Trucking Industry Brainwashing Every Trucker Should Know About

[@Miatacrosser]

My first boss used to say, "you get what you pay for". Pay a man a fair wage and he'll be not only a good worker but more importantly, a loyal worker.

[@southerncross3638]

The average Truck driver works 100+ hrs a week, We tell the cops We work 70, and We get paid for 50.

[@SmartTrucking]

About right! Dave

[@mountainfinn662]

With ELD's all driving jobs should be by the hour. Time and a half over 40

[@SmartTrucking]

Agreed! Dave

[@anthonyforret2117]

Smarten up...overtime after 8!!

[@BlueDually4x4]

I am hourly and we don't have ELD. Granted we only run in Idaho with the odd runs down to northern Nevada.

[@pipermike65]

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[@kimbehne2226]

Its nice to listen to someone that doesn't have diarrhea mouth and talks truth.

[@bradynevels6874]

Kim Behne I completely agree. I feel that you can get your point across effectively without the use of profanity. Those who use excessive profanity look like they are uneducated. Do they Kiss their mother with that mouth? You are correct. Dave is a perfect example of how to get a good point across without diarrhea of the mouth as my grandmother loves to call.

[@frankfromupstateny3796]

Every driver should be paid at least $30/hr....after the first year. Period.....after 5 years....making $100K+

[@ericgrady1797]

I use them free papers to start my wood stove and my camp fire.

[@jusayenso8186]

eric grady ...I tried to use them as free toilet paper but it didn't work since it was already so full of shit. Dave is so right.

[@iblockpuncheswithmyface1490]

Lol lol lol!

[@jaysint1502]

Nice video.. I have been off the road 10 years now.. went with driving a bus for a Transit agency. People have asked me why would I ever stop driving a truck.. they think trucking is an episode of BJ and the Bear or Cannonball Run... Shit wages, loading dock waiting for hours making nothing, very little vacation time. I'd never go back even if I got fired tomorrow. Too bad the truckers cant band together and shut this country down until changes happen.. Be safe out there.

[@walterwynnchok7474]

Jaysin Nunya Yep!

[@RaviSingh-xl3os]

Jaysin Nunya so dam true if all truckers were to shut down completely for 24 hrs the industry would fall apart, think about no fuel at your local gas stations= nobody going to wrk unless you drive a prius or tesla, no fresh food at your local supermarket lol enjoy that canned food & now imagine if the truckers all shut down for a week it would devastate the economy but only truck drivers know this & the average person wouldn't understand how important trucking is until this actually happens, i think thats the only way truckers can make a point for higher wages because the dam brokers & dispatchers are taking half the $$ while we are to blame for being late to a appointment or an accident that wasn't our fault, we are sheeps among wolves & i only see it getting worse if we dont stand up for ourselves, they will keep taking advantage of us its so easy to blame the driver than the rest that are in the logistics market.

[@gerrywisner6301]

Jaysin Nunya morning

[@dieseldan4605]

Well said it’s the truth sad but TRUE.

[@JoeDoe2]

Do you get to stop the daily 11 hour clock, or any other clock, when waiting on someone else, not earning money, and not even getting to sleep? Or is the clock still ticking? What constitutes a legal reason to stop that clock, or can you, once it starts? If you wait 3 hours for a load to be ready at the start of your 11 hours, then another 3 at the end, you only got in 5 hours of driving, minus all the other delays.

[@robgeronimo8478]

It’s not just trucking The average worker is going backwards. As the top few are making a killing

[@Dionannan]

After being out of the industry for a year it is laughable at what companies are offering to come back. My time is precious to me and when I find a company that understands this I will return.

[@msmorgan45]

I drove a tanker for two years, that was enough for me, hardest job I ever had for the lowest pay, it was fun for awhile, but the fun wore off quick, like on payday when you looked at your check and tried to justify the work load and responsibility of driving chemicals and petroleum products around the country. No thanks!

[@johndouglass3691]

I've just started researching truckimg amd I am pleasantly surprised at how intelligent the average trucker is...the videos are very informative

[@chrisgast]

Sadly, A LOT of employers are the same way. It's not just the trucking companies. They want the best employees but for very little pay or not fair market value. And they wonder why they have a difficult time finding workers. Because they are getting cheap.

[@jholzer1989]

As I’m watching this, I’m being paid. Load was delayed by 5-6 hours so I have to wait. Good thing I’m getting paid by the hour. I couldn’t say that about my last company.

[@garyh6486]

jholzer1989 I'm perhaps 2 weeks out from finishing my "on the road with a trainer phase". Once tested out and solo, $20/hr straight time. They told me pre hire they anticipate this position for me to be 50-55 hrs/week, home most night and weekends. On duty = get paid just as if the truck is rolling. So it's up to me to be as efficient and productive tfor the company as possible, but it's nice to know the company also has a little extra incentive on their part to make sure I keep moving. Because I can count 4 times in two weeks with shipper/receiver delays, truck/trailer mechanical issues no less than 24 total hrs of on-duty time wasted. Time my CPM based trainers didn't get much for. $95 for 10 hr breakdown pay. The other $45 for 7 hr breakdown pay. As an hourly based driver, a 2000 mile week over (5) 10hr days = 50 hrs. $1000/2000 = $0.50/mile. At least 14 cents more per mile for a new hire CPM driver at this same company. I would have to have a 2,777 Mile week at 36 CPM to gross $1000 (or 50 x $20).

