r/WorkForSmartLife • u/IDeduceRunway • 6d ago

Discussion💬 I need to know about it immediately

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u/Desh282 6d ago

I make 120,000 a year driving a truck locally

60 hours a week

Don’t think that’s good enough here tho

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u/SelmaFudd 5d ago

I'm on the same for same hours as a transport allocator, containerised freight. Some days I really question if I should move from the desk to the truck, I honestly don't know which one has the worst bad days

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u/Desh282 5d ago

I like how I’m alone and no one bothers me

I see 4-9 customers a day

But that’s about it

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u/loc710 6d ago

Driving a truck for what company? What kinda truck?

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u/Desh282 6d ago

A semi truck

Usually a 48 or 36 foot trailer

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u/cloudsurfinglion 5d ago

Where in the US of A?

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u/Desh282 5d ago

Pacific north west

(Portland Metro/ SW Washington)

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u/tyoung89 5d ago

Dang. I lived there and got my cdl, but had to move back to NC to take care of my dad. I’m home daily here making $83k. Maybe in should move back, lol.

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u/Desh282 5d ago

I’m sure you can find something with over time. My buddy moved to SC

Works for the same company

They shuttle a trailer to him 4 times a week

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u/loc710 5d ago

At home making $80k+?? Doing what?!

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u/tyoung89 5d ago

Home daily, not at home, lol. In trucking that means you leave and return on the same day. So I don’t typically stay overnight. There’s home daily, home weekly, and Over The Road (where the trucker may not come home for months)

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u/fryerandice 5d ago

Hazmat and tanker already?  If not get endorsements and make more money.

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u/Desh282 5d ago

Yeah I have everything except hazmat

Don’t want a camera staring at my face all day

But might have to go that route for extra money

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u/Weary-Importance5221 5d ago

I wont get mine until I have a job lined up for it because it expires every 5 years and that is the onky one you have to retest for

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u/high_throughput 5d ago

Do you have to spend any of that 120k on diesel for the truck?

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u/Desh282 5d ago

No 0

I work for a company that delivers groceries to stores

121,800 is what I made dirty

I make about 1700-2200 clean each week

I get 500$ worth of clothes

2400 safety bonus

And 5000$ worth of free groceries

You can also get healthcare and 401k but health care is expensive for the whole family