Good trucking company to work for

[JasonD]

I have been driving regional for the past year. On average I bring home 800-900 week. I'm looking to make more money. I prefer to be home weekly. There are so many companies out there promising this ans that. I live in the Knoxville tn area. Anyone have experience with a company or have an opinion. Really appreciate the help.

 

[mndriver]

As I told some people once.


No company can guarantee you a specific level of income. Only you can. And you can do that with hustle. Not just driving a truck.

Hustle means getting up on the mornings you want to hit the snooze button 10 more times.

It means driving past the truckstop when you want to go watch the football game.

Getting unloaded a day earlier than scheduled because you can and moving onto the next load.

It's not a out driving 75-80, but about keeping the left door closed and still taking care of yourself and business.

If your dispatcher isn't helping you hustle, scheduling your loads etc that help you get more revenue, then ask for a different one.

Otherwise, take the leap and go out on your own and step up the game.

 

[GAnthony]

I have been driving regional for the past year. On average I bring home 800-900 week. I'm looking to make more money. I prefer to be home weekly. There are so many companies out there promising this ans that. I live in the Knoxville tn area. Anyone have experience with a company or have an opinion. Really appreciate the help.

there has to be plenty of LTL companies near you...ABF, NewPenn, A.Duie Pyle, Old Dominian, etc. some have night time line haul where you MIGHT be home daily or weekly.

they ALL have local daytime p&d runs as well, if you want to work daily, rather than nightly

 

[Electric Chicken]

"Bring home" pay is hard to discuss because everyone's taxes, deductions, and obligations are different. Best to talk about gross pay for direct comparison.

 

[r3gulator3]

I do pretty well at TMC even being home weekly. Typical gross is 1400+ if I do a 2 week stretch that increases. There are weeks that are less but they are few and far between.

 

[r3gulator3]

I should also mention that it fluctuates like anything else in this industry. Some weeks I gross 2k it’s really about the luck of the loads.

 

[Electric Chicken]

My average weekly gross so far this year is about $1536.

Some weeks have been inching near 2. Most around 1600, a few 1300-1400s.

I don't work weekends.

 

[PreachaMan]

I gross $200-300 weekly working part time as a construction guy got y'all beat

 

[Thunder Road]

Estes Express Lines
R & L Carriers
Valley Proteins
Burkhart Enterprises

 

[Thunder Road]

OTR/Regional/Linehaul-Class A Driver (new higher wages): Knoxville, TN
Holland - Knoxville, TN
$72,000 a year

 

[Thunder Road]

Truck Driver Class A - Home Daily Dedicated Linehaul Position
Central Transport - Knoxville, TN 37919
$63,000 - $85,000 a year

 

[Thunder Road]

Central Freight Lines - Knoxville - LINEHAUL - CLASS A CDL - HOME WEEKENDS
$ .56 cpm

 

[Ontario Outlaw]

I gross $200-300 weekly working part time as a construction guy got y'all beat

I’m jealous

 

[r3gulator3]

I’m jealous

You should be, he doesn’t have to drive a binder to do it!!

 

[Ontario Outlaw]

You should be, he doesn’t have to drive a binder to do it!!

 

[PreachaMan]

Can u spare me a binder I'd like to drive it once just for kicks

 

[shakalaka]

My plan is to do OTR with lots of overtime and people have told me I'll bring home about 40k after tax first year.

 

[Electric Chicken]

My plan is to do OTR with lots of overtime and people have told me I'll bring home about 40k after tax first year.

No such thing as overtime in OTR trucking. Local hourly then yeah.

 

[THBatMan8]

No such thing as overtime in OTR trucking. Local hourly then yeah.

When I drove for Wolfpak, I was paid by the hour for OTR. It's extremely rare, but not impossible.

 

[THBatMan8]

If you want to be home weekly, $800-$900 take home per week is pretty much cap for general freight. You're not going to do much better unless you get into LTL or heavy haul.

Companies will try to sell you the world on a silver platter to get you to drive for them, but remember the grass is greener on the other side because of the bull crap used for fertilizer.