ESTES Express (5 Year Review)

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  1. Ronniev1262

    Ronniev1262 Light Load Member

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    That's funny. Every Friday night.."What are you looking to do?"
    If you want to go home, you pay the price.
     
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    LPjunior1970 Light Load Member

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    You stay in hotels.. you’ll see a few extraboard guys with sleepers but they put you up in a hotel for your 10 or your 34 if you choose to stay out. Starting pay for extraboard is .68 I believe.
     
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    What price is that?
     
  4. Ronniev1262

    Ronniev1262 Light Load Member

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    An expensive one.
     
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    Insane to start at .68 CPM and it’s not even top rate is it? How many miles could you expect to get in a five day work week if you were new

    Also besides the .68 is there any other pay for D&H or other work related activities
     
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    Prolly 2300-3000 on the board depending how hard of a runner you are

    8.50 per break a set
    8.50 per hook a set

    Top out like .735
     
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    I wouldn't say that. Lot of bids guys complain about 600 miles a night and the work commute every day.

    I have a buddy in paducah ky runs 598 miles a night with 20 drop and hooks a week.

    That's like right at $2300 a week. 12 hour days home every day.

    Thats over 110k yr. Home everyday. 99% of otr guys could stay out the entire year and wouldn't come close.
     
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    I need to apply asap next month #### looks like I can easily make $85K-100K
     
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    Good insurance and benefits as well. I say do it!!
     
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    I just took a bid but before that they had been pretty good about running my clock out on Friday. I was averaging 575-600 miles a day on the east coast but I was running to get it done.
     
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