Trucking is Recession, Depression and Corona proof.

[Dameon Farrow]

Got a Class A License

It's a better "back up plan" than a Bachelor degree. Facts

It really is and it's less expensive to get. They won't preach this is high school though.

 

[Dameon Farrow]

Oh ok. What about garbage trucks.

Them too but they are the lowest paid of the bunch. Here in Louisiana anyway....

 

[Chrishaune]

It’s a good gig but I often see nikkas on here talking bout truckers pulling 6 figures a year. That’s a small percentage of long haul drivers.

It was a older cat who was a owner operator at my grandma church.

Said he made about 70-75k in a good year. After you factor in lodging, diesel, truck maintenance, insurance he looking at 55’ish. Which isn’t bad but a far cry from the nikkas on here saying truckers seeing 100k+ a year

I talked to a guy that was an owner operator while I was over the road driving tankers. He was talking about how he made $250,000+ the year before.....There is a lot of money to be made in trucking, and if you actually put the money you make to work, you can be a millionaire in no time.....

 

[Chrishaune]

the problem is these dumb as people/managers over these warehouses will not enforce safety PPE to warehouses workers, remember these people most eat and take break also, equipment needs to be cleaned...

That why you keep sanitizer and cleaning wipes with you in your truck.....

 

[Arris]

I'm realizing back when I was in school. We had no business driving some of those trucks

The recycling center had us driving big long box trucks all over campus on the daily. Maneuvering big hills, tight alleyways, small parking lots

One time me and a coworker used the wrong gas fob and put diesel in one of the gasoline trucks. It took about a mile and a half for it to slow to a crawl and start smoking

 

[Genos]

Robot trucks might work in like middle of nowhere North Dakota or Wyoming. But once it comes near a city, it gets extremely complicated

How would a Robot truck be able to drive in traffic? How much electronic sensors would a truck have to have in order for it to not bump into anything? What if one of the sensors suddenly goes out and a truck is driving 80mph in oncoming traffic?

What if a robot truck on the road, and the route or destination suddenly changes (which always happens). How is it gonna communicate to the robot truck if something wrong with it? When a simple phone call from a human driver would be 100x easier

And you can even go to the simplest thing of backing into a dock. There is no place in a dock where you can have perfect conditions, which a robot truck needs. The driveway gonna be lopsided as fukk, there's rocks on the ground, the dock itself is old and lopsided, there could be snow or mud on the ground, the lines on the pavement for the truck to guide itself to park could be shaded out

This is what nerds in their air conditioned offices never consider

nikkas like this are funny. You go," you nerds know nothing about trucking if you think a robot can take it over."

But you don't shyt about the software or hardware behind the self driving cars.

Also you think it's going to go to the point where there are no human drivers at all on the first attempt. You dont think it could gradually move up? What if it's where only humans can drive in cities first? Do you think that will have an effect on pay?

 

[Lord_nikon]

That why you keep sanitizer and cleaning wipes with you in your truck.....

they have been closing down warehouses in my area because workers were getting infected, stopping loads and transportation.

 

[Chrishaune]

they have been closing down warehouses in my area because workers were getting infected, stopping loads and transportation.

Well I haven't stopped moving one day.....There's a lot of work still out here. If a trucker can't get work at his company, he needs to move to another company.....

 

[UpAndComing]

nikkas like this are funny. You go," you nerds know nothing about trucking if you think a robot can take it over."

But you don't shyt about the software or hardware behind the self driving cars.

Also you think it's going to go to the point where there are no human drivers at all on the first attempt. You dont think it could gradually move up? What if it's where only humans can drive in cities first? Do you think that will have an effect on pay?

You have no idea about my background, love the assumptions though

 

[Genos]

You have no idea about my background, love the assumptions though

Well why dont you explain how the tech works and why it cant get around the things you think are hard. Because you definitely didn't in those paragraphs, you described how tech generally works not the tech that is behind self driving cars, which is relatively new.


You also didnt didnt deny not knowing how the tech works


Which was obvious when you wrote an essay on why it wont work but didn't address the actual tech

 

[UpAndComing]

Well why dont you explain how the tech works and why it cant get around the things you think are hard. Because you definitely didn't in those paragraphs, you described how tech generally works not the tech that is behind self driving cars, which is relatively new.


You also didnt didnt deny not knowing how the tech works


Which was obvious when you wrote an essay on why it wont work but didn't address the actual tech

They use Electrical and Computer Engineers who have a focus on Photonics, RF, and Digital Signal Processing. The problem is implementing those systems on a moving object that is constant contact with people and other cars. shyt can work in Agriculture with self driving tractors plowing fields because the variables are easier

Self driving cars rely heavily on electronic sensors, which can be effected alot by weather, vibrations, and power failure... you know stuff that happen alot when driving a truck. shyt the office nerds have no idea about

They already have cruise control in trucks right now. Try using that in a snowstorm or heavy rain, you'll for sure get into a Trucking accident

Now imagine putting 10x the amount of sensors it would need for a self driving trucks, which means 10x chance of failure

 

[Wildhundreds]

Well why dont you explain how the tech works and why it cant get around the things you think are hard. Because you definitely didn't in those paragraphs, you described how tech generally works not the tech that is behind self driving cars, which is relatively new.


You also didnt didnt deny not knowing how the tech works


Which was obvious when you wrote an essay on why it wont work but didn't address the actual tech

If people understand how logistics works, then that would dead this whole robot truck foolishness..

Trucking is about competition..

What trucking companies have the best rates for shippers..

Nestle doesn't have trucks to move their products, so they contract..

How much would a fleet of robot trucks cost? Then how much would their rates be to move products fom A to B compared to JB Hunt?

If JB hunt is still cheaper, Nestle doesn't give a shyt about a robot truck, they just want the product moved..

That self driving truck scenario is so far down the road..

 

[SATAN]

I've been doing more local runs than ever. only one interstate run. Worked 60 hours last week.

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

If you got a reefer, you'll really make some corona money serving as a morgue on wheels

 

[Carlton Banks]

Great thread !