Long haul driving doesn’t pay. The wage has been stagnant forever. I have a Class A CDL with doubles/triples and tanker endorsements. Why in the name of all that is holy would I want to drive longhaul when I can get 80% more pay in a local job because I can actually get out of the cab and work when needed? Plus the medical card requirements are getting to the point of retarded.
Why is that though, who is holding back the pay? If they are having this mass shortage of long haul drivers I would think they would pay through the nose unless companies like UPS are taking the biz of transporting? But I would think it would cost a fortune for a company like Coors to UPS all their beer.