This is the worst I seen it in 23 years

They keep coming up with excuses to not pay on time. Run away fast.

Im with a small company, about 75 trucks and we have lost 50% of our contracts and trying to keep busy on the spot market. We are getting killed

I've been the victim of wage theft, also. It was a guy that knew he was going through a bankruptcy. He knew he was about to lose his trucks and let run for him, knowing full well he wasn't gonna pay me. He always had an excuse. He told me the company he was contracted to hadn't sent the check. I found out later thar they only do direct deposit. He got paid for the work I did. This was a black preacher. Don't trust anyone. He got me for 2 and a half weeks.

@bigbaby4584

11 ай бұрын

Go to his church and stand in the parking lot with a sign saying I drove your truck and u haven’t paid me for my work.

@micclay

11 ай бұрын

@@bigbaby4584 i went on Facebook and told alot of his congregation and other freinds of his He quickly called and threatened me. A lady from another church messaged me and said he had scammed them. Later he was texting me at 3am, saying he wanted to meet up with me. Im guessing he was on coke or meth.

I've been in the business for about 25 years and it does fluctuate a lot. After 09/11, the fuel hikes in 05, the recession in 08, Covid, and now this. It has been a real beating.

@brianhoppenrath8379

11 ай бұрын

In my eyes your a rookie, 45 years, deregulation, truckers strike and we survived

That is good to know. In going to Trucking school right now.Ive been watching some.of your videos very informative 👍

Im getting ready to take a refresher CDL course. Currently hauling aggregate material with a Belly dump. I was considering getting into OTR as a fuel tanker. Now, im thinking of putting that on hold and staying in Construction industry as I'd be home daily, more consistent pay and hours.

@CynicallyObnoxious

11 ай бұрын

Fuel is fine

@micclay

11 ай бұрын

Aint worth living in a truck for $900/week.

@christopherarrington7277

11 ай бұрын

A refresher??? Ummmm... okay.

@CynicallyObnoxious

11 ай бұрын

@@christopherarrington7277 yea if you go into oil field and never do any OTR a lot of companies make you do that

WOW, you're a very nice Guy!! You Will be heavily blessed in the future Sir!!!

I’ve been in business since 2006 and still moving forward. I Had 2 trucks, sold one and now I’m solo with 1truck and 2 trailers with no debt. I don’t need much now because I have no debt so I’m content with what I make now. 2500 a week is good with fuel taking out and it’s good for me maybe not good for others but for me I’m good because I love my freedom to do what ever I want

@WeroLocoTrucking

11 ай бұрын

That’s great! Being content seems so hard for people nowadays!

Your patience is remarkable

Enlightening information.

If you're a company driver coming out your pocket to help out the company that's the first red flag that you should have left that place a long time ago

Don't abandon the truck. It will go on your record.

@funkysawmanwright5077

11 ай бұрын

Who give a F. Time is money and money ain't worth your time

@funkysawmanwright5077

11 ай бұрын

Let em jail me I don't give a F.....

@funkysawmanwright5077

11 ай бұрын

Drive the truck off a cliff don't give a fuch

@Polemic-2525

11 ай бұрын

They can’t jail him. Take the truck in for a maintenance problem then just leave it at the mechanic get that paperwork and take photos and just leave.

@Montoya1991

11 ай бұрын

​@@funkysawmanwright5077there's definitely other and better ways to handle it if you know what I mean but make sure your truck is returned or you're blackballed from trucking if u abandon it

Hello friend, thanks for sharing greetings from NORTH DAKOTA!

That's a no brainer. No pay no work. Peace

Would not have moved after the first time

@YamGarage

Ай бұрын

Same, it's my policy now. When they say we'll get you next week, I say your truck will resume moving next week then. Until that pay clears my account, it ain't moving.

I’m a Walmart driver, I made 2200 a week on W2 I get more empty miles than than real trucker get loaded.

I've been in trucking for 13 years, lost 3 years of wages in total. IT's a dirty dirty dirty business and has been for YEARS.

I finished my training with Swift Transportation and drove solo for a month before having a couple of minor accidents involving the trailers, and got fired. I’m now thinking of driving a box truck. I’ve searched Indeed and Glass Door for 26’ 23,000 lb. box truck owner-operator positions (located in “remote”, so as to find OTR positions). There seem to be a lot of dispatching companies out there looking for O/O. According to the ads, you can earn UP TO $10,000 per week (UP TO $14,000 per week for T/T O/O), with some companies. That’s even better than the oilfield money, and without the physical labor. Now, I don’t know how often that actually happens, but still, sounds like they can keep you busy. For the 26,000 lb, 2-axel, 26’ box truck, you don’t even need a CDL.

