How come day cab jobs pay so much more?

Not every local driving job pays well.My last one paid by the mile and no dh pay.Job before that paid by the load.Yes many do pay by the hr because they don't drive as many miles in a day that otr does.Don't believe everything you read.What jb says and does are 2 entirely different things.

 

If you think local driving is a lot better then what you're doing because the driver is home every night,you better think again.They work all their availble hrs and you better be ready to roll right when their 10 hrs are up.Not on a set schedule never know if u have to work Saturday till Fri just before the dispatcher goes home.Thats how it is here anyway.Local jobs here sucks as much as the pay does.

 

I agree with patty local jobs tend to be soul crushers I mean they suck the life out of you. I was driving concrete mixer and I hated it

 

In addition to what everyone else has said.....day cab drivers are usually involved in the unloading process (this may mean just moving the freight to the end of your trailer or it may mean that you are required to bring it well inside the customers bldg.), and in many cases, they are involved in the loading process as well (no additional pay for unloading unloading). Some places make you work the docks too.

 

$450 a week doing OTR??????



Even with less than a year experience you can make double that working a full week with a better OTR company

 

I drive local run a pete paid by the hour and usually done by 3pm i start at 5-530 i have no logs and no governor on truck all i do is pick up loaded trailer drop empty and go to the mill wait to be unloaded yes local really sucks.

 

Yeah $450 a week??? U are getting robbed.. u should at least be bringing home 7 a week

 

Daycabs pay more cuz it sucks sleeping across the seats with a shifter stuck in your back

 

been there done that..dont wanna do it again...ran a 83 and a 89 mack U model(sidewinder) sleeping across a board with 2 sticks in the way...did it for a few years( but I was a young man with the desire to do it) If I tried it now Id feel crippled when I got up ...dont miss it,but loved it when I was doing it....drive a new fliner day cab sleep in holiday Inns all week now but think I had more fun back in the day...guess Im getting old and grumpy now...