person with values..sadly a commodity we are short on in the US, also adding to our current problems
@AK-kz6wc
8 жыл бұрын
+Inhalin1514 Amen! Working for a big business/company is not a very good option anymore. They pay isn't that good and you treated like crap. That's why nothing works out the way it used to.
@SmartTrucking
8 жыл бұрын
+Inhalin1514 Thanks Dave
@joshgitch2528
9 жыл бұрын
He is absolutely correct everyone that drives a semi should park em all for a week and see what happens lol
@alvindueck8227
7 жыл бұрын
Josh Gitch didn't that happen last year? how'd it go?
@CaseyJones-vo9vw
6 жыл бұрын
Josh Gitch the Russians and other people from other countries will continue to drive... it'll never work
@noconsentgiven
6 жыл бұрын
Yea every other driver you see now a days isn't even from this side of the world and they got three or four guys in those trucks running all year straight. Again companies become wealthy from our blood and sweat then turn on us.
@sirtigalotwolfe2962
6 жыл бұрын
there will always be somebody willing to run so that will never work. I heard that a million times in my 13 yrs driving.
@jorgereyes-be6gv
6 жыл бұрын
Count me in!
@danmcclaren5436
6 жыл бұрын
I don’t want underpaid truckers on the road. They have a huge responsibility. Pay them good, keep them happy.
@SmartTrucking
6 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Dave
@GuitarzFromMarz
9 жыл бұрын
Great Job!! I am no Longer going to pursue trucking!!
@danthill007
8 жыл бұрын
+GuitarzFromMarz if you do pursue trucking make sure you work for an LTL carrier for union car haul, thats the only way to make money. Take my word on this I have done it over 20yrs. LTL is 22 to 27 dollars and hr and home every day and car haul you are gone some but not weeks at a time for double the money of any OTR company.
@GuitarzFromMarz
8 жыл бұрын
thank you
@stevefine1704
6 жыл бұрын
Not to mention the overcrowded truck stops, 70hour week clock now monitored by EMDs and the being away from family all the time. We drivers are just foolish for making money for someone else. Sitting around waiting to load up or unload for no money gets a driver down. Plus I see all the dirt bags who think they are getting rich. We are all fools. I got out of it.
@sirtigalotwolfe2962
6 жыл бұрын
Smart man! I drove for 13 yrs.. and i don't now... cuz I grew a brain along the way.
@jamesheath1025
6 жыл бұрын
Just finished 16years of trucking. Good bye. No thanks.
@alvindueck8227
7 жыл бұрын
I just started about 6 weeks ago with a smaller outfit here in Manitoba, Canada. I started under .40 cents per kilometer. 10 bucks a drop, 10 bucks a pick. wages for washing the tractor and or trailer. waiting time if it's 2+ hours. I'm a rookie, don't hardly know jack about shit in this industry but I paid the money down for the training and I really don't wanna give this up before a few years are spent. I NEED to make this work. one way or another, it will
@3069mark
7 жыл бұрын
I did it the smart way. I got my experience with a non-union, el cheapo, scab outfit that paid it's drivers in peanuts and then I got on with Roadway Express, a unionized LTL carrier, and then made minimum $1200 for a 45 hour workweek, home every other day for a day off, and great union benefits, and $22.65 per hour detention pay starting immediately, and layover & meal pay (about $300 per day) for weather delays, and I stayed in nice company paid motels for every rest break and layover.
@noname-rj7so
6 жыл бұрын
3069mark .can i get a job as driver there
@ethancrisci3002
6 жыл бұрын
Ayyeeeee wanna shoot me their website or phone number?
@FirebirdCamaro1220
6 жыл бұрын
You need all endorsements (Tanker, Hazmat, Double-Triple) to work for a good LTL carrier like SAIA or YRC (Yellow Roadway)
@normanderson5298
6 жыл бұрын
JATT Gillz :-)
@thelaughingman79
6 жыл бұрын
i have a great deal of love for roadway express. my dad retired from there he got the best health insurance. i mean he had to be out for 6 months after a slip on ice "at work" free legal services for life. once a factory tried to get him for taking down some fence the company and the union stood by him 100% 84k gross he loved his job. he's gone now saddly but whenever i see a roadway trailer going down the road it makes me happy. Its to bad jobs like that are almost non extent now
@gwsswg
10 жыл бұрын
WE NEED MORE AMBASSADORS LIKE YOU OUT THERE TELLING IT LIKE IT REALLY IS ,MY HATS OFF TO YOU, KEEP SPEAKING OUT
@Allan7950
6 жыл бұрын
Great message! Keep those videos going, otherwise some might never learn...
@jimbo6612
5 жыл бұрын
This young man is an honest gentleman who uses facts and logical arguments to make a point. I'm not even a trucker and I applaud him for his honesty and value system. Corporate greed is everywhere, not just trucking - makes you want to just quit it all and live like a hermit
@MrStropparo
8 жыл бұрын
You explained it better than I could. Nobody believes me that a company driver loses money. Living eating showering on the road. Resetting in Nevada for free when you live in Pennsylvania. Crazy. I quit trucking. Thank God too. 13 years experience. Fuel tanker. Couldn't make enough to send money home to my wife half the time. See ya later.
@hard-wired-g3787
7 жыл бұрын
This is why I don't do OTR anymore, they don't want to pay. I have a great local job, home every night (well day, off at 4 am) and $26.50 an hour driving a tanker and it's a clean, easy job! These jobs are out there, you just have to look.
@vontayunsurpassed1604
8 жыл бұрын
Dang, this makes a new comer reconsider tremendously
@25-8
7 жыл бұрын
Vontay Unsurpassed have you reconsidered? I'm thinking of getting in.
@BigDish101
7 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking I'm only going to do this if I can go straight into being a owner-operator. I'm also interested in doing heavy recovery with a rotator..
@southjerseysound7340
7 жыл бұрын
BigDish,do you have any towing experience?
@kingcobra4567
6 жыл бұрын
I know your post is a bit older but I wanted to answer your question. Trucking CAN pay but it doesn't always. You are guaranteed to have a rough first year or so until you can get some experience, however, I have provided for my family quite nicely as a company driver. You have to be willing to pay your dues and work. Be sure to take pride in what you do. I've made no less than 50000 a yr plus benefits but I worked and my future will be one of constant work, foreseeably. Let me know if you have any other questions and good luck.
@md123420
6 жыл бұрын
dude just apply at UPS
@stevenphillips6147
9 жыл бұрын
I get pissed when I hear people in videos saying how great the pay is and everything is so sweet.The truth is the pay sucks and most companys think that drivers are a dime a dozen and don't respect them or their familys.Today companies think drivers are disposable.
