Thanks! Hope you get the job!

Thanks! Most of us get between 3,000 and 4,000 miles (4,828 km - 6,437 km) per week. Instead of paying us for 60-70 hours, they just pay us mileage. We have local drivers who are paid hourly, though.

Same! Thanks

Yes, same company. They’re hiring in Freeport

It's a great goal, keep pushing!

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@ Thanks. Have a Happy New Year be safe!

It’s a great endorsement to have!

Garmin OTR700 (7-inch)

Is that what caused the entire engine to be replaced?

Congratulations! My goal is to become debt-free and pay cash for a truck one of these days, too. It’s my 5-year plan, but I’m glad you were able to do it while you’re still young. That’s awesome! I mostly drop/hook or the customer unloads. I rarely have to do anything.

@@FreightHauler87 Thank you sir! I've stayed on top of myself on my finances like crazy since 18. When I started Estes, my monthly bills were still less than $1,000. Having low expenses/no debt allowed me to take voluntary off time and just chill at home without stressing over bills. Having these low expenses have granted me more opportunity and allowed me to be more risky, so I really hope you achieve that one day, it is so worth it. Drop & hook is the usual for me too as you know, keep it up, and film as much as you can. God bless you.

Congrats on all your accomplishments from one estes driver to another 👍

I heard Estes is a good company with the top pay, they pay local drivers 38/hour. I think being owner operator sucks, I sold my truck back in 2010, and I think Estes 38 is good enough, and you home every day.

@@MrGene1976 My 557mile layover run was me hooking up to a prehooked set at my home terminal going 557 miles to another terminal, drop the set, turn in paperwork and go to the hotel bobtailing. You’ll get planned/dispatched usually 2 hours you’re due to leave. So you’ll stay in your hotel, go get food, or go do whatever before then. Same process usually going back to home terminal next day. You’ll go home and sleep on that day. People who have scheduled layover runs meaning they go same place and back all the time, will do a 6 day / 4 day alternate week shift. So one week work 6 days (do 3 layovers in one week), then next week you’ll just work 4 days, it averages out to 20 days worked a month. Extra board drivers who just run anywhere usually go out for 5 days, on the 5th day you’re back at home terminal usually. P&D (city) is obviously hourly and I don’t know the pay rates, but I expect 30+ easy. Since my terminal is pretty big and in a good area, we also have daily turn runs, but people who have HIGH high seniority have those, the easy day shift 500-600~ mile turn home everyday etc. Estes has been great, just be respectful, and treat everyone how you want to be treated.

Thank you for saying that. I try and keep my cool when things are out of my control

You, too, bro!

I appreciate that, keep trying. They train anyone with a year’s experience, so don’t let it get you down.

😂I could have been, but I’ll certainly try this year. My goal is $115k.

Do you know how many miles you ran? ​@@FreightHauler87

I keep hearing that, but I’ve never had such a problem with new Cummins, Volvo, or Detroit engines

You too, God bless you too!

I filled out the application, and got a call from recruiting. You can go that route, or you can call recruiting first

@@FreightHauler87 Well nevermind, they turned me down.

The training was simple for me. The first week is orientation. The second and third week was riding with a trainer. That consisted of me driving the trainer’s truck while the trainer sat in the passenger seat. He taught me how to use the ELD and record every stop and how to fill out the dvir and things of that nature. He taught me how to unload the tanker and so on. Daily tasks, basically. One thing we never did, was team drive the truck. I didn’t sleep in the bunk while he drove, and vice versa. For our ten-hour breaks, we slept in hotels. We worked 5 or 6 days, then went home.

@@FreightHauler87 Appreciate all the info!

@ had to resubmit my app cause apparently my first app was for the food division on accident lol. So put your as my referral when resubmitting. Thanks again for the info brother.

You’d have to ask recruiting

I was asked to remove them for safety and security reasons

Ah I see. Was it worth working there ? Is there any times where your not getting any miles? Or is it a pretty busy place.

