Practical-HHG-Short Miles...The Scam On Truckers

.22 per mile wouldnt get out of bed for that much,thats mexican pay

 

$.22 a mile? I thought $.26 a mile six years ago was a rip-off and that was as a brand new straight out of school newbie. Those who say they pay practical miles are actually paying zip code to zip code. It's a lot better than HHG, but still about 5%-10% than actual miles.

 

some companys are just greedypretty soon we will be driving just to say we have a place to sleep

 

I prefer to look at it being "some truck drivers are just plain stupid". They sign up and work for carriers that pay sh_t>They fall into these get rich quick lease purchase/share cropper plans because they're dumb and they don't put a pen to paper. Any time anyone here asks about the LP they get a resounding "NO, DON'T DO IT" but they continue to ask questions and look into it because they are smarter than the thousands before them.

The carriers would raise driver pay and make LP plans more equitable if there weren't so many sheep coming through their doors.

 

The problem is you can complain all you want to about it, but it won't change a thing. Not until there is a real, genuine driver shortage. The only ace you have in your pocket is to say "I quit!". But there are hundreds of newbies and other drivers out there that will fill your spot in a second and the companies know it. So, why should they care? We get paid pretty much for the easiest part of the job. All the other B S we have to put up with is usually free. They have the greatest scam in the world going on at most of these companies. It's no wonder you hear these drivers loosing there minds and going berserk, you can hear them all the time on the CB.
When I worked in the normal world (Pre-trucking) I would wake up in the morning and be ready to bust my butt to make some money, the harder I worked the more I made (I worked construction) now I wake up and the amount of money I am gonna make today is dictated to me by some load planner or dispatcher whom I have never met, and goes home to their family every night. They could choose to give me lots of miles or just let me sit and collect dust, why should they care?

 

Pointless comment.