@jamesnevitt9293
9 жыл бұрын
Man i agree if u go to work for a company as a new driver on the bottom they'll run the shit out of you while their veteran drivers sit and wait for a load
@edpetrovski6640
7 жыл бұрын
Precisely my point in other posts. They have figured out that newbies get paid less--sometimes a lot less--than experienced drivers. If I was an experienced driver sitting on my ass waiting for a load and saw the new guys getting load after load I think I would just hand in the keys and work for Walmart.
@alvindueck8227
7 жыл бұрын
steven phillips not just drivers. metal workers, wood workers, foundry men, concreters ect. It's all OVER the board.
@nicolelegree
6 жыл бұрын
trueman mann plans
@BullGooseAnon
6 жыл бұрын
It's the exact same for welders... unless you're union. Shame to see it's the same in trucking too, which is what I was wanting to tranistion to. dangit!!1
@managerankh
7 жыл бұрын
The trucking industry will never ever ever ever change as long as you have drivers letting their ego get in the way. They give the illusion that they're making all this money just to justify having a job living in a truck. Most truck drivers are so depressed with the pay the job and everything that comes with it that they sit behind that wheel eating themselves to death. Before getting into trucking I think people should just spend a day at a truck stop and just observe what these truck drivers are looking like. Do they look happy? How many are arguing on the phone with dispatchers? How many are standing in lines with a attitude trying to get fuel. How many are complaining. The truth is in plain sight if you just take the time to see it.
@SmartTrucking
7 жыл бұрын
You're absolutely right and what a great idea to spend a day at a truckstop if you're thinking about this as a career. The reality of this lifestyle is depressing! I believe proper wages would go a long way to correcting that. Dave
@aaronbrutus2654
7 жыл бұрын
MAnAger Ankh Very good point. . .
@jackiesmith2608
7 жыл бұрын
I'm very happy, fit, healthy, and make lots of money. Don't know WTF you're talking about hater
@GUITARTIME2024
6 жыл бұрын
well said, friend
@jdrancho1864
6 жыл бұрын
Jackie Smith good on you. I don't know what you do for a living, but what are you doing here on a trucking forum?
@mackandchezz
6 жыл бұрын
their is no driver shortage it a pay shortage
@reginaldmorton2162
5 жыл бұрын
You're the first trucker that's actually speaking to the way I was thinking.... Most will work the shxt out of you, then rid themselves of you... They all are Puppy Mills
@boogaloodood
7 жыл бұрын
Go work in an office cube if you want to work a 40 hour week. Commute back and forth every day, fight the crowds on weekends when you want to go to Costco, etc. My last job was a soul-crushing, endless paperwork shuffle, and I was responsible for a team that wanted to be anywhere else but there. I had an hour commute each way in heavy traffic, had a unpaid lunch break that I almost always had to work through, so I was gone 10.5 hours daily, and paid for 8. I didn't choose the commute, I had bought a home 15 minutes from work, but my company moved me to another location, still considered within the local commuting area. But that was at a time when a lot of businesses were flat going under, so I was thankful for the job. I knew a lot of folks who lost their jobs during the last recession and still haven't recovered. Truckers get paid by the mile, ag workers get paid by the bushel. Almost nobody gets paid for every hour they're putting in. Just a part of life. If you could make as much money working for a company, there wouldn't be any independents. We choose our jobs for many reasons, some financial, some personal. The only folks getting wealthy are business owners and corporate execs. And its going to get worse before it gets better.
@506jeff
6 жыл бұрын
working through an unpaid lunch break? pfft, i'd never do that. you had a choice and you chose to work through it. i always get paid for every hour i'm putting in. 2 unpaid 15 min breaks a day and you can bet your ass i'm getting them and they're at least 15 minutes.
@natehicks8323
6 жыл бұрын
Office cube, or truck cabin cube... which is better?
@NeilLB7
5 жыл бұрын
Should get paid for the whole time you're not at home period. Your time on earth is finite. Your life's time is your personal property. And should be compensated justly.
@thomaskirkpatrick4031
5 жыл бұрын
I bet honestly, most companies would feel threatened by a driver with so much knowledge, and experience.
@seanoleary1979
7 жыл бұрын
Holy crap! I've NEVER heard anyone tell it like it is like you do brother! That's the main reason I sold my truck and got out of trucking for good! When I added up all the hours I worked vs th pay I got, I realized quick that I would be FAR better off flipping hamburgers at McDonald's and be able to sleep in my own bed, have regular days off and have benefits!!!
@Wowimhungry9
7 жыл бұрын
seanoleary1979 plus you get all an unlimited amount of fries and cheeseburgers
@seanoleary1979
7 жыл бұрын
Woohoo! Death by cholesterol!
@johnreid2837
5 жыл бұрын
You should checkout Wal-Mart. I drive for them and do ok. I don’t work as much as I should but still manage to make a little over $100k.
@larcm3
7 жыл бұрын
I'm a new driver. I feel very disappointed at trucking as a career. It pays crap, over worked, too much time away from my family. I'm seriously now reconsidering a new career change
@SmartTrucking
7 жыл бұрын
Try short haul or regional. Get on with a company with a decent schedule. They are out there.
@Phil_Mycock_69
6 жыл бұрын
Go back to school, I did almost 3 years OTR and was so depressed with the bullsh*t I finally pulled the trigger and signed up for school, now in my last semester and couldn't be happier, it was fun to start with but after a while I was like damn, all this time away, sat at dock doors for hours on end and big brother(ELOGS)always watching me isn't worth my life or the hassle, I made good money but money isn't everything, truckers need to earn guaranteed money these days, have an increasing scale for experience and safety record, let's say 0-5 years, no accidents, gets you guaranteed 1000 a week plus fuel and safety bonus
@MrDshav
6 жыл бұрын
Let's form a North American truck driver's union and establish a minimum hourly pay for drivers, full benefits, reasonable hours, paid vacation. This is not an unreasonable request guys and gals. If we strike together we can raise the standards of our skilled trade significantly. A work shut down and company owners will be forced to listen.
@SmartTrucking
6 жыл бұрын
I'm in! Dave
@markm0000
6 жыл бұрын
This is going to happen there are too many people without jobs and they tried the mega corporation trucking and found the pay is useless. Once they quit trucking and go back home they find there's no more jobs in the small town America to pay the bills. A all-encompassing Union for drivers is the only answer to this madness. There must be a market adjusted minimum salary that covers all down time and vacation. I would say the right number is somewhere around $20 a hour every single hour you are away from home. No matter what is happening to the truck, you are paid to be away from your family.
