How much should Heavy Haul drivers get paid?

Discussion in 'Heavy Haul Trucking Forum' started by ShrugofAtlas, Sep 25, 2014.

  1. ShrugofAtlas

    ShrugofAtlas Light Load Member

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    My company pays $.50 cpm and then $.62 cpm for oversized loads . . . is that a good amount? Also hometime is every 5-6 weeks, is that standard?
     
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  3. blairandgretchen

    blairandgretchen Road Train Member

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    Good question - you know what the rates pay for oversized loads, right?

    It's the pain of knowing what the boss gets, and what you signed up for. You'll find a lot of drivers would be pretty happy with 50cpm, let alone 62cpm.
     
  4. 12 ga

    12 ga THE VIEW FROM MY OFFICE

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    If you truly have less than one years experience and you have a job paying that much count your self extremely lucky.
     
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  5. Pahrump

    Pahrump Medium Load Member

    As a truck owner driving new equipment I paid my self $1 to $2/mile salary after all expenses and I never haul load that need pilot cars.
    A few years ago I did 13500 total miles in a month,,truck made $62K after all expenses , permits, pmts, ins,,meals fuel etc. I made $42,000 salary for the month all on 7 axles,,,
    I found it unbelievable the wages paid to many of the company drivers I met on the road,
    There are some companies that pay their driver by the hour,,
    Drivers working for rental companies are paying anywhere from $15/hr at the low end to as much a $30 and more at the better end..
    Companies could pay better for OS loads but they are greedy and why pay more when drivers are willing to work for nothing,,
    just the way it is,,no one is forcing any one to work cheap,,
     
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  6. 281ric

    281ric Road Train Member

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    Agree w pahrump. I know guys pulling flat bed and step that make that ? Why bother w permit loads if compensation is not in line w the work ?
     
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  7. freightwipper

    freightwipper Road Train Member

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    "I made $42,000 salary for the month"

    Sir if you write a trucker book with all the details on how you did that, I will buy that book and pay good money for it too.


     
  8. ShrugofAtlas

    ShrugofAtlas Light Load Member

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    I hear those kind of #'s too and find it hard to believe. $42k/mo?? c'mon now . . . that's $500k/year
     
  9. freightwipper

    freightwipper Road Train Member

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    His secret is that he's leased onto Western Express :yes2557:
     
  10. macavoy

    macavoy Road Train Member

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  11. ramblingman

    ramblingman Road Train Member

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    IF at all possible DO NOT TAKE MILEAGE PAY FOR PERMIT LOADS. Your best bet would to get a %, 25 or so would be good. The next best thing would to take a salary like 300-400 dollars per day as long as your sitting on that load.

    Here's why i don't think you should take mileage pay for Permit loads...
    -If your over 10' wide you probably won't be able to run at night and unable to travel on weekends in IL for example.
    -If your over 10' wide you can't run past 55mph in AZ and many other states.
    -You have stupid curfews to deal with in the big cities like you can't travel through Denver from 6-9 and 3-6.
    -You'll sit an hour at the POE in WY waiting to get measured and issued your permit and god forbid your measurements you are required to give them over the phone in advance to arrival are even an 1/2" off.
    -Your required to stop at every single scale and some states call you inside every scalehouse to look at your permits and waste your time.
    -Loading/unloading delays are as common as the wind in Wyoming. You need special mobile cranes to come out to load/unload many of your loads which are always breaking down or showing up late.
    -EX.1-I dropped an OD load in Downtown NY and they were using a old fenced in tennis court as a staging area. The crane gets into place and hooks up to my load and tries to pick it up,but instead the front outriggers are sinking a foot into the soft clay of the old tennis court. They spend 3 hours trying to figure this out and eventually get pads large enough to not sink into the ground and get me off loaded, but I'm on mileage pay so I didn't make a dime.
    -EX.2-Many OD movements are part of a larger plan and can only be unloaded in a certain order. On 2 occassions i have showed up 2 days later than my friends and they are still sitting on their load not making a dime because my load had to be put in place before their load could be put in place due to the construction plans.

    I could ramble on all day, but i think you get the point. Mileage pay and OD have no business together.
     
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