Do truck drivers really make good money?
Yes, as a matter of fact, my wife had to sew on extra pockets on my jeans so I'd have more room to put it all.I make a slighty above average wage. As long as I don't do anything stupid, my skills will always be in demand.I work for a great company that appreciates me. How do I know? Because they are constantly telling me.I get a brand new truck about every two years. I was just given this $150,000 fully loaded 2018 International LT about two months ago. I was one of two people to get one.I have a boss that trusts me to get the job done and leaves me alone to do it. He never questions my judgement.I have a wife at home who loves me and puts up with this lifestyle.And, most importantly, I love what I do and I intend to keep doing it as long as I'm physically able. The money is merely the reward for the work that I do. You couldn't pay me enough to work at a job that I disliked. And why would I want to retire? What could be better than this?So, do I make good money? Yeah, but when you factor in everything else that I mentioned above, I'm a very wealthy man.
How much do you make driving a semi -truck yearly?
How much do you make driving a semi -truck yearly?It depends on your attitude towards working. Some guys like to sit around the truck stop complaining they can’t get a good load. Others take whatever they can get no matter the distance, or how much it pays per mile. Once you have established yourself as being someone dispatchers, or brokers can rely on to make your commitments without delays, you get more desirable loads. Early on, I had a partner with a similar philosophy: If we had to be away from home we wanted to be making money, not sitting. There’s a saying, “If the wheels don’t turn, the money don’t earn”.When I was a company driver in the mid 90’s, I averaged about $45 -$60k. My best year as an owner operator was around $160K gross. For the couple of years I drove fuel, I averaged around $50k after taxes, but that was a 50 hour week.Driving is like anything else, it’s what you make of it.
Do taxi drivers make more money than truck drivers?
I'm in the UK so not sure on the legalities where you are but.... Truck drivers are limited by law on their hours - they have a tachograph in their cab which times how long they are on the road for. Some long distance drivers have a buddy driver in the cab so whilst one sleeps, the other drives. Can be a lonely existence and better suited to the single guy. Taxi driving. London Black Cab drivers do "The Knowledge" which they learn in their spare time. Once they've passed, they buy their cab and then work whatever hours they want and what areas they want. Some cabbies work very long hours for 6months a year and have the other 6months off. If you want to be a regular cab driver, you can also do the hours you want but you have a regular car so there is no safety glass division between you and the passengers - one of my friends was a cabbie, he was 6ft 5" and a a real "Don't mess with me" guy but even he picked up passengers he didn't like sitting behind him!
Average yearly salary for a truck driver ?
Gross around $65,000 Net take home $30,000 Aside from taxes, you spend around $40 a day for food, $5-$10 every time you want a shower, plus other costs which are not tax deductible. You can make good money, but you must live on the road to do it. Finally, there are no labor laws to protect the rights of truck drivers. State laws do not apply as you cross state lines, and there are not federal labor laws to protect the individual. If a company orders you to speed, run over your hours, or drive an unsafe truck, you cannot legally refuse. If you do, you get fired, you get a point taken off your federal license, and you cannot collect unemployment. If you obey and get caught, you pay the fine and the points on you license. Only 8% of truck drivers are union, and they all work for line companies where you drive for ten hours, sleep, and drive back home. When the economy is like this, driver drivers become the person pawns of the trucking companies as a means to save money. I was a truck driver for many years. I now live in a nursing home. Would I go back to it? Yes, in a New York minute. I miss the smell of the diesel, the rumble of the road, and the fee of power under the hood, though in my case, it was under my butt, as I drover cabovers. If you want to be an owner-operator, do it in Texas or California. These states are large enough, with regions that have their own specialties, that allows you to just drive within the state. As you are not paying for interstate licenses for you and your truck, you are left with more money to pay the truck off quicker.
How much money can I expect to make being a Semi Truck driver and living in my truck?
Driver pay varies widely from company to company. Especially when you're just starting out. They'll all tell you $60k +, but in practice, even experienced company drivers rarely make that much. Here's how I'd figure it. Take the starting mileage pay of the company you plan to work for, then multiply that by 2000. You'll probably average more miles than that, maybe 2200 per week, but 2000 will account for time sitting, time off, and deadheading, and give you a more conservative result. Then, multiply that by 52 to get an idea of gross. Multiply that by 0.72 to get an idea of take-home pay. Look at how they schedule pay increases to get an idea of what the future may look like.Every company will tell you to expect 2500 miles per week. Don't count on that. Your weekly mileage can vary quite a lot, and it's not under anybody's control most of the time. Keep in mind that if you go to a CDL mill, where a company is paying it upfront for you, you'll have that subtracted from your first year's checks, too. If possible, get your CDL training at a community college.
How much do truck drivers earn per year?
There are a few things one has to consider, is it his own truck? Is he paid for wait time, to load/unload, etc. Then there is the question as to rates per mile and how many miles per year he puts in. Starting out, somewhere around 50,000.00 per year if he is an employee, possibly as much as 75-100,000.00 per year depending on the rates , wait times, downtime, expenses. I am basing this on 12,000 miles a month as an average. To reach the upper range, he'd have to be putting on more miles a month than that and usually be working somewhere remote, oilpatch, ice roads, far north.
How do I make 150k a year using my 24 foot box truck?
I don't think you can. Unless you are hauling illegal cargo trucking doesn't pay that well. There is too much competition and unused cargo capacity on the road for one operator to make that much with a single truck. Additionally, a 24′ truck is kind of small for making money on the road. Your truck is not as fuel efficient as a tractor trailer because you will be burning about the same fuel with less than half the load. So you would be limited to about a 240 mile range. This is the approximate distance you can drive and return from in one day. Ideally if you find a factory that needs just in time parts within the 240 mile range of their suppliers you may be able to charge a premium for your service. However, only having on truck and one driver will not fit the needs of very many clients. The first time they need more capacity or a delivery on your day off they will find someone else.