@theamericanwolf4731
8 жыл бұрын
i started a new job and harrisburg pa. I have heard about people from other countries coming here and getting grants to purchase a truck but never seen proof. Well that changed and now i have seen proof not once but twice. And im gonna try and explain one to ya. One middle easterner was proud to show me his grant 40,000 dollars good for fifty percent of his puchase. so if he gets a truck for 60,000 gov pays 30,000 if truck is 50,000 gov pays 25,000 basically gov pays half the cost of the truck up to 80,000. hope you got that cause now im gonna explain how he even got more out of it. He went to a truck lot and found a 60,000 dollar truck had the guy lie and say truck was 80,000 so he could get the whole 40,000 and and say he put 20,000 down on it. Then he actually put down 10,000 . hope you followed that. So he is actually financing ten grand. His truck payment is less than my car payment. now he is running around undercutting all the other drivers cause he can afford to. The funny thing is the dumbass was bragging to me cause he thinks he is a buisness genius. The other one i dont know all the details. all i know is a mother from south of the border( which country i dont know) was able to get money from the gov to purchase a tractor. Now the tractor was for her son to work and drive but it has to stay in her name. Her son just got his lic and he gets to start his driving career in a truck free and clear as a o/o and just keeps the truck in his mothers name. And truck was not junk not new but def not junk very nice red double bunk condo that ofcourse he could afford to chrome out. Me personally im really sick of this shit. How does the gov handle the driver shortage? Not by improving the salaries and job standards to help us all and atract other u.s. citizens into the industry. They go outside the country and bring in people from other countries and give them incentives that they cant refuse and set them up for total success. basically a offer they cant refuse. What do they give us? SH*T and your gonna eat it and your gonna like it!!! When the hell are we gonna wake up and put a end to this shit. ME PERSONALLY I HAVE HAD ENOUGH we def need to get together and end this crap and demand better. we need to bite the bullett and shut these trucks down until somthing changes. they cant fire us all and if they do there will be plenty of job openings.
@jmh4ggg
8 жыл бұрын
That story is even more sickening than the wages these major carriers (and if you don't know anyone and are just starting out, you almost are forced to start out with a major carrier) are paying...this is my dream job, i work my ass off each and every day to get to where you just stated those guys STARTED OFF with...
@jamessheehan1045
7 жыл бұрын
AMEN Brother. Stay Safe.
@jamessheehan1045
7 жыл бұрын
That Amen was meant for you Patrick.....
@rondye9398
7 жыл бұрын
Yes, they have done this in the excavation business also. These foreigners continually low bid the jobs cause there equipment cost is nothing and they've got brand new shit!
@edpetrovski6640
7 жыл бұрын
Congratulations......you and every other trucker just paid for Mohammed to buy his truck in the taxes you pay and the low pay you get. Don't think the trucking companies aren't looking at this and drooling. Say a company gets 10 Mohammeds to get this grant. They will sell him the truck and finance (probably through a subsidiary 'finance" company) the balance of the truck cost. or do some leaseback stunt and deduct the payments from Mohammeds pay. Mohammed will work as an owner/operator for a lot less than a citizen does. The company makes out like a bandit......they charge Mohammed interest on the loan....they know they're going to get paid on the loan because they deduct from Mohammed's pay or they repo the truck.....they pay him a lot less......and they know they've got him for at least the term of the loan. So Mohammed just got his dream gig.....he didn't pay a nickel up front for the truck.....he's got an income that he could never make at home....and in 5 years or so he owns the truck and can continue to undercut the other poor slobs who had to do it the hard way. Not only does this smell.....we all provide the tax money that feeds the engine of our own destruction. Nice, huh?
@leonardburns1780
10 жыл бұрын
the problem is that there are to many new foreners being brought in to the country by the bigger companies and paid very minmal wages and allowed to run with three and four drivers in the same cab
@stevefromPA2
10 жыл бұрын
that's part of it..the main problem is the owners of these companies are billionaires and have lobbyists in place to ensure no gets the idea to pay every trucker a minimum wage...if ur not getting a load or on a break down and not getting paid u should be home ...if not ur a slave...
@SmartTrucking
10 жыл бұрын
*Company Truck Drivers Are Underpaid* Wow. Have we had an education this past week. While researching trucking company pay packages for company drivers, we confirmed what we already knew, and then some. Out of 12 carriers we spoke to so far, only 1 pays waiting time... not great pay, but something. Watch this video and you'll know why there's a shortage of drivers in this industry. The carriers for the most part just don't seem to care who fills the seat... as long as he's got a pulse. #truckingindustry #trucker #trucking
@willemoranje
8 жыл бұрын
+Smart-Trucking.com hello there,if you would research salary packages in my country Holland and the rest of Europe and what the rules are with driving and resting for drivers and compare that information with US salary packages and rules. I think you would be surprised. Here in Holland and the rest of western Europe they pay driver every 4 weeks and pay overtime and by law and inagreement with the unions they pay drivers pension fees every 4 weeks and in agreement with laws a driver always gets a basic salary wich is around 1.500 euros if you drive in your country alone if you go over the border your basic salary would be around 2.500 euros every 4 weeks and this is without your overtime hours so all in all a driver who drives nationaly would make 2.600 euros every 4 weeks and a driver who drives internationaly 3.500 euros and these amounts are after taxes and with overtime hours.
@willemoranje
8 жыл бұрын
bob bobo the way truck drivers are paid in the US is out of date and a thing of the past in the rest of the world,in my country it is not allowed anymore for atleast 40 years or so
@jhs459
8 жыл бұрын
+bob bobo did you not just hear bernie sanders say he wants to shut down truck drivers and start using the rail system? wake up!
@doomtomb3
8 жыл бұрын
+bob bobo its the same thing every time. Europe's got better worker rights in virtually every industry and always will. American government only does enough to keep the companies happy. Companies first, thats why they all want to do business here
@lopezhac
8 жыл бұрын
This big companies don't care about their drivers that's why their is a driver shortage. If the pay was better a lot of people would stay driving
@atomic3939
8 жыл бұрын
Most of the big companies don't want experienced drivers that want to be paid fairly. They are looking for inexperienced guys that they can manipulate and pay them poverty wages....while convincing them that trucking isn't a job, "it's a lifestyle". ;)
@edpetrovski6640
7 жыл бұрын
Yep---exactly my point in another post. They've figured out that it's cheaper for them to grind new drivers out at 30 or 50 a week through their CDL schools (which the newbie pays for) than to hire or keep experienced drivers. They know the turnover rate--which I think is MUCH higher than any other business--and have built in the costs of that turnover. It wouldn't make sense for any company to pay such low wages and have a high turnover rate unless it contributed a big number to the bottom line. The convenience store business is exactly the same. Minimum wage jobs.......crappy working conditions........high turnover. But they're still there so they must have figrured out that it pays.
@sirtigalotwolfe2962
6 жыл бұрын
I drove for Werner Enterprises, and seen first hand the "noob's" get all the miles at a entry lvl pay,, and you get swaped off long runs for BS 400 mile run's! p.s. we where husband/wife Team. I now call Werner,, "the Big Blue Screw" cuz that's what they did...
@tjluci216th
7 жыл бұрын
and thats why i ONLY do local driveing and ONLY drive tractor trailer being paid by the hour with overtime pay and Nothing less than 20$ an hour
@sabrinacordell6290
7 жыл бұрын
Even in the local hauling business you have to be careful because it can mean leaving at 3: A.M and not getting home until dark. And sometimes if you were held up in a traffic jam and couldn't get in a delivery by the companies closing time, it was added to the next day's load and you had to go that much harder. So everyone go in with your eyes open and play it smart.
