Can You Make 6000 A Month As A Local Truck Driver?

Hi everybody just an update about my brother in law, he makes 21 per hour working 40 hours a week at Swift and also gets paid by miles as well. Gross pay was over 1000 and took home about 870 dollars. I saw his check so yeah, I guess he does make that much which is good, I guess.

I never knew swift paid both miles and hourly to its drivers

I didn't know that either, but they do according to my brother in law. Ima see If I can post his check on here, and I know I said 6000 but he can make THAT much of he wanted to on good weeks so yeah maybe not 6 stacks but 5 stacks or more.

Hi everybody just an update about my brother in law, he makes 21 per hour working 40 hours a week at Swift and also gets paid by miles as well. Gross pay was over 1000 and took home about 870 dollars. I saw his check so yeah, I guess he does make that much which is good, I guess.

I never knew swift paid both miles and hourly to its drivers

I didn't know that either, but they do according to my brother in law. Ima see If I can post his check on here, and I know I said 6000 but he can make THAT much of he wanted to on good weeks so yeah maybe not 6 stacks but 5 stacks or more.

The "wanting to" part is questionable, the dispatcher determines what he is running and the routes. He is not in a position to tell the planners and dispatchers that he wants to make $1200 this week, but not next week. It doesn't work that way. My first year in this job (for Swift) I made $37,000. Is it possible to make $1250 per week on a consistent basis...possibly, but highly unlikely for a first year driver.

Sorry Hector, but the point of all this is becoming fuzzy, the initial post is now completely moot. If you are serious about becoming a driver we are all definitely here to help, happy to assist. If you want to continue debating how much your BIL can make...go for it, but I am not sure if you are trying to convince us or yourself.

Hi everybody just an update about my brother in law, he makes 21 per hour working 40 hours a week at Swift and also gets paid by miles as well. Gross pay was over 1000 and took home about 870 dollars. I saw his check so yeah, I guess he does make that much which is good, I guess.

I never knew swift paid both miles and hourly to its drivers

I didn't know that either, but they do according to my brother in law. Ima see If I can post his check on here, and I know I said 6000 but he can make THAT much of he wanted to on good weeks so yeah maybe not 6 stacks but 5 stacks or more.

The "wanting to" part is questionable, the dispatcher determines what he is running and the routes. He is not in a position to tell the planners and dispatchers that he wants to make $1200 this week, but not next week. It doesn't work that way. My first year in this job (for Swift) I made $37,000. Is it possible to make $1250 per week on a consistent basis...possibly, but highly unlikely for a first year driver.

Sorry Hector, but the point of all this is becoming fuzzy, the initial post is now completely moot. If you are serious about becoming a driver we are all definitely here to help, happy to assist. If you want to continue debating how much your BIL can make...go for it, but I am not sure if you are trying to convince us or yourself.

Keep the beef in the freezer, all I did was update this post for the ones that had already posted. I'm definitely not trying to convince you or anyone on here how much he makes, I just asked a question, but if I'm considering a career I am going to do some research. I am going to ask a LOT of questions, before I post anything. This is not my first forum so I know to research and read before posting anything! I couldn't find any information on what I was looking for so i asked 2 questions and they got answered (thanks for answering) I didn't mean for these questions to be a moot but to me this forum is cool even though I am not a truck driver, but I learned a lot on here. This post is dead thanks for answering my questions and I decided not to lose my current job for the on the road life.