Pay and Mileage when starting trucking?

$700 weekly is very low pay.

 

CPM should be only a part of the pay. You should also get accessorial pays. Ask about that.

 

That does not always amount to very much.
I might get some layover or breakdown pay now and then, detention pay at very slow customers, stop pay with extra stops... but those things don't happen very often for me.

 

I've always gotten good accessorial pays. Varied by trucking company; some were better than others.
The last reefer company I worked for and followed by a tanker company we got:
Stop pay just for arriving at a customer.
Detention hourly pay after being at the customer for one hour or longer.
Paid for the 10 hour required break.
Meal money and receipts required.
34 hr. restart pay. Choice of hotel room or cash. I always took the cash and slept in the truck.
One company paid to do pre-trip & post-trip inspection
Paid 1/2 hour pay to fuel the truck.
Ask about accessorial pays when you talk to a company about a driving job.

 

Here's a company with excellent accessorial pays:
Reefer and Tanker companies have the best accessorial pays.
https://www.drive4marten.com/jobs/job-detail/?id=&utm_source=b
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$1,350 GUARANTEED MINIMUM WEEKLY PAYCHECK!
DETENTION PAY = UP TO $195 PER DAY
INCLEMENT WEATHER PAY = UP TO $250 PER DAY
LAYOVER PAY = UP TO $250 PER DAY
WEEKEND LAYOVER PAY = UP TO $300 PER DAY
IMMEDIATE DETENTION PAY ON MOST ROUTES
INCLEMENT WEATHER PAY
MILEAGE, SAFETY & REFERRAL BONUSES
BREAKDOWN & EXTRA STOP PAY
MULTIPLE BONUS OPPORTUNITIES

 

Accessorial pay in addition to CPM.
That's why I pulled reefers for 18 years.