@WilliamEdom
9 жыл бұрын
This is reason why I'm very happy with being lucky enough to have landed an hourly paid otr job.
@JoeMicheau
9 жыл бұрын
There isn't enough of those hourly driving jobs, if you wan't one work for a specialty carrier.
@danielkennedy1524
9 жыл бұрын
A most eloquent professional!. From this guy, it is at least to hear the sad truth! thank you sir!
@davidshellhaas1730
6 жыл бұрын
Along with increased freight the fact of how companies treat drivers is the reason there is a shortage of drivers
@sandymcnab6782
6 жыл бұрын
My father with an exemplary driving record quit trucking 7 years ago and for the last 6 years he was a company driver with a large "respected" carrier. He worked real hard (I went with him on few rides) and when all the hours got computed versus the time given towards work it amounted to barely above minimum wage. As a matter of fact the wages in trucking had steadily decreased in comparison to the cost of living, way much more pronouncedly than in other industries. There is no driver shortage at all. The is a large surplus of drivers who put up with garbage and hope from carrier to carrier. The trucking executives are crying for drivers who can work for free so they can charge even less to their customers and fatten their own pockets at the same time.
@SmartTrucking
6 жыл бұрын
You got it Sandy! Dave
@tedhargrove2163
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you explained the best way for 20+ yrs.from the insurance company to the brokers to the companies they don't respect dedication and loyalty
@rollingunderthemoonlightga1370
9 жыл бұрын
100% the honest truth and that's why experience truck driver don't want to drive OTR over the road coast to coast I mean there is a true reason why OTR companies are ALWAYS hiring drivers. You told the truth and I wanted to say thank you Sir.
@SmartTrucking
9 жыл бұрын
Vincent Gallegos Yes, it's a shame this industry is in such a mess.... but there's some clear cut reasons it's such a mess. (Dave)
@brettkramer
9 жыл бұрын
Appreciate the straight talk backed up with 40 years of experience..Certainly though, there must be a few companies put there who are doing the right thing..
@SmartTrucking
9 жыл бұрын
Brett Kramer yes ,there are good companies out there. The trick is to find them. dave
@brettkramer
9 жыл бұрын
Thanks and if the trucking business is like other businesses, if you have a really good thing going, you don't talk about it..
@adiaz1182
9 жыл бұрын
Brett Kramer exellent point!
@sarahann530
8 жыл бұрын
+Brett Kramer Why should they treat drivers better than they have to , do you still believe in Santa . This is capitalism at its finest where the strong shit on the weak . Its all around you ,open your eyes and quit hoping
@ironwill3035
7 жыл бұрын
totally agree ,hammer on the nail why the industry can't keep drivers
@arthouston7361
6 жыл бұрын
Learned to drive on a farm at age 11. I worked as a mechanic with my Class A. The above video is the reason I am not a driver for any of these companies.
@reginaldmorton2162
5 жыл бұрын
FYI ....everytime you make a video, KZitem puts a counter video advertising great paying driving jobs attempting to debunk your sto ries,... KZitem are for supporting the big companies. Thanks and keep up the great work.. we truckers need it!!
@SmartTrucking
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Reginald, drive safe! Dave
@rezakermani140
8 жыл бұрын
i have a trucking company in Iran and I pay my driver's fixed monthly salary load or no load it's very hard to fined a good driver now this days SIR if anyone with you.'re experience knocks on my door be sure that he or she is more than welcome to work for my CO American government knows better that more than half USA economy is running by truck drivers and the law makers in youre government should do something about this problem in Americans trucking industry . WITH RESPECT HAPPY TRUCKING
@Salitrillo360
5 жыл бұрын
The issue is that drivers take this BS.. so it's not the standard. I brought some issues up during our last company meeting, some of the old timers answer with "that's just trucking".
@seyue1
5 жыл бұрын
This Guy speak the Truth..Driving Truck just isn’t a middle income Job anymore. If I had done my Research like he did I wouldn’t have started trucking two years ago.
@lordenki9429
6 жыл бұрын
In the 90’s I thought I was doing really good over the road pulling in $900-$1000 a week, but my ol lady sat me down and calculated the amount of time I was away from home each week, and it turned out that I was making less than minimum wage.
@juanjaramillo1854
7 жыл бұрын
Well...I'm 20 days away from starting my CDL training and have to admit that after watching this video my enthusiasm went down the pipe. I'm not criticizing the video, on the contrary, I appreciate that someone who knows what's the real deal is sharing the naked truth about the facts, but it was a low blow for me. I have a couple of friends who lost their jobs in the last 5 years and got their CDLs and now work local for FedEx and tell me how happy they are there, and they were the ones who actually got me into considering this option as I'm gonna run the same fate in my job soon, but Idk now....I'm afraid my bubble burst. But thanks for the video anyway...I'll be using it to make my final decision.
@rondye9398
7 жыл бұрын
Most FED Ex drivers are contractors that bid on routes. Low bid gets the route then they hire a driver with no benefits and crap wages. UPS on the other hand does pay real wages as do the restaurant supply outfits.
@joelblea4992
7 жыл бұрын
Juan, did you end up getting CDL training? Interested in how it went/is going. Thanks.
@juanjaramillo1854
7 жыл бұрын
Joel Blea - Unfortunately not yet. Since my training is gonna be paid thru the unemployment I had the appointment with the counselor already and he said everything looks good but things are kind of behind here in NJ and I was told to wait about 3 weeks, and the 3rd week is actually this week, so I'm expecting news any time now, Joel. Take care and happy new year 👍
@juanjaramillo1854
7 жыл бұрын
Ron Dye - Hmm, thanks for the info, Ron.
@joelblea4992
7 жыл бұрын
Juan Jaramillo thanks and good luck.
@prevost8686
6 жыл бұрын
It’s not going to change. The recruiter at the last company I worked for would look at the best drivers they had and tell them that if they didn’t like something they could leave. They had a line of warm bodies waiting to hold a steering wheel. That was his favorite response to everything.
@SmartTrucking
6 жыл бұрын
And as a result thousands leave every month. See how smart he looks in a few more years! Dave
@gt4real377
5 жыл бұрын
I run DEDICATED and end up back home Friday come back Monday I made the company bend by creating the pattern in my favor . Running from El Paso TX to Michigan and back . So I wont end up resetting on the road and getting 2 days off . Side note : the companies say you get just 34hrs but you can take longer to come back you just have to calculate the pay period .
