What's wrong with HHG miles?

The problem with HHG miles is that they are at least 10% below what you actually drive to deliver the load. Drivers get short changed enough out there as it is.

It's a heck of a lot more than 5% that a driver is losing out on.

 

I think what alot of drivers are not understanding is the postal zone entries that are inputted in the system to start a rate quote.
Plus many companies may order a trk. with 11/24.5 tires, They come in and the shop changes them to 11/22.5 and not change the speedo ratio.

Plus the drivers may take a little bit of a different rte. and it adds up little by little.

Now if they saw the mileages that are quoted to me and then see the real miles they would really have a full load in the back of their pants.

The company guys where I'm at can log a point to point on their logs and get the miles, but most of the times they don't unless it is a big difference.

I have run hub miles years ago,but I ran LTL in the Boston area.
So it helped me out.

Like you posted cpape, some people can not see the forest because of the trees.

 

Oh yes the miles can be a killer for us some times.
Even when I'm mty. there are times with my setup I do not get to run back the short way..
It's bad when you have to run say 200 miles to the west when you need to go east, but can not get under a bridge/ road const. etc. Then you go north then back east. Then north and east. Can take 1 or 2 if not more days some trips.
But that is the life of heavy haul.

 

Cpape,one of the problems with not getting practical miles (I do understand the standardization and the apples to apples comparison,especially when it comes to billing the customer)is the time differential especially on a long rt,IE: (a run I am currently on)Plaiveiw Tx (empty) to El Paso Tx to Romeoville IL the miles given to me by my company for the run 389 empty miles (I went a different way) there way was all state/us hwys thru Mountains and desert total time per google 7.5 hrs my way 430 miles flat state hwys and interstate plus 9.5 mpg. 7.5 hrs.El Paso to Romeoville there miles 1403 on and off the interstate/state rts and us rts.Per google maps 1684 all Interstate am averaging 8.4 mpg (10 ton in the box) and the fuel rt they gave me .........all on the interstate.My point is is when I accepted the run it looked like 1800 miles x 55 mph= 33 hr in reality 2114 x55 = 38.5 hr a 5.5 hr time differential.Now I have done this run before but if I hadn't and was tight on hrs when I accepted it could have run out because of not knowing the practical miles (thus possibly driving illegal,being late to the customer etc,etc.....) just sayn' maybe we need the practical miles for our planning purposes and then the miles being paid and that the customer is being billed.(I know,crazy idea huh!)

 

You the truck driver are not paid by the mile, you are paid by the load, trip or what ever word you want to use. The company bases their rate and your pay on miles between point A and point B.

YOU ARE DOING PIECE WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mark

Mark

 

For most loads, my company already has a set rate for over 200 cities within the 9 states we normally operate. Occasioanlly, they will then give a specific rate based on actual miles from either our yard or the railroad to the destination address (based on total miles calculated via Microsoft Streets and Trips).

I can always tell when they give a specific rate as my pay increases slightly for that load. I know, based on my percentage rate, how much I will make for certain destinations. Grand Junction, Co. pays me about $250.00, Delta, Co. pays me $260.00, Albuquerque, NM pays me about $360, Gillette, Eyo. pays me $340. However, there are some customers in Albuquerque that pay me $380 becuase they are based on specific miles and thus the company gets more money.