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I spent 12 days driving for a fleet owner in '04. Hopefully you will have better luck than I did. He offered 30%. I didn't know at the time that most drivers get more. After I committed and went to orientation, he informed me that during "training" I would only get 10%. He sent me out with his...

Thankyou for the input. That's what I'm lookng for at this point is the pros and cons, especially from a family point of view. I'm not looking to feed my ego. Any decision I make is a joint decision with my wife based on what we think will work. I want to figure out if my home area has a good...

I have access to health insurance thru my wife's employer and I do have some money set aside. I'm not in a big hurry to leave my current job but it's not the job I want to retire from. I'd like to be self employed at some point and have the possibility of advancing beyond just a unit number for...

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I don't expect to be home every weekend but I certainly wouldn't turn down the opportunity either. The job I have now gets me home every weekend but it hasn't always been that way. I get home Saturday for my reset and leave again Monday morning. I'm quite often right at the 70 hr mark when I...

I drove very briefly for a fleet owner at NationsExpress shortly after truck school. It didn't work out and we parted on bad terms but it wasn't due to the company. He claimed that the company had enough freight in the area to get home most weekends for a re-set. This information is from 8 years...

After 8 years as a company driver I'm trying to decide if buying a straight truck is a good move. I'd love to get away from forced dispatch and more or less be my own boss. Is there a lot of freight close enough to mid-Michigan to stop home a couple times a month without hurting the income? I...