@SmartTrucking
5 жыл бұрын
Good job there driver! Dave
@TOWER7272
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making and posting this video. I'm 44 years old and thought about changing careers so I have really been thinking about getting my CDL and becoming a truck driver. I've been checking into the industry and do my homework. It all really sounded good "on paper", but after watching this video I have reconsidered. I know and understand there is a lot more to it but you made such good points to me that I feel it is no longer worth the time, effort, and money. Thank you again you saved me a lot of time and trouble.
@wteach3718
6 жыл бұрын
Your exactly right and I went through the same thing in the Propane Business big rules and licenses but no money
@romeoortegaiii2299
5 жыл бұрын
It's all cutthroat everywhere in all industry. Three words: Maximize the Profits Truckin ' is the worst. Only reason I'm still trucking is it's a get home everyday gig. No way in hell will I go back on the road OTR.
@underthenorthernstar
6 жыл бұрын
I’m not even in the trucking industry but I’m hooked on this channel. Very informative, thank you
@SmartTrucking
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir! Dave
@jdaniel3068
6 жыл бұрын
Im not a trucker and will never be, but find your videos so interesting. The trucking industry seems similar to airline pilots these days.
@SmartTrucking
6 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure the pilots are making a lot better money. Dave
@jdaniel3068
6 жыл бұрын
Smart-Trucking.com Really? Maybe Ive not seen enough of your videos. Entry level regional pilots are starting around 20-25k, which is quite scary.
@losoj30
9 жыл бұрын
I'm with a major carrier. We have detention pay and layover pay. I have 9 years experience and I make 56 cents a mile. We are out of spokane Washington.
@SmartTrucking
9 жыл бұрын
loso j Good company, who do you work for? Hang on to that job. dave
@ericlopez2549
5 жыл бұрын
Mega carriers should pay all waiting time not just after 2 hours that is a joke I can believe drivers actually do that.... Works for free..
@1watcopranks
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your opinion, I've been tossing the idea of buy my own truck. I just wasn't sure if it was worth the risk. Now I know it is definitely worth it.
@user-hk5ji5ws9d
4 жыл бұрын
I know this video is old. But 25 years of driving out here as OTR driving. I realized these companies would rather have non experience driver( fresh out of truck driving school, or two years less) then experience road driver. There no money out here anymore to be made. The ELD( electronic log data) keep you from making any money, and I don't think it help out in safety either. I think drivers are more stressed out, more in a rush, more careless, and more reckless because of it. These trucks stops are over price these days, no where for use to park anymore, fuel too high, no real benefits anymore. I have too much down time out here( waiting for load/ waiting to get loaded/ waiting to get unloaded/ traffic is worser/ more road work than ever/ more uncaring fellow truck drivers ). The DOT physical has got silly in some ways, and maybe unrealistic in it demands. When are you not going to get a truck drivers, that a couples of pounds over weight. Or will they have a perfect blood pressure with all the bullsh*t, that go with this kind of job. All these trucking companies lie( big or small ) to get you to come work for them. Break theirs promise, don't care about you, and tried to cheat you out of money, and personal time. You wonder why there a shortage of truck drivers on the road these days. This is also a dangerous job( especially in what type of trailers you pull for a living. A lot of times this can be a lonely job, that keep us from ours family/ friends/ and home for many days, or weeks.
@arussianasset3948
5 жыл бұрын
No respect for drivers, until they run out of groceries.
@LukeLGK
10 жыл бұрын
When the insurance companies finally come to their senses and realize they have 21 year old kids driving quarter million dollars trucks with $100,000.00+ worth of cargo....
@3089280288
10 жыл бұрын
the companies know how to deal with that
@benhawke7231
6 жыл бұрын
That's why I started a local driving job. 21/hr 48hrs/week and the home time is amazing.
@SmartTrucking
6 жыл бұрын
That's the way to go these days! Dave
@gt4real377
5 жыл бұрын
I love this channel by the way I hope this guy finds a way to make his own company . It's more of a thinking game now .
@SmartTrucking
5 жыл бұрын
Had my own company, sold it a number of years ago. Dave
@wallacebrown2632
6 жыл бұрын
I'm ready to park my trucks!!!! Just say when!!!
@trbuffington
10 жыл бұрын
That's why some of us with CDL's don't drive.
@davidmeissner5010
6 жыл бұрын
Here's a idea...I will drive your Pete and you can stay home and relax? Ah... just kidding. Another big problem that I feel has driven drivers out of the industry is the repressive hours of service rules that force drivers to drive tired and sit while wide awake. They need repealing. Great video. Thanks.
@SmartTrucking
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you David! Dave
@johnjohnson2825
4 жыл бұрын
I worked for USA Truck in 2010. I worked for one year and quit. I can’t even tell you how many times I sat at a truck stop for a reset and didn’t get a dime. There were a few occasions I had to sit two to three days and wait on loads and never once was paid any retention money. Automatic transmission went out in my truck and the dealer had it for three weeks and they paid me $75 total. Luckily I was only a hundred miles from my parents house when it died and they came and got me or I would have been living in a hotel all that time. Thing that made me laugh was the dispatcher was angry/confused when I quit. Guess I wasn’t grateful enough for my average of 400 miles a week at 25 cents a mile.
@lakesnake2005
7 жыл бұрын
You need to also be asking about their idle policy or lack thereof. And don't start with the Espar heater comments. I am talking about trying to sleep in Houston or Sarasota, not up north. You will not get proper rest in the South without a method of staying cool and leaving a window down will get you killed. And so after 30+ years of Class 8 driving.......I gave it up for a $16 an hour job just up the street, sleep in a BED with a shower close by and have as much Social Life as I can stand. WITHOUT a Dispatcher wanting to know why I want to go Home. Good luck and God bless my fellow Children of the Wind.
@onaboatwithbryan9012
8 жыл бұрын
I have been driving for 20 years, and I have been watching this industry get worse,from companies ripping you off, to the influx of new drivers that have no clue and will work for nothing. There will be one less experienced driver out there because i have had enough.
@SmartTrucking
8 жыл бұрын
+Bryan C Two less, count me in too. Dave
@jimnickles2347
6 жыл бұрын
I Burned a Perfect CDL and Medical card seven years ago KNOWING there were ZERO Jobs in my area. Haven't Worked a day since. I don't live a damned BIT Worse than I did Trucking. Plus, I don't want to KILL Everyone I encounter with my bare hands,lol. I don't TRY to run people over anymore, either, when they pull out in front of me. Still got High Blood Pressure, though. I do miss my LargeCar Pete's, Pilot Coffee, and Petro's Chicken Fried Steak. ALL the Rest of the Industry they can stick in their asses.
@fabsbrito3586
5 жыл бұрын
Wise man I wish old school drivers were like you sir. Greetings from portugal
@SmartTrucking
5 жыл бұрын
Greetings to you sir! One of my buddies vacationed there last year, said it was beautiful there!
@fabsbrito3586
5 жыл бұрын
Yes it is indeed ! a place that anybody should visit at least one time in their lives..
