I maxed out in Tx at 35k one year, did around 32K for 2 years or so on either side of that high point. I worked hard but not too hard, just honest hard +smart. I learned the courts and everyone in them, swooped a cherry position at the best company in town working from noon or 2pm until whenever which could be 7-8pm or 4:30am when I'd get relief from morning guys/dispatch. I had been there 4 years or so before that situation was an option. Plus it's not the best thing, living on call. I moved into a fancy highrise downtown to be near the work and lived damn well but being on call can really mess with a mind. I often slept with my pager by my head and my 2way lying on my chest clipped to a tee shirt and a cell phone by my other ear with the landline on the nightstand. It was okay at the time as I was living pretty loose but I wouldn't do it now, much better for a single fella.

The good parts were the easy money and riding at night. Anything within the loop I did on a bike and it was some peaceful riding, faster too. For the long hauls I'd get it and hand it off or delegate it to a car, sometimes I had to drive but not too much.

If you can't live w/out money the first year will kill you unless you have it all paid up in advance. Once you're in it can be a career. If you get to where you have to retire from the road...there are other parts to the industry it's not just guys on bikes. So if you played your cads right you can step up when it's time to foot down.