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Kenny Banyan
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7/24/2026 6:35pm Edited Date/Time 7/24/2026 6:40pm
not necessarily true, once you get your class A there are plenty of jobs, and the starting pay is usually OK, but that is because a...

not necessarily true, once you get your class A there are plenty of jobs, and the starting pay is usually OK, but that is because a lot of drivers quit with in their first month.  Trucking is a sink or swim industry, and few ever figure it out, but for those that do there is a lot of money to be made.  

There is lots of turnover in transit driving. Where I’m at they have always been training new drivers because of drivers either being fired or quitting...

There is lots of turnover in transit driving. Where I’m at they have always been training new drivers because of drivers either being fired or quitting. Many people only make it 2 or 3 months for various reasons. Mostly accidents. It’s heartbreaking at times to see a newer driver get thru the training all excited, but then have a couple accidents and let go. 

Its not so much the crashes, I know a few people that had multiple crashes in their first months of company driving.  What gets a lot...

Its not so much the crashes, I know a few people that had multiple crashes in their first months of company driving.  What gets a lot of drivers fired is not being dependable, and once word gets out that you are not dependable, then no one will hire you.  Drivers have to be able to manage themselves, and most people cant do that in general.   

Yes that too. Like any job being dependable is a must.  You’re actually watch like a Hawk. They kept track of everything and every driver has a file. There are cameras everywhere inside the bus , outside too. They also can hear you. At my place what the GM did most of the time was watch drivers live. They also have ride checks where a secret passenger can board  your bus anytime and you get graded , the have access to all the cameras on the bus and watch everything you do on there phone or laptop. They then send the report to the office and you go in and talk with a manager. Afterward, the report whether good or bad is signed by both and it goes in your file.  There is also a G-Force meter in the bus if the brakes get slammed on hard the meter goes off and the managers get and alert on their computers at their desk. If you did anything wrong, like following too close or weren’t paying close attention and are late to react, you go in and have a talk, that may result in a training session. If another motorist calls in and complains about your driving like cutting someone off , they then go to the cameras to see. If they motorist is correct, you are called in and have a talk , if it’s really bad , you’re going out for a training session, and it goes in you file. Al this is a lot of pressure for a new driver and many driver leave because of it or if they continue to make mistakes they can be terminated . It actually looks easier than it is and some people can handle the pressure and get dialed in and others can’t.

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Same here I made more on the strongest horizontal drill rig in the 90,s.  I didn’t get union wages either I was in 3 including the...

Same here I made more on the strongest horizontal drill rig in the 90,s.  I didn’t get union wages either I was in 3 including the ibew.  Nobody wants to pay a good wage to any driver.  Celebrity types r cheap even the mob. I paid 50 mil to bust a huge strike in Phily for 4.7 billion for 5 world record projects. weekly meetings & payments.  I worked him for cash & only got 1,200-1,800 a  week extra in 94.  To make the most money I went to the Chicago EU 1099,s.  My body paid the price for that 6,3 to 6,0 in 2 1/2 yrs & I did 6+.   I look at life to get the biggest experience out of it.  There like the weirdest movie you never saw, a super trip.  A old 1940,s manufacturing bldg , you swear your in Bulgaria. The way they changed it , gorgeous super model type women.  We hv a lot of laughs , only job that you hv freedom .  If you can run & not hv blow outs. They Love ya. 

usp4u1 wrote:

I wish I could understand what the fuck you are saying, because I'm sure some of it is interesting or insightful.

 

Hahahaha...Profeshenel is one of my favorite Vitards. His posts are often hilarious even with only understanding half of what he says.

Usp4u1, I just about pissed myself when I read your post...fuck me, I'm gonna be giggling the whole afternoon from that.🤣

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7/25/2026 5:46am Edited Date/Time 7/25/2026 5:49am
Same here I made more on the strongest horizontal drill rig in the 90,s.  I didn’t get union wages either I was in 3 including the...

Same here I made more on the strongest horizontal drill rig in the 90,s.  I didn’t get union wages either I was in 3 including the ibew.  Nobody wants to pay a good wage to any driver.  Celebrity types r cheap even the mob. I paid 50 mil to bust a huge strike in Phily for 4.7 billion for 5 world record projects. weekly meetings & payments.  I worked him for cash & only got 1,200-1,800 a  week extra in 94.  To make the most money I went to the Chicago EU 1099,s.  My body paid the price for that 6,3 to 6,0 in 2 1/2 yrs & I did 6+.   I look at life to get the biggest experience out of it.  There like the weirdest movie you never saw, a super trip.  A old 1940,s manufacturing bldg , you swear your in Bulgaria. The way they changed it , gorgeous super model type women.  We hv a lot of laughs , only job that you hv freedom .  If you can run & not hv blow outs. They Love ya. 

usp4u1 wrote:

I wish I could understand what the fuck you are saying, because I'm sure some of it is interesting or insightful.