@blakelydiller1960
6 жыл бұрын
the biggest problem with trucking pay is you work 100 hours , log 70 hours and get paid for 50 hours. truck drivers should get hourly wages depending on the experience of the driver. I believe that $12 per hour for no experience to start with $2 per hour for every year of service for 3 years then a buck an hour to top out at $30 per hour for all hours worked which would include loading and unloading , break downs and sitting in traffic. I know , I used to drive but know more.
@canadiantimberwolf1
8 жыл бұрын
I hear a lot of truckers that are promised the world, and then reality sets in after the novelty wares off. My guestimation in the pay area is that, Companies have not paid miles or hourly in a pay bracket based on early 1990's rates. Up a bit, I would hazard a guess no later than 1993 at best. I was just talking to RBM Carriers and they pay by the Hub Miles. Mostly mid west USA and your carrying over sized loads at about .52 max and .42 least. Trucks are Peterbilt and Kenworth. Yep ,things have to change soon. Drivers are getting very peeved when they are sleeping in a hostels or barely making rent and bills and the owner drives home every night in his Lexus or BMW M4 Series.. And he shows off.. My worst peeve..
@MrStropparo
8 жыл бұрын
By the way. Truckers that earn hourly which is a dream , don't get overtime. Loophole in the laws excludes trucking from overtime requirements. Truckers screwed again.
@thundermountainbuildings4880
7 жыл бұрын
MrStropparo I've worked nothing but hourly driving jobs... I got overtime at everyone.. otr is crap... took me 2 weeks to figure that out.
@rondye9398
7 жыл бұрын
Well, some get OT but most fit into one of the loop holes. Like containers or any freight that originates over seas. Many others too!
@Grooverski
6 жыл бұрын
MrStropparo Not true from my perspective. $35 per hr. + benefits + plenty OT if you want it.
@1detarrednu
6 жыл бұрын
Which trucking companies pay overtime hours?
@zzzz-ok7733
6 жыл бұрын
MrStropparo FED-EX, ODW, OAK HARBOR FREIGHT LINES, ALL PAY OVERTIME, MEALS, HOTEL IF NEEDED, IF YOU BREAKDOWN AFTER EIGHT HOURS ITS ALL OVERTIME!
@MrMariobig
9 жыл бұрын
This video is A jewel that will probably improve your life if your thinking about getting into the trucking industry, a lot of other video are putting bs out here
@SmartTrucking
9 жыл бұрын
MrMariobig I appreciate it . thanks dave
@colinruedger7222
5 жыл бұрын
Great videos! J.B. Hunt Intermodal!! I’ve worked for JB on the intermodal side for eight years now. They get better every year. I’ve worked for seven other companies and wish that I had found JB in the beginning. Intermodel is no touch freight. $50 every time you bump a dock. And anytime you do bump a dock it’s usually a pretty quick load anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour or so and JB seems to have priority at most of the customers with $20 an hour after the first hour of wait time on top of the $50. If you break down for any reason it’s $20 an hour from the moment you call Road Service. These are just a few of the extra pay benefits. I’ve trained for them for the past four years. All the fleet managers (dispatchers) are just fantastic people. They all understand what it’s like to live on the road. They actually get classes about that. I work Monday through Friday and have the weekends off at home. The mileage cap I believe is at .50 a mile (at the moment) Anyway check them out. Again, J.B. Hunt Intermodal.
@Stevens_Images
10 жыл бұрын
This video needs 5 million hits!
@johnnywayne3443
8 жыл бұрын
It has become a sick numbers game.
@sirtigalotwolfe2962
6 жыл бұрын
Not just Trucking, welcome to the world.
@scott1lori282
5 жыл бұрын
Try taking about a 10 -15% pay CUT from a company you've done good work for after 24 years. Today this world is all about me me me so I have no choice but to act the same to survive. I have zero loyalty now to anything at all but family. I'm done asap. Owners are greedy and conceded. Dispatcher only cares about what makes him look good & can be sadistic. Some fellow drivers are shamelessly lazy & are child like selfish. I've learn that the worst part of a job is not the work at all. It's the people you work for & with. It's the people that could ruin a job at a mattress factory as a tester. I wish I could get out of trucking but have no real options where I live.
@urhiredhr421
5 жыл бұрын
I'm 62 and have always wanted to drive the Big Rigs (part-time) or even smaller rigs locally. Yet now, after seeing your video, I'm more understanding of why there is a driver shortage! If you take into consideration your "detention time", that drops your hourly wage considerably. Why should I earn nothing is the owners truck breaks down and I'm stuck for 8 hours! Think I will just stick to driving senior vans or car dealership customers! Thanks.
@steveducell2158
6 жыл бұрын
lol makes you wonder what the "compensation" package was for the recruiter sounds like recruiters are really salesman............and all a salesman cares about is HIS commission and that comes down to the numbers game.............
@SmartTrucking
6 жыл бұрын
You've got it exactly! Dave
@csababalogh777
8 жыл бұрын
There is no truck driver shortage. Actually there are too many truck drivers, and that is causing the low pay for the job. The whole thing created by the companies to decrease transportation costs. And yet they still mentioning truck driver shortage everywhere. No comment.
@Miller-wd7rq
6 жыл бұрын
How is there not shortage when almost every trucking company is looking for drivers
@andycortez2626
6 жыл бұрын
There running everything on rails,
@noconsentgiven
6 жыл бұрын
There's no shortage, if it was as bad as they say they wouldn't be getting away with .90 freight.
@tommyjamez
6 жыл бұрын
Just a heads up to truckers I haven’t worked with them yet but I have checked out Schneider and they pay downtime and most of the other negative things he has named. Their pay seems relatively competitive especially for experienced drivers. I don’t know for sure but it seems legit. Your video by the way is awesome to the point and backed up with years experience. I appreciate you Putting it out there for us thank you.
@SmartTrucking
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Tommy! Dave
@MrDmcdonald2526
8 жыл бұрын
My first year out of school with my cdl A I got hired on with an underground construction company hauling equipment and driving dump trucks. I started out at $22 per hour here in Boston, MA. It can be hard work but I work about 60 hours a week in the busy season and 40 all winter. My first year I made $65,000 and got decent benefits. Not bad, I hear of people making 50,000 doing long haul. If your willing to labor as well and want to be home at night its great.
@Ectoplasm987
7 жыл бұрын
Wow better of working at walmart then trucking. thank's for the advise, i'm shock'ed
@Gorbi1985
7 жыл бұрын
After watching this, I am glad I drive in Europe :)
@kevinpolito7727
6 жыл бұрын
The pay will be crap until people move on to other occupations and the trucking companies are desperate enough for drivers to pay drivers a decent wage. But there seems to always be guys who are told, "The pay's not too good, but the hours are lousy," and they say, "OK."
