Profile For Michael H.

Thanks for all the Advice guys.... I'm going to have a nice conversation with my DM and ask him to make an effort to improve my runs ... I'm new but I have been rolling solo for about 3 months now.... Another month of working for $350 take home is nothing short of indentured servitude .... From what I can gather... Even being new.. I should be looking at $700 or more each week... The one bad thing about canning my DM is that I have to go back in to the main terminal and switch out trucks.. At least that is how I understand it... The trucks are assigned to the DM's.... Which is a pain in the arse!

I finally went solo at an unnamed big trucking company rolling a Freightliner with a flat bed... I have picked up and dropped off every load on time.. My take home pay is averaging $350.00... Seems like I am securing more loads than driving as well as waiting 10 hours to either load or unload more often than not.. For instance.. Right now as I write this.. I have been waiting since last night for a load of drywall ... I'm sitting in a drop yard with no pay... A driver did come by to get the flatbed to be loaded .... 6 hours ago... Anyway... This presumed "Hot Load" is only going 400 miles when the flat bed returns loaded... What I'm driving to on this is..... I'm a great driver.. 52 years old .. Accident free for all the years that I drove... Drove trucks back n the 80's but then persued other ventures.. Decided to try OTR for a life change.. Buzzed right through school and blew them away on the driving portion of graduation... Now... I'm stuck with an outfit that could care less if I'm sitting for 2 resets a week! Is there a legit trucking company or reccomendations for one that deliver what they promise? I mean.. Really.. I'm one of those guys who are out here to roll... Pick up and deliver... I'm out here for months at a time .. Not weeks.. And I'm stuck with a company and or DM that pulls every call that what I assume got turned away by other drivers and fed to me.. I'm out here to make money.. Not camp out in their truck forever and a day.. Where is a trucking company that rewards drivers that drive long and hard no matter their seniority ? Seems like this venture has to change for me because $350 a week tied with flat bed securement labor is BS. Seriously considering dry van or tanker as well at this point. If anyone has a suggestion for whom to apply.. Please do! I only require solo with an assigned truck... And a mission to complete with assigned truck... Mike... (919)556-4599