Lazy Truckers?

Well said Brett. Trucking is no walk in the park. If one is to succeed in this business, you have to want to do it, and put up with the questionable runs too. Anyway, I don't want to echo everything you just wrote, because it was spot on brother. Well put!

Mt T you're right on. I wrote about that exact thing in my book and we've talked about that on here many times. If you give the complainers and cry babies enough time to talk they'll eventually describe to you how they're the ones causing their own problems, not the company.

In fact, I was just saying yesterday that you can tell a top tier driver by the way they communicate. You don't hear all of the company bashing and the crying and complaining about regular everyday things. You don't hear about them changing companies every three months or how they can't get any miles. You don't see them pointing fingers at everyone around them for causing all of their problems.

Top tier drivers face all of the same difficulties and hardships as everyone else but they do their best to take it all in stride, keep a great attitude, and focus on getting the job done. They also understand that they will be rewarded for the favors they do for dispatch and the patience they show when things don't go smoothly in the offices. Maybe they need someone to take some unwanted short runs or bring a damaged trailer in for service. Maybe they double booked a load and sent the driver on a wild goose chase for a load that doesn't exist. You know what? That's trucking. A top tier driver knows this, takes it in stride, and realizes that dispatch will make it up to them - and they always do.

The entire reason I named this site TruckingTruth is because there is so much misinformation out there about this industry and specifically about a lot of the major companies. 98% of it is pure garbage that should have never seen the light of day but there is no shortage of websites let people spread this filth like it's solid gold career advice. I just couldn't sit back and let people be mislead by the poor performers out there who don't have what it takes to thrive in this industry. I wanted to teach people what it takes to be happy and successful in trucking and thankfully over the years a bunch of great drivers have joined the cause and have been coming here to give great advice every chance they get.

The key to getting great miles, getting home on time, and getting special favors from time to time is to pay it forward to dispatch. Take the tough runs that no one wants and you'll be rewarded with the great runs that very few people get. Get the job done safely and on time, every time. Be a top performer, keep a great attitude, and do your part to keep the company running smoothly. There is always plenty of freight and good runs for the top tier drivers at any major company but you have to earn those miles and gravy runs by doing the dirty work sometimes. Once you've proven yourself to be a top tier driver you'll be treated that way.

That's the error that so many people make. They know that drivers are in high demand so they think they can stroll into any company and just start bossing people around and cherry picking the good runs. The truth of the matter is that top tier drivers are in huge demand, not just any lousy driver. These companies will take just any driver because there are always some scraps lying around to feed them. But only the top performers get those special favors and consistently high miles that seem to elude most drivers.