[@RaviSingh-xl3os]

jholzer1989 great for yu buddy im also getting hourly pay plus ot after 8 hrs or 40 hrs a week & dbl time after 12 hrs or over 60 hrs weekly whichever comes 1st (over $40 an hr on dbl time) delivering to CVS pharmacies its local home every night & most of my day im not driving im unloading, thats the way loacal companies should operate unless its drop & hooks but even then if yu hit traffic that means your getting less than minimum wage, sure they wanted a good driving record & 2 years experience but its well worth it plus quarterly saftey & on time bonuses= an extra $2k a year👍👍

[@SmedleyButler1]

@@garyh6486they offer your choice of com or per hour? what company?

[@sonnypruitt6639]

I told you before Dave, if we are regulated by the hour, then we (all) should get paid by the hour.

[@SmartTrucking]

I agree! Dave

[@SmedleyButler1]

Class action lawyers gotta have something here no?

[@bradynevels6874]

Very educational videos as always. I am so glad that there are people like you that see it for how it truly is. You are not afraid to call those people out on their nonsense. I appreciate honest people such as yourself. Without the drivers these carriers obviously would go belly up. Also without truckers, The United States and Canada is goods would just be piling up at the loading docks not going anywhere. Stay safe out there trucker.

[@danrowley896]

Got SCREWED all 30 yrs. I drove OTR. Some companies used a dry stick, some with a lube, some places even gave me a kiss, but all poles had splinters as a reminder that 99.9% of drivers were looked upon as trash. If you were a complete brown-nosing suck up you'd do fine, the straight shot drivers didn't & still don't stand a chance. Here's a kick in the head, when I 1st started driving my wife was my seat cover for 6 months. She has never had any connection to the driving world. After those mos. as an observer more or less, she stated plain as day, that she'd never seen & experienced a more cut throat, backstabbing, two-faced industry that makes up the trucking industry. It is, was & will be for many many more yrs. To survive you need motion lotion in your blood & love the sound of grinding gears, the sound (only sound sometimes) of yer beating heart & the thrill of puttin' yer foot thru' the floor as you mash yer motor. The latter which is on the way out sooner than later looks to be. The industry of trucking has already rotted to it's core like a worm infested apple & with the save ourselves from ourselves crowd & the piss-ants on bended knees to kiss their butts in DC the ways of the road are soon to meet a hell fire end as the drivers are left to pick up the pieces of their destroyed lives! Sick & Sad...

[@DG-mo5kr]

These companies will go driverless trucks before they pay what you want.

[@SmartTrucking]

Not if we park before the driverless trucks are a reality. Dave

[@DG-mo5kr]

You really think enough drivers will park their trucks long enough to make a difference? I don’t. The big companies have an out. They can hire lower experienced drivers at a lower wage by adding technology to trucks until full driverless trucks are here. Right now drivers are ok for another 5 to 10 years until the companies stop hiring, layoffs happen and lower pay comes. I do enjoy some of your videos and they spark thought which is good. Keep making them.

[@8luggarage]

Smart-Trucking.com most drivers just roll over and take the e log mandate. And most will likely take driverless trucks. Most will probably give up their guns when the government repeals the 2nd amendment.. It's a society of sheep

[@jusayenso8186]

Smart-Trucking.com ....As someone who has studied propaganda (sales) , business, been a top 2% straight commissioned sales rep producer knowing first hand the incredible power of mind fucking tricks, read more material about business than 95% of people , I think this "driverless truck" information is another exaggerated story to make truckers worry. Fear is a proven tactic of control. I don't need to exaggerate and say I'm positive driverless trucks wont happen for at least 15 years. I'm NOT positive. But my track record for figuring out things virtually nobody else does is quite good. So my educated guess is this is at least 15 years away. People get fooled by so called fake facts the news pawns off with no penalty for being wrong like they are so often. So what that ONE car that's driverless has worked!.This bullshit works?! Let's see the lawsuits (Insurance companies can go out of business and will not leave any stone unturned about so called 'successful' testing of ONE lousy driverless car on a road.)that insurance companies want to risk paying when 200 million insured cars are weaving through traffic and pedestrians! What happens with 200 million driverless cars on the road versus one test car? And there's no way huge 40 ton semis are going to be as easy to perfect as cars. Here's one example of sales bullshit that got exposed and 99 out of 100 people won't even remember it or know it. Speed reading material was a huge success in the 70's. They sold people on being able to read an entire page in under 3 seconds if you buy the training materials! To this day, it was all a clever scam since nobody can prove it works. Me and my friend both tried it in the 70's as well as millions of others. Who got prosecuted for getting rich off this? Nobody. There are thousands of the same scams over the years. The sales tricks so often use FEAR. Basically they make people feel like they need to react to these claims. If they don't, they risk being passed up in the workplace by those who do. I really think driverless trucks (I also drove a semi for about one year and respect what it takes to be a good driver) are at least 15 years away. Just an opinion, but coming from a person who studies and analyzes and tracks my theories for accuracy all the time. There's already experienced drivers who quit because of fear since they can't afford to risk being unemployed for 12 months. See how fear works? How many experienced truckers who quit get to sue the media for fear mongering when there are not millions of driverless trucks on the road in 2020 or even 2023? They will never win a lawsuit unless they got a spare 2 million in their account to hire a top notch lawfirm...and the endless litigation for a new blockbuster high profile lawsuit will actually take well over 30 million to get any one of these huge comfort zone cherry picking top firms to even consider the political repercussions they are privy to contemplating they are risking with every high profile case. As a business savvy but very street smart person, I wish I could get away with the crap the media sells. I would retire rich selling pyramid scams to the public.....oops..but for some reason, when individuals scam people, only then is the fraud police interested. Huge corporations?!?!....its prosecuted less than 2% of the time.

