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Old 01.26.2008
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I wouldn't necessarily suggest Wabash Valley Transport. My hubby just quit with them because he was only bringing home about $250 to $300 a week. He was running the dump division but he had talked to some of the flatbed drivers and they all said it don't pay jack either. Plus if you do flatbed you have to park your truck at the Lafayette terminal. You can't take it home with you. And the dispatch there is a clusterfluck. My husband could have worked new years week because they had loads but the dispatcher just conveniently didn't tell him that. There was a construction place ten miles from where we live that needed three trucks a day to run two or three loads each for all three days after new years and dispatch didn't even give it to him till that Friday. They called him at like 11 am finally and said oh we've got a load from Clinton. He'd been calling them every morning and saying he was available and waiting. Bunch of idiots. When he turned his truck in this past Friday, his dispatcher knew it but didn't even put it in the system. Hubby showed up at the Remington terminal where they told him to take the truck and they were surprised to see him. Duh.
$300 per week? Did he have a lot of extras coming out of check as in child support or something? Thats crazy and ridiculously low income to operate a semi if you ask me.
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$300 per week? Did he have a lot of extras coming out of check as in child support or something? Thats crazy and ridiculously low income to operate a semi if you ask me.
That is not the only co I have been hearing that about. I have had 2 mcelroy drivers tell me the same thing this last week. One was a trainer.
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That is not the only co I have been hearing that about. I have had 2 mcelroy drivers tell me the same thing this last week. One was a trainer.
This has me worried, to leave my secure job I have been at for 9 yrs......decisions decisions!
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This has me worried, to leave my secure job I have been at for 9 yrs......decisions decisions!
I am with mav and my miles have dropped to, but I have been plagued with stupid stuff happening lately. I have lost one day a week for the last 3 weeks for trailer breakdowns after a trailer swap. Needed to get my truck serviced, etc.
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I am with mav and my miles have dropped to, but I have been plagued with stupid stuff happening lately. I have lost one day a week for the last 3 weeks for trailer breakdowns after a trailer swap. Needed to get my truck serviced, etc.
Yeah I am sure they all have suffered a little. My dad has said his company is a bit slow however he runs off of seniority and he is #2 guy.
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$300 per week? Did he have a lot of extras coming out of check as in child support or something? Thats crazy and ridiculously low income to operate a semi if you ask me.
The only thing coming out was health insurance at $83 a week for the family plan. Nothing else. He got paid set amounts per load, and they did a thing on his settlement sheet that showed how they averaged it out to a per mile basis. He was making average about .43 cents a mile. However, he was only getting paid for about 1000 to 1200 miles a week. His average daily mileage pay was for about 200 miles a day. He was driving 430 miles a day. That $300 was bring home pay. Of course he made more gross, but after taxes and insurance 300 was all that was left. And that was taking three exemptions. His average gross was around $500 to $550. The company he worked at before, he was grossing $600 to $750 a week, depending on what he hauled. He got paid percentage of load at the old company. His bring home was between $500 and $600. But they closed the terminal he was running out of and moved it. We only live five miles from where he used to work, when he was still making money, and working less hours. At Wabash, he would leave home at four in the morning and not get home till seven or eight at night. The place before, he'd leave about five thirty or six, and be home by four or five.

But that's over and done. Time to move on to other things.
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Old 01.27.2008
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The only thing coming out was health insurance at $83 a week for the family plan. Nothing else. He got paid set amounts per load, and they did a thing on his settlement sheet that showed how they averaged it out to a per mile basis. He was making average about .43 cents a mile. However, he was only getting paid for about 1000 to 1200 miles a week. His average daily mileage pay was for about 200 miles a day. He was driving 430 miles a day. That $300 was bring home pay. Of course he made more gross, but after taxes and insurance 300 was all that was left. And that was taking three exemptions. His average gross was around $500 to $550. The company he worked at before, he was grossing $600 to $750 a week, depending on what he hauled. He got paid percentage of load at the old company. His bring home was between $500 and $600. But they closed the terminal he was running out of and moved it. We only live five miles from where he used to work, when he was still making money, and working less hours. At Wabash, he would leave home at four in the morning and not get home till seven or eight at night. The place before, he'd leave about five thirty or six, and be home by four or five.

But that's over and done. Time to move on to other things.
Ok that sheds a bit more light on the situation. I hope things get a little better for ya soon cause thats more like trainee pay if you ask me. I suppose its all about location too!
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