According to the American Trucking Associations, more than three million truck drivers are there in the USA. By 2015 there will be shortage of truck drivers. It could reach over 500,000. Air, rail, ships and trucks are four major type of shipping in an intermodal system. Among these four shipping modes, trucks are the most useful, therefore the most important. The truck driver is hired mainly to pickup or delivers freight. A truck driver must possess a commercial driver’s license.
Truck driving is hard work. A driver need to spends 11 hours each day sitting behind a steering wheel, dealing with customers, vendors, and non-commercial drivers. Drivers may need to spend long periods of time away from their families. There will be need of working at night, on the weekends and on holidays at times. t is very hard, but it will be rewarding all at the same time.
According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS), median wage for heavy truck drivers, as of 2008, was $18.00. Some companies pay drivers by the hour, others pay by the load. On average, the approximate annual wage is around $70-$85,000.
If anyone looking for a new career truck driving is ideal. With no experience at all, you could be earning pay while driving after only a few weeks of CDL training. Contact us for more details.
A truck driver does not need degree or college certificate, they only need cdl license. There are four types of CDL license, they are
Class A- combination vehicles – GCWR of 26,001 or more pounds and the GVWR of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
Class B- Single vehicle with a GVWR between 26,001 and 10,000.
Class C- A vehicle with a GVWR of at least 16,001 pounds and it must be less than 26,001 pounds.
Class D – Single vehicle with a GVWR of less than 16,001 pounds.
GCWR is the value specified by the manufacturer as the GVWR of the power unit plus the GVWR of the towed unit or units. GVWR is value specified by the manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of a single vehicle or combination of vehicles.
To obtain CDL license one must get through CDL exams. There are various schools which provide training on truck driving; they will also help you to get through CDL exams. There is company sponsored CDL training, in which company teach you how to drive truck and help you get through CDL exams. But one must work for some period in that company.
Main Benefits of Truck driving are
• Job security. Truck drivers are in demand. It will increase by 14% in next two years.
• Good salary for both entry level and experienced candidate.
• No need of any degree for this job.
• Every day new challenges.
• Every day travel to new places.
• Many top companies offer medical, dental, life insurance. Even some company provides retirement.
• Depending upon the company they provide bonus for truck driver according to distance traveled.
• Companies provide freedom for drivers to choose flexible schedules.
• Companies will provide vacation trips for their drivers.
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