[@SmedleyButler1]

@@jusayenso81865 autonomous truck companies have been delivering in Arizona since 2015. Barely in the news. Better yet and autonomous semi Chinese manufacturer has been in Tucson a couple years. Yes drivers may be in them for another 15 years but they'll be paid half what they are now

[@gmbler212]

Central Transport was paying me and five other guys $2100 a week pulling turnpike doubles Cleveland to South Bend,IN. There's good paying jobs out there you got to keep your ears open and keep your record in good shape. Do your pretrips well and don't take short cuts.Weigh those loads if in doubt, you don't won't scale tickets to mark you with a bad record. Stay safe out there y'all!

[@benhawke7231]

100% brother!!! You know, the last year I trained for Swift, they made a $836 million profit. Not income, but profit. That's after all expenses and pay to drivers. I was so pissed when they gave us a 3¢ raise. That 3¢ raise only cost them around $25 thousand.

[@AoibheannNova]

I just got a whopping 1.5 cent/mile increase! Think I'll be able to afford that extra pack of gum.

[@holychristian9297]

Thank you Driver for your reporting. I was a driver for 5 years and they ran me in the dirt and lied to me at every turn and the only home time i got was 34 hr. Reset. I've not driven since may of 2017. Although i miss the open road.

[@chrismoody5977]

U.S. Express Did that too me they got me on a greyhound to a CDL school that kicked me out over a dumb reason an I had to get back home by myself💯

[@redbluesome2829]

Chris Moody - Would the “dumb reason” have been a failed drug test? Ha, j/k. Maybe not, because would be recruits have been known to complain of those things. Hope it all worked out for the best.

[@tangonice8189]

It's very rare to see a honest trucking company any where in the U.S. trucking has reached rock bottom. Great job Boss, your youtube channel very nice.

[@scotcoon1186]

I know one thing, where I'm at now will be my last driving job. But I also get to work in the shop, and work with cattle and run some equipment, too. There's no way I could go back over the road. Can't take the isolation any more.

[@normankellum5296]

with the ELD's it should be a snap to pay by the hour, they can see how many hours you work.

[@cassiuspuckett8789]

Oh wow!! 3.6 cents per mile! Wow, that almost pays for the little bit of tire wear on one tire, shoot we still got 17 other tires we're paying for to plus other matainence as well!!! I guess the carriers expect us drivers to remain stupid.....

[@SmartTrucking]

I think they're praying we will! Dave

[@SaltedTurkey]

If you’re getting paid by the mile why are you taking care of the maintenance of the truck?

[@heather9842]

Thank you for sharing. My husband is a General Contractor and he loves Trucking. I bought him a truck and trailor because it was his dream. After a few years when I became frustrated with my husband juggling both careers, I told my husband to choose trucking or construction. In my opinion Construction is the better career. We are an owner operator, but I do the financing and with all the California regulations It's not worth it. $21 an hour won't cut it in California. He charges $80 an hour for electrical and $30,000 for room additions. He did three room additions starting from September. We had his friend over today on Christmas and she argued with me that he loves trucking, and I told her then he should be single. I handle the financing and we live in Newport Beach, Ca. I welcome anybody that can give me proof that trucking can bring in $20,000 a month and still have a family life. I told my husband if he wamts to be a trucker then he needs to stay on the road consistently, so then why be married with a family? PLEASE let me know the reality of trucking and if my husband could realistically make at least $15,000 a month net worth. I am saying $15,000 a month after wear and tear and maintenance if truck & trailer, $2,000 upfront insurance fee plus $600 a month for 10 months, 2% cash advance fee and $15 fuel advance fee. State tax fees for driving on there roads and $450 a month to store his truck and trailer. We live in Newport Beach so we need to store our truck and trailor. As a business woman, I don't think the trucking business makes sence living where we live. Our mortgage alone is $3,500 a month plus $12,000 a year for property taxes. Please tell the truth because I love my husband, but I do not believe that trucking will bring in more funding then the construction industry. If you believe otherwise and can show me proof, please do. I want my husband to be happy but realistic. Thank you.

[@johnsantorawluszki715]

For what we put up with and even with other stupid professional (?) drivers you are totally correct and much more on what we should be receiving. We need another Jimmy H.

