Man i really needed this because most of the videos on this platform ive been seeing is full of people saying theres not enough money in the trucking buisness and its all indentured slavery blah blah blah. This video just reminded me that my goals are my gas and it all depends on my effort.(im 24 starting PAM transport😬 in february and i too want to be retired and finacially free atleast by my 40s these warehouse and retail jobs feel too dead end and im too smart to keep doing deadend crap!)
Trucking is what you make of it man. I think achieving financial freedom by your 40’s is 100% doable. I hope everything goes well for you thank you for watching!
LMAOOO are you even a driver??? companies and o/o are going out of business left and right and rates and freight value is through the floor. this shit is slavery. and you’re talking about it’s what you make it. most us are lucky to get a full 3 days in. most truckers are hustlers most of us are doing all we can but still one breakdown away from parking it.
I am currently 27 and I did my red seal in culinary but after 12.5 years it no longer served my needs. I thank you for this video as it brought me motivation to go and do my class 3 license and eventually do my class 1 when I get the money. But you have put hope into my mind. I currently work landscaping for 19 an hour and I'm encouraged to save my money and get into the trucking industry. Thanks a lot for your video the subscription has been clicked.
Good afternoon, Tyler! Happy New Year for 2024! This is an election year; the economy is better on election cycles by design. So, 2024 is an excellent time to start a trucking career. Your message of having a plan is spot on for success! Roll safe out there as you get back on the road again!
I'm not an o/o but worked for a local job for many years then I moved and took a couple local which sucked in pay then did a regional and would spend all week staying at truck stops doing 3 loads a week. Sometimes they'd send me somewhere where there's no truck stops that have any parking ever so I'd have to pay 15 dollars a day to park.
I'm 21 and my father has t cell lymphoma. I spent most of my time from the age of 17 taking care of him. He's made it clear to me that he doesn't want me to throw my life away. I think trucking is probably my best option with my GED. I thought about welding but I don't think I have enough math skill for that. I'm hoping to do OTR for a few years to be able to buy some land and build a tiny house. Then pivot to a local company. I think it'll also be good because my father was a Trucker in the late 80s Early 90s. Thanks for the advice. I genuinely appreciate it because I feel so lost.
thats why I didnt bother going to college. did pre calc semester and was like "yup I dont wana do this til im in my grave". Calculus is such a soulless life ending thing to do day to day. The hardest thing in trucking is knowing ur trailer is properly attached and backing up. You can do this
Thank you so much for this helpful information. I’m 21 years old starting Swift next week. Pay isn’t great but That’s to be expected. Get my experience OTR and make that sacrifice. I will use this information. God bless you and wish me luck 🙏🏽
Hey man the pay isn’t great the first year for most, but get your year of experience accident and ticket free and the pay will be way better. Thank you for watching sir and good luck to you!
I loved this video. I’m 40 and am seriously thinking about a career change in trucking. I just want the freedom and to learn a skilled trade that I can take anywhere. I live in a very expensive part of the country and just can’t afford to stay here much longer. I think taking a risk like this would be worth it. Anyways, thanks for making this video, it’s going to help a lot of people.
This was great content... honestly my idea and plan was to do at least one year over the road and save money for the that full year and then go back to school to do what i really want to do and thats to be a plumber...how does that sound?
Simple answer yes do it. Especially if you are young. Good money, you get to travel and see different parts of the country, and be your own boss. Dont listen to the haters yes it can be hard but every job is difficult in some way. If you can deal with being alone for long periods then you will be golden it beats office work and retail drama anyday.
The saying, means to an end is exemplified in trucking. If you have a goal that needs some money… Trucking can definitely help you achieve that. Get in and get the hell out.
Hello Tyler, I want your opinion on my plan. New Subscriber too, my plan is to get into Trucking this year hopefully by February and going to CFI for my CDL training for my first year. I’m single no kids no bills except for my cellphone and my plan is to live in my Truck and save my money and run hard for one year. Then take a break and travel then come back to Trucking again. Your thoughts brother I respect your opinion
If you take a break, it will be a lot harder to get back in. That gap in employment history will scare off most decent companies. Even though you will have experience, it wouldn't be considered "recent" experience. You would likely find yourself in a refresher class starting all over almost from scratch.
i’m 19 looking into truck driving mostly because i wanna save up for a house to move out as i still live with parents currently saving up all my money from previous jobs what do u think is it a good idea
In your opinion is this perspective achievable that quickly as a company driver? or is it fast tracked by being a lease/owner eventually? I don't have my cdl yet but I hear horror stories about company driver pay all the time. thanks
pick out 20 days a year you want to be home, and dont mind staying in a truck the other 345 days and working in snow, sleet, rain all night and staying in traffic jams. but you can bring home 5 or 6 hundred a week.
