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Old 10.07.2008
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Casualty Helicopter JBH

Danc694u !

What planet do YOU live on ?

As to everyone else, all the top 20 companies are turning out driver mills, why ?
Cause it pays, get robots with no brain or idea how to stay profitable, in the first year they're too scared of getting into an accident or not finding an address.

Think before you speak,
One man's bog is NOT another man's paradise.
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Old 10.09.2008
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Danc694u !

What planet do YOU live on ?

As to everyone else, all the top 20 companies are turning out driver mills, why ?
Cause it pays, get robots with no brain or idea how to stay profitable, in the first year they're too scared of getting into an accident or not finding an address.

Think before you speak,
One man's bog is NOT another man's paradise.

I did think...read my post again. JB is the leading model for the industry. The majority of companies are trending toward that model...as we speak.

I don't work for them...won't ever work for them. But, I'm sure my company, along with 500 others will look just like them in the near future.
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Hah !

I worked shortly for JBH, they promise 2250 OTR but they deliver 1500.
Due to "low cost storage" of merchandise on thousands of trailers who's drivers lose pay.

Call me a moron but if you deliver my stuff coast to coast by train in 3 months versus by truck in 5 days. I am not doing business with you ever again.

The fish stinks from the head, a dead fish cannot eat worms. There is not good business model or a well planned profit.
Most of the big 20 companies make money from gov. subsidies, cheap trucks, cheap insurance and low pay for drivers/students.
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Old 10.25.2008
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how are they to work for
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Old 10.25.2008
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Can't argue anything for or against JB Hunt since I am not a truck driver, but I did the math: .42 x 2000 = 840 and .35 x 2400 = 840, so the JB Hunt pay does NOT beat the current industry model.

Unless I'm missing something?
First off they don't pay .42 a mile for dedicated or home weekly. Over the road gets the better pay and stays out a minimum 14 days according to their own advertisements. In my opinion driving for irregular route carriers is not going to be considered a better job than driving for regular route carriers by most people.
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Can't argue anything for or against JB Hunt since I am not a truck driver, but I did the math: .42 x 2000 = 840 and .35 x 2400 = 840, so the JB Hunt pay does NOT beat the current industry model.

Unless I'm missing something?
If and only if the given example is correct, the math is simple. You get paid the same amount. But, with one, you work less.

I see all kinds of companies offering "more miles, more miles". I don't want more miles. I want more money per mile.
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I worked for ol JB from feb 08 to apr 08. I was OTR, was .41cpm, home time was out 10-14 days home for 2. If you wanted to stay home longer than 2 days you had to clean truck out when going home. I was lucky enough to live 20 minutes from Wayne, MI terminal dont know how someone taking truck home could stay home longer then 2 days.

From the beginning the miles weren't there, averaged 1300mi per week and spent most weekends (friday night til late sunday night or monday morning) in one of there terminals, usually Chicago. Never had a problem with payroll, just dispatch which I had 5 DM's in my time there.

Also, never turned down a load, never complained about anything (until I was there 2 months and still no miles) always on time, never a log violation, did everything THERE way.

If it weren't for low miles, and every other driver I talked to wasn't getting miles either, I could tolerate everything else.
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well, the original Swift owner just took out multi millions in lines of credit to buy the company back....then all this credit mess came crashing down. So they may not be around for much longer.

And you know this how??
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I have worked for JB in their dedicated side and automotive side it is the only way to go with them. Got good miles and worked M-F.
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Old 01.18.2009
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Can't argue anything for or against JB Hunt since I am not a truck driver, but I did the math: .42 x 2000 = 840 and .35 x 2400 = 840, so the JB Hunt pay does NOT beat the current industry model.

Unless I'm missing something?
Your missing the fact you have to drive 400 more miles to make the same money

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