@micclay

11 ай бұрын

I knew someone in a similar situation. He got fired from werner after a short time and a few accidents. He ended up going to MCELROY flatbed. I think he rode with a trainer for a while and got retrained by them.

@perrybonney9090

11 ай бұрын

@@micclay Thanks! I’ll certainly keep them in mind. I’ve made a half-hearted attempt to get hired on driving tractor trailers again, but, between hating the rejection when they say “no”, and tired of getting stressed out as I neared my destination (because I still couldn’t back properly - though, seriously, I did lose a full 10 lbs. within that month, with all of those “get-out-and-looks” that it took me!), I’ll first see if this straight-truck thing will work out for me.

@sychavez7269

11 ай бұрын

lol box truck lol dude that place is a scam earn 10k a week well do the math. 10k x 4 weeks is 40k . so 40k x 12 months is 480,000.00 a year . lol yeah right. a 1/2 million a year lol ok. dude run and learn from your mistakes. stop moving fast pay attention always check your equipment and stop being greedy the money will. come.

@brianhoppenrath8379

11 ай бұрын

$10,000 perceeek in your dreams

@perrybonney9090

11 ай бұрын

@@brianhoppenrath8379 . You say, without evidence.

Luckily Ive never had an issue on not getting paid when I was company driving but I would keep an eye on the fuel card, if I would ever have ANY issue on getting fuel then that meant they were having financial issues and I was out of that company soon as I returned and got my check so they wouldn't hold it over my head and not pay me bc I didn't put my 2 weeks notice in. There's many shady companies in trucking unfortunately and you always have to keep an eye out for any financial issues they might have or you won't get paid

The only thing that will help inflation is cheap energy and a bigger supply of housing. Anything other than that will only make things worse.

@WeroLocoTrucking

11 ай бұрын

I agree 110%

I had a company not pay me once. I was home and quit the same day. It wasn't gonna happen more than once.

Have you looked into car hauling , united road will train you , you can make good money with good bennies ,

I will not run the road...I want to ger paid for my 70 hours...25 an hour...30 hours overtime times 37 hour equals 2100 dollars a week..

Yep totally messed up. Wonder if you ever got ya chedda 💰

Bro im going threw the same thing i understand

@WeroLocoTrucking

Жыл бұрын

Crazy last month! Oilfield maybe 🤔

@LuisVazquez-xy4oq

Жыл бұрын

Oilfield in ND is the answer

I don't really see how things are gonna get better in OTR as long as there is a revolving door of new drivers provided to the megas, courtesy of the US taxpayer. My local community college will give a free CDL to any warm body that signs up.

@Yondaily

11 ай бұрын

Which school?

@micclay

11 ай бұрын

@@Yondaily if you can't google 'free CDL community College ", I question whether you really want to be a truck driver or should be.

You are a better man than me. I would had been gone on week 1 without pay. Come back to Fracking, money is not a year ago, but you can still make a living as opposed to loosing money in OTR.

@WeroLocoTrucking

10 ай бұрын

I hear you man, never again. I’m over here at Nextier now.

@YamGarage

Ай бұрын

@@WeroLocoTrucking I've said that 3 times now. Sadly just can't find a better job than hauling water. It's the easies job for the most money I've ever found trucking. I'm also at the house nightly. I've never made $600/day any where else trucking.

oldest game in trucking, take truck back and look for a new carrier.

Do not working for small fleet owner

Trucking industry it’s no the same that use to be, they Star you good but then there is always an issue

@WeroLocoTrucking

11 ай бұрын

Always problems, never had issues with pay in the oilfield!

Have the oil fields in NDakota picked back up yet? I'm waiting for My Hazmat CDL to come in the mail... Let Me know!

@WeroLocoTrucking

11 ай бұрын

I’m probably headed back to the oilfield, I’ve never had issues with pay out there. All of West Texas seems busy, they are still hiring.

Come on back to the Permian Basin!

Yea i recently became a O/O and the market is trash. Idk how the guys with payments are doing it. Im blessed where i own all my stuff outright but even for me these loads arnt paying enough for my time to be away from my wife and kid. So i decided to go to oil fields. See how that goes, plus side is im only 4 hrs away from home instead of 15+

Seems like final mile is the only thing still paying decent

HOW TO GET INTO THE OIL FIELD JOBS AS OWNER OPERATOR PLEASE

1 week no-pay and our antennas should be up, and we should be securing our options. 2 weeks no-pay we should be executing our options.

