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She drives flatbed for Gypsum Express.

Recaps are driving available hours each day, after your 70hr is reached. Everyday, you will get a certain number of hours back to drive, to hit your 70. A reset, is a 34 hour "break" to reset your 70 hour clock.

She is in her 3rd year of driving, Been with Gypsum just over a year.

Thanks for all the information everyone. I gotta say, this is a pretty cool website with lots of great information.

Oh my gosh, you certainly don't have to stay out weeks at a time to make money. My company started me at 33cpm (they don't have a school) and within 4 months i was at 39cpm when i decided to team with my bf. Honestly, i wasn't concerned about cpm at west side transport because of their Regional home weekly with $900/wk minimum pay committment. For network fleet.. Out 2 weeks, the guarantee is $1100/wk. My company has solo dispatch down to a science but they're working hard to figure out teaming lol. I love my company despite making a heck of a lot more as a brand new solo driver home EVERY weekend. I averaged solo anywhere from $900 to $1300 a week before deductions. When we went team, we lost our pay commitments but working hard to hash things out with this excellent solo focused company as they TRY to develop a team division.

I think the point was that when you go home you don't make money. For example.. I went home recently and although I usually clear $700 to $900 per week... I only cleared $85 cause of the way the loads worked out with the week days and payroll cut off. My load coming off hometime went onto the next week pay. So if I stay out 4 weeks I can expect to make close to $3600 clear. If I go home for 4 days in that same month then I might only clear $2800. That's a mortgage payment of a difference.

As far as sitting for days on end... that is determined by you and if you want to work hard. But keep in mind you don't have to kill yourself out here to make money. And you don't have to max your 70. At prime we are not encouraged to do 34 hour resets. If I only have 5 hours left on my clock that day.. my dispatcher will find a load where I drive a couple hours to get there then roll after midnight when I get more hours. If you drive 400 miles per day for 7 days you still are getting 2800 miles... and making good money. You don't need to drive 500 to 600 miles a day to make money. (Of course there are days where I do but there days I only drive 200 miles also).

My friend works for Superior as hazmat tanker and he is home every other weekend for two days at a time. Which means in one month he gets 4 days home the same as me, but 2 days off in a pay week affects him less than 4 days off in a pay week. But that company is not going to hire rookies give them great pay and that kind of schedule. His company works in a way that wherever he ends up.. the new terminal dispatches close to home. So say he is sent to chicago. The Chicago dispatcher automatically sends him back to NJ even if he doesn't go home that weekend. So just imagine only being 70 miles from home and not getting to go cause NJ then sends him back out for another week.

If your wife comes to team with you you can give up your apt and save a ton on bills while.making great money teaming. I don't have my apt anymore... so my overhead with car and insurance.. storage is like one week pay. ;) everything else is spending money and savings

I think the point was that when you go home you don't make money. For example.. I went home recently and although I usually clear $700 to $900 per week... I only cleared $85 cause of the way the loads worked out with the week days and payroll cut off. My load coming off hometime went onto the next week pay. So if I stay out 4 weeks I can expect to make close to $3600 clear. If I go home for 4 days in that same month then I might only clear $2800. That's a mortgage payment of a difference.

As far as sitting for days on end... that is determined by you and if you want to work hard. But keep in mind you don't have to kill yourself out here to make money. And you don't have to max your 70. At prime we are not encouraged to do 34 hour resets. If I only have 5 hours left on my clock that day.. my dispatcher will find a load where I drive a couple hours to get there then roll after midnight when I get more hours. If you drive 400 miles per day for 7 days you still are getting 2800 miles... and making good money. You don't need to drive 500 to 600 miles a day to make money. (Of course there are days where I do but there days I only drive 200 miles also).

My friend works for Superior as hazmat tanker and he is home every other weekend for two days at a time. Which means in one month he gets 4 days home the same as me, but 2 days off in a pay week affects him less than 4 days off in a pay week. But that company is not going to hire rookies give them great pay and that kind of schedule. His company works in a way that wherever he ends up.. the new terminal dispatches close to home. So say he is sent to chicago. The Chicago dispatcher automatically sends him back to NJ even if he doesn't go home that weekend. So just imagine only being 70 miles from home and not getting to go cause NJ then sends him back out for another week.

If your wife comes to team with you you can give up your apt and save a ton on bills while.making great money teaming. I don't have my apt anymore... so my overhead with car and insurance.. storage is like one week pay. ;) everything else is spending money and savings

I've talked to my wife about teaming but she's not wanting to give up her nursing career at this time. We only have one car pmt and it will be paid off in four months. We will be debt free by Christmas. She makes between $1800 and $3000/payday depending on her OT. She gets paid bi-weekly. She said she makes as much working three days a week as driving a truck and being gone from home and her grandchildren. She makes a good point there but it would be great if I could get her to come with me.

Are there any companies that let husband and wife train together before they go out in their own truck? She drove a truck in the 90's and had a male trainer who, she said, tried to get her to get a room with him among other things, during her two weeks of training OTR for Schneider out of London, KY. She's concerned about having a similar experience should she decide to go back on the road. And yes, she reported it but nothing came of it.

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Some companies have "deals" like you're looking for. I believe Swift has a BOGO where a couple get full training for one tuition.

Prime would train you seperately then have you team together. She can request a female trainer.... but honestly what if she is a lesbian? Same could happen. Prime however will NOT put up with sexual Harassment and the men here know it...which actually scares them cause they are afraid of false allegations.

She's making more.money aND I could see her point... but of you ate paying for a residence for her to work.... versus not paying for a residence for her to drive..it might work out better. However you cannot expect her to give up her career or dreams so you can pursue yours.

good luck

Werner, Covenant and CR England all have the capability to train husband wife teams together. Celadon too, possibly.

Prime would train you seperately then have you team together. She can request a female trainer.... but honestly what if she is a lesbian? Same could happen. Prime however will NOT put up with sexual Harassment and the men here know it...which actually scares them cause they are afraid of false allegations.

She's making more.money aND I could see her point... but of you ate paying for a residence for her to work.... versus not paying for a residence for her to drive..it might work out better. However you cannot expect her to give up her career or dreams so you can pursue yours.

good luck

I think she can handle herself pretty well with a female. And you're right, I can ask her to come with me but I can't push her into giving up something she worked so hard at and loves just to drive with me. She said we can try it this way for six months and see where we are, if I still want to be on the road and if she can handle me being away from her.

Thanks for the input.

I have been here at Roehl Transport for a year now and my weekly average pay is about 800 gross. That being said there will be good weeks and bad weeks depending on pay cut offs and such. For example my pay last week was about 500 gross which means I cleared less than 300 bucks but next week my pay will be around 7 or 800. And as long as you are willing to run they will give you the miles. Earlier this week I got to sit at the terminal doing a 34 and I got to talking with this one guy and he actually turned down a 200 mile run because he didn't want to stay at the cons after he was unloaded. Some people just don't want to put up with the hard parts of the lifestyle and so they end up sitting.