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<blockquote data-quote="qdg2" data-source="post: 5581032" data-attributes="member: 100309">6000+ here. I brought home an extra $1000 over my brown truck gig. Every week. Whatever that was(brown paycheck) add $1000 clear extra. Think about that.Now safety.....better worse less more dangerous? We had more fatalities on the yard than anything......Comfortable? I felt WORSE than brown truck. And I hated working nights in brown truck(my whole career).Even as the A driver and &quot;working days&quot;.......it was truly awful. There is a reason folks look the way they do in truck stops. Zombies. Worst year of my life working at UPS. They literally couldn&#039;t pay me enough money to do sleepers. IMHO.We had the best mattress money could buy and a spanking new tractor. Inverter, micro, fridge.....the first time you get airborne back there....wtf!? And I had several co-drivers....it was the same top hands to rookies.Now, if you could have slept one night in a hotel......or even solo where you could sleep while not moving......might take another look.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="qdg2, post: 5581032, member: 100309"] 6000+ here. I brought home an extra $1000 over my brown truck gig. Every week. Whatever that was(brown paycheck) add $1000 clear extra. Think about that. Now safety.....better worse less more dangerous? We had more fatalities on the yard than anything...... Comfortable? I felt WORSE than brown truck. And I hated working nights in brown truck(my whole career). Even as the A driver and "working days".......it was truly awful. There is a reason folks look the way they do in truck stops. Zombies. Worst year of my life working at UPS. They literally couldn't pay me enough money to do sleepers. IMHO. We had the best mattress money could buy and a spanking new tractor. Inverter, micro, fridge.....the first time you get airborne back there....wtf!? And I had several co-drivers....it was the same top hands to rookies. Now, if you could have slept one night in a hotel......or even solo where you could sleep while not moving......might take another look. [/QUOTE]

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