[@jisidorfisk]

I have been subscriber to the channel for some time. I just wanted to say thank you again for your time. I am retired from driving now. Drove myself into the ground and never saw over 22k a year. But I got to see all of the US, and a lot of Canada. To me it was worth it. My wife was with me. Thanks again 😎

[@SmartTrucking]

I hope you're enjoying retirement! For me, a whole lot of the job was about seeing the country, and like you, I did that! It was hard work a lot of the time, but I'd do it all again. Take care! Dave

[@stevenandrews6627]

You've hit the freaking nail right on the head again Dave! When I first started researching the realities of this industry 10 years ago, I obtained every publication available at the time. I spoke with drivers at the 3 area truck stops for 3 years before I made the plunge. If I had relied solely on the garbage that this publication often prints under the guise of representing truckers, I would have been woefully prepared for the realities of the job. To be fair, there are stories in the mag and it's sister publication TRUCK WEST that are accurate, but too often the stories give you a biased opinion.

[@superturboawesome1]

Steven Andrews I took the blind plunge 6 years ago and learned the hard way how disgusting our world is when it comes to business. People who have been coddled their entire lives have no idea.

[@SmartTrucking]

I'm always interested in what Al Goodall and Mark Lee have to say, but after that, the paper is just crap in my opinion. It's painfully obvious that neither Menzies or Smyrlis has ever driven a truck for a living. Dave

[@geekone6621]

Most “news” stories are biased boarding on being “fake news” geared toward generating advertising dollars or readers. If you really want to look at a corrupt industry, look at news and advertising. That said, a company needs to recruit and will spin it as best they can, not unlike people who exaggerate their resumes or have not experience, criminal convictions, lots of bad decisions, and need a job under any circumstances that pays more than minimum wage. As long as they can drive, they can work. It is in-depth reporting and analysis sites and channels like this one that are rising up to fight back against the propaganda. Trucking is tough, but you can rise for a know nothing driver with no experience or license and build up to some serious money not found in other employment options. But face it, not everyone should be a driver. Some come in because they think it is easy money, a get-rich scheme. They always fail. If we keep putting out good knowledge, it will improve.

[@stevenandrews6627]

TRUE STORY!!!!!!

[@ZCR2]

I just subscribed to your channel, I'm new to trucking I have been doing it for a year I like how you skip the B.S and get straight to the point with your videos and I find your channel to be full of good Viable information. I work Local for the time being I am also a crane operator I would definitely recommend this Channel to other new drivers like myself because even in the short time I have been in the industry I have seen for myself how these carriers treat their drivers and its only getting worse as time goes on. I think if more Veteran drivers like you came forward about the industry at some point these carriers may have to sing a different tune. Wishful thinking probably but with the shortage of drivers all across the board, id say their going to have to do more than tell stories If they wanna keep drivers pulling there loads there too many choices right now for good drivers to find work. The good news is if you get with one and you don't like it there's 10 more begging for you to come work so at least we have that going for us.

[@LoveTravelAdventure]

there is alot of b.s. ads, for sure. but i do think pay will have to increase these next few years. always great content brother

[@SmartTrucking]

Thanks, I hope you're right about the pay increasing, that's what I believe too. Drive safe! Dave

[@LOUDsigh]

Red Viking Trucker 🖐🏽🖐🏽🖐🏽🖐🏽its been awhile bcuz im no longer driving per say. Hyd?

[@MichaelRCarlson]

I don't know RVT. I remember thinking even back in the 90's, that man, this is the worst it can get, it can only go up from here. And 20 years later I've been proven way wrong! Past performance doesn't indicate future performance of course, but man, we have a lot of fixing to do. But it's not just trucking that's a mess in the world these days. Lots of changes are coming in many areas. Stay safe brother.

[@_LVC]

I agree my bullshit alarm goes off when people charge rookie drivers for coaching calls, pretending to be experts

[@spencers4121]

Increase pay, maybe. I can see them lobbying to get cheap foreign drivers, before they increase pay.

[@vf12497439]

Spot on, my answer is as always.... Go where the money is and no loyalty to a company that doesn't take care of their employees.

[@SmartTrucking]

Agreed! Dave

[@crazywomancreek1]

I haven't begun cdl work yet, but i know that 50k bonus is a bunch of tomfoolery!

[@tommyreed8485]

You forget more about trucking than I know!I wish could’ve gone down the road with you just too get the knowledge.Thanks for the videos I always watch.

[@SmartTrucking]

Thanks Tommy! Dave

[@milesblue638]

You did an excellent job identifying the problem. Unfortunately, decisions about whom to work for by individual drivers will not significantly improve the situation. Labor issues are not about companies doing the right thing. Corporations are formed first and foremost to enrich their stockholders. Employee welfare is at the bottom of their concerns even when they encounter hiring shortages. If they can bamboozle people into working for them without increasing wages and benefits, they will. Even if a company tries to do right, less scrupulous companies will undercut them. This comments thread will not like this, but the weakening of regulations and unions disempowered workers and played them against each other. They have the money and power. All we have is our numbers.

[@SmartTrucking]

Exactly right! Dave

[@SmedleyButler1]

You forgot stupidity, we have large numbers of people not willing to talk about pay or band together. Yep, Unions would have made things so much better.... How do we band together and secretly join the teamsters before getting fired?

[@farmboy-rz5xh]

Back in the day's I always hear their a dime a dozen, I've being driving for 33 years pull tankers, dry vans,dump truck and bellydump. Nice video you are so spot on what you mentioned, Work for another 6 years and hang it up because the regulations are crazy and I don't even want to deal with the crapped anymore.

[@SmartTrucking]

Yup, I can relate to that!