@kathleenbarnes7485
6 жыл бұрын
I live in Toledo and my company was bought out in 2017 from a single owner and 2p or so trucks, pay is 25% for the first 5 years and then went up to 28% of load pay when the new company took over they keep us on at the same rate we were at and increased our pay by $10 to $15 a load. Detention after 2 hours ($15.00) break down of $125 for that day (no it's not load pay but it's better then what we were getting). Maintenance is better then it was. I've been here a total of 7 1/2 years clean driving record and grossing $1500 weekly. Iam not going to complain.
@AntoineFinch
9 жыл бұрын
I drove trucks in the 80's and they some companies payed only 25 cents here almost 30 years later they are still paying 25 cents for new drivers at some companies, The Govt need to step in and set some pay regulations even thou I hate Govt involvement its the only to get these companies to pay a living wage
@azxff1
9 жыл бұрын
Deregulation is what shaped this industry into what it is today. To many singing the praises of conservatism while setting up a system where wages barely grow. The government wants to protect the public, they are leaving the protection of drivers up to themselves and doing so on purpose... A sort of "you made your bed now lie in it" kind of thing.... Trucking went right when they should have stayed in the center now the unions are about gone and the oligarchs are importing more sheep to do the work.
@AntoineFinch
9 жыл бұрын
Amen
@azxff1
9 жыл бұрын
Antoine Finch I drove OTR back in the 80's right up until 91 when the CDL came out and put an end to the fun. I got started after the oilfield in OK crashed and they started laying people off. Those were the days Antine and you know they were. No schools, no CDL, it was wild times. On the day I decided I was going to drive a truck I just called one of my truck driving reletives and got a phone lesson which wasn't hard because I had been driving rig up trucks in the oil patch. I went to Springfield and applied to a company.. Lied like a bold dog about experience, I had a chauffers (sp) and my cousin had told me what to do. Back then they would hire about anybody but you had to take a road test and a physical, remember the cough test? LOL! So if you passed both you were hired. So this guy takes me outside to an old 79 cabover Freightliner with a 45ft flatbed (remember those?) Says get in and take me out on 44 down to the next exit, turn around, and come back... It had an old school 10 speed and I had been in the rig trucks so I cranked it up, took it out the fence down to the stop sign and just pushed the clutch in and used the brake... Went down onto the big road and took off. Went to the next exit and coasted in, went over the top and headed back.. All upshifts..ha ha.. Guy just rattled away and just before we got back he say's.. You ain't never drove a tractor trailer in your life have you? I said, nope! He said, well you done good but you don't know how to downshift and you got to know that headed west. So he showed me how to downshift and told me he couldn't hire me cuz he knew I was bs'ing. So I went to Joplin and applied at Tri State..TSMT.. You know, one of the biggest government carriers out there now, tightly regulated now. I did the same thing and they got me in an old International 9670 cabover (remember that) I took that guy down the road and passed the test...LOL! I got hired by one of the hardest carriers to get on with now. No background check, no drug test, just can you drive this... Yeah, the point is that things have changed.. A LOT! I put 8 years out there, had a bunch of fun, had 6 DL's at one point..Had a sidebox full of log books, never ran out of time..LOL, never had it checked unless I was stopped for speeding and I drove for O/O's and drove fast trucks, you know the kind. This industry has changed and a lot for the better safety wise but a lot of it is just petty, just bs piled on the driver and drivers are so short that the kind of guy they get now usually wouldn't have been a hand back in our day. I have a government job now, CDL with hazmat and $20 an hour with benefits you wouldn't believe and 17 paid holidays a year... And I am home every night and all weekends unless it snows...LOL! I do miss it, but I think what I miss is no longer there... Remember, we were all pretty tight back then, we lived a lifestyle and we all looked out for each other... CB's were the big tech, not smart phones. We had atlas's not tom tom's. You never ate alone unless you wanted to. You are right .25 a mile was good pay or you could get 23% of the NET... I made good money because shit was a lot cheaper then. I was making $800 to $1000 a week then running like an outlaw but that made me pretty well off in 1985... It was a lot more fun wasn't it Antoine...
@AntoineFinch
9 жыл бұрын
Amen Brother Bobby,now sitting here with an Alabama CDL Permit hazmat,tankers and doubles just needing a truck to road test, pretrip,in cab and brake test? Guess i'll go to Swift have to take the school but at least i'll have my CDL
@marianasreality
9 жыл бұрын
***** I think the free market will decide what the job is worth. That is why there is a driver shortage right now. They will have to raise the pay until drivers are willing to do the job.
@biggyk87
10 жыл бұрын
I sure hope a lot of important people in this industry watch these videos. I want to get into trucking myself, but am also on the fence.
@SmartTrucking
10 жыл бұрын
Do all of your research first. Don't be in a rush to get into this job. There's a lot of sacrifices that many folks don't realize, until they've sunk a lot of time and money into training.
@biggyk87
10 жыл бұрын
***** My old man has been a driver for about 15 years now. I use him as an example while trying to decide. But yes you are right, im not going to rush anything. I would prefer after the winter to take action.
@lifeson241
9 жыл бұрын
***** A big racket! They get your 5 grand and they know you will quit 50 people at 5 grand..Do the math..:()
@lifeson241
9 жыл бұрын
***** True
@chieftp
6 жыл бұрын
I work local with a total of 12 positions at our terminal. they've gone through 11 drivers in the year I've been there. drivers come in late, screw up everything they can, break every rule in the book, want to leave early, want to take unscheduled days off and then quit/get fired after 6 months. they expect top pay for doing a crappy job (when they show up) right after they start working there. we get to top pay after 3 years but they have no patience and don't want to pay their dues. so they go to another company and do the same thing for another 6 months. we had a meeting a while back about an upcoming pay raise and one of the guys stormed out of the meeting (after nearly getting into a fight with another driver and showing his ass in front of management) because it wasn't enough of a raise. he's 27 and made $73K last year. I've never made any where close to that in my life. have you ever considered that maybe drivers were being overpaid in the past just because the company could afford it? the trucking industry is a lot more cut throat that it was in the 80s. the recession we had 10 years ago wiped out a lot of companies which, although may have been around a long time, they simply didn't run a taut ship.