But I would bet the real average is still around 700 per week bring home and having to be gone always. the lifestyle sux unless your a loner and dont like spending time with family and friends. I went back to CNC Machining making 30$ per hour and playing golf, fishing, hunting and spending time with family and friends daily. life is to short to spend time babysitting a truck.
@Magaeatsboogers still made more than that at Amazon (warehouse worker, not a truck driver (yet)). Anyone driving for less than $1k per week either isn't putting in miles, or is being taken advantage of
Hey Tyler or anyone. Im currently in training for trucking and heavy machinery cornwall Ontario. Im 23, wondering what kind of money im gonna make just had a kid so I was more thinking local or regional. Also why so much negativity on social media concerning trucking.. Call me a conspirationist but something is fishy about the xtrem amount of negetivity online. As fellow trucker we should encourage eachother
Hell no, I would rather do anything than be a damn truck driver anymore. just too much of a hassle. You get treated like crap all the time.And they got this ELD crap recording every single move you make.
@@jdizzle22396what he doesn’t state is that trades take fucking years to even break 50k as a newbie you’ll be apprentincing for pennies😂 no thanks I’d rather be making 60k+ entry level with my CDL
I’ve been an electrician apprentice for 3 years and I only make 21 bucks an hour yes I’m going into trucking to double my income off the bat got my cdl starting with Maverick soon
Why you give people the wrong info????? Maaaan in 2024 200-300 trucking company every week close their door and go bankrupt because we have over capacity in the industry, Please be realistic and get your number from the official authority, any one can go to FMCSA website and find the truth, by doing videos like this you pushing people to a wrong way
Man i really needed this because most of the videos on this platform ive been seeing is full of people saying theres not enough money in the trucking buisness and its all indentured slavery blah blah blah. This video just reminded me that my goals are my gas and it all depends on my effort.(im 24 starting PAM transport😬 in february and i too want to be retired and finacially free atleast by my 40s these warehouse and retail jobs feel too dead end and im too smart to keep doing deadend crap!)
Trucking is what you make of it man. I think achieving financial freedom by your 40’s is 100% doable. I hope everything goes well for you thank you for watching!
You need to chill for a bit because ITS TOO MANY DAMN TRUCKERS
Use to drive for M.S Carriers now it's swift it is a troubling field a lot of let downs wonder how it is now this was 1999 to 2005
LMAOOO are you even a driver??? companies and o/o are going out of business left and right and rates and freight value is through the floor. this shit is slavery. and you’re talking about it’s what you make it. most us are lucky to get a full 3 days in. most truckers are hustlers most of us are doing all we can but still one breakdown away from parking it.
You need multiple personality qualities to be successful. Hardworking, sacrifice, patience, health issues and life at risk.
I'm making 110k my first year hauling Hazmat. Home every weekend. It's a grind but I'm good for now.
Keep trucking brother 💪🏻
What company do you work for??
This is the exact video I’ve been looking for. I appreciate your knowledge, you’re definitely helping the next generation out.
I appreciate you for watching!
I’m glad to be back online and getting ahead with Living Freed.
I am currently 27 and I did my red seal in culinary but after 12.5 years it no longer served my needs. I thank you for this video as it brought me motivation to go and do my class 3 license and eventually do my class 1 when I get the money. But you have put hope into my mind. I currently work landscaping for 19 an hour and I'm encouraged to save my money and get into the trucking industry. Thanks a lot for your video the subscription has been clicked.
Good afternoon, Tyler! Happy New Year for 2024! This is an election year; the economy is better on election cycles by design. So, 2024 is an excellent time to start a trucking career. Your message of having a plan is spot on for success! Roll safe out there as you get back on the road again!
Happy new year Jon! Thank you for watching sir!
Maybe sometime but not under Communist Biden
Finally someone positive
Thank you this video helped me!!