[@walterwynnchok7474]

I got marked late going to San Marcos, Texas because they shaved 100 miles off the destination and there was no way to make it in time.

[@walterwynnchok7474]

They are penalizing you for miles that they are not paying you for in the first place!

[@gavnonadoroge3092]

Walter Wynnchok, obviously its their fault that you still work for them after they pull this stuff on you

[@JoeDoe2]

What does 'shaved 100 miles off the destination' mean and how did that make you late in their eyes?

[@SmedleyButler1]

@@gavnonadoroge3092 are you giving him shit for not quitting yet or am I reading you wrong?

[@SmedleyButler1]

What company?

[@randynimmo8895]

Hi Dave. Nice to hear the truth. I am from New Zealand. I once worked in america driving trucks, its a good life. Hearing you dave about the trucking industry and what really goes on, its good to hear the real truth. Hope to see more of you Dave.

[@thuummmper]

I walked away in aug 2008 but I'm back out of starvation and my 3 years exp was almost useless beyond ten years--its harder to start over when you know better

[@bigd9526]

So true they always try to sugar coat things but now they are going to have to suffer financially the good driver can see the bull a mile away thanks 4 keeping it real and keep trucking

[@SmartTrucking]

You too David, Thanks! Dave

[@alicedominguez94]

Exactly right! Love your videos!

[@SmartTrucking]

Thanks Alice! Dave

[@ogreking8763]

Im starting to get my cdl next month... i feel blessed to have found your KZbin channel

[@mrj-charles6383]

Most truckers I talk to are happy if they clear $1000 a week. That is really nothing if you are a otr driver. Maybe ok if local but with the current rates I am counting down my days till retirement in 2019.

[@BlindBatG34]

Heard an ad on XM radio for Schneider offering a $15k sign on bonus and I started laughing not only because of your previous videos but also because I was listening to one of the comedy channels.

[@aaronk534]

You speak the truth, my man. I used to say, "when you read any truckin publication, you need a translation book." The industry makes 3 card monte an honest hustle. Love your channel

[@SmartTrucking]

Thank you! Dave

[@604h22a]

this video should be sent to all the big carriers and owners

[@williamcarey8529]

Good old USELESS EXPRESS, (Us Express)!!

[@kevinfolds4713]

William Carey LMAO! Good ole Useless.

[@SmedleyButler1]

Do they really suck? They've got very attractive terms on their KZbin as I saw just before this video

[@gregadomeit4020]

Hey there your video's are right on spot. To bad you weren't doing this in 1985 when I started .21cents a mile and i spent more time at the Blue Water Bridge doing broker requirement and just sitting in the Marshalling yard. Wouldn't let us cross the Blue Water Bridge. I quit when they started bring outhouses and catering trucks out on I-94, the Canadian side went on a huge slowdown or strike who I didn't stick around. Have been working local driving a cement mix and now pulling a 4-axle rock box. Keep up the great work. Take care

[@SmartTrucking]

You too Greg! Dave

[@stevenandrews6627]

On a different topic Dave. three and a half years ago, you posted a vid in which you spoke on the subject of Team Drivers. I just watched it. I'd like to make a comment on the subject. For 25 years, I was an ambulance paramedic working here in eastern Ontario, between North Bay & Ottawa. Of the heavy truck accidents that my station responded to, along the Hwy # 17 corridor, 70% of these accidents involved transports operated by Team Drivers. Coincidence......I think not. In my previous vocation, SLEEP HYGENE as it was called was drilled into us. That is, making sure that the sleep we received was of a recuperative, quality type. Simply shutting your eyes for 8 hours won't cut it. The stats don't lie. KEEP ON , KEEPING IT HONEST DAVE!!!

[@SmartTrucking]

Will do, thanks Steven! Dave

[@wrdshmn]

When I drove teams for Yellow back in the day, I would knock out for an easy 10 hours every single day. Some of my co-drivers would ask me if they were bothering me or something, and it was never that I didn't want to hang out and talk with them, it was that I was looking out for both of our safety. My number one job is to get home safe. The pay and the rest of it is just bonus.

[@MG-hk9kx]

Steven Andrews I drove team myself, I had a few nights where I completely dozed off for 10+ seconds. Almost crashed on highway 17 at 3:30AM, I probably only got 2 hours of sleep during the day. Team operations should be illegal, it's so unsafe. I'll never do team in my life ever again.

[@anthonyforret2117]

I ran sleeper team for CF out of Seattle. My partner and I ran 8-10 hour shifts when a lot of other teams ran 5/5. Then they complain about being tired. We still averaged 6,000 miles a week with average 350 horsepower and 7 speed transmission pulling TRIPLES about 1/3 of time.

[@JoeDoe2]

Agree 1000%. I get rested by SLEEPING until my body decides to wake up on it's own. With the gubmit and trucking company combined, telling me when to drive and when to sleep, whether I need to or not, is it fair to say that trucking is not for me? I'd probably be wide awake during my forced break and reset time, then ready to konk out as soon as that time is up, and not be able to safely drive when it's time to go cause I'm now dead tired and need to sleep after being awake for so long - driving, followed by NOT sleeping OR driving. My body tells me when I need to sleep, not the feds. I detect a potential problem here.

