After Three Years of Truck Driving, Do I have any regrets?
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Because of you im making 100% more than my previous job at a car dealership. I'm now a local driver hauling tankers, oil and propane in the winter and drinking water and pool water in the summer. Made 80K last year, my bills are paid, finally have 5 figures in the bank, and have my own apartment!. Thanks Yusif, God bless and be safe!
Damn, I’m on the same boat. I work at a dealership currently. I enjoyed it in the beginning and now I’m over it. So then I got my CDL and now looking job. It’s tough when you don’t have experience
Good stuff my man! I just passed my written exams and got my permit. I’m taking classes for road test now, I’m looking forward to changing my life with trucking. It’s always nice to hear stories of others prospering as well. Im in NYC. Thinking I start off OTR for 3-6 months before trying local or regional. As long as I’m close to 80k I’ll be more than happy
@@AdamFlips what state do you work in and what company. I'm looking for a new job
Great to hear that! I wish you all the best and god bless!
Bad time to enter the market. Trucking companies are on the verge of major layoffs. And owner operators are hauling loads that pay less than their operational cost. So they are losing money at the moment. Draining Their savings. I have seen rates drop by pretty much by a half and diesel being super pricey. Maintenance is costlier, inflation creates higher opportunity cost of being a truck driver. Why make $150/day (clean profit) if you can just get a regular job that pays $20/hr and come home every night. I would recommend owner operators to look for another job.
Yusif young man, I drove for over 35 years and nearly four million miles. 1976 to 2011. I was a company freight hauler for 12 years, then a flatbed O/O for 23 years. It was a good occupation. I looked at it as a great job, and eventually a way of life. I am now old and retired, and appreciate your videos as well as a couple other drivers. They keep me informed of what is going on in the industry that I was a part of for so many years. Thanks for the videos, and do everything you can to stay save. And on the front load of coils, I always used three chains. thanks again. retired old ron.
Hey man I’m only 21 and just now getting started in my cdl classes. Any tips or advice you have for the job ?? I would love to hear something positive from an og driver like yourself.
@@wckdaintgoodyou are young find a good company go on the road make money while you are young learn all you can learn flatbed learn dry van decide what you like best. Do you have bigger goals or do you want to be an employee? Think about what you want out of trucking.
@@brewdog8568 I’m actually driving for this company called Quadgraphics right now. Pay and benefits are awesome. But in the future I want to own my own trucks and potentially start a business.
I'm 34 I'm in school i only regret not doing it earlier , i work at a warehouse almost 10 years and imagine with all these Experience and get treated like a temporary employee I'm worthless if I quit and go somewhere else I have to start from the bottom when I'm in trucking school I'm smiling it's like a therapy my friend at works says I never see you smile this much I can't wait to get my cdl and be left alone 🚚🚚🚚
This video is a great example of why we like your videos. Honest, authentic and interesting.
Great advice! Thank you! Safe travels!
Continued best wishes for your safe trucking lifestyle ! Your advice makes a lot of sense !
Thanks Yusif, you are always upfront clear and inspiring. Thank you.
I went from a dead-end office job to driving school in 1994, started driving in January 1995. I've been through a few companies, made some mistakes, but I'm still driving. I'm just trying to last until I retire without keeling over.
Very good information to pass on to new drivers. Your information was right on track!
Thanks for posting great advice.Enjoy your day.
I’m in my 6th week of training with my husband. I went to a trucking school last April and of course you only learn enough to pass the DMV test. I got my license. I’m owner operator with my husband and we have had this trucking business for seven years now. We have a dedicated run same thing every single day we own 2 trucks. And we haul gravel from phoenix, Arizona to Las Vegas. I drive one of our trucks and we have an employee that drives the other and my husband is still a truck driver for the company that we haul gravel to. That was the stipulation from the owner of the plant. In order to get this run from them exclusively my husband had to stay there as their truck driver, but we were allowed to bring our own trucks in. I got my CDL last year because it was just costing way too much to have two drivers and we couldn’t really find a dependable good driver. Last July the plant that we haul gravel for had an explosion so that meant our business was down, as well as the planet. It was down for seven months. We just went back. About six weeks ago. And my husband resume training with me. This coming week I’m going on my last week of training with him and then I will be on my own. I’ve come so far in the last six weeks. Six weeks ago, I can barely shift without grinding the gears. Now I’m rocking that 18 speed like a boss. I have so much more to learn, but I’m confident that I will be successful. Follow my channel as well as I document my journey of being a driver for our own business. I came across your channel and I really really like it. Great job!
