Severe Driver Shortage?

One thing, among many others that stump failed to address is the fact that not only are OTR drivers paid by the mile but they are not paid for all of the miles they drive.

Imagine that! We have a 2000 mile run for you but your only going to get paid of for 1800 miles. Oh boy! where do I sign up to work for you for free. Barf.

Drive safe

 

Funny you should mention that. I was thinking today as I wrote down my routing, that they give us less miles but if you add up the routes they want us to take and the miles on each route, how can they justify it? And where are the labor unions when it comes to fair pay on this issue? Hmmmm???????

 

CSA2010? Might make a small difference.

 

More and more carriers have gone to paying drivers practical miles. It is closer to actual miles than most other means of calculating mileage. I agree that if drivers are being paid mileage then they should be paid for the actual miles from pickup to delivery. I am surprised that there are still some only paying hhg miles.

 

carriers still robing us(drivers).They pay us wherever they want.

 

A cdl is a good prequisite and not just otr... So my objective in advance of school is to weigh the alternatives.

I m construction oriented with utility work and EVERYTHING entails the requirement and need of a CDL for driving.

let s not discount the variety of work in driving commercial trucks.

 

I started out as a company driver and canremember the truck being governed at 65 mph. All I wanted to do was go fasterthan that, Stupid me. I bought my first truck brand new at Little Rock Pete, ordered it. I was going to lease on to the company that I was working for as a company driver, Harold Ives was that company. At that time JB Hunt and Snieder did not want owner ops at all, anyway Harold offered me .80 cents per mile. My truck payment was $1700 per month. In order to clear $2500 bucks I would have to run 3200 miles a week so I asked Harold could he pay me at least a buck mile, THIS was in 1997, he told me personally that he could not do it. Nor were the miles that I needed to cover the cost of owning the truck were gaurenteed. I started to crap my pants, cause he and mostly all the other companies to lease onto were basically paying the same and if a dispatcher didn't get along with you, well I don't need to tell you, you were screwed! I am glad that I orderd my truck so it gave me enough time to interview as many drivers as i could before it came in. Thanks to all the drivers that educated me on how to run money and not miles, cause I didn't want to wear out my equipment before its time, I went with Landstar Inway up in Rockford Ill. They paid by the load not the miles. I went 300 miles and got paid $1100 for an example, that is if anyone wants to learn from someone who has been there but I didn't stay with them but for 2 years. That was enough time to teach me how to be on my own cause if you dont make it with Landstar, and if nothing has changed in how they do business, you will definitly learn about cpms. I eventually got my ICC Authority bought a reefer trailer, which was the only thing I did wrong, should have went flat bedding, and the rest is histroy.

 

This crap about almost actual miles and pc miles is the reason truck drivers are loosing their shirt..YOUR TRUCKS ODOMETER WORKS fine. YOU NEED to do the math and if it dosent add up , LEAVE THAT CHEAP CRAP ON THE DOCK!!! Its your truck and there is no such thing as cheap freight!!!

 

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If you are a company driver then you may want to ask any potential employer how they calculate miles. The closest to actual miles is probably practical. The worst is HHG or household goods. If the carrier doesn't pay practical then you can either find another employer or live with the way the carrier pays. Some may have a higher mileage rate, but pay on short miles. I doubt that most drivers even think about asking a carrier how they calculate paid miles.