[@garygerard4290]

the pay you quote with CH Express is not only as you mention to keep the drivers happy and to retain them, they'll get to pick from a much better class of driver

[@Peter-V_00]

Less pay for manual grunt work loading and tarping is FUBAR.

[@MyCatFooed]

Nice video brother! I appreciate the honesty. Isn't that all that any of us want? Don't pull out legs or jerk-us off, just the truth please. Thanks again & stay safe man!!

[@SmartTrucking]

You too! Dave

[@chrismorgan6149]

Mega company's make over $3.00 per mile and end up paying the driver $0.44 cents per mile. What a rip off this industry is

[@miguelrobb5719]

Chris Morgan companies make more than $3 a more. But j know exactly what u mean

[@chieftp]

so buy your truck/trailer/fuel/maintenance, start your own company and pay yourself what you think you're worth.

[@mrpetehampson]

It’s paid by the hour in England, but now with brexit and all the polish going home the wages are going up

[@normangilbert1236]

Just read the article on CH Express out of St-Jean-Richelieu, Qc. , It's about time if what they say is true and not a shell game. It sure would be a step in the right direction, Norm

I just love the fact USA Trucks was mentioned in the video. Yet the commercial leading up to the video was USA Trucks.

[@divinusnobilite]

110k for driving a truck? Well there's the other extreme of fantasy.

[@Mr.chickensoup]

Thank you for exposing these awful magazines. They are very nice looking magazines nice glossy pages, expensive looking magazine and free. These companies dont mind financing this fancy magazine but dont want to pay a decent wage to their drivers. I hope drivers wipe their bums with these magazines.

[@ElizabethF2222]

Originally Posted by kips41 Talked to some friends @ KLLM today. Started a new layover pay program. If unloaded by noon and not reloaded are repositioned 200 miles b4 midnight $50. Then $100 for each day after that if you have not been moved or reloaded by midnight. So lemme get this straight: noon to midnight is 12 hours and you get 50 bucks, right? $50.00 / 12 hours = $4.16 per hour. Then $100.00/day after 24 hours. Take 10 out for the DOT break and that's $100.00 / 14 hours = $7.14/hour. And this is their new and improved layover plan? :roll: No wonder these companies can't find any drivers.

[@SmartTrucking]

Nothing wrong with your math! Dave

[@ElizabethF2222]

Thanks, Dave! Love your and Cat's videos!!!

[@deanpinnt3987]

Very good info Dave. It is true to any industry today. Every employer wants the most work for the least amount of pay. I'm 62 and run into this were ever I go. Very sad what has happened to the US, and other countries.

[@SmedleyButler1]

Over immigration and work visas. How else do you think billionaires and multi millionaires increased 4000+% over the last 30 years while wages increased 2% max

[@thollins6582]

So so so true. OO pay should be 250k minimum. There's a truck shortage because of paper pushers.

[@k.zekeswaringen2122]

Great points. The OTR Driver puts in more time & receives very little in compensation for the time they put in.

[@pkranz937]

A driver position is - for the most part - a one person job. $28/hour after 5 years may sound good, but a freight train conductor on the CN or CP railroad starts at $30+/hr, and are fully unionized, with complete benefits, and Railroad Retirement here in the states. After two years or so, most trainmen enter locomotive engineer training. After they qualify and get their locomotive engineer license, they will start at $48+/hr. These are 2-person crews. I think of a flatbed driver, trying to tarp his/her load in freezing rain or whatnot, or a hopper bottom driver trying to get his load of DDG to come loose in the summer humidity, and that $28/hr after 5 years ain't nothing. Brainwashing. Our current "president" wants us all to work without unions. That's so his multi-billion dollar donor buddies can continue paying drivers a pittance, while they buy a bigger yacht. Pull your heads out of your behinds, boys and girls. You *have* been brainwashed ...

[@SmartTrucking]

Oh, I know we're way, way behind where we should be. Dave

[@gailmorra]

It's all become one big LIE

[@paulbickley658]

Where's the beef?

[@geekone6621]

Supply and demand...how many truckers could be train conductors? That’s like comparing apples and tomatoes... Don’t get me wrong, truckers ARE underpaid, but Trump’s fault? Seriously? As long as there are drivers willing to drive for $30,000 a year...then that will rule. What is OOIDA doing? What are the drivers doing? What is your congressman doing? What did Obama do except Elogs? $20 per hour is NOT huge. That is about $40,000/year. Most first year drivers are near that with no CDL and no experience. Again, truckers are underpaid, but as soon as there are less people willing to drive for low pay, the money to drivers will increase.

[@anthonyforret2117]

One of the first big meetings Trump had after inauguration was with AFL-CIO Building Trades leaders. Trump uses union contractors to build his projects and union labor at his hotels and resorts.

[@chefrenetheriault]

Thank you for keeping it real I am thinking to join that career I was working in the oil fields as a cook I am a red seal and for the past 6 months not looking good for the future

[@SmartTrucking]

Go for it!

[@danlindeke4039]

nurse,carpenters, plumbers, cops=$35/hour+$26/benefit-pension.The real reason of driver shortage is there's more money doing something else. clarence

[@SmedleyButler1]

No it's over immigration and work visas. Just compare the 4000% increase in billionaires to the 2% increase in wages in the U.S. over the last 30 years to figure out who's behind it. Where can a carpenter and Plummer make 35+ 25/hour?

