If you’re like most drivers, one of your biggest concerns when switching trucking companies is how much you'll be earning. You probably have a family to provide for, and you certainly have bills to pay at home and on the road.

Are you sick of the trucking industry? Feel like you can’t catch a break? 

Stability, freight consistency, strong relationships, consistent home time, routine, pride and safety — these are just a few of the benefits of dedicated truck driving.

When will pay increase? We get this question a lot, as do the leadership and dispatchers at trucking companies across the country.  The answer? No one definitively knows when truck driver pay is going to increase. We all have our best estimates, but that’s all they are: estimates.

When you’re looking to make a switch, how do you determine which carrier to drive for — especially when you’re looking at some of the top-ranked companies in the industry?  By now, you’ve probably done a ton of research to narrow down your search to a company or two. But how do you take that search from two companies down to one?

If you’re reading this article, you’ve probably done plenty of research and you’re ready to decide about your future in trucking. You’re comparing two similar companies to see what’s best for you.  When you have two top-paying, stable, well-known companies in front of you, how do you know which is best for you? Which company do you choose? 

The current market is straight-up confusing.  It’s not necessarily a bad market even though it feels like it is. The industry just came off two years with the highest freight rates we’ve seen in the history of trucking. Drivers and trucking companies became used to incredible rates. 

The market — in recent months — has taken a downturn. What does that mean for you?  It means the high-paying loads you’re used to hauling probably aren’t paying quite as much and freight might not be as readily available. To compensate, drivers have had to be less choosy about freight and open up their opportunities to haul more freight and move more miles. 

If you’re in the trucking industry and you pass through California — or even if you don’t — chances are that you’ve heard whispers of AB5 and what it means for drivers like you.