Tanker Driver VS Flatbed Driver Pay Comparison (Monthly Gross Pay Statements)

[@crdougsol]

I close to reach 24 years in trucking, I had my CDL when I was the legal age limit of 21. I did dry bulk, flatbed, dump trailer , triaxle, box truck and in 2012 I started as a tanker company driver and after gaining the confidence on how to make things work I became an OO in 2019 and even with the pandemic and current fuel prices it's been an absolute win win, I just regret not making the move to tankers sooner when I was younger.

[@mayainverse9429]

do u own ur trailer

[@crdougsol]

@@mayainverse9429 Of course not, I'm leased to someone but I purchased the truck with my very own credit.

[@mayainverse9429]

@@crdougsol if I am ok to ask. what are u making atm NET after ur expenses and repairs. also I am finishing school in few weeks but im at a total loss on how to procede into industry after that. any thoughts?

[@crdougsol]

@@mayainverse9429 Is much more difficult to start these days than 20 years ago. I never drove for a mega carrier but today but if you're about to get your license more likely your going to have to pay your dues somewhere, you're going to make money after your second year. After that if you have a good credit to buy your own truck, take pride in what you do and find a good company and you get along well with your dispatcher your can make 150k or more net after everything I mean everything.

[@veed_official]

@@crdougsol so could you please explain that which one is more profitable, flatbed or tanker or which one??

[@romancanada]

The most important thing is that tanker drivers live at home with their families. May be they are at home not each night, but often. And flatbed drivers live on a road, not at home.

[@fyaboijay]

Exactly

[@johnwolf1475]

@@fyaboijay ORANGE JUICE IS OVER THE ROAD

[@vijabe]

Tanker #1 made $8,542 US = $11,130 CAD Tanker #2 made $7,964 US = $10,377 CAD Flatbed #1 made $8,362 CAD = $6,417 US Flatbed #2 made $8,918 CAD = $6,844 US At least in this scenario, strictly based on the money (unknown variables concerning hours worked), the Tankers made significantly more money. A better comparison needs equal hours and equal rates of pay, whether rate/hr or pay/mile or percentage.

[@lilripstaSSF4]

Tankers work a lot more than us open deck guys. Open deck we don’t drive as much and we get heavily compensated. When I was a company driver I worked maybe 43 hours a week and made 1800 gross

[@vijabe]

@@lilripstaSSF4 Depends on what kind of freight the tanker is pulling. Some drive more miles, work harder. Some spend a lot of time waiting around to be cleaned out. At least in the scenario above, as explained/insinuated in the video, the hours were approximately the same. But again, one needs to have a better/more equal comparison. Need to have a tanker vs flatbedder where both are home every night/weekend; regional home every weekend; etc. A tanker might "work" a lot of hours, but drive a lot fewer miles (e.g. waiting to get cleaned out). A flatbed might be hauling construction materials or instead hauling specialized equipment. As for "more work", flatbed often requires considerably more physical work than tankers. Always tradeoffs. Regardless, both generally make more than van/reefer, and both require someone willing to work a little harder/take more risks. (edit) The company one works for can obviously make a big difference too. A tanker can work for a shit company and not be paid well, while the flatbedder works for a great company, making bank. Or vice versa. One's specialty can also be more susceptible to ebbing and flowing of freight, so in the short term one makes much better pay than the other, while at other times the pay is more equal. All kinds of variables one needs to consider.

[@HabituaILineStepper]

@@lilripstaSSF4what company???

[@vantidorainc.1608]

​@lilripstaSSF4 that's not exactly true tho?

[@Cherokeelion]

One point that should be clarified is that most hazmat tanker jobs are regional/local… most. Flatbed is more OTR.

[@Artur_Khazin]

Ronen you're comparing local drives that sleep home every night and weekends versus drives that live in their trucks for two- three weeks at the time.

[@londonoalex]

Good point, also consider those U.S. drivers are earning money that has almost 30% more buying power.

[@lngleg]

I drive for a mega tanker company. Thank you for posting this video and showing the comparisons. Always good content.

[@HabituaILineStepper]

Does your company take new drivers? I just got my CDL A. Still need to get my tankers and hazmat endorsements but I’m looking to move on quick in my trucking career to the best money

[@JJJJ-hp9oz]

Tanker drivers pay period was 2 weeks (14 days), then you multiplied by 2 and called that monthly earnings (28 days). Then Flatbed driver pay period was 15 days, so when you multiplied by 2 it was for 30 days. So not a equal days comparison. Always calculate weekly earnings and multiply by 4.33 to get monthly earnings. It's amazing how many people think there's only 4 weeks in a month.