[@southerncross3638]

I've been driving for 38 yrs, the problem today compared to the past is too many drivers, when I started a cheuffers license was something special, today every body and his mother has a CDL, the more of something the cheaper it is .

[@AlBundy641]

i watch your videos to learn about trucking and the industry. i'm just a rookie but i'm one with open ears that doesn't allready know everything just because i've survived a year out here... my question to you is. what are we supposed to do about it? even though what you say is true and the pay out here is a joke in more ways than one... it's still a lot better income overall than a lot of jobs. compared to an owner op with his own authority or a driver with 20 yrs exp. i'm sure i make crumbs but in my first year as a company driver i made over 45k. is everyone supposed to just quit? should people keep there jobs flipping burgers or delivering pizzas because they at least get payed for all of their time but dont make enough to buy the pizza they deliver? lol should i tell my fleet manager the industry is a joke and they don't pay me enough so i'm going to go break my back in a factory for less than 20k a year? just curious what the "smart-trucking" thing to do is now that i know i'm brainwashed and everyone for the past 18 and a half years before me is brainwashed?

[@SmartTrucking]

Stay in the industry, never stop shopping while you gain experience ,be sure before you jump ship and keep in mind how many hours you put in for the money you net, then subtract the road expenses. It may not be long before you trip across a factory job that pays better or a short haul job with nights at home. Dave

[@RaviSingh-xl3os]

American Nomad i agree with dave on this one my 1st year i made less than 40k with a 1099 so i had to pay 5k in taxes =avg $35,000 take home but now in my 5th year driving with a good driving record & experience i got a local job that pays hourly & home every night(Penske that is contracted with CVS pharmacies & trader Joe's) ot after 8hrs dbl time after 12 hrs or over 60 hrs a week whichever comes 1st, last year i grossed over $65k with w2 & got almost $5k back from taxes, jus my 2 cents get your experience in then apply for a better company that pays hourly if you want local wrk or find a good company that pays at least .45 cpm(more if you got hazmat) for long haul. Most good paying companies dnt want a rookie driving for them due to insurance costs & they want to keep a good record with d.o.t.

[@hectorguzman1506]

I know it’s more than a year since you published this video but it’s still relevant. It’s frustrating getting your CDL thinking you’re gonna make big bucks and at the end just to find out it’s not worth it. I’m about to give up my CDL and learn a trade.

[@vicki4493]

Yea that true, because i been a carrier for 7years and I have never RECIEVE a pay on load it true I agree brain wash 100% agree

[@daveminer9217]

Thank You Smart Trucking for starting common sense conversations about Trucking Industry rip-offs!

[@munozcampos]

Us express yeah I haul dedicated from C ali to FL well. What can you do and say when the trucking industry has gone to shit.

[@Losttribesmen]

This gentleman u better listen to every word he says he really cares about us

[@TexHoss1]

Why lower the hourly wage to do the physical work of loading & unloading. Now that's a great hourly wage. Why not leave it for the whole time you are on duty. I once figured what I made into an hourly rate that I made once I left the house until I got back home & it was less than minimum wage. Now this was years ago & the minimum wage at that time was $2.50 per hour. Damn I was getting rich, lol. If they are going to pay an hourly wage it should be the same hourly rate for all work while on duty. Just my thoughts. It's great that a company is stepping up to the plate to pay a real wage.

[@martinmarsh7456]

You have rolling on the floor, because you will never see it so it don't matter how it's done.

[@redbluesome2829]

Eddie Hubbard - Correct, your duty time is your duty time, whether you’re driving, unloading, or sitting in your cab having a sandwich while somebody else unloads. It’s a bit of a nickel and dime tactic, but it’s a start.

[@brentmack51]

They are not going to pay 20 hours on a 10 hour run. They don't want to pay top $ for a layzee basted to tarp a load or watch a fork lift guy load you. I pull a tank locally and make more than you by the mile super slab gear jammers do day by day

[@chrisolsen7624]

I got out of trucking 3 weeks ago. Lovin it

[@walterwynnchok7474]

They tell you like it is the gospel when all it is is something that benefits their company at the time!...

[@SmartTrucking]

Yup! Dave

[@walterwynnchok7474]

Smart-Trucking.com WERNER tells you if you make a U - Turn in the street it is a career Ender like it is the gospel!

[@holmes1956O]

Smart-Trucking.com I have been in the industry since 1979. I quickly learned that the trucking industry in north america thrives on stupidity. I was an o/o until 2004 and I always tried to get drivers to understand that pay by the hour is the only way. I am now a company driver we get $27 an hour ot at 50 hrs and we are always at 70 hrs per week home almost every night. I wouldnt have it any other way

[@aholetowtruckdriver6523]

holmes1956O What company do you work for? And what all do you haul?