@WeroLocoTrucking

11 ай бұрын

Agreed

Come back to the oilfield bro

3:45 i had the same issue as an owner op with a shady carrier. That mf was using and signing on his fathers name that had been deceased for years at that point. I only got 80% of the work i did after i got lawyers involved but the rest they put a lien on his home and i was even happier they did tha to his home bc it wasnt much the 20% but knowing a lien was put on his home. Btw it did take the lawyers a few months to get everything settled

It’s not complicated. It’s called price gauging

Come to Utah haul water

Young guy that couldn’t survive, old timers lasted. You didn’t get paid and still ran, not to smart.

@WeroLocoTrucking

11 ай бұрын

I had a lot of trust in the owner, and Getting truck back to yard in Texas took time.

Best thing ever happened was shutting down authority and selling off equipment... OTR is not worth.

Ouch man. Not getting paid is tough. You probably thought this was a good company. Obviously that first missing pay was a sign, looking back were there any other tell-tale signs that things weren't right (before the missing pay)?

@micclay

11 ай бұрын

Whenever some someone says, "I had your money, but", should be instant hook to the temple.

@WeroLocoTrucking

11 ай бұрын

Definitely missing loads and lots of excuses, I put to much faith in that company. Lesson learned!

Ugh, youtube unsubbed me... i missed so much.

My brother has been driving truck for over 25 years. Free advice from him. Don't ever buy a rig and get greedy. Them 3 dollar a mile loads are all dried up

@ThePolomoloQC

11 ай бұрын

With a well maintained truck, and no emissions, 2.00$ is good, even 1.80. Yes its the same as a worker, but you are you're own boss, which for alot of the O/O is the goal, is just not having a boss. You take advantage of these 3, 3.50, 4 dollar hauls, and stay as tight as when you're running them 2 dollar ones and you will always be ok

@DavidTrucker-lo4bs

11 ай бұрын

I'm getting $3 plus, but it's LTL, and not many drivers want to do that.

Your telling people to drive their own truck in some of the worst times.

You’ve left oilfield during its good time to join trucking during its worst time )

End of days God is coming soon.

Go back to oilfield

Damn... When You didn't get paid, it made You feel like a Black Man waiting on Reparations! Lol! That's how pissed-off We are about that issue! I wish You & Your Family the Best & hope You will survive... If You don't, Your Son or daughter will catch HELL trying to get the money owed to You. They will give them EVERY excuse in the book! Stay strong, Champ & stay between the ditches!

@perrybonney9090

Жыл бұрын

Former slaves WOULD have received reparations, in the form of giving the former slave plantations to the former slaves, when Republican President Lincoln was still president, but after he was assassinated, his former Vice President, Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, immediately nixed that plan. That’s another reason why blacks became Republican. I’d recommend that you don’t wait around on reparations. If the Democrats/ former Confederate states/ descendants of the former slave holders were going to pay the reparations that they owe you, they would have by now. Or, move to California. They are paying slave reparations. And they were NEVER a slave state. I have never heard what measures they are taking to prevent post-slavery black immigrants from taking what rightly belongs to the descendants of slaves. Must be nice to be such a rich state that they can afford to pay out reparations when they were never a slave state.

@micclay

11 ай бұрын

I had a black preacher wage theft me for 2 and a half weeks. I didn't know he was just getting reparations.

@williamc.seniorsiii3449

11 ай бұрын

@@micclay It's not right that You didn't get paid for Your Hard Work. Unfortunately, that's how this & other generations of black people think about stealing money from white people. That "preacher" also has sinned against God by doing this & he will pay... Keep Your head up & be more careful next time, Champ!

@JJason406

11 ай бұрын

The sumpreme court banned affirmative action. The next step is for white people to get reparations for decades of discrimination. You cant ask for reparations for something that you never lived through. No one alive today was a slave. South America had more black slaves than the united states and democrats decided to give tax payer money to help illegal immigrants coming from countries that owned more black slaves that the united states

@aconcernedcitizen5852

11 ай бұрын

Wow a /V1gg3r trying to take out his chimp rage lol😂 better look elsewhere 70iq

You take getting paid very seriously? It's like your woman was sleeping around on you continuously and you don't get it. Sometimes it's our own fault for tolerating the abuse. I'm the kind of guy that doesn't mind not getting paid 😞

Do I need hazmat to go into the oilfield?