[@stevecooper8121]

I haul isotainer's.40 hours a week home every night for $1500 gross guarantee pay, No loading or pumping off. By far the easiest best job I ever had Trucking.

[@Coleboy223]

Damn, canada or us?

[@MrTuhefner]

Is that Tanker?

[@stevecooper8121]

Isotainer is a tank that is removable that is put on a ship or railcar and holds about 7 thousand gallons.

[@cedricjones5696]

Do you haul them on a standard container chassis?

[@stevecooper8121]

@@cedricjones5696 we use a spread axle chassis with a goose neck

[@shawndennstedt5898]

With a two-week pay period I have always been taught to calculate the monthly pay this way: gross pay x 26 pay periods in a year / by 12 months. So in your first example the monthly pay would be $4271 x 26 ($111,046) / 12 = $9254 per month. Cheers!

[@shawndennstedt5898]

Your first two examples are USD and your second examples are in, I assume, CAD. As of 7/18/22 $8362 CAD = $6445 USD.

[@israrahmed1251]

You definitely know what you are talking about. Thank you for the insight.

[@facediaper4607]

That is bs for monthly pay you a fool

[@frankelse745]

Or just multiply weekly by 4.3.

[@claudem.p.7969]

Are the USA drivers pay check in USD or CAD ? when did the exchange rate was taken ?

[@thesandman7294]

I'm a flatbed driver and I average 2k a week and I'm home 99.9% of the time but that 1% I will be out overnight and back home the next day

[@HabituaILineStepper]

What company?? I just got my CDL A and looking at P&S transport to start flat bed

[@thesandman7294]

@@HabituaILineStepper P&S is not a bad place to start, Prime, TMC, Melton.

[@BJ0521]

When converting weekly pay to monthly pay you must multiply by 4.3, not 4.

[@t28ruger44]

I live in a small logging town in N. Idaho where everyone has their CDL. Nobody has hazmat/tanker endorsements. I'm the sole company driver in a new class b fuel pumper truck. I start and quit when I want and never go more than 30 miles from town. Super awesome people to work for and gross 11,400 a month. 40 hours regular time and 20 hours ot every week at $37 reg and 55.50 ot. I've paid my dues for 13 years doing otr and dirt work. God has blessed me very much.

[@bwillan]

Surprising that your NB flatbed driver drove almost 2000 miles more and only grossed a couple hundred dollars more than the driver in your Concord terminal.

[@iamcertifiable2306]

Appreciate the video, there are a couple of things wrong with your facts, #1 your talking US dollars vs Canadian dollars and #2 if you look at statement from tanker driver 2, is from 2020 while the others are new.

[@stakklecash6043]

Tanker drivers typically get paid when the clock starts running…. Flatbed on gets paid if the wheels are rolling…. Big difference

[@JS-jv6rg]

Did you mentioned both of these hauling hazmat and doubles/triples

[@KP-05]

The fact is the taxes completely screw us..hence why we should be getting paid more as drivers.

[@thesandman7294]

Don't forget child support 🤣

[@GrindaGangtv]

Is there a time to workout as a tanker driver ? Like do you work 8-10shift

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

Always gotta make the time for yourself

[@davidparraflrealtor]

Hi, I love your videos. could you please make a video explaining the best way to get a CDL and a local job for people under 21 years old? Thank you!

[@king_ejohn5850]

Hourly is far more superior compared to chasing miles. Also, home daily is far more healthier than being OTR for weeks. Lastly, us Tankers don’t have to secure loads. I was a flatbed guy for 6 years. I wish I switched to pulling hazmat tanks sooner

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

We agree!

[@stick19a]

Why do you pay less for east coast driver doing the same job as Ontario drivers???

[@villainjohnnoel8075]

Hi from France, i drive a petrol tanker here in France, local work,home every night, the wages are terrible,you're better off driving a flat-top or a tautliner or a fridge van or a garbage truck.

