swift walmart dedicated

Short Runs Pay More Money even cheap Carriers pay more to the driver but some Carriers use that to kiss up to their customers in this case walmart they give them a cheap quote and give you a nickel a mile and all the freight you can squander and because the driver is new or inexperienced they get a way with that. if you have the same Mileage pay as a driver with 2000 mile trip then you just got suckered unless that load is what you want to do "LOCAL"

 

so u can get on dedicated right away?

 

It depends on the account and what they need. You can still run for a dedicated account and not be assigned to it, you are taking care of their overflow trips that their drivers can't cover. It is called surge. If you are doing surge you get your normal pay at normal rates regardless of what the contracted rate is. Stop pay still stands, you get paid for each stop except the first and last one. The first one is the shipper while the last one is the final receiver.

 

Seems like there is a lot of this Walmart dedicated surge lately.

 

Just wait until around the holidays. It is a good gig for company drivers, it sucks of O/O. Last time that I did it, I was paid the Wal-Mart stop rate, $15, not my OTR rate.

 

for the surge I was guaranteed $150 a day rather I got the miles or not, are you getting that? I was paid normal mile rate plus $15 per stop, I ended up making more than the guaranteed pay for the first week I helped with Walmart, I also enjoyed the gig and wish it lasted. I am going to work on getting on with the target dedicated close to my home though.

 

I talked to Swift yesterday about running Walmart dedicated. They have the contract close to where I live. 33 cents per mile, $10 stop pay but the first one is free, slip-seat, about 2400 miles per week. No thanks! That equals less than half of what I currently make running Walmart dedicated for Prime. I'm not home much, 4 weeks out, 4 days at home, but at least I'm getting paid.