Magnum ltd - fargo, nd

Talked with my DM this morning since she's the weekend person this time and she had already put in my layover and holiday pay. I'm pocketing $820 to sit over the weekend and do nothing. Not too shabby.

 

This is one of the things I valued about Magnum and why I often recommend them as an option for drivers to look at when choosing a company. They may not be perfect, but they are a good honest company.

 

Pretty darn good…

 

$180/day layover + $100 holiday pay for Christmas. My roommate actually makes more holiday pay than i do, but mainly because his holiday pay is calculated as if he went in for an 8 hour shift, while mine is just a flat rate.

 

Good for you. Magnum could not afford to pay me 20.00 a night for 2 drop and hooks. So I do not drive there anymore.

 

Man sometimes i hate reefers, or more accurately, Carriers. Guy parked next to me and his Carrier is shaking my truck. I'm pulling a Carrier right now and it's not near as bad as that one. That being said, i pulled an old 2018 Carrier that was loud enough that i could've been ticketed for disturbing the peace...

 

Not going to lie. I'm actively looking at other companies right now. Where i live at just isn't working out and my miles and pay are suffering because of it. I've lived here for 4 months and I've only picked up one load out of the state of Kansas, and that was almost 200 miles away in Kansas City. I've never delivered into my state. The biggest offender is the fact that Magnum doesn't pay for deadhead miles home. I've put almost 110,000 miles on my truck since the start of the year, yet I'll be lucky if my paid miles crack 100k. That's a lot of miles and money wasted just getting home. When they try to deadhead me home over 700 miles from BFN in Wyoming, without getting paid a dime, then it becomes an issue. I had this issue when i lived in Michigan too, just to a lesser extent. If all these deadhead miles were paid, then I wouldn't have this problem

 

In a situation like that 700 mile deadhead it might be worth asking about grabbing line haul runs to get you closer to home if your anywhere near or passing through the ltl footprint. It might mean a few drop and hooks along the way but it beats driving 700 miles for free. They have an ltl terminal in Kansas city MO. Not ideal, but it's a bit closer to home. This might as work for getting you into a better freight area comming out of hometime.

 

Driver, FCC would work for you as they run a ton back and forth through Salina on I-135. I run that corridor quite a bit myself and see them all the time. Don't know about their pay but call one of people others have suggested to you and find out.

 

Also check out the Climate thread. They are across 70 from Missouri to Denver all the time