I agree with what you’re saying if you don’t have money to back you up in the trucking game you’re not gonna be successful and you’re gonna go down real quick. The money that we make from our trucking we don’t touch it at all. It’s only used to go back into the trucks. Our house is paid off and we don’t mess with credit cards. When we bought our first truck, we saved for years and paid it out right truck and trailer for $80,000. This year we will be buying our dream home but it has taken a very long time to get to this point. Stay safe everyone!
I love your perspective on things.
Great honest commentary...thank you Sir!
This video is so truthful. You covered so many subjects, and you were spot on with your analysis.
Awesome video and a lot of truth !!!
God bless you and stay successful!!!
I remember when you started out on You Tube. Thank you for this update. As I said 3 years ago, you will succeed at whatever you do because you have a good work ethic
Thank you for the eating tips! I'm going to look to see if you have a video of the set up for cooking in your truck. 💞
Just found your page so I am on hotshot vids as thats my starting plan. Thanks for the content! I am almost there... ran a service company for 13 years and sold it. Got a job in July and this is not me. Plan is to buy a Kaufman EZ4 and finance a RAM Tradesman. Have the capital to pay for the trailer and truck but I will just buy the trailer outright and pay off the truck the same way you did 3 years ago(again I am watching old vids still). Thats what I have done with all my trucks in the past.
Hello man I just seen your post it’s 11 months old, I don’t know why I have not seen you but I want you to know I really appreciate you and your videos, we started in 2019 as a hotshot then like you upgraded to 2 semi’s again I appreciate you.
A lot of great info! Much appreciated.
I recall your adventures and attitude comes to mind because with great strong awesome good attitude towards life in general, will make trucking that much more enjoyable!! In the good and bad times, just like in everyday life.
Hey bro. Been watching you on and off since day one. Glad to see you’re doing well !! I just hit 25 years as an Independent Trucker in March. All of it as a flatbedder. All my equipment is of course paid for and insurance is only $8500 a year. I only go out for 4 overnights a month. Freight not abundant and it’s not paying well so at 57 I’m finally really enjoying life at the beach. As always you have great info for the the new guys! Stay safe out there bro. ✌️ Mike B.
I have been driving for 18 years but when I first started, it was very hard and stressful learning the ropes but I have it pretty good now because I get home every weekend and gets a brand new truck every year 😊
Thank you, good advice. I’m 66 years old, former truck driver, I have found you make money on your dream. I loved trucking.
Thank you Yusuf for the honesty and the knowledge that you constantly give to those of us who want to learn more.
You are wise beyond your years. Anyone interested in truck driving should watch this video. I drove for 7 years, with small child and wife at home....painful. Your suggestions and advice is completely accurate. Great video.
Any trucker that says he has no regrets is lying, people come into this industry with families and miss crucial moments with their kids. I only regret becoming a trucker, because I didn't know my true potential, that I could be better a than a grease monkey behind a wheel. I'm referred to as driver than my own name. I slowly feel my life go past me as I am currently obese, and have no real friends, I'm always traveling and meeting new people, but I don't see the same ppl. I'm still asking myself if its still worth it
Besides that, the income barely grows after 3 years whereas you can potentially see huge income jump in other trades like welder, electrician or carpenter. And what's worse, the automation is pushing human truckers to drive non-stop as a team driving setup in order to compete with self-driving technology.
@@rookiebird9382 dang bro
@@rookiebird9382 self driving trucks are a long way off
@@rookiebird9382 There are no fully autonomous semi-trucks on the road right now. There is always an operator who has to keep his hands on the wheel and under any abnormal weather conditions they don't work.
@@boringstuff1542 You'd better prepare for what's coming up in the next decades. Engineers can make anything autonomous including landing a rocket straight up. It's all about regulations and who's to blame when there's an accident.
Man you out here preaching I been told everyone this a 7-10 years job and being a company driver is not bad man
Awesome video. I appreciate you and explaining in detail. Very helpful
This is a rich and meaningful video.
Thanks a lot, brother, for sharing information about your experience in trucking.