@stephaniebooth6169
6 жыл бұрын
A very good video.I worked 37 years as a driver the last 10 yrs with the best company before I retired the company is RIL RYDER A DIVISION OF RYDER TRUCK RENTAL thay paid for every time you bump a dock 32.00 after 2 hrs you got delayed pay and all lumpers.we were paid hub miles 0.40 a mile. Brake down pay of 16.00 hr. From the time we made the first call. Never had to pump any diesel you went to the Ryder shop and thay did it all in and out. Fast I have been gone 4 yrs now my last yrs pay was 87900. With a good benefit package. I was on the Kens Food's account I all so had the most time on this account out of 20 driver's not the best run but it payed the best
@matamarcusmata
7 жыл бұрын
it's only getting worse i get a couple calls every day with job offers and I tell the same thing getting paid per mile now a days is a scam. I work for hourly rates only
@SmartTrucking
7 жыл бұрын
Only way to go anymore in my opinion. Dave
@josephrosario7908
6 жыл бұрын
Detention time pay is the reason I just quit TMC
@DevonCats2
8 жыл бұрын
I like your videos. I've been driving 20+ years. I have every endorsement and a TWIC card. I found the same thing. I worked for MBI/ Mr. Bult's for a year. Local driving. I hauled trash. It is dirty, dangerous and it stinks. I had to climb up on top of trailers loaded with crap and walk the length of it in all weather conditions to pull the tarp over the load at times. I too was "paid by the load". I worked about 60 hours a week. I averaged about $16.00 an hour @ straight time for a job that "according to the US bureau of labor statistics" said it should pay $21.00 an hour. I did 3 loads a day and they each paid $50.00 - $75.00. The waiting time. 2-3 hours a day uncompensated. 12-15 hours a week of my time waiting to load or unload. Screw them I quit and am looking for a better situation. It's terrible. $16.00 an hour for that crap. Got any info on Smith Transport? I am kinda interested in them.
@unclefestersworld3180
6 жыл бұрын
I must say, I mostly agree with everything you said in this video. Let me ask you this, as an independent O/O, if you breakdown, and have to sit on the side of the road, how much are YOU getting paid for it? Nothing, just like a company driver. If a company driver has a breakdown, and his/her truck has to go in the shop, the company will provide lodging, and in some cases, will even pay breakdown pay, while some companies will put you in another truck temporarily until your truck is fixed, location and length of breakdown depending. If YOUR truck breaks down, you are providing your own lodging, with no pay, and the cost of the repair is out of your pocket. As far as pay for unloading wait time, how many places can you think of that can/will unload in less than an hour? Not very many, in my 20 years as a driver, I have only found one place that ever got me unloaded (and I am talking about a fully loaded trailer) in less than 1hr, and it was because of the need for the items I hauled, and low pallet count.
@trepoole378
4 жыл бұрын
These companies want students!! They don't want students trained by people like you and me!! Experience is a downfall, because we know their tricks and want pay for our experiences!!
@nalgasaplaudiendo3119
8 жыл бұрын
Better off as a Class B driver or Yard Driver
@alessio272
8 жыл бұрын
All of this unpaid time has lead to my dismissal from me revolting. On one occasion I remember waiting over the weekend because the consignee decided to reschedule. My company told me to find a place nearby and camp out. I then ask what my compensation was. After I was told that they don't pay for my weekend layover I drove the truck 500+ miles back to the terminal and got in my car and went home. The following Monday I was summoned back to the terminal to find out that they charged me full fuel surcharge rate (0.56/mile) for unauthorized equipment move and a termination. The amount of money charged exceeded my final paycheck which I never paid the difference. They has placed a bad report on hire right which cause some impedance from landing another job in the trucking industry. In conclusion, if you feel you are jerked around by a carrier, don't retaliate by doing what I did. Wait till they get you home and turn in their keys. It will be worth it in the end.
@chadhuisman2795
9 жыл бұрын
BEST video I have seen after watching over at least 300 youtube videos on trucking. ( most drivers bitching because they hate it and I understand, and they have good reason too!) I have been a Class A CDL holder all my life, ( I am Now 42) I have driven OTR trucks I have driven OTR tour buses, now I only maintain my CDL/ and medical card as a back up if I ever had to sell myself out to put Mac n Cheese on the table if it ever came to that! Life is short and the Professional Drivers such as YOU who sacrifice every single day driving and being away from your home and your loved ones to bring commodities that everyone else cant live without that arrive on your trucks, those commodities only get there because of professional truck drivers like you!! Things need to change!!! (who do you think has the POWER to change that? YOU DO!!) Professional drivers need to start demanding higher pay!!!, you need to stand together in everyway!!! If forming a international truckers union is what you need to do, then you better do it! (all of you, company drivers, owner ops, and independents, Its really time!! Firefighters have a international union and get almost everything they want, they have lobbyists in Washington and are successful because if they dont get what they want they strike!! they only have to be away from thier families at most for 24 hours 9 days a month unless they take overtime! (I know because I was one, and in the union, we had great pensions and benefits that last a lifetime!! The fire service is pampered and praised, How about you?, you are the the ones that deliver everything a firefighter eats, wears, buys, smokes, drinks whatever it is?, it came on a truck!!! PERIOD. So with that said, why are so many professional CDL drivers given the ratio of home time, VS Pay so deplorble? well here is why, because you havent demanded and I MEAN DEMANDED a CHANGE as a WHOLE.!! Power is in numbers and This industry has the numbers and you guys should do something about it to make sure you get what you are worth, for the time you spend away from home, for the huge responsibility you have hauling 80 thousand pounds of freight down the highway. If you are not "in" it means you are "out" and if you are out quit bitching about what you are in!!!
@SmartTrucking
9 жыл бұрын
Chad Huisman Lots of excellent points Chad. Yes, truckers DO need to band together. With such diverse groups in trucking nowadays, we are farther apart than we ever were, however, I don't give up that it may happen. If we could even get together on the waiting time issue..... WE NEED TO BE PAID FOR WAITING TIME. SO many drivers are not. And thank so very much for the support and your in-depth thoughts.(Dave)
@chadhuisman2795
9 жыл бұрын
***** I agree 100% waiting is time and time is money! If you are waiting and not getting paid then something is very not right with that. But that has been going on for a while now. These companies that offer free training for people with no experience, promising fortunes, and leases that are all just a scam! its a shame because this is America, and this industry is one of a few industries that keep this country going! You may stamp parts in a factory, you may grow chickens that produce eggs and meat, but truckers bring whatever you do to the places they need to go, truckers bring your shampoo and deodorant to Walmart, your local grocer, truckers even bring the equipment your police department uses to radar you on your way home and write you a ticket...my whole point is trucks make this country happen, if you want better,park your truck with your load in back for 4 days and see what happens. ( you will lose your job, but if all truckers did it at the same time, well thats a bit different) truckers have more power than you guys know you will need to band together to get what you really deserve for the sacrifices you make each and everyday. Its time you get paid!!
@chadhuisman2795
9 жыл бұрын
Chad Huisman And Respected!!
@trdriver430
8 жыл бұрын
unfortunately it may be tied to globalization and / or fall of unions maybe ? local/ regional may be the best option
@jonw4501
5 жыл бұрын
Experience driving truck won't get someone hired anymore. Willingness to take a lower wage will.
@SmartTrucking
5 жыл бұрын
Sad but true, all too often!
@dradden1263
4 жыл бұрын
In this industry now. It don't matter about your experience. A drivers a driver. New guys are easier to take advantage of for the company.
@vic5828
5 жыл бұрын
I drove a truck for a short period of time after I left the military. I am glad now that I did not stick with it for the long haul! My daughter drives and loves it but the time away on the road is starting to erode her enthusiasm.
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