[@danf3937]

Walter Wynnchok go to bed

[@charleshanna2089]

Dave ! Love you man ! I got to hand it to you ! Your one of the few people in the realm of truck drivers that is actually aware of the size of the propaganda machine used to trick and play on the hopes and dreams of the young drivers ! The propaganda machine for ATA trucking companies and shippers/ receivers is huge ! Why don't we see any kind of counter publications or any exposure of the industrialized propaganda by OOIDA ? Im an OOIDA member but I don't them doing anything to counter the lies and misrepresentations that you just pointed out We never see a billboard o magazine publication along the interstate calling the Liars out We need to raise public awareness about how Corporations cheating drivers out of their wages and under paying them results in making the hiways more unsafe

[@mirek6937]

Come and work for purolator. They pay by hour. OT after 9 hours or 45. Seventh day pay double time. 😂

[@bradynevels6874]

Hi Dave. You are absolutely correct when you say the politicians are way too involved with the trucking industry. I personally believe that politicians are like diapers. They need to be changed often and for the same reason. You are more than welcome to use that in a future video if you like. I am a lot like you, I say what is on my mind and don’t usually feel bad about it.

[@Cyb3rCl3ric]

Thus the reason why we need a driver’s union. Drive safe.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

I watched the ad for JB Hunt. It was rough, but I made it to the video here. -pops a couple rolaids 🤣

[@LibertarianRF]

Imagine if we went back to a form of money which didn't lose value every single year?

[@Psalm1I6]

Paper squares are unconstitutional, but most people are ignorant. We work for paper squares. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity.

[@SuperTired1487]

$28 dollars an hour ? Geez, even when I'm stuck in traffic ?! That's amazing. Other companies must follow suit. It's almost as if C.H. trucking is actually paying drivers as if theyre professional drivers ??? Pretty much converting my CPM to hrly pay I'm probably at about $15-20 wow.

[@kingcrusher5524]

If you Google the average owner operators make in a year it comes back saying they make $184.864 a year... That is the way to go. To HELL w/ company driving I'm gonna start training for owner op...

[@Tonythetrucker1979]

Most days including border crossings, and running on US hours, I normally have 600-650 miles a day on Elogs, running from the NE to down south.

[@williamarseneau1575]

If I hadn't retired with 10 million miles at the age of 70, I'd beat a path to their door. Thanks for telling it like it is!!!!!!!

[@markflierl1624]

I used to drive in the mid 90's. Back then, A 600 mile day was average. For my first OTR delivery, the company wanted me to go 1250 miles in a day and a half. I picked up the load Saturday afternoon and the company wanted it delivered on Monday morning at 5 am (1250 miles away).

[@SmartTrucking]

Those days are over. That's how it used to be, especially for us guys with reefers, but, ELD's and lawsuits have put an end to that! Dave

[@bubba9384]

Paid percentage of load, so I get a raise as soon as freight does.

[@mikegallegos7]

I drove for eight years and simply got tired of the BS carriers, dispatchers, carrier CEO making a speech at orientation to which no one, including the already hired dispatchers et al could give a flyin' RA. It's all the same BS, day in and day out. Am not driving anymore but have to admit I miss driving trucks. But not going back, though. Good luck to you Truckers still running. Wish you all well. Thanks for your videos.

[@waynesworld2086]

Wow that's only a hair over $300 xtra a month with that lil over .03 per mile 😂😂😂

[@movsestimiryan3854]

Wayne Dearman --- I know, do they operate under the belief that people can't do math?

[@terrystoner4504]

You should talk about the "performance/safety" bonuses the big carriers promise. I've never known, myself included, anybody to actually get these bonuses because of some b.s. reason or it's based on the entire company and you know the odds of something happening to screw the deal.

[@SmartTrucking]

Good catch! That's another huge scam! Dave

[@chromediesel444]

Mega carriers are so professional that they can professionally lie.

[@israelturner8079]

BIG THANKS TO YOU!!! And I'm sharing this ASAP. Ppl jump in and they're like fish. Hook line sinker... Bite and that company is frying your ass. The best video I've ever saw💯💪🏾

[@SmartTrucking]

Thanks! Dave

[@timothyfritsch8801]

hello again and thanks its very helpfull boy be really nice to have you as a mentor

[@freedomfighteraffiliate2576]

This is American Greed at it's finest"..... Corrupt industries...Great video...and Hard truths to swallow when we go to do anything with almost any industry!!!....What is a man to do???....

[@Mvb2024]

Sounds like I need to go to CH Express

[@SmartTrucking]

Everybody is thinking the same thing, including me! Dave

[@thetruckersmanifesto3873]

Some of the sleepers I’ve seen you could put a bow flex in the back next to a hot tub

[@Jaxdp65]

Yup I came off the road to run local longest run is 600 round trip started 18.50 by end of 1st year at 20 an hr I’m 5 years in still at 20 hr about 3 months ago they said were are going to give you more pay so we went from hr pay with an average of 48 to 52 hrs a week to 50 to 58 hrs a week on mileage stop and load pay .42 miles 32 load 18 stop we all say it’s to get out of paying overtime so I’m working more for same pay when you break it down

[@georgebrown8302]

Sir, you ate absolutely right... I've only been in trucking about a year. I realize thats no time at all. But i am so disgusted by the amount of lies and B.S. I've been subjected to. Unfortunately i couldn't get a grant for trucking school so i had to go the route of using a " megacarrier" for my schooling, and training. Im so disillusioned by this crap. I've totally lost faith in this industry after jumping through so many hoops to appease them to get shit on at every turn. My advice to anyone wanting to do this to take care of your families: think twice or more about who you start with. It shouldn't be this hard to succeed at something you were really passionate about in the beginning...

[@curtish9499]

"Dave is speaking the Truth."