Hourly pay calculation?

If we could all get/have jobs like that 99% of would. That is a great job but they are not avail always. There are some good jobs with companies like Dupree here but openings are tough to get because they get so many applicants with lots of experience. I would love a great job like that but it is not in my future for a long while most likely

 

unloading/loading throw in strapping and tarping.

 

So true, I worked for bottom of the barrel flat bed who paid you in funny money, then another LTL Co. who use to promise you the world and now where I am now. I am very fortunate. Not every week is like this, I had to stay out last week for a few days and tough it up in a hotel while on my 10 hr off. (LOL).
Definitely very fortunate to be where I am today..

 

I figured it out before and it was depressing and one of the reasons I got out of the industry. I will never work by the mile or piece again. I figured I made about $30 an hour driving but when I figured all of the delays and other BS (not sleeping) I ended up making $5-6 an hour. Driving truck was a pretty good job when there was always a lot of freight and I was always moving. When the economy tanked and I started sitting in truck stops waiting for loads and not getting paid I got out.

 

I get paid hourly and find that it is more relevant to divide my total income by the miles I drove to get the cpm. going the other way doesn't work for me.
I guess it would be easy enough to take line three and four and divide that into your gross pay to figure your income per hours worked. Your line three and four are accurate are they not?

LOL

 

Out of curiosity, what would happen if you actually logged all time spent doing those things they way you are supposed to? If your driving hours were to cut to, say, 8hrs a day or less due to the aforementioned reasons I mean? What would your employer's response be? And I do understand that, at the moment, there isn't much you can do logging wise, about the sitting in traffic.

 

Stop right there. That's your gross pay for that week. Mileage pay is piecework; it doesn't equate to hourly pay because you're not paid for the time required to complete the piece. Trying to factor in average speed (or unpaid duties, time away from home, sleeper time, off-duty time, or time spent sitting in traffic or at docks) doesn't change the rate for each piece that does pay. Three thousand pieces at .36/per piece will always be $1,080, and whether one driver does it in 60 hours and another does it in 66.66, they're both paid the same rate for each mile. One driver doesn't make more per hour than the other.

 

IMO Trucking isn't so much a job you can figure the $$/hr , it is a lifestyle.. some truckers live in the truck = no mortgage or rent , no utilities etc...

If you look at your truck as your home .. things look different .. most seem to look at trucking as a job away from home that seems to lead to a bad attitude down the road.. "this is just my observation"..

Trucking is somewhat like the military.. its a lifestyle .. and if your not at home and your always looking towards getting home it seems to me it won't take long to become misreable especially when things are slow and your sitting ..

I'm sure the internet and cellphones have helped with that a lot...But it still has to be very hard on someone that is away from a wife/husband and even harder young kids at home .. and there is no amount of money that can replace those times.. that is why we are waiting till the kids graduate school and get on their own to start our adventure in the trucking world ... Then the wife and I will have no ties and we plan on selling out everything and team driving OTR for about 10-15 yrs before retiring ..awww Time to go hunting and fishing ...

EDIT:
Life after kids
PLAN A : I'm figuring we can make an avg of $1500-$2000 a week with an avg living cost of around $250 -$300 a week for the 2 of us .. our goal is to put $1000+ a week away after the 1st yr ... 10 yr plan is $500,000+ saved.


Plan B: Work as a HVAC service tech till I drop dead... not a very appealing choice...But I have been at it for 21 years and it has keep us fed and clothed and housed .. there is something to be said for that.. But I'm really looking forward to a career change in the future..

 

I know exactly how much I make per week and how much that averages out to per hour for an AVERAGE week.
Not every trucker gets paid by the mile. I have a fixed amount I'm paid if I hustle I do better if I get stuck in traffic I lose out.
I drive 288.4 miles deadhead, load is always waiting for me, 15 min drop & hook then a quick turn & burn and back 288.4 miles , bump dock, 30-45min. to unload ( I do it myself) park truck, go home! Average time 12hrs
Simple isn't it?