Miles?!?!?

Doesn't Roehl pay practical miles and also take new drivers? That may be an option for you--I worked for Averitt for about a year and they payed based on HHG--you got screwed out of a ton of miles over the course of a week, so I feel your pain..

 

most frieght right now is slower than in summer time


yes your first year is going to be a pain, no matter where you go...

 

"i doubt there are any"

My husband and I have drove for 2 companies, PantherII and Tri-State, they both pay milage by zip or household miles. We have been driving for about a year and a half. I think this is going to be something you just have to put up with to be in the trucking industry. Sometimes you have to drive for free.

 

I've been researching for months, there are several companies out there that pay practical miles and take student, low/no experience drivers.

Check out: Crete (which includes Crete, Shaffer & Hunt), Roehl and several others.

Key is you need to do research for yourself and find out what works best for you.

But like other folks have stated, freight is SLOW right now, it should pick up. Historically from what I've seen and read, the first quarter of every year is slow for freight.

 

Beware of companies that claim they pay "practical miles".

Ask what they consider "practical" and what software they use to determine the milage.

Most drivers consider PCMiler to be the standard. Most COMPANIES consider Rand McNally practical miles/routing to be the standard. There is about a 2-4% differance.

Case in point. A company I used to work for, started paying "practical" miles. Yet the actual route from KC to Chicago kept coming up 25 miles short by my calculations. Turns out they were using RM and their "practical miles" included running the ENTIRE width of Missourri on state highways...not interstate. All to save 25 miles.


Many companies will still pay you hub milage, if you stay within routing, and use designated fuel stps. Check around.
Don't expect to make top dollar in your pay per mile figures for a couple of years. Although you can find some companies that will have you at .35 a mile within your first year IF you get enough miles that year.

 

Poly trucking out of Tx used to advertise paid hub miles. Walmart pays hub miles but is tough to get on with. I think Union ltl's pay huib miles too.

As for Practical miles Roehl advertises practical mileage pay as does Barr Nunn. I think Deboer does too. Many more companies are jumping on the "practical mileage" bandwagon and to get a list of them you should pick up the trucking magazines that are free at the truckstops. They are basically a book filled with commercials claiming why you should come drive for them rather than the other guy.