Everytime I enter a new trade looks like I made a bad choice

The money is not in trucking hasn't been since 80s. We should be able to retire with pride dignity and take care of our families children. Minimum pay for otr should be 200k plus local 125k k plus. You got idiots in office or home making more money. Idc if you sleeping in truck or waiting at dock shop you should get paid. Local there's law says it's legal not to pay Truckers overtime after 40. Only field straight up discrimination. I'm local flatbed by the hour overtime after 40. I blame drivers for taking bad jobs pays.

Getting a dryvan or reefer driver to do more than just opening a door, backing into a dock then running back into the sleeper is damn near impossible. Good luck

When I drove flatbed, the company that I drove for offered curtain vans, roll tops and open decks. As a driver, you need to determine what your company is likely to haul before you make a choice. Being on the west coast, we hauled a lot of green lumber. 6-8 straps and you're gone. Feeding the straps thru the rail on a roll top and then fcking with opening and shutting it can turn a 15 minute load/tie down into an hour plus. Tarping sucks... but so does screwing around with curtains and roll tops on "no-tarp" loads.

Really appreciate this channel, hoping someone can clear up some confussion. In a previous video Ronen claimed that his Cascadias were getting 8+ miles to gallon and this was one of the reason against older trucks. In this video Ronen states that the trucks used in this analasys were gettin 6.5 to 7 mpg. I love the older trucks because I am able to work on them, but I was considering a Cascadia simply based on the performance and fuel claims.

That was an awesome video! This is the kinda knowledge we all need. Keep a truckin ya’ll

Love how you explain everything in your videos. I’m in a different situation with my job than the average driver myself, I only move equipment and materials for the company I work for and 90% of it is over dimension. So it’s like pulling parachutes through the wind. So terrible fuel economy no matter what you do or what you have for a tractor. Now if I had to go back to a regular driving job I would 100% suck it up and drive an aerodynamic unit with a rolltite system.

Where the hell did you get .65 cpm average

There’s also securement gear with flatbeds. Probably $2k-$2500 to add on to the trailer cost and re roll tite.

What percentage are you taking to go from 27k down to 8k then deductions that’s a little bit steep

Canada here. 0,45 cad per mile (I'm new to industry, just 2,5 months here). 2000 miles per week. Grain haul, driving super b. How do you think, is it good wage for beginners?

Flatbed loads are heavier that’s on fuel , sometimes you catch nails and bolts on your tires , 1 tire cost $400 aprxm. More downtime with flats, so, plus-minus Dry and Flats are almost the same $$$ Flats more headache but healthier

Flat bed..combination light weight has to be close to 29K to be legal with 48K+ loads. tarps are 70lbs each min 3 on the truck. plus all the straps and chains and associated hardware 600lbs+

That is the decision I made😊

Im RGN heavy haul. I'd never ever be a door dummy! Its embarrassing out here at the moment.

When are you gonna be hiring O/O for you flat bed division?

Is flat bed good for a beginner

I have always wondered why the American Market has never used the European curtainsider trailers, do you know why this is?

Oh the month I had a grand in tolls, the company, 7 trucks, had 3 grand total.

I think assuming flatbed and dry van drivers do the same amount of miles is disingenuous.

Awesome video

You should get tarp pay for owning a Conestoga because you're paying a premium for the Conestoga.

Thanks

another great video, but. I drive midwest to east coast a bit and in 1 month had 1000 bucks in tolls. Is that normal, no. But if you drive Ill, Ind, Oh, NY and Ma on a trip you will pay big tolls.

These numbers, in either division, will seem great to the barrista at Starbucks, some forklift operators, local public librarians and many others. At a 132,000 mile/ work year pace, it will take the new driver less than three months to figure out that he is not working a full-time job only, but two full-time jobs, with a third full-time job as night watchman for cargo, power unit, fuel and trailer, and that while sitting next to epsilon semi-moron drivers who idle their engines all night, every night. The (quality) sleep deprivation will gradually destroy any intelligence the driver started out with, dementia numbers going way up, etc., etc., all in exchange for what works out to be a near minimum wage job.

Lol... both numbers are a joke. I can't believe I started my own authority. What was I thinking???

Worst ever comparison I have seen in my life. Company owners always hate owner operators they want company drivers to use as slave. Do not listen to these kind of comparisons. Owner operators are making far batter than company driver & entire industry knows it.

Diesel price increase will change all calculations, and it has been increased since January

How you only pay 35 for tolls going from Chicago to Nj easy 300 tolls one way😂😂

I think I’m making .51 a mile company dry van.

Great video but however, you be lucky to get 6000 miles a month. The loads are not paying that much right now. So basically I see you have to cut all the numbers you told us in half.🙏🏽🚛🇺🇸, the market is over saturated we don’t need any more drivers anymore. People getting in is more drivers than work right now.

You like conestoga trailers because you don’t have to pay tarp pay. Not having to tarp benefits the driver and makes their job easier but doesn’t make you more money.

Is possible to give tanker rates?

I'm in the GTA

I tarp I drive a flatbed trailer it’s not bad at all but Canada must be different with weather but it really isn’t hard work at all

The bottom line there's too many trucks on the road. Nothing gonna change. Keep trying to save the bone And see how far you get

I dont like conestogas. They look weird. I prefer tarping.

Where do I apply? Can’t find you on ten street

I think he made a mistake in the video, Why is the company driver getting fuel deduction and insurance? 4k seems kinda low if you're getting .65 a mile. I live in Ontario Canada and most companies are paying between .55 to .60 a mile not .65 unless it's flatbed. They don't even want to pay that much for flatbed. Then you have companied paying .41 to .47 a mile. Occasionally i see job posting offering .30 a mile for team but i just block them that's waste of my time.

How to make more money? Easy, just leave the trucking industry 😃

The easy answer is... go Local LTL 30$hr!!!

Why do you not talk about tankers

Is that Canadian dollar you are using ?

$1800 more a month to be securing loads in the heat or the freezing temperatures? That's to the company driver call to make, mean while with a used pre emission truck and a cheap dry van probably making more than double of that 😂😂 i think romen meed to make 2 types of videos, one for big fleets and others one for small fleet or single member fleet because their is not 1 formula for everyone

I’ll tell you where the money isn’t at in 2024, Mickey Mouse cookie cutter general freight loads, whether that be flatbed or van. You love to crunch all these numbers and compare statistics but you have no experience in specialized loads. There’s levels to this game my friend. You wanna dog long nose trucks as unpractical as if the only freight out there is the rinky dink loads y’all run. Those numbers make sense in your little lane but like I said there are levels to the game

❤❤ Hi Ronan ❤❤ I have a question: Can a holder of an open work permit in Canada To work as a truck driver after obtaining a Canadian licence

Flatbed isnt going to turn around as fast as a van, so id say it wouldn't do the same mileage.

I'm sorry, not the next pay, the net pay

I totally disagree with your numbers be realistic! Lol

Flatbed more pay for tarping

But you said, the next pay BEFORE taxes, if u make more revenue, you pay more in taxes. So technically the flatbed driver makes the same as a van driver, (if not less) after taxes are we paid!

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Both owner operator are broke, it is better to be a driver this days

Trucking is bs