[@ericklafranchise1665]

I just quit a flatbed job to go tanker. I drive in QC/ON canada Flatbed I ran at 26$/h 2h minimum and 0.53 cents a mile. Net I got about +/- 1300 a week, 2500 for 2 weeks. OTR the whole week Tanker it runs at 32$/h, no minimum and 0.78 cents a mile. Thats about +/- 1800 a week., 3600 for 2 weeks. Home 3 days out of 5 a week. Tanker brings me a lot more, plus insurances and retirement funds, and feel like I do half of what I used to do with flatbed. Im not exhausted when I get back home with the kids

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

Thanks for sharing!

[@HM-vo1jf]

1 month = 4.333 weeks Good content 👍

[@edwardbaker5373]

Really in this video you showed me examples of working in places that I would never live and work. And they make less than me now. So it's a great example of what not to do for me. That money isn't worth it to move

[@TheMootster16]

Food grade dry bulk in NY home every night average 65 hours a week for $2700 a week gross

[@ronjordan2831]

I'm sure NY is taking about 40 percent of that.

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

are you willing to send your PAy statement in?

[@lba3593]

The big difference is that most tankers are home everyday.

[@mattmurphy8288]

Today I Saw an ET Transport truck I75 north near Rocky Top Tn….

[@MrBraffZachlin]

You seem to not be accounting for the currency exchange between Canada and u.s.a. the dollar is not the same bruh. Am I missing something? Are those tanker guys in Canada making "American dollars" for some reason? If not what an American makes isn't gonna be the same as a Canadian.

[@ChrisDavis333]

Are they all being paid in USD? Or did you do a conversion for the Canadian driver?

[@victormejia512]

Us dollars and Canada

[@chriskahlson]

It’s too bad it’s driving a truck is so bad one’s health, make that video showing lack of exercise, sleep, processed food and constant stress, no pay while stuck in truck on reset

[@ichvox]

I wouldn't get up from bed for that money as o/o. About $8000 for 2 weeks clear flatbed about 45 h a week or 4500-5000 miles for 2 weeks

[@jeffnettledon9947]

Canadian or American money 💵?

[@DerekJay3091]

That seems like more local vs OTR.

[@exactinmidget92]

anyone know why the first guy was paying state taxes for 2 states?

[@frankelse745]

If he drives, buy gas in these 2 states.

[@bhaydenca]

American dollars and America taxes VS Canada? This video needs a redo pronto

[@anthonygreener3843]

You didn’t say what kind a tanker it was ????

[@jz009able]

Local drivers has a different structure from OTR drivers. So this does not reflect comparison for each drivers specialist.

[@hotchoc4uonly]

Double Tanker means B train.. 8 axle

[@timavery6550]

I'm a team driver we make $1.00 split. If that above, below or average in the industry?

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

depends, what state or Province do you live in? Would you be willing to share your pay statments?

[@timavery6550]

@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News I live in Kentucky but work out ohio. Switch from regional step deck at .47/mile. Been driving teams for only couple weeks. How many pay stubs would you like? I get paid weekly

[@comfortyeboah3459]

My husband is a track driver and he needs a job please can you help him out

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

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[@pointnIaugh]

Tank yank is the bank.

[@hotshotcharlie4619]

A lot of it has to do with level of experience. That could Benifit f rom knowing does number

[@devdhamija7585]

Please break it down by income per hour. If you only work twenty hours per week and still make $8k per month, then you are living a very different lifestyle compared to the 100 hour/week driver.

[@openroad1240]

You forgot to convert the exchange rate

[@cliffnelson1174]

I have been driving for 25 years yanking tanks and I never made over 45000 In my life because I refuse to run 2 log books.

[@dknowles60]

Tanker is a lot Easyer then Flat bed you would spend a lot of time chaining Straping tarping

[@facediaper4607]

I pulled 12 this month without taxes deducted wtf you fools doing

[@lauralou5319]

I haul gas I am payed 33.00 an hour plus overtime and 2.00 an hour safty payed every month in Sacramento California

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

Hi, are you willing to send in your pay statments? we will cross out all the infoamtion like we did in this Video.

[@facediaper4607]

Currently I make 15% a load doing corn running team that both of us making 3200 a week take home before taxes the hell you fools doing flat bed tarping and strapping that load

[@PurpleMusicProductions]

Wow that's a lot of hours.

[@trezparks7994]

A lot of miles too 🥴

[@israrahmed1251]

Thats how trucking works

[@ronjordan2831]

@@israrahmed1251 That's how trucking works for suckers. I ain't working that many hours.

