The Barr Nunn Illusion: High mileage pay, low miles

That's fair. I worked there long enough to verify the company's business model, which is the point of the post. You don't need a year to know a system is fundamentally broken.

1: The $102K target is statistically impossible based on the company's own offered work schedule.
2:The 34-hour layover policy is a fixed policy, not a subjective experience.
3: The 1,800–2,200 miles/week average is what their own long-term drivers and members of management confirmed.

I saw the low mileage, I saw the layover policy, and I saw the 3rd party trucks taking my freight. It would be financially irresponsible to stay a year to verify that a $32,000 pay gap exists. I left when the facts proved the promise was a lie.

 

Thanks for proving my point. Your whole response ignores the math and shifts the blame. You suggest running 3,800 miles/week is possible if I just pester dispatch. If a 'top-tier' company can only provide adequate miles to the squeakiest 10%, that means the other 90% are being financially exploited. A professional carrier plans freight; they don't reward being an annoyance.

My post proved that Barr-Nunn's operational failure (the 34-hour uncompensated layover and the 3rd-party outsourcing) prevents them from delivering the necessary miles to meet their provided compensation, regardless of how much time I took off.

Congratulations on your great job. My post wasn't an attack on your career; it was a warning about Barr-Nunn's broken business model. If you have to insult a driver who left a flawed system to justify your own salary, that's not a defense of Barr-Nunn—it's a massive red flag about your own insecurity.

Lastly, Barr-Nunn isn’t a mega starter. They run between 600 and 700 trucks, and require 9 months of experience. Furthermore, Walmart drivers do take that much time off every month. While Walmart does offer numerous different schedules to bid on, most drivers are on a 5/2 schedule. That’s 8 days off every month. Yet they can clear $100k/year rather easily. I know several guys that are clearing $130k-140k every year there. I should know as I drove for them for over 5 years. There’s a reason why I went to Barr-Nunn after leaving Walmart, and it had everything to do with the 6 figure lifestyle my family has, and my attempt to continue bringing in the amount of money we have grown accustomed to.

 

I didn’t leave Walmart FOR Barr-Nunn. I left Walmart for personal reasons I won't get into here and spent time researching companies that could replace my high salary and provide home time. Barr-Nunn was the best available option based on the available information at the time.

That's why I wrote this post. TTR has a lot of valuable information, but most of it is outdated as most people have moved on to different social media outlets. If I had come across a post that detailed the operational flaws that Barr-Nunn has, it would have given me great pause before accepting the job.