Trucking is Recession, Depression and Corona proof.

[Noriega]

It’s a good gig but I often see nikkas on here talking bout truckers pulling 6 figures a year. That’s a small percentage of long haul drivers.

It was a older cat who was a owner operator at my grandma church.

Said he made about 70-75k in a good year. After you factor in lodging, diesel, truck maintenance, insurance he looking at 55’ish. Which isn’t bad but a far cry from the nikkas on here saying truckers seeing 100k+ a year

 

[SadimirPutin]

No matter what people think is the wave...logistics will always one of the lifebloods of the global economy......a product has to get from point A to B...from supplier to vendor, from company to customer

To be honest...if you were an immigrant coming to the US...getting an education, learning a trade and getting a trucking license are 3 of the bases you should cover.

 

[Tanahashi Coates]

It’s a good gig but I often see nikkas on here talking bout truckers pulling 6 figures a year. That’s a small percentage of long haul drivers.

It was a older cat who was a owner operator at my grandma church.

Said he made about 70-75k in a good year. After you factor in lodging, diesel, truck maintenance, insurance he looking at 55’ish. Which isn’t bad but a far cry from the nikkas on here saying truckers seeing 100k+ a year

It's possible to make 100k as a company driver but it depends on the company and the route. I'm covering a route that grosses almost 2k a week but it's team and 6 days a week. UPS team drivers makes damn good money but if you don't get along with your codriver or they're too OCD, it's hell on the road

 

[Noriega]

It's possible to make 100k as a company driver but it depends on the company and the route. I'm covering a route that grosses almost 2k a week but it's team and 6 days a week. UPS team drivers makes damn good money but if you don't get along with your codriver or they're too OCD, it's hell on the road

What about teamster drivers

 

[UpAndComing]

Elaborate

Robot trucks might work in like middle of nowhere North Dakota or Wyoming. But once it comes near a city, it gets extremely complicated

How would a Robot truck be able to drive in traffic? How much electronic sensors would a truck have to have in order for it to not bump into anything? What if one of the sensors suddenly goes out and a truck is driving 80mph in oncoming traffic?

What if a robot truck on the road, and the route or destination suddenly changes (which always happens). How is it gonna communicate to the robot truck if something wrong with it? When a simple phone call from a human driver would be 100x easier

And you can even go to the simplest thing of backing into a dock. There is no place in a dock where you can have perfect conditions, which a robot truck needs. The driveway gonna be lopsided as fukk, there's rocks on the ground, the dock itself is old and lopsided, there could be snow or mud on the ground, the lines on the pavement for the truck to guide itself to park could be shaded out

This is what nerds in their air conditioned offices never consider

 

[BlackJesus]

Not self-driving proof

 

[BlackJesus]

If the trucks stop running that's when America would burn. Essential of essentials

We'd burn sooner if we lost electricity

 

[Tanahashi Coates]

What about teamster drivers

Dunno breh. If I was willing to guess locally, probably between $25-30 hour depending on the work

 

[Strapped]

Can you speak on it @BrothaZay / chop

 

[Paper Boi]

depends on what youre hauling.


it's definitely not recession proof.

 

[Robo Squirrel]

Dump trucks
Box trucks
Public Transportation buses
School buses

If you can just go ahead and get your CDL A

What's a CDL A?

 

[Robo Squirrel]

A Straight truck

Oh ok. What about garbage trucks.

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

If the trucks stop running that's when America would burn. Essential of essentials

Perfect time for them nikkas to unionize. Truckers have a shyt ton of valid complaints.

 

[Robo Squirrel]

Got a Class A License

It's a better "back up plan" than a Bachelor degree. Facts

Oh really? How long did it take you to get and what type of shyt you hauling big boy?

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

It's not recession proof. It coincides.

Good point. But I feel where OP is coming from, he’s like, if ya need a job, there’s always work in trucking...