Have a good day!
Excellent talk:) worth the listen!
Great advice man, I got into trucking about 7 months ago (OTR) and you pretty much hit the nail on the head with everything. Be safe out there man! the snow is melting, let’s get it 💪💰
Question... do I have to spend a month with a trainer after I get my cdl?
Great tips brother!
My only regret is that I didn’t start when I was younger. I’ve been trucking about 31 months now and I’m still Truckin. I’m parked at a rest area as we speak on my 10 hour break in my whole life previously to truck driving the most I ever had in the bank was 10 grand And now I have 40,000 in the bank and I drive a car that I paid cash for that cost 15,000 I make about 65 grand a year take home which is about 30,000 a year more than I used to make. And I don’t even have the highest paid job. There’s jobs that pay more and I could make more doing what I do if I really wanted to go apeshit.
Lot of us just trying to be on your level. Good job sir.
@@SourGrey it’s kind of like not knowing how to swim and jumping into a river is kind of what it was for me. I didn’t know anything about trucking. All I knew is that it sounded like something I might like and I thought about it for a long time, but I kept putting it off and then finally I just went for it went in the truck driving school and after I got my CDL I had a job like three days later doing flatbed but the whole time I wasn’t sure it was going to work out. I just went all in and gave it my best ever once in my life everything just seems to keep working out but it wasn’t like somebody was hooking me up I was putting in the work.
@@SourGrey see one thing you can do that will give you an advantage is be dedicated and don’t complain and when you get started just know that it’ll be to your advantage. If you could stay away from home for about two or three months when I started, I was a trainee for about 23 days and then after that, it was Thanksgiving weekend and they asked me if I wanted to go home and all I could think was hell no I don’t want to go home what I wanted to do is get assigned a truck and that’s what I did and I spent Thanksgiving at a pilot, but I was happy that I had my own truck finally
This gives me so much hope I can’t wait to start school!
@@cecep7477 i’m still Truckin if you’re a hard worker and you make it a priority in your life that’s a good start. I can’t really give a lot of advice. I guess everybody has a different circumstance that brings them to trucking I think, but I think the one thing in common that makes a person successful out here is you have to be able to stay on the road, you have to be a hard worker and like long days and you have to be very very self reliant. You can’t be the type of person who needs help every time you have a problem you have to be able to solve problems on your own as you’re alone, most of the time.
Whats up Yusif, this is Luis. What's up my brotha. I started off 15 yrs ago and my first trucking job was with swift. Making .23 cents a mile. I stuck it out and got my own truck a year later and made better money. Back then was way cheap pay. Glad you're doing well brotha.
Well done great overview. I wish you well for the next 3 years!
Blessings to You bro. Stay safe
Thanks for the advice 🙏 👍
Great advise and info love your videos .
Thank you Yousef! I too do intermittent fasting, and I eat once a day. It’s the best thing ever!
I have a finance degree and the corporate life has left me soulless. I really wanna get my CDL A and become a trucker. Subscribed & I’ll check out the rest of your videos.
Same!
I was a warehouse manager. After ten years, I couldn’t continue to work at my former company. I wanted change and freedom. Then one day a trucker gave me some advice and he motivated me to get my CDL. Best decision ever I made. I will do it for 5 years and I will be traveling around the world when I reset home.
I’m about to get into Hotshot as a Non-CDL Owner Operator…… this video is definitely a good “real” viewpoint of trucking….. I’m 21 so I think it’s a good time to get into it……
Thank you for this video 🙏🏻
Hey buddy, you really motivated me I’m now finishing up my first year trucking with my own company. I remember when you first started👍🏾🏁 Never stop grinding
Thanks for your positive insight
Great energy, brother 🙏🏼💙 keep up the good work
Love your channel and find you a inspiration for others that want to pursue this trucking life and travel. I am retired now and I drove 24 over the road years, no local, 48 states and Canada, 8 dry van , 8 reefer, 8 flatbed . I loved it and miss it now , I am 75 years old. I believe you are a positive influence and have the attitude it takes to stay safe and prosper . I always drove company trucks and wanted to buy my own .
I agree with everything you said. I like your channel and God bless you.
Hey man long time not seeing any videos. Hope you’re doing good . Good bless you 🙏
Great advice thank you and good luck to you my friend
Thank you!
