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Waste-College2768@reddit

9k in 10 months of team driving? Wtf

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How TF was it even that low is what I'm trying to figure out. $0.20/mi is trash but even then you'd make way more. $900/mo means he was only getting 4,500mi per month or 1035mi per week. At an average driving speed of 65mph that's a whopping 16 hours of driving per week....

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BeginningPositive782@reddit

Thank you for the math, im still confused though.... how tf is a team truck only driving 2 hours and 20 minutes per day? Was this Team Uber- like Uber eats/Uber rideshare, not Uber Freight?

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Siom_one@reddit

Sounds about right for swift. I was grossing 3-500 a week with them

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Riyeko@reddit

There's no way. Back in 2014/2015 I teamed with my trainer for about six months and the truck made .60cpm and we each I think made 36 to 40cpm.

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mindsunwound@reddit

20 cent a mile on teams is criminal.

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ComprehendReading@reddit

You, again? You fucked up, and are now LYING on this sub on two different posts.

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Safe_Fail_568@reddit

He posted proof, what do you got against the guy running around here like you’re doing?

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TheHitel@reddit (OP)

You again? Anyway I posted another post check it out.

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daixso@reddit

I'm working so much right now it's insane I don't know how people have a CDL but can't find work tbh

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OkSeaworthiness251@reddit

That cars looks pretty nice tho OP 😂. I’m invested and will try to help but as you know fired for unsafe maneuver is tough. You might have to come join me driving for Niko or Vladimir

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OGbigfoot@reddit

Maybe I'm dumb as I was only a dockworker/goat driver. Does it not make sense like it used to where a driver would start on the dock, and if he was motivated he'd be doing line haul turns in a year? That's how Reddaway worked for the most part.

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ComprehendReading@reddit

Reddaway was a decent company for a long time.

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OGbigfoot@reddit

Hell yeah it was. Yellow dried them up and spit it out.

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ComprehendReading@reddit

And now YRC is dead and has been absorbed by SAIA and XPO.

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OGbigfoot@reddit

Don't get me started on XPO. I've seen their docks in person (yes at Reddaway we sent people out as new hires to see what the other guys were doing). They were atrocious! Atrocious I say!

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fleetingreturns1111@reddit

A few places will take ya with 10 months experience.

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MurphyPandorasLawBox@reddit

Swift would not be what I call a reputable carrier.

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Klavaxx@reddit

Surely there has to be objective benefits for it being the biggest carrier.

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ComprehendReading@reddit

High turnover rates can be eclipsed by total drivers. Hire 10,000 drivers, 9,900 routes get delivered no problem, 100 drivers quit per week, but you hired another 200 anyway...

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Telo712@reddit

This a rage bait cause no way you drove for 20c per mile

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TheHitel@reddit (OP)

Sorry it was 28-33 made a mistake

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ComprehendReading@reddit

Yeah, but the mistake was hiring you in the first place u/TheHitel

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NomadTruckerOTR@reddit

Swift won't hire you with a firing for a u-turn

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ComprehendReading@reddit

Imagine being below the standards of SWIFT, u/TheHitel

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LeeAbeats@reddit

I watched this guys videos before. He is full of it. He is a clout chaser. He will do and say anything for clicks. Even fake accidents on thumbnails with his truck fake jackknifed. There is a new breed of cry baby truckers out here.

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ComprehendReading@reddit

He probably got scammed and paid 35,000 for trucking school for a CDL mill, learned nothing, got legally approved and now has no idea what they are doing while driving a rig.

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tooleeki@reddit

9k in ten months has to be a typo

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ComprehendReading@reddit

No, OP is just lying. Check their history.

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LadyLohse@reddit

Fired for a u-turn? If I got fired everytime I made a u-turn I would have gone through a dozen jobs by now

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ComprehendReading@reddit

OP violated company policy, simple as that. They are now posting on multiple posts that either someone else made the U-turn or they did because "x y z" and are being blamed for it.

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oasuke@reddit

Right? I've made so many U-turns i lost track. I'd rather flip burgers than work for companies so restrictive.

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Riyeko@reddit

It's an auto fire at Werner if you do a u turn. Same with Crete

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wordswordswords55@reddit

I do that all day in a tri axle gravel truck working with the city sweeping streets right now whats wrong with a u ball

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FileCareless@reddit

Am I reading this right? Your teammate made the U-turn but you got fired? And made less than 1k a month? How tf did you live off that? The pay should’ve been a huge red flag a long time ago.

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ComprehendReading@reddit

OP straight up lies about anything they have done. Read their post and comment history.

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Riyeko@reddit

Way I read it is the team mate walked away from the truck, OP did a u turn but on the team mares way back, team mate spotted it, recorded it and turned OP in.

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505Trekkie@reddit

$9k in 10 months? We pay our part time CDL B drivers more than that.

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ComprehendReading@reddit

OP is a liar. Review their post and comment history.

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Nasty_Rex@reddit

Everyone gets paid more than that. It's worse than minimum wage

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CrwnViic@reddit

Yep. I worked for Stevens Transport and made like 19k in a year and a half BEFORE taxes and truck expenses. Getting a CDL was a big mistake for me lol.

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PraiseTalos66012@reddit

Dude what? You can get something paying at least $0.40/mi easily no experience, as long as you have a pulse. How TF y'all out here accepting the very first low ball offer and then acting like that's what ppl actually make.

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Live_Organization_41@reddit

It will be me in probably a month

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duhrun@reddit

The guys pic you posted was fired from Swift for recording videos handheld, lol. The irony.

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derpmcturd@reddit

How did they get a camera in my car to make this video

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Kkalemauser@reddit

Company drivers at Estes and Old Dominion are making that in a month. Damn. Try central transport. You need at least 6 months experience. I trained a few swift drivers for them.

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Limp_Access_2567@reddit

Western express, transam, epes transportation are second chance companies that may hire you. Transam hired me after I got fired from roehl transport in 2021 for an accident

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mindsunwound@reddit

Swift is probably not going to hire you if Werner fired you for the U-turn. Honestly I don't know who would. If you didn't do the U-turn, the co-driver did, you need to hire a lawyer to contest the termination. If you did the U-turn? Maybe try a small local outfit, or western express?

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