The main 3 types of miles:
1. Ryan McNally Household to Household - movers use it to go the shortest distance between points using any two lane road.
2. Ryan McNally Practical - usually the fastest route using mostly Interstates & major highways.
3. Actual Miles or hub miles from the speedometer.
Most companies use Household to household which 3-10 percent shorter. It does not count the ups and downs or curves in mountains or dog legs in the route.
Most companies are shorting (cheating) us an average of 5%.
Set your odometers and see the difference for your self.
Practical is better.
What are "Practical Miles"?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by rodcannon, May 21, 2008.
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Something most companies use to screw you outta money by not paying you for the miles you actually drive
antoinefinch Thanks this. -
Isn't it Rand McNally?
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Unless it's Hub miles you stand to lose about 15% more or less overall miles in unpaid. Maybe a little bit more.
Routing has become a problem to those of us accustomed to taking whatever suitable route. For example... there is a nor'easter dumping blizzard into westvirginia we would bypass all that using the PA Turnpike without snow but rains. We save all sorts of problems by not heading into 68 across a stormy WVa. But we pay in hours out of route and miles run out of route plus the extra fuel burned. So it's a wash.
It's alot of money running a big truck anywhere. And that is what makes our World go around. Money. Pay me. LOL. -
That 15% is just plain conjecture. I've tracked my odometer vs my dispatchedad miles over an annualized basis for 2 years now. The difference averages at 5%.
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