I can retire in a little over a year. I’ve thought abut leaving the downtown office to become a truck driver. But the risks and number of hoops you have to jump through make it not worth it for less than a couple hundred thousand a year. Assuming I’m driving someone else’s truck.
They are getting destroyed by draconian (aka fascist) regulation.
My grand-daughter’s boyfriend was driving his truck with one of those third “drop axles” and was cited for either not using it or using it when he shouldn’t (I forget which). He doesn’t make all that much money a year (maybe $35k). The ticket was for $3,500.
Trucks and drivers are no monitored 24/7 when on the road by the DOT. Any cop can check the log and insurance will base rates on it. Even If you are 2 miles from your destination, but DOT rules say "stop" - you now must stop and rest. its been equivalent to about a 15% reduction in capacity when this electronic log went live earlier this year.
Can you describe what the purpose of those third axles is?
Her boyfriend’s overweight load ticket of $3500 is trivial compared to the $millions of dollars in damages to a highway that everyone must use.
A scientific education might help.