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Yes I ran on recaps I usually have around 26-2800 miles a weekfreight is slow right now they say but I am still grinding hard

 

I've been with PTL for over a year now. My biggest complaint is the Management so barely competent that not even the best Fleet Manager in the world can compensate. Their website claims average loaded mile is 700 but that is an outright lie. You're lucky to average 500. And they claim yearly pay for Company Drivers is $85,000, which WOULD be possible IF Operations wasn't so incompetent. However, the reality is that for however you're willing to come out on the road to work they WILL waste at least half that time due to their mismanagement. The recruiters will say that how much you make depends on how you run yourself but that, again, is a lie because you can always do your best to maximize your hours & will ALWAYS get undermined at every turn by constant PTL mismanagement &, speaking from experience, if you complain about it it only gets worse. PTL management has the attitude of "Oh, you think we're incompetent? We'll SHOW you how incompetent we can be." So, at BEST you will be lucky to make $40- 45,000.

If you intend on working for PTL don't expect to enjoy any of those ESOP benefits either because they only want new drivers & will do their best to push you out the longer you're with them. So, retiring from there isn't very likely unless you want to waste your time & money for stock options that they seem determined to drive the value down in.

For example, they'll give you short load after short load with WAY too much transit time & lay you over, over & over while telling you "there's no freight," while running 2 Orientations of 10-20 people each in 3 locations as if their attempting to grow the fleet in a recession where for every load, throughout the entire industry, there are 8 drivers.

So think about that. Current Industry Average is 8 drivers for every load & drivers are quitting due to lack of miles but, hey! Let's hire as many new drivers as possible as if the economy is in a boom. That is a prime example of mismanagement. Instead of taking care of current drivers they're trying to push them out with newer ones. Reason being, the longer you're there the more you make while newer drivers are paid less so PTL makes more $ per load.

All in all, apparently PTL only has to run a truck 1,200 - 1,500 miles per week for them to cover their costs. Yeah, some weeks you will do more BUT average it out over the course of a year & that's what it will come out as while you're filing taxes for your $40-45,000 income.

 

Just hang in there bro freight is very light right now made that much in 6-7 months yeah I know that sitting sucks but that’s trucking keep communicating with your FM are you out of Murray or MemphisI hear you on the drivers but let me tell you a lot of them quit within the first few months stay strong

 

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They are likely doing spot market live stuff on top of layover. I always got 750+ mile loads but that was years ago; did a few coast to coast a month.. Pay was .28-.52 then, though... All but the old drivers with secret rates were doing 45k-64k. Not sure about lease and dollar accounts then. Trainers and teams made the big bucks; trainer friend did $1400-$2200 a week. Again, years ago....

Today .55+ w2 OTR is common, but none of it matters if there is a lot of live and layover... FYI it's impossible to figure out layover pre-orientation; drivers lie too much for referral bonuses or to not look desperate, and recruiters are guaranteed to lie

 

Good on number’s and spot on your analysis of marketthanks for the information. Just went to .70 which doesn’t mean anything if the miles aren’t thereride easy driver

 

I’m with PTL and do great! Not sure if you are on a regional board or not; but, it’s very important to manage your logs tightly: update your eta and pta regularly whenever you are on a trip. I’m regional and have no problem getting 2600 miles in 7 days or more; then 2200 or more while running recaps: then, I take a couple days off…

 

Me too…

 

That’s an awesome benefit: don’t knock it! I am going on 3 1/2 years and already have 12,000 in my ESOP.. that’s and extra 4000 a year…

 

I’m a 20 year plus driver and have been with PTL since my previous company where I was at for almost 10 years went under(Celadon). I do well. I manage my logs, don’t waste time on duty, run hard the 1st week out, then do recaps the 2 nd week: then take 2 days off. They don’t mess with me, leave me alone to do my runs and when I ask; preplan me on something. I make good money and am planning on retiring here. It’s a good company.