@@erthompson22 it was only busy from August to October. The rest of they year is very slow. You might run 3 nights a week, you might run once. It’s an easy job, lots of home time, but I don’t recommend it unless you’re looking for a semi-retirement gig

Ah gotcha that’s too bad cuz looks like a cake job id be down for but can’t afford that.

Furloughs were on their way in, and I was the last guy hired. Went ahead and left

Yes, these are the cameras. As long as you don’t run stops signs, red lights, or run over 70 mph… you won’t have a problem. I’ve never been called into the office for driving 5 over the limit.

@FreightHauler87 i had a feeling. seems most companies are using them now. sad times imo. I did 7 years otr without a camera, sure miss those days. appreciate the reply.

@ I wish we didn’t have them. Over a million safe miles under me foot, and I still get talked to about that camera from time to time

@@FreightHauler87 makes you want to buy your own truck. that might be in my near future.

Only a handful of customers require us to unload (out of my terminal), most of my runs are customer unloads or drops

I drive by you all the time😂

Good luck! You got this!

Yes

Thanks! It’s definitely hard work but I’m making it work.

I’m not sure what’s available up there.

That’s up to your terminal

Drive a little slower, watch for others. Slowing down actually makes it easier, but if it’s ice - park it.

@FreightHauler87 Have you ever had to Park? Doing winter months??

@ I haven’t, but I have had to turn down a load or two due to weather conditions

😂yeah… I don’t have to work nights, wait on terminals to reload my trailer, or deal with all the night shenanigans that you go through on a nightly basis. I’ll pass on Estes and keep my tanker job.

@FreightHauler87 at Estes you don't have to only work nights Chris. Your gone away ftom home way more now. To still not clear 100k. Plus your not doing 3000miles everyweek. When you worked at Estes you showed the actual paystub from Estes that's prove that your really making what you said. But now your showing your own calculations that you wrote down. At Estes we average about $600.00+ per week more than you make. And I'm home everynight Monday thru Friday. While your out pulling your low paying tanker down the road. You should've never left Estes, your earning haven't been the same since. So please stop bad mouthing Estes. We didn't fire you you quit For crazy reasons. You tried to come back but Estes turned you down. Never burn bridges Chris. Just be a man about what you did an stop bashing LTL.

Plus most trucking companies on the road today are not paying what LTL paying. 87cents + $38.00 prh+drop and hook pay + your paid $10.00 prdp. .87 vs .65= i think I'll keep driving LTL. ESTES EXPRESS LINES

@@dwright9608 I never tried going back to Estes. What are you talking about? I was offered a job at Estes and I turned it down. I’ve shown my actual net pay, not just personal calculations. Every video isn’t about pay, and I don’t bad-mouth Estes. If you run out of Little Rock, you won’t be home daily, unless you have seniority. Even then, you’ll be on nights for the rest of your life. Just because you run out of a terminal that has day-time options, it doesn’t mean every single terminal in the network is like yours.

@@dwright9608 I’ve said this many times in the past year, you can make $80-140k working for KAG. There are at least two drivers at my terminal making over $130k/year. My goal is not that high, but it doesn’t mean I cannot make more. 3,000 miles per week pays between $106,600 & $111,800 per year. To say that one cannot make over $100k is to say you don’t know the facts. I’ve shared this information several times. Not all terminals pay $0.65/mile. We have terminals paying $0.91/mile, $0.88/mile, and everything in between. I’ve given out this information in the past. The pay at KAG largely depends on the customers being serviced.

Thanks for sharing! Sorry to hear about your past troubles, but KAG should be a good fit for you! If the Wisconsin terminal runs you like Arkansas runs me, you’ll be happy to know that you can stay out as long as they’ve got loads to pull.

Sorry Ryder gave you the weenie.

Thanks! Will do!

Yes

@@FreightHauler87 I just filled out an Application For Tanker Division......Hope I get through.....