When do I get to see .70 a mile OTR?

Market crash? Companies are making record profits. Don't believe any lies that they are not. There is plenty of money to pay employees.

 

You get to see it every day
It’s on every ad. Some even much higher

 

Yeah for sure. I could get more miles however I ask to be routed through my home as often as possible and take 10s at home a couple times a week and am home most weekends. I'd assume that means I get less of the juicy 1k+ runs, but I'm mid-ATL/NE regional so the best I get is Vermont down to Charlotte or something similar regardless.

I do have a good bit of DC drop and hooks but lots of live loads and unloads sprinkled in, lots of lumpers too. It's a tradeoff I guess for the hometime.

I make pretty good money and don't work all that hard so it's fine for now. Hourly LTL is definitely in my future though.

 

.70 cpm is a meaningless number because it's based on the miles you turn per week. You could be making less money than someone getting .60 cpm if the miles aren't there.

Accessorials also come into play such as stop pay, detention, etc. Then there's things such as health insurance to consider and the age of the company's equipment. If you're running junk, it's harder to turn those tall miles.

You have to look at the whole package, not just the mileage rate. High mileage is many times a lure to get drivers in the door of possibily a bad situation.

 

Quoted for truth. I hear it all the time "that's all? I could go to 'XXX' and get paid $0.75!" Yes, that's all, but its W2 with full benefits, and steady miles with recession-proof contract freight.

 

I'm making 64 cpm at Swift; granted I'm maxed out on pay (until the next system wide pay increase) and I've been here 11 years.

70 would be a bit less than a 10% increase, and not worth giving up working conditions and people I like.
No telling who I would be stuck with or what I would be expected to put up with if I went somewhere else.
The greener side of the fence has always been right here.

 

What

kinda plan is that ?
With a union ?


Mine is $400 a month with a $5k deductible . And that’s as a company employee and doesn’t cover the missus and kiddos

 

Depends upon the account.

My buddy was doing a Dedicated Sears Tire account as recently as 2014... Made $38k.