 

Boomslang wrote:
Hahahaha...Profeshenel is one of my favorite Vitards. His posts are often hilarious even with only understanding half of what he says.Usp4u1, I just about pissed myself...

Hahahaha...Profeshenel is one of my favorite Vitards. His posts are often hilarious even with only understanding half of what he says.

Usp4u1, I just about pissed myself when I read your post...fuck me, I'm gonna be giggling the whole afternoon from that.🤣

He’s saying that he made more money working on drill rigs in the 90’s than he does now and they weren’t even union paying jobs. He worked on some giant world record sized jobs in the oil industry. He also worked in Chicago in the electrical union and his body paid the price . Where he worked was in an old 1940s manufacturing building that gave you the feeling you were in Bulgaria there were some hot women there and they laughed a lot and they had freedom. Then at the very end he bounced back to working on the oil rigs where if you worked hard / ran a lot they loved you as long as the rig didn’t have blowouts. 🤔 I think this man has a heart of gold and a high IQ.💯

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Thx Bro , close we drilled under rivers , cities, mtns for huge pipelines.  I was in 3 unions at the pipeline co they didn’t pay our union wages. 1940,s bldg was a Chicago trucking co.  Blowouts yelling & swearing at dispatch some drivers do that.  The EU dispatchers told me stories about how much they didn’t like that from other drivers.  A lot of pain fri 5 min into a mri . My 7 broken ribs r in a bundle of nerves, 5 min in it hurt like hell.  6,3 to 6,0 that’s from trucking .  A lot of denied work injuries in trucking , broke my humerus & wrist.  Pre existing injury. Lol 4k lb liquid totes double stacked . Set a bent  pallet jack in the trailer with 1/2 a wheel missing . It slams you against the wall.  Then you rupture disk in your back.  A lot of injuries including all the disk in my neck r ruptured .  

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Thx Bro , close we drilled under rivers , cities, mtns for huge pipelines.  I was in 3 unions at the pipeline co they didn’t pay...

Thx Bro , close we drilled under rivers , cities, mtns for huge pipelines.  I was in 3 unions at the pipeline co they didn’t pay our union wages. 1940,s bldg was a Chicago trucking co.  Blowouts yelling & swearing at dispatch some drivers do that.  The EU dispatchers told me stories about how much they didn’t like that from other drivers.  A lot of pain fri 5 min into a mri . My 7 broken ribs r in a bundle of nerves, 5 min in it hurt like hell.  6,3 to 6,0 that’s from trucking .  A lot of denied work injuries in trucking , broke my humerus & wrist.  Pre existing injury. Lol 4k lb liquid totes double stacked . Set a bent  pallet jack in the trailer with 1/2 a wheel missing . It slams you against the wall.  Then you rupture disk in your back.  A lot of injuries including all the disk in my neck r ruptured .  

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usp4u1 wrote:

I wish I could understand what the fuck you are saying, because I'm sure some of it is interesting or insightful.

 

Boomslang wrote:
Hahahaha...Profeshenel is one of my favorite Vitards. His posts are often hilarious even with only understanding half of what he says.Usp4u1, I just about pissed myself...

Hahahaha...Profeshenel is one of my favorite Vitards. His posts are often hilarious even with only understanding half of what he says.

Usp4u1, I just about pissed myself when I read your post...fuck me, I'm gonna be giggling the whole afternoon from that.🤣

He’s saying that he made more money working on drill rigs in the 90’s than he does now and they weren’t even union paying jobs. He...

He’s saying that he made more money working on drill rigs in the 90’s than he does now and they weren’t even union paying jobs. He worked on some giant world record sized jobs in the oil industry. He also worked in Chicago in the electrical union and his body paid the price . Where he worked was in an old 1940s manufacturing building that gave you the feeling you were in Bulgaria there were some hot women there and they laughed a lot and they had freedom. Then at the very end he bounced back to working on the oil rigs where if you worked hard / ran a lot they loved you as long as the rig didn’t have blowouts. 🤔 I think this man has a heart of gold and a high IQ.💯

Big money still in oil if you’re in the right spots/companies.  I am going on year 7 of being O/O, a true o/o, not leased on to someone.  Run my own authority from day 1, do all my back end paperwork, book all my own loads, no dispatching, just me.  I spend probably 30-40,000 miles a year in Texas doing oil field work.  Mostly generators for oil well pumps.  

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