OTR Mileage Expectations?

Right after I got on my miles dropped. But that was when freight started to slow down so it wasn't entirely workflows fault. The last couple weeks things have been picking up and I've been getting decent miles, except for a few loads with ridiculous appointments that tend to screw up my miles.

 

I consider 2000-2500 a decent week, 2500-3000 a good week, 3000+ a great week, the last couple months I've been only getting 2000-2500 mile weeks. The last couple weeks before I took 6 days of tah I could have had 3000+ mile weeks but kept getting stuck with loads with appointments that kept me sitting over the weekend, usually 2-3 days.

 

If you want good miles, don't be complacent. I tell my dbl I like to take it easy, 300+ miles a day, 2100 a week is fine with me, I'm not one to call every day bugging about miles.

..... I only get 1400-1800 for 2 months. So now its call, #####, moan, just to get a decent paycheck.

Last week's check was only $260, I don't even want to see the actual miles.

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Its already May and the miles are "suppose" to improve...


I think I'm ready to say good bye to the pumpkin family

 

If I'm ort 3-4 weeks out at a shot, and I'm not getting 3000 miles a week minimum I'm jumping ship.

I don't care what time of year or where, 3k a week is a reasonable expectation for an otr driver that wants to work.

 

Well, lets just say over the last 7 days I had 2500, and I was aggrivated. Personally, if I'm out 7 days in a row, anything less than 3000 miles is despicable. I understand that there are slow times, but I expect at least 3000 actual miles for a 7 day period (obviously, paid miles will be around 2800-2850 in that instance). And for the most part, I do get 3000.

However, Tuesday for example, I had a whopping 200 miles total for 14 hours because they dumped a 110 mile load on me that picked up at 11am but didn't deliver til 5pm. Well, I got to the deliver at 2:45 and had to sit and wait until 5pm to get unloaded, and then didn't get out of there until 7pm.

Then the next load they sent me didn't pick up until the next morning when I had 4 hours left to run. That load doesn't deliver until midnight tonight, basically 40 hours to drive 900 miles. Well, got here at 1pm, so I'm sitting here for a 10 hour break, reset, going to the delivery, sit through a 2-3 hour unload, get back to the OC here, and then take another 10 hour break cause I'm not running overnight since I've been up since 7am.

So basically, as long as you complain enough, but not too much as to annoy the entire department with your whining, you can get 3000 miles a week if you stay on it. If you don't say anything, you'll get the big screw because the nameless and faceless trip planners in Green Bay don't care what kind of miles you get or what your paycheck is. Those concerns are what your DBL is for.