Can I Make Money Driving A Truck in SC?

The cost of living is significantly lower in SC than it is in NY, Benore Logistics advertises $22 an hour and is a local company. There are also freight terminals for almost every major LTL in the upstate region around Spartanburg to Greenville.

SC is a right to work state, unions don’t have that much power here over wages. The BMW factory workers were starting at $18 an hour.

 

You can make $80K - $100K as a line haul driver for the LTL companies as @cncking2000 suggested.
May or may not make that the first year until you figure out the best runs.
Cost of living in the Southeast is much, much cheaper than what you're used to.

 

Estes Express is big in South Carolina and has local and regional work.
Need hazmat, doubles endorsements.
Have to live within 75 miles of whichever terminal you go to.
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Most line haul jobs with LTL companies are home every day.
I know two drivers that run from Nashville to Indianapolis every day; home every day.
Drop & hook runs.
LTL companies have regular tractor-trailers, doubles, box trucks.

 

Three most well known LTL carriers are:
Estes Express Lines
Old Dominion Freight Line
R&L Carriers
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Many other lesser known outfits, such as
Saia, Inc

 

Estes Express Lines shows 4 terminals in South Carolina.
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Old Dominion has a couple terminals in South Carolina.
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R&L Carriers shows 2 South Carolina terminals:
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