No-there is just tons of room for improvement. The industry whines about shortages, because they don’t want to raise rates. Us older guys that have driven tons of miles, seen many things, and kept our record clean, despite everything out there, well, they don’t want to pay for that experience.( I specialized in oversize loads, from 100,000 pound+ to 14’ wide,etc.Do they pay more for that experience? Nope)It is a cruddy lifestyle. Yes, there are nice places to eat here and there. But trucking is rated in the top ten of dangerous jobs. Almost every guy I knew hid a gun in his truck...One just feels that it should rate decent pay. 35-40 k? Do the math. 10-14 hours a day,every day. home for three days every three weeks. Read “sweatshops on wheels” sometime....
I’d love to get out of it. I make decent money, but I’m always working and I’m tired of the hassle. It just isn’t worth the trouble.