Considering going to texas to haul sand as a company driver.

Get on with one of the well known LTL company’s, get on the nightly(Monday thru Friday) line haul, and you should get close to 100k per year, full benefits.

 

I thought exactly what he said - I just wasn't going to open my trap.

But - he's right. We worked at ODFL for years, and drove 80 miles to the terminal each week.

There were guys that did solo turns - 5 days a week, that bought a camper and lived in an RV park during the week, and went home on weekends. So they didn't have to drive 100+ miles round trip every day.

Gross W2 easy 100k+. And you'd be available for extra run on your 6th day.

I'm basing this on the assumption that you have no family or house, so could relocate to anywhere and do this.

Just my 2 cents.

Edit - if you do the 'bag run' they'll send you everywhere in a day cab and put you in a motel every night - even for a 34. Decent motels too. There's that option, and you make more miles rather than the set bid runs.

 

I know everyone has their own preference on trucking but if you're making 70k, running at night and not even working a full 40 hours I wouldn't leave that.

 

I was a wireline engineer for over a decade. Go LTL. It's no fun when you're sitting behind 50 trucks because the company man closed the hydraulic valve on the wireline, and now we're all waiting on coiled tubing while you guys find a way to turn around and go home for a week. Then you've got some green hat backing you in while you don a respirator and dump your bulk at 8 psi.

For the record, I've never hauled sand, or sand boxes, but I always felt sorry for those guys.

 

Sounds like you got it pretty good right now

I wouldn’t leave that for a 1099 job in a junker truck working 100 hours a week .

I’d be working on cutting expenses
Food is your likely biggest expense
Find an ALDi or similar discount grocery store . Get a good fridge and or freezer and microwave and crock pot in your truck .

you can
Sniff around for a job with more hours or something but it’s gonna be hard to top what you have now .

you might be able to make $100k with Walmart or a LTL line haul or a gasoline tanker delivery or cryogenic tanker

but then you’re gonna have to find a place to stay when you’re not working ,
Have to buy a Roadtrek van or something , roadtreks are RVs built in a regular size van so it doesn’t look like a RV

if you have any DIY skills you could find a fixer upper house nearby and work on it on the weekends . In a couple of years you’d have it fixed up and be able to sell it for a good profit .

 

Things have changed I guess. Nobody used to aspire to hauling sand. That’s where you got stuck if you couldn’t cut it in a Winch Tractor, Gin Pole or Bed truck.

 

haven't heard the term "gin pole" in 45 yrs, since I built houses and we had to use them for the main carrier beams.

just a pole and a come-along