Also , dont forget that the real money comes when you are owner operator and you have your truck paid off, there is when the BIG bucks comes!!! Great video man
Great video Yousif I've been watching you from day one and I can tell that you are an educated guy God-bless
Thank you!
I have been driving a year now and I love it. And that's exactly what I wanna do in the future. Pay Fram and live life to the fullest.
Thanks brother, you're so awesome, very honestly, I like that. 👍
Thanks for sharing your story. I am going for my cdl and I'm scared to death to back up and look stupid.
Man this video great out here from the Fresno ca area
From 🇰🇪... thank you for this video Sir 🙏
Yousif, I cannot wait to make the move into trucking. You are an inspiration sir! The life of a trucker it seems will suit me perfectly and because of your level head and wisdom and positive outlook, I am looking forward even more to start this journey and make the move overseas asap. Best wishes.
What is up brother from the imperial county California 👍👍🖐️🇺🇲🇺🇲
If you are young and decide not to go to college don’t waste your time at warehouse jobs get your CDL and you’ll make 70k-100k within 3 years. Don’t be scared the beginning will be tough but stay the course. I was able to buy a home my first year in trucking and traveI wherever I want through trucking and vacation. I will admit I realized I can’t do this forever because I have a family. So I’ve decided to drive for 2 more years which will complete 5 years total. I have a goal to start my own small trucking business. If you do trucking for 3-5 years trust me you can put yourself in a good position to do other things if you decide to stop trucking. Good luck 👍
70-100k a year ? Something ain’t right. As an owner operator you should be making minimum 10k a month on a bad month. And I’m talking net after expenses.
I meant 70k-100k as an employee but I agree with you making more as an operator makes more money for sure.
As much as I love driving trucks, working for truck companies that don’t pay enough for the time we sacrifice away from family is not worth it. If you don’t have family or you don’t mind stay away from family definitely go ahead and do it don’t go over the road just do regional and come back home on the weekend, best wishes and stay safe!
Or local..
Wise Words My Friend!
Good video! Gracias!!!!
The vibrations from sleepers would always help me sleep !!
Great video brother 💪
The advice about evaluating one's position in life is good advice. That crane guy has it good. He has weekends off doing 40 hours a week earning 85K a year. In trucking you if you want to succeed you will be working 10 hour days 7 days a week and your time off will be after doing this 2-3 months striaght to earn good money.
Way to mention eating once day… atta boy! 💪🏼💕
Just stop by to say ramadan Kareem bro
Good advice
Your Hot Shot Videos were the best, that is not to take away from what you are doing now, but your hot shot videos were more active and I felt like i was on the journey/road with you.
I love to be a trucker, I am 40 years old and 20 years on de road, I did long distance for 14 years, South America and all over North Americas, but I am very handy my self, I understand a lot about crane, big machineries, construction and diesel mechanic, I don’t regret being a trucker, but if I could go back in time I was going to choose something more profitable, and use all of my skills I got growing up, but time is brutal don’t wait for nobody, then adult life it’s time consuming when comes to professional life and pays all bill and work hard to grow, financially and professional! My opinion now and advice to anyone who is young and trying to find a career or turn a hobby into a career, find the one you will use all of your knowledge to make as much money and grow faster, trucking industry doesn’t allow us to use other skills, to reapply in real life to make extra money!
Heyy holy moly I used to watch your videos on hotshoting, man that’s wild how long ago that was
I’m a mechanic engineer and going to become a truck driver. Starting my CDL school next monday! I currently work for a well known company but being a truck driver has always been my dream. I don’t regret getting my degree either because i know more theories, have higher education than others, and most importantly i have something i can back up to. wish me luck!
3 years exp. then COVID came. I did local which was great for me. Now that I have traveled the world some and started to learn how to trade, I wouldnt mind maybe doing OTR with my laptop making even more $$ I was never a fan of winter driving tho, but life is how you look at it. One love 🌠💓
Happy Eid habibi yousif 💗
Trucking is nothing but headaches.the only good thing is seeing all 50 states and meeting new people.