I used to drive and definitely been thoughts of trying to get back into it my wife and I would go together
I’m really looking forward to giving it my all.
I'm not an o/o but worked for a local job for many years then I moved and took a couple local which sucked in pay then did a regional and would spend all week staying at truck stops doing 3 loads a week. Sometimes they'd send me somewhere where there's no truck stops that have any parking ever so I'd have to pay 15 dollars a day to park.
I'm 21 and my father has t cell lymphoma. I spent most of my time from the age of 17 taking care of him. He's made it clear to me that he doesn't want me to throw my life away. I think trucking is probably my best option with my GED. I thought about welding but I don't think I have enough math skill for that.
I'm hoping to do OTR for a few years to be able to buy some land and build a tiny house. Then pivot to a local company. I think it'll also be good because my father was a Trucker in the late 80s Early 90s.
Thanks for the advice. I genuinely appreciate it because I feel so lost.
thats why I didnt bother going to college. did pre calc semester and was like "yup I dont wana do this til im in my grave". Calculus is such a soulless life ending thing to do day to day. The hardest thing in trucking is knowing ur trailer is properly attached and backing up. You can do this
Thanks for speaking your mind
Thank you so much for this helpful information. I’m 21 years old starting Swift next week. Pay isn’t great but That’s to be expected. Get my experience OTR and make that sacrifice. I will use this information. God bless you and wish me luck 🙏🏽
Hey man the pay isn’t great the first year for most, but get your year of experience accident and ticket free and the pay will be way better. Thank you for watching sir and good luck to you!
I can't complain, it's paid my bills for the last 30 years, I've got another 17 to go, but I'm not looking forward to them.
Been driving for 4 years and i still can't answer this question. Sometimes i feel like im too far in to quit now
What makes you consider quitting
For me, I really want to become an RV Hauler. That's my niche. That's my dream job. I figure I'll start with trucking just to get experience first.
If your ok with not having a life, losing your health then it ok. Or if you have no other options.
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Why lose your health? Lol you can still be healthy and have a life. Come on bro stop posting nonsense
2024, I’m getting in with a plan.
Really great advice 👍
I loved this video. I’m 40 and am seriously thinking about a career change in trucking. I just want the freedom and to learn a skilled trade that I can take anywhere. I live in a very expensive part of the country and just can’t afford to stay here much longer. I think taking a risk like this would be worth it. Anyways, thanks for making this video, it’s going to help a lot of people.
cali or ny?
Real talk!…Great content
Hi Tyler, thanks for sharing as always, wishing you a belated Happy New year 🫂 Hug's bro, be safe
Love the vibes bro keep at it man
Thank you 🙏
great content bro! keep working smart
Thank you for watching!
Get in any trade!!! Trucking is great just a hard life, I drove for years didn’t make shit, compared now Diesel Tech!!! Love it!!
Hey Tyler does Crete put a driver facing cam when you first start with them ?
Got a 2009 Kenworth tow truck from a good source
Very affordable
I'm making thousands weekly
Thankyou for this video 🙏
Thank you for watching!
😅😅998😊😊😅😅in den 😊8000pk in
This was great content... honestly my idea and plan was to do at least one year over the road and save money for the that full year and then go back to school to do what i really want to do and thats to be a plumber...how does that sound?
Keep the Great work
Yeah, what he said.
Very informative.!! Expecting more content from you bro!
Thank you for watching sir!
Thank you for watching sir!
Happy New Year!!!
Happy new year!!
11:48 The future is your story to write… make this year the best one yet - Happy New Year to you and your loved ones 🎉🎉🎉
Happy new year!
Simple answer yes do it. Especially if you are young. Good money, you get to travel and see different parts of the country, and be your own boss. Dont listen to the haters yes it can be hard but every job is difficult in some way. If you can deal with being alone for long periods then you will be golden it beats office work and retail drama anyday.
Great video
The saying, means to an end is exemplified in trucking. If you have a goal that needs some money… Trucking can definitely help you achieve that. Get in and get the hell out.
