"The Realities of Trucking Driving"

• How many miles you can REALLY expect to drive per week?
• What will I really make my first year?
• Know if you should be paid by % or Cent Per Mile (CPM).
• Dealing with recruiters; separating the facts from fiction.
• What is guaranteed hometime?
• Which pays better, Owner Operator or a Company Driver?
• What type of freight should I haul?
• Where do I find a good company?
• Does my car driving record affect my ability to be hired?
• Do the tickets I get as a commercial driver cost me on my car insurance?
• What is DAC and why do I care?
• How do I protect my DAC score?

 “I Want to be an Owner-Operator; now what?”

• Can I afford to become an O/O?
• What money does it really take to be independent?
• Where do I find work as an O/O?
• How do I find insurance for my family now that I am independent?

 "Truths Driving Schools Hide From Their Students"

• Why new drivers have a difficult time finding and maintaining employment?
• Time to make big dollars now; not!
• Difference between running team and working for the teamsters.
• To sleep or not?
• Trucking driving is not freedom.

 

 Join us on Blog Log Radio where the current series is, "So You Want to be a Trucker?"   Hear excerpts from the ebook read live.  See sample pages and charts from the ebook such as this:

SAMPLE CHART from "The Truth Behind the Trucking Lies" and part of the Series 1 discussion on The DOT Doctor's Blog Log Radio Talk Show.  New segments are added each Thursday.

Truck Driver Comparison
Decade	Avg Pay Per Mile for Driver	Avg Miles Per Week	Weekly Income – Driver	Difference
1940-1960s	Hourly wage or % pay was norm	2000 to 7000+	$ 300.00+\-
1980s	$0.19	4,200	$   798.00	$ 498.00
1990s	$0.28	3,500	$   980.00	$ 182.00
2000s	$0.39	2,200	$   858.00	$(122.00)

Deregulation initially helped increase the income of the driver but drastically cut the income of the O/O.  If you compare the value of the dollar today to that of regulated trucking times, the driver of the 21^st Century makes less than the driver of the WWII era.  Today’s trucker makes less per hour than a “burger flipper” at any fast food chain. Hourly a driver working the maximum allowed 70 log hours a week, which is approximately 100 actual hours, while being compensated by the mile, actually receives the equilivant of $8-$10/hr in true compensation or an amount less than minimum wage in many areas.

Owner Operator Comparison
Decade	Avg Pay Per Mile for O/O	Avg Miles Per Week	Avg Cost Per Gallon of Fuel	Fuel Sur Charge (if paid) Per Mile	Weekly Income – O/O after fuel	Difference
1940-1960s	up to $7.00	2000-7000+	$      0.65	$        -	$1000 - $8000+
1980s	$0.77	4,800	$      1.25	$        -	$2,184.00	$(316.00)
1990s	$0.82	4,200	$      2.00	$     0.25	$1,703.33	$(480.67)
2000s	$0.87	2,700	$      3.50	$     0.65	$  814.00	$(889.33)