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Old 08.28.2007
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When driving team, does the driver get paid only miles he drove? Or how exactly does this work....my wife and i are thinking of going team together
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You get paid for all miles. You simply split the pay.

In example. Team pay is .44 a mile. You would get .22 for every mile the truck moved.
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Not exactly Danc, when I drove team for Covenant, we got paid for every mile the truck moved. But I have heard that some companies (like CRST) only pay you the miles you drive.

Now granted, if you are running team with your spouse, it doesn't matter because you're still getting paid for all the miles the truck moves.
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Not exactly Danc, when I drove team for Covenant, we got paid for every mile the truck moved. But I have heard that some companies (like CRST) only pay you the miles you drive.

Now granted, if you are running team with your spouse, it doesn't matter because you're still getting paid for all the miles the truck moves.
Personally, I believe they should only pay you for the miles you drive. Unless the team agrees to a split.

I've seen driver after driver that wanted to team (for the money) become the laziest SOB you ever met in your life, once they got teamed.

My last co-driver, on occasion would pull 6-700 miles a shift. But more often than not, I would wind up doing 60-75% of the miles involved with a load.
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Sheez, yeah, I never thought about that, I only drove team once, and my co-driver and I split the driving just about 50/50.

My point about CRST is that while they pay you for your miles, their rate per mile is barely more than what a team driver's split pay would be.
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thanks, guys...that's what i figured...

you're right in that it really doesn't matter with a h/w team...it all goes to the household...

we're both tired of sitting behind desks...our kids are grown...we love traveling...and we love being together...

we plan on being an otr team...don't need a lot of home time, so we can stay out longer...
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Well then good luck finding a good company, they will just Love you guys!
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Sheez, yeah, I never thought about that, I only drove team once, and my co-driver and I split the driving just about 50/50.

My point about CRST is that while they pay you for your miles, their rate per mile is barely more than what a team driver's split pay would be.
The rate may be slight more but you have to remember that the truck "could" be doing twice the miles.

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The rate may be slight more but you have to remember that the truck "could" be doing twice the miles.

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Yep, my point exactly. They claim great pay, but it's a lie, since you only get paid your portion of the miles.
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Supercat,
I don't know about teams that are not married, and wonder how that would work because most people tend to be selfish. But when you are married, doing for your spouse is doing for you, at least that is the way we think about it.
There are a lot of companies looking for married teams. Some will dispatch you based on the amount of miles you want the team to drive each day. Of course the like 22 hours a day, but some are happy if you agree to just drive 16 hrs a day. The key seems to be start low and do what you say you will do. Increase the mileage as you know you will do it. In many married teams it seems the husband likes to drive 11 hrs a day and have his wife spell him for a few hours each day. What ever works for you will work for the good companies if you do what you say you will do, and don't over committ.
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