[@israrahmed1251]

@@ronjordan2831 isn’t a log like 70 hours a week?

[@ronjordan2831]

@@israrahmed1251 Does that mean you work 70 hours a week?

[@jasonshawn9102]

So the 1st tank driver is making $35/ hr and 2nd 33/hr on an average, not sure how many hours the flatbed drivers were in their truck ? please next time make sure to include hours for drivers , any hours when drivers are in the truck should be considered , for long haul these company will always tell the gross yearly or per mile no one ever took time to calculate what they making per hour, as far as $7000-8000 per month you can make working $25 for 13 hours for 22-24 days a month taking 2 days off or 1 day off in a week and sleep in your bed at home for different job other than trucking in your city , its just lifestyle and what people preferred . A healthcare Housekeeper in BC making 21$ an hour can make that money if he or she does Overtime if they work same hours what the truck drivers are working .

[@michaelmcfade8787]

Not good comparison when you can't give the hours for all the drivers

[@gemini2633]

For one your assessment is bias because you use drivers from your own company and didn't even put the amount of hours they were working, or the thier hourly salary to compare. And the pros and cons if they are home nightly or otr. Not a good comparison.

[@currencycam13]

Forever Flatbed 🤙🏿

[@victormmedina1457]

Tankers forever😁

[@ronjordan2831]

You must live in the South.

[@currencycam13]

@@ronjordan2831 ATL my boy

[@ronjordan2831]

@@currencycam13 That's what I figured. You wouldn't be forever flatbed up here in the Midwest with sub zero temps and 30mph winds.

[@currencycam13]

@@ronjordan2831 oh yeah it’s quiet for those temperatures lol hell no

[@crypto_forcount463]

Heys wats up I currently work for a Propane company working 60 plus or close to 60 hours a week . It’s a Propane bobtail truck . I would like to send you my paystub . Very good video btw . I’ve always wanted to someone to post a video like your man excellent ! GroSs$4500

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

Thanks for watching!

[@gavinchappell2685]

I mean I’m a 92F in the US Army if it counts 🤔

[@blaiselowry4203]

91b here. Smd

[@jimmybaggs5342]

Tanker drivers crushed it when you consider they were paid in USD.

[@robd1859]

Truck drivers don't get paid by the hour. They get paid by the mile and by the stop

[@t28ruger44]

Not the smart ones

[@dorianking168]

While I appreciate the comparison, this cannot even be considered a fair comparison. This is more of a pay stub reveal more than anything. The pay rates in the US are signficantly bettter/different than here in Canada (something you even mention in another video). Not to mention, you are comparing hourly vs CPM which is not even an accurate comparison because OT will always come out ahead in the long run.

[@hilbertomendes1270]

Send me a link and I'll provide you a statement. I'm an O/O tank driver in southern Ontario.

[@veed_official]

So do you make more then flatbed??

[@MrTuhefner]

How much experience?

[@moulatdahkka]

Hey bro do you recommend getting into the owner operator tanker game? Is it possible to be at 5k net a week? Thanks bro

[@Cherokeelion]

@@moulatdahkka 6-7.5k after company cut.

[@moulatdahkka]

@@Cherokeelion thanks man, do you have any company that you would recommend for me to lease on to?

[@irontrunk2267]

Pulling 2 people out of the entire country and making any kind of a comparison? ‘Eh yeah ok

[@Superchargedtio]

This video is fake doubles/ triples are illegal in California

[@calvinbarnes7664]

I have drove flatbed and tanker I like duh tanker job get paid by the week but I'm here in Mobile Alabama

[@1986Glory]

We got to chop it up I’m in diberville you only an hour away

[@johnathoncraft5218]

I make more than this hauling dry van.

[@facediaper4607]

Those are some bs hours with miles

[@johnwolf1475]

THIS SAID NOTHING

[@connorrampage7817]

Flat-bedding is a LOT more dangerous!!!!

[@DJSTOEK]

😷🙂

[@luisomarperez1243]

I need to work for u lol

[@pauliegee6980]

I have a stepdeck. My own authority. You're all driving too much. Life is short

[@athomp0181]

We 💩💩 on flatbed💪🏼💪🏼🤣

[@Nowhere788]

Both dead end.. Trucking is gone… history

[@nwabuezeozuzu6370]

Please explain. 😕

[@Nowhere788]

Dead end stupid occupation.. explained enough.??

[@curtis7599]

Boring