If company starts you out at .37c per mile and you drive average 60mph you're only making $22/hour. That's ok but then some days you'll only drive 3-4 hrs so you'll make $90 a day roughly. You'll be on duty for 5-6hrs but not getting paid for it. We should be getting paid for every minute we're in that truck or performing truck related tasks/on duty time
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Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by mitmaks, Jun 13, 2019.
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If you're not familiar with Tx HOS and how they work, then y'all should check them out. It works much better and doesnt force drivers to chase the clock as much.
On the fed clock, the fact that the timer doesnt stop once its started is stupid.TokyoJoe and stuckinthemud Thank this. -
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Yup, I want paid while I play my computer game, I might even turn it off and drive once in a while at times too, if I think a bonus is in the cards. lol
The job is not just riding and guiding, it is trucking and a certain amount of down time is just part of the job.
I ran a shop for several years, mechanics were paid percentage, some had the same attitude, that they were only being paid while they were turning wrenches, well that is not the way it works either, and it spells it out right in the flat rate books, that cleanup is figured right in the flat rate time.
I have an idea the industry is headed to hourly pay eventually, hence all the drivers cameras, eld's and so on, so the companies can be looking straight at you.
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We live in our trucks and arent really compensated for it. Drivers have allowed themselves to be screwed over for decades.
If I run a short haul load, I spend more hours off duty, but Im still stuck in my truck and sometimes in locations with zero amenities including a bathroom. Or we're stuck at a truck stop with terrible food options. But we willingly do it every day.stuckinthemud Thanks this. -
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Correction, there are a lot of drivers that abuse hourly pay now.
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And there are a lot of people that get fired for it everyday. It's not the 1970's anymore. It's very easy for a company to tell which employees are milking the clock and which are not.jbird05031126, Gearjammin' Penguin and stuckinthemud Thank this. -
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