Who's Got The Most Miles?

ya need more money not more miles

 

Must be nice to be young and gunge ho and willing to drive from can to can;t throw a pillow over the steering wheel and doze till your arm wakes you up tingling because the blood flow got cut off , or u trurn you heater on and it wakes you up when you get so hot . Gee how did we ever survive them days . the sleep was jsut a place to toss your extra junk You mean that you actual get to lay down in it? OF coarse when I was over the road trucking a 40 in sleeper man u was in a condo and if you had a bunk heater man you was top shelf and the only thing better was if the sleeper had A/C and heater OMG !!! man you had a lager unit esp if you had a WB of about 220 to 230 inches Gald them days are over I will stick to my day cab and run my 150 to 350 miles a day and be back home about 5PM .

 

BINGO!!! Give that man a cupie doll!
Amazes me the mentality so prevelant in this industry that more miles = more $$$.
Just look at the OP...he's wondering where he can get the most miles.
He should be asking where he can find the best pay.

What's better?
To work 80 hours for $7.00/hr?
Or 40 hours for $14.00/hr?

So you say, "well there's no jobs in my area that pay $14.00/hr"
Then which of the following would you choose:
Investing in a technical school education for a few years.
Or trucking school for 4 weeks.

Where will you be better off over the long-haul?

 

That all depends on which company you driver for but I heard Swift drivers get a lot.

 

wow goodluck on that. Better stay a little longer on what your in now and better opportunities will come

 

You really need to read and understand what 112racing and paddington are trying to tell you.

Everybody needs money right now. We have always needed money. That is why we go to work each day. That should go without saying.

Not just all of the big companies will screw you. There are a lot of small and medium otr companies that will do the same. You seem desperate and recruiters can smell you coming from a mile away.

If you don't take the time to research the right company for you, you will find yourself in the company of thousands of other job hoppers who have no one to blame but themselves.

You are going down the wrong path. Wake up!

 

With the way the economy is I don't think anyone is getting very many miles. There is more trucks on the road then there is freight for them to haul.

 

BigLou while miles are important, you have to take a lot of things into consideration. For one thing all the miles you can handle and then some won't mean nothing if you get in trouble with DOT for running way too hard. It also won't mean anything if you're so tired that when you get home you can't enjoy your hometime. I look at the whole picture when checking out a perspective employer. Miles, pay, bonuses, benefits, type of equipment, do they have an open door policy with management? As far as miles go, I understand the economy is bad right now so I don't get worked up when I have a bad week.

I have a comfort zone... I like to average between 2600-3000 miles a week. It means I'm making good money but I'm not ran into the ground either. You can say a lot about a company if a recruiter will tell you that things are slow right now because of the economy and our drivers are averaging x amount of miles a week, instead of saying OH WE GOT SO MANY MILES, WE CAN'T COVER ALL THE FREIGHT. The way the economy is right now, no smart driver is going to believe that.

 

I have driven locally for the compnay that I work for about 3yrs from 05 to 08 without a cdl. In 08 I went a received my cdl and drove another 7-8 mths before they sold their equipment. Would the ltl companise concider this as exp.?

 

True......in the simplest of terms.

An example that just happened last night.........My friend is an O/O with his own truck and authority.

After his regular load to San Antonio was cancelled, he calls on another....gets the rate quote and due to the cheap rate...says "I'll pass"

The broker sweetens the rate from $225 to $350. Not too bad just for a local run from Carrollton, Tx to Cleburne, Tx. (about 100 miles total, including deadhead)

Point is.....work on percentage of the linehaul, or a flat rate (or hourly if running local).....ALWAYS know the rate before you load and work smarter, not harder.

Miles aren't the answer if the cpm are too low.........a high rate per mile isn't the answer if the miles to back it up just aren't there.

Finding the balance is the reward.