My friend at gym has ppl making 15k/mo driving semi trucks. Why aren't we doing this

[mikebadg3]

He owns a trucking business. Semis . Owns about 7 of them


Seems legit but driving around with the tiny cars seems lame

[BalognaNbeans]

I don't want to drive a truck tho

[Eatforgains]

Truck driving seems like one of the worst jobs tbh

[latverian41]

When you get the money to purchase a fleet of semis and can pay all that insurances and everything else that comes with it less us know OP.

[Zelensky]

No he doesn't lmao

[aal04]

Pretty sure truckers are on more gear than bodybuilders

[Rul3]

actually thought about getting my cdl a couple times, good money

[MajorTendonitis]

Is his name savagepsychojoe?

Good memory bruh . When he posted his vids on the Misc it sure brought out the lol’s .
I almost passed out lmfao so hard from low O2 levels

[Schnitzl]

Yes indeed, one of the easiest ways to make money. Companies literally throw themselves at you fully lubed up with massive contracts before you manage to walk out of the stealership with your brand new Peterbilt.

Spoiler!

NOT

[Xgamer791]

I own 1 semi truck that grosses $8,000+ per week.

It is 100% possible.

[mikebadg3]

No he doesn't lmao

Why would I lie bruh

Truckers are the lifeblood of this country

[notthis]

That job seems horribly boring. Just driving for 8+ hours a day.

[davik]

just get your cdl bro

[Bigdaddymane]

Was gonna do it but not enough money. I need Moar than what it pays here

[Redfish225]

I’m already doing it, lol.

[pojo18]

Big difference between owning a fleet as a business owner and being a simple truck driver lol

One has near limitless potential, the other is a wagie.

[Redfish225]

Big difference between owning a fleet as a business owner and being a simple truck driver lol

One has near limitless potential, the other is a wagie.

Not true.

It’s funny when people speak on something when they have no knowledge on it at all.

[IPoopStandingUp]

Id do that if I wanted to drive around the country murdering prostitutes

[LargePeter]

I'm not taking like a 60% pay cut to drive trucks like a fukn tradie lmao

[baldbrah]

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Around the country, truck drivers are facing some major struggles. WHSV has previously reported on a driver shortage around the country but truck drivers say that’s not the full story and that problem is actually a freight recession brought on by an overabundance of trucks.

“I’ve been in trucking for decades and I’ve heard the story about driver shortages for pretty much the entirety of the time I’ve been in trucking,” said Todd Spencer, President of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, which advocates for the interest of owner-operator truck drivers and small trucking fleets. “We still hear people talk about shortages but right now we have too many trucks. We have overcapacity in the industry and because of that overcapacity it’s driven down freight rates where many trucking companies are going to be struggling to survive simply because the economics aren’t in their favor.”

The nation has been in a freight recession since last year. The problem dates back to the spending spree during the height of the COVID pandemic when people were ordering things like never before. This caused a flurry of new trucks and fleets to enter the industry to meet that need.

“Those needs are no longer there but all of the trucks that came into the business to meet that need, they’re still there. Now little by little, they’re going away now but right now there are still too many trucks out there for available freight. Some of them will have to leave the industry before rates will actually stabilize and normalize and basically allow companies to collect what they need to collect to operate profitably,” said Spencer.

With freight rates being so low shippers have power over drivers and trucking companies. This has caused many problems for drivers like pay being too low.

“The occupation needs to improve overall. The economic model for paying drivers is a big part of the problem. In general, drivers are only paid for miles driven and nothing for their time,” said Spencer.

The biggest part of this problem is that drivers are not compensated for time spent waiting for freight to be loaded or unloaded.

“Regularly drivers will end up spending 20 to 40 hours every week just waiting to load or unload, that’s unpaid time and it shouldn’t be. They should be able to get in and out quickly and in the instances where they are detained they should be paid for that time. It doesn’t work in trucking and that needs to change,” said Spencer.

Spencer said the reason some companies may have trouble finding drivers is not a driver shortage but rather the industry’s chronic turnover.

“Every year between 400 and 500 thousand new drivers are issued commercial drivers licenses. That’s way more than the number that would be needed to offset retirements and things like that. Most of those drivers start, they do it for a while, and they leave to be replaced by somebody else doing the exact same thing,” said Spencer. “That’s not good public policy because our roads are safest when we have experienced drivers behind the wheel, they’re the ones that know how to stay out of crashes and that’s what we should be pushing for.”

The life of a truck driver consists of long hours and long days. Spencer said that the pay and working conditions of the industry don’t do enough to offset the sacrifices drivers make.

“The normal work week for a truck driver is 70-80 hours. For the long haul sector that often means drivers are away from home for weeks at a time, that puts a lot of strain on individuals and on families and there needs to be offsetting benefits to compensate for that. In too many instances that’s not really the case,” said Spencer.

[Zuggie]

Not true.

It’s funny when people speak on something when they have no knowledge on it at all.

This.. Ive been in this industry 10 years, dont believe everything you see OP

[miscHodor]

I've had three different family members who have been in the trucking industry their entire life. All have been owner/operator or had their own small fleet. I think 15k a month is awfully high for someone who is just going to hop in a truck and drive as a truck wagie. Also, long haul trucking life sucks donkey balls. Forget having a family.

[Redfish225]

I'm not taking like a 60% pay cut to drive trucks like a fukn tradie lmao

So you make almost 300k a year now?

[Staller432]

I own 1 semi truck that grosses $8,000+ per week.

It is 100% possible.

how much net?

[metroins]

Ask him how much he pays for factoring.

Trucking companies go bankrupt with just one hiccup, it's riskier than people think. I'm not touching that industry ever.

https://www.cloudtrucks.com/blog-post/truck-factoring

[steeler505]

That job seems horribly boring. Just driving for 8+ hours a day.

ngl if it were between a desk job doing BS for noseberg vs. driving, I'd probably choose driving

[nn586]

I own 2 semi trucks that gross $35,000+ per week.

It is 99% possible.

[IrishMarc]

I own 2 semi trucks that gross $35,000+ per week.

It is 99% possible.

That's funny because I own 3 semi trucks that gross 75,000 per day.

It's conceivable that such a thing be possible.

[LuigiMiami631]

Not at the stage of my life to be chitting in coffee cans and pissing in champagne bottles.

[PhiloSquid]

actually thought about getting my cdl a couple times, good money

yeah and no time to spend it, i've considered it too