Yes, you have a 14 hour day. On an ideal day, everything goes right, you have a 15 minute PTI, the trainee drives for 11 hours, that leaves 2.75 additional hours on the 14 hour clock. The trainer can drive for an additional 2.75 hours making 13.75 hours legal driving in one day.
I disagree about the team driving cannot be training. At some point you have to let your trainee's hand go. You have had three weeks to evaluate him. You trust him, now you need to let him make his own decissions, without looking over his shoulder. You are only an arms length away and you can be up front in seconds. Personally, I think it is a valuable training exercise to drive, essentially, on your own. Many people do not agree on this, but I think it is an important step in training. Obviously, if the trainer does not think the trainee can handle the responsibility on his own, he will remain in the front seat and even recommend that the trainee not pass.
TMC Transportation, Inc. - Des Moines, Ia.
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good luck finding a slave to drive 11 hours straight. what about the time to pick up the load? deliver the load? fuel? lunch? oh wait, they're probably no time to eat.
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During this time of economic slowdown and the seasonal slowdown I would expect a higher rate of drivers quitting. Again, I do not know what these numbers may be. -
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The average new driver earns about 31cpm. If you make that much and work all 52wks in a yr, you're looking at just over 40K averaging 2500mpw. Of course, that's only 2/3 the advertised 60K in question. Most new drivers, sad though it seems, will be lucky to run so many miles. That "average driver" will run closer to 2250mpw and gross a little over 36K.
Ontop of the other hopes, a new driver needs to consider the fact, according to TMC, he/she will spend the 1st 8 weeks(that's 2 of the 1st 12 months) in training. During that time, the driver will earn $2,700.
Now you've got 10 months to earn $57,300.00 ... For a new driver... Very unlikely... That's an average gross pay of over $1,300.00 per week. At 31cpm, that requires about 4,250mpw. You ain't likely doing that legally.
To reach the goal we're discussing, a driver needs to reach their 32% pay program within 6 months of hire. Most drivers are more likely at about 25%.
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Besides, have you ever driven 11 straight? I have(except short bathroom stops) and it ain't fun or easy.
When training, the trainer is supposed to be on duty. That's just how it should be. At some point, training should be completed and the "student" should be deemed a "driver" instead. At that point, the trainer should be able to drive a normal schedule. Should it happen in the 1st few weeks? Probably not, even with a good student. Does it? Of course, and all too often it leads to a tragic ending. -
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It is the take home pay that most of us consider when we think of our own wages. Even gross though, 36K is about all the average new driver makes. Almost all new drivers start at less than 32cpm. At that rate, averaging 2250mpw and driving all 52 in the 1st yr... $37,500 is about all they'll make. Sure, more can be made. It just isn't normal.
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I guess it's all dependent on where you are working at. I drove on a dedicated Sears account for Swift # 0.32/mi, then went to Maverick # 0.38/mi, and leased a truck with ATS averaging 1.38/mi.
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