Well all of these guys are whining about how horrible it is.. If you put an illegal into the cab they would be bitching about that too.
Some people just like to bitch about anything.
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....
Shoot-I might think about driving a truck, but I’m married with kids and I can’t even parallel park, so that’s another real good reason I have no business even thinking about it!
Doesn’t sound too terrible. Hubby used to be a trucker.
Didn’t coplain so much about the money as no sleep and bad food.