Been trucking 32 years I would say hell no! It’s horrible and getting worse every day
Hello Tyler, I want your opinion on my plan. New Subscriber too, my plan is to get into Trucking this year hopefully by February and going to CFI for my CDL training for my first year. I’m single no kids no bills except for my cellphone and my plan is to live in my Truck and save my money and run hard for one year. Then take a break and travel then come back to Trucking again. Your thoughts brother I respect your opinion
Sounds like a great plan to me!
If you take a break, it will be a lot harder to get back in. That gap in employment history will scare off most decent companies. Even though you will have experience, it wouldn't be considered "recent" experience. You would likely find yourself in a refresher class starting all over almost from scratch.
@@bjtayHe probably means 3-6 months…..that’s what I did went to Southeast Asia
i’m 19 looking into truck driving mostly because i wanna save up for a house to move out as i still live with parents currently saving up all my money from previous jobs what do u think is it a good idea
Hun Im 24 , Doing The Same Thing I Think Its A Great Idea ....
if Your Serious The Possibilities Are Endless
Tanker is where it's at.
I just got my tanker endorsement today.
I'm a class B Hazmat tanker. Local, 70k a year
If you're hauling fuel for 70k a year
You're being robbed
In your opinion is this perspective achievable that quickly as a company driver? or is it fast tracked by being a lease/owner eventually?
I don't have my cdl yet but I hear horror stories about company driver pay all the time. thanks
pick out 20 days a year you want to be home, and dont mind staying in a truck the other 345 days and working in snow, sleet, rain all night and staying in traffic jams. but you can bring home 5 or 6 hundred a week.
@@Magaeatsboogers5-600 a week? For working 345 days a year?? Ur being taken advantage of, I made more working 50 hrs a week at Amazon 😅
Thats what most of the company drivers were making in the 90s and early 2000s, thats why the turn over was 87%@@lethanielsmith6958
But I would bet the real average is still around 700 per week bring home and having to be gone always. the lifestyle sux unless your a loner and dont like spending time with family and friends. I went back to CNC Machining making 30$ per hour and playing golf, fishing, hunting and spending time with family and friends daily. life is to short to spend time babysitting a truck.
@Magaeatsboogers still made more than that at Amazon (warehouse worker, not a truck driver (yet)). Anyone driving for less than $1k per week either isn't putting in miles, or is being taken advantage of
what company would you go for if starting fresh out the gate with no capital?
anybody that will hire you.
I have one question do you work for someone or are you a owner
Hey Tyler or anyone. Im currently in training for trucking and heavy machinery cornwall Ontario. Im 23, wondering what kind of money im gonna make just had a kid so I was more thinking local or regional. Also why so much negativity on social media concerning trucking.. Call me a conspirationist but something is fishy about the xtrem amount of negetivity online. As fellow trucker we should encourage eachother
There are other jobs you can get with your cdl that don’t require over the road.
Really I didn’t know that?
Hell no, I would rather do anything than be a damn truck driver anymore. just too much of a hassle. You get treated like crap all the time.And they got this ELD crap recording every single move you make.
yea its sucks no more freaky stuff with street woman nor riding 17 hrs straight or pissing in a bottle 😒
Go do something else they don’t pay enough for what you have to go through and to get treated like trash
Become a teacher
No become a plumber
Doesn’t it take 5 years to make 100k and back breaking work lol
@@jdizzle22396 I make 150k a year as a tradesman lol 😂 20k a year is what white collar people make at entry-level. Blue-collar starts out at 40 K.
@@jdizzle22396what he doesn’t state is that trades take fucking years to even break 50k as a newbie you’ll be apprentincing for pennies😂 no thanks I’d rather be making 60k+ entry level with my CDL
I’ve been an electrician apprentice for 3 years and I only make 21 bucks an hour yes I’m going into trucking to double my income off the bat got my cdl starting with Maverick soon
Trades in union make good money. If you don’t mind being sore and tired all the time.
Is 34 to old to get into trucking ?
Yea it is
I am 50 and just got my cdl. One of my friend is 62, he got his cdl last December
@@TheLivingFreedChannel no the hell it ain’t
No
@@TheLivingFreedChannel Why do you say that?
Buy bitcoin folks....
It's too volatile.
Why you give people the wrong info????? Maaaan in 2024 200-300 trucking company every week close their door and go bankrupt because we have over capacity in the industry, Please be realistic and get your number from the official authority, any one can go to FMCSA website and find the truth, by doing videos like this you pushing people to a wrong way