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i am considering getting my cdl license and becoming a truck driver exactly what doo truck drivers do?
Asked by andre2584@verizon.net
is their a lot of lifting involved can you make a lot of money
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This all depends on the company that you work for. Some can make $50K or more their first year. Some companies offer weekends off. I believe that the major lifting is up to the warehouse workers not the drivers.
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Well it depends on what kind of company you go to work for. Some jobs would require you to go OTR (over the road) which means long haul driving where you are away from home for days or weeks. Some are day routes, where you drive on a daily schedule. Some companies require you to just deliver goods. Some have you deliver something and do a service(ie. hook up the equipment you delivered) JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU GO TO WORK..... oh yea most require 1 year cdl experience at least...
Answered by Luke S
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Truck Drivers drive. It depends on what you do. If you work for a construction company, pickup and delivery, food service companies like Sysco you may do alot of lifting. But the common Werner, Swift, JB Hunt, Crete...ect drivers don't do much lifting.
Answered by NOVA50
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No, you can`t make a lot of money, but you can make a living. you have to consider that while you are on the road it cost a lot to live which doesn`t leave you much to sock away in saving.The only way you will know if the job is right for you will be to go out and try it .
Answered by THOMAS M
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truck drivers drive trucks..o no i think they fly airplanes
Answered by BIG T
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I made $59K my first year right out of school working for a LTL company doing P&D. Some of the guys I work with that do Line Haul make close to $100K a year. Drive a set of doubles 5 hours out drive a set back and call it a day. I myself did the line haul thing a few times on the weekends for extra cash but it is way to boring for me. I was getting sleepy 3 hours into it. P&D is better, a little bit more challenging with bigger trailers but it only makes you better. I get to be home every night as well. I just go in every morning ask what door my trailer is in, grab my delievery recipts and hook and go. Usually about 1/2 way into my deliveries they will start sending me pickups that are about to close. That starts to be a little aggravating. Now you have to burry the stuff you have to deliver with crap you are picking up. You will have to continuously move this stuff out of the way as the day goes on. LTL companies will hire people right out of school but they don't have any leniancy for smashing their equipment up so there is a learning curve. Right out of school you don't know crap and remember that. I can remember my 3rd day they sent me out with a 53' trailer. My stomach was in knots. Had no idea where I was going was nervous as all hell. Every turn was pure terror for fear of mowing down a light pole or hydrant and losing my job. Then you miss your street and have to drive 10 miles out of the way looking for a spot to turn that thing around. I call the 53' nhoas arch. Then I was taking it out everyday and eventually got pretty comfortable with it. I can take one anywhere now. Rule of thumb...if you can drive in then you can back in. Also do not have any fear of driving doubles. It is so easy it is like driving a straight truck. The only time it sucks is in the snow or other slippery conditions. They are 30 times more likely to jackknife and rollover than a regular truck. Go slow...if you don't think you can fit then there isn't any since in trying. I got into trucking simply because my wife became pregnant and was unable to work anymore so I had to find something to make up for the loss of $$$. Truck driving school was only 15 weeks. It cost me $7K but I made it back and then some in my first year. I certainly do not plan on staying in this line of work much longer. It takes a toll on your body. I am only 25 and already have had roids, knee pains, lower back pain, you eat out of vending machines and gas stations. In closing I got what I wanted out of truck driving in regards to my financial situation at that particular time. But I think I will keep my CDL but be saying bye bye to trucking very soon here.
Answered by MiKe
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I believe answers can be short and to the point.
Look for jobs with no touch freight. Some are 98% no touch etc. Ask if they hire lumpers for you for that 2%.
Look here to find a good job.
Swift Trucking is a large company in Gary IN near Chicago that offers training for free with a 1 year committment.
Consider CRST who does the same for a 6 mo. committment. That is where I went to school.
http://www.classadrivers.com/
http://www.truckflix.com/
http://roundtable.truck.net/
Answered by Lindy
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