Amazing video! I wish I saw this video 4 years ago lol I got my CDL, I was single, but I only lasted a couple of weeks. I got discouraged cause I had an "Ok instructor" he wasn't that bad in comparison to my school instructor but for the most part, was thinking about life back home. I've always played sports and moved around so I quit. But I love driving trucks, I pay attention to Trucking news, truck shows, etc. I'm in IT now, I make decent money and I work 40-50 hrs/week. Is funny to see ppl's reaction when they find out I got a CDL lol. Ngl in a perfect world I would drive 3-4 days/week and have the rest of the days off making 70k+/year, but I we all know that's not the norm at all lol.
your speech delivery is awesome. salam from Bangladesh
Thanks a lot for the video.. this answers a lot of my expectations .. I’m actually still enrolled in a trucking program and just waiting on my road test date . Allegedly the trooper went on vacation for 2 weeks and never came back ? What was supposed to be a 3 week waiting period has now been 2 months so far. 🤷♂️ what can you do . But I’m excited to get started .. going for manual
Great post Yousif! You are greatly appreciated. I've been teetering back-and-forth on whether I don't wanna get my CDL but I think now I do. But I also wanna try and get a. Accounting certificate so I can work no partial months. You? Know driving truck and then during busy months of tax season. Do taxes on the side that would be my time off? I love your insight and I have been following you from day one. I always have questions I just wanna know if I can contact you whenever I have one.
2 👍👍 up bro stay safe out there 🤞🥾🇺🇸
If you listened to him to the end,then you are university graduate. As a Trucker, I’m sure he gave out honest advice to all.
Going local and specializing was the best thing I ever did… home everyday, weekends off, time to go to the gym,
That’s the issue with me, I have to hit the gym, not an option
Yousif, I’m surprised you don’t get free food from fueling. I hit 1,500 gallons with TA, and get $17 voucher everytime i fuel which u can use for food, shower, parking
Well said !!!!
Just finished my first day of trucking school. I honestly feel a bit discouraged because everybody is passing the straight line test within the first day and here I am can't even back straight. I was about 2 hours in when I told myself alright lets try tomorrow. I definitely got better but still not 100% Hopefully the next day will be a lot better.
The secrete to backing is going slowly while checking your mirrors like a swivel. Nobody will yell at you for backing up slowly!
Imagine a line on the leftside of the trailer right behind the cab only use the left mirror. This line will tell you which way to turn ..
Turn steering 45degreez count 3 seconds etc
Good tips above, what worked best for me was turning into the trailer or “grabbing the trailer” Once you see that trailer start to drift left, turn your wheel left just hard enough to “grab it” then turn the wheel back center. All while gently applying pressure to the accelerator, you want to stay in gentle constant motion. Then vice versa for the right side. The goal is to keep an even amount of trailer in BOTH mirrors. You’ll do fine. Remember you’ll only learn just enough to pass your test, you’re real training begins on your first job!
@@20jallow some people do, but you shouldn’t mind them
Hi brother, not to start early on trucking also my regret..would you do also video bout setting up a hotshot from your experience.thanks and keep safe
Enjoy your videos
Most honest vidio I have watched
"had you at shipper for 8hrs than told you the load won't be ready for 2 days" 😅😅😅 I feel that
You have a strong mindset there is nothing on the face of the planet that would make me work 16 hrs a day 7 days a week
I’ll be starting in the future
I have heard you say you only eat once a day before. I am wondering how many calories you consume in the single meal? Thanks for sharing some history and your journey in trucking. I find it very interesting.
with all respect to you you still have alot to learn in trucking even though you gave some common sense advice, to make it in this business you really need to be smart and prepared from your mechanical to parts to fixing your own truck, in terms of health i take 51 vitamin a day i cook in my truck healthy cooking i do blood work every 6 months and i know hwo to read them, i take zero medicine, you are honst at least you didn't say you make one million a month, i truly hate trucking even though i own 19 trucks, i see so many liers in the industry and so many dumb ass but we have quality drivers my advice be gentleman and help other truck drivers and stop lieng about hwo great and awesome you are,I'm a civil engineering graduate but i did this when things where good
I had driving jobs during college time and want to go back now. Time fly when out there, I am so sick of office job after 10 years now. BTW same or even better money I used to make while driving.
Very informative
My low back always in pain,i dont think i can drive a truck long distances
Keep safe brother
So far its going well for you as a single young man but if you want to have a good well rounded life trucking is not a long term solution. The smart ones get in make there money and invest, then get out.
Can you do a video on your fuel card and factoring company if you use one.