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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: Envix]
#18824794 - 09/10/13 07:03 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Envix said: what the hell do you need 30k a year for lol i work hard for 10k and im perfectly happy with that. do you live alone in a mansion?
early retirement, ya big youngin'
op - truckin' is a great job, if you find the right job, but not just that, it's a starting point. it will give you the cash necessary to pursue other ventures.
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: Envix]
#18824847 - 09/10/13 07:16 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Envix said: what the hell do you need 30k a year for lol i work hard for 10k and im perfectly happy with that. do you live alone in a mansion?
You work hard for 10k a year?
I think you are doing it wrong.
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: 4runner]
#18824915 - 09/10/13 07:32 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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anunnakian said:
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Envix said: what the hell do you need 30k a year for lol i work hard for 10k and im perfectly happy with that. do you live alone in a mansion?
You work hard for 10k a year?
I think you are doing it wrong.
True story. I know people that live in the projects that make more. 10K? That's it? $25K is hard to live on where I'm at.
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: Gumby]
#18825033 - 09/10/13 07:57 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I remember this driver with a big sleeper cab and a 55' trailer trying to back in to a job site in Brooklyn. Dude was from Alabama, and this was his first time in NYC. He's like $20 for an 18 wheeler at the GWB? (I think it's $85 cash now for 5 axles, cheaper with EZPass) He was fuckin' shaking, freaked out. Y'all drive crazy. Fuck this place, why'd I take this route?
He finally got in the dock after maybe 30 minutes, kept sayin' fuck NY, I'm never coming back, I felt bad for him... . . .
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: vinsue]
#18825072 - 09/10/13 08:05 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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1,100 miles in one day? Hmmmm.
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: mpd]
#18825087 - 09/10/13 08:09 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I R with 1100 Mi... . . .
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: vinsue]
#18825094 - 09/10/13 08:11 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have definitely driven over 1,200 miles within a 24 hour period multple times.
Edit: by myself.
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: Envix]
#18825133 - 09/10/13 08:22 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Envix said: what the hell do you need 30k a year for lol i work hard for 10k and im perfectly happy with that. do you live alone in a mansion?
$10k a year is shit. I live in one of the cheapest apartments I could find in my city and my rent is $12k a year alone.
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: fee]
#18825145 - 09/10/13 08:25 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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My dad is a truck driver all of a sudden. 6 months ago he was a Hospice nurse case manager making $95k a year. Then all of a sudden... BAM! He gets his CDL and is in North carolina right this minute hauling a load toward Ohio. He works for Werner and makes like half what he used to, but he seems to enjoy it.
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: Schmendrick]
#18825293 - 09/10/13 08:57 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have my cdl class b cause my work truck has airbrakes and is over 26001 gvw, also have hazmat (torches on the truck) but the cdl got me an extra 5 dollars an hour.
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: Gumby]
#18825737 - 09/10/13 10:36 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Gumby said: A lot of trucking doesn't involve being gone for a week. The guy I know never does a run that is longer than 550 miles one way per day. Back when he was on the road and not teaching he used to drive from South Brunswick, NJ to Albany, NY every night. He did the cross country stuff like from NJ to San Diego for a while. He said that's where you make the most money. He works for Con-Way and I believe he said they pay 65 cents a mile. If you're doing an 1,100 mile run in one day that ends up being $750 a day for about 12 hours of work. He also has benefits and a retirement package.
The cross country trips and the team drives are what entry level drivers usually have to do in order to get their foot in the door. After you have been a cross country driver or team driver for a while, better positions where you get to be home more will open up.
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: PsilliCoder]
#18825764 - 09/10/13 10:42 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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My Dad has been a truck driver his whole life, he's in his late 50's now and you know half and half maybe he's just burned out so take it with a grain of salt but he really talks down on truck driving. He says you are just a billboard that says sue me for the corporation, any accident even ones not your fault can destroy your life let alone your career. Companies generally look at you as easily replaceable in today's world and the hours are long, exhausting mentally. Weights are becoming larger, regulations are thicker, the roads are getting more busy. Get ready to get familiar with the DOT (Department of Transportation) because they'll have your name all over their systems. I mean people, the public, are fucking nuts on the roads too. Doing that all day every day 12 hours or whatever, fuck. It's good hard work though, you travel. Maybe it's just because I've heard it talked down a lot but I'd never do it. That shit would've been awesome in 1976 but not in 2013, no way.
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: gzuf]
#18825843 - 09/10/13 11:08 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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My pops is a trucker as well and still wouldnt change careers. Its just his thing. He likes the comfort of being on his own out on the road. Its a way of life for some, especially for those who dont fit in. Plus he can work 4 on 4 off whereas with most careers you are a slave to the 5 on 2 off routine. Tho i hear its better for truckers in canada where the pigs arent as fat and the roads not as noisy.
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: Hobozen]
#18825880 - 09/10/13 11:19 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Just for the love of anything mother fucking thing, DO NOT THROW YOUR PISS BOTTLES OUT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That Oregon California border is pretty much piss bottle alley.
If you can seal it up, toss it in can.
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: 4runner]
#18825892 - 09/10/13 11:24 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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They dooooo they do!
HAha! Keep it classy you swan heads.
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: twighead]
#18825901 - 09/10/13 11:26 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Its the way of the road Rick, way of the road
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Re: Thinking about getting my CDLs and becoming a truck driver.. [Re: Hobozen]
#18826206 - 09/11/13 01:30 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah for sure, he's tried other shit briefly but he went back to trucking I'm sure for all the shit you mention, it's just in his blood at this point. You gotta respect that too, the knowledge of the roads truckers have. They are badass.
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