??? About team driving.

You split the cpm,so if you get .34 cpm you would get .17 cpm for all miles ran.

 

or .34 for half the miles. LOL.

although that's not the realistics of things.

 

The good thing about teams is that a 34 hour reset can be done in 24 hours so you pick up time. If you can sleep while the truck is moving it is great. The temperature of truck can be controlled better. You are usually the first to get a load. And the best thing is the other driver can sing to you when you are blue. If you get your choice driving at night is easier then driving during the daylight. Just harder to sleep.

 

I'd like to hear from a team of guys that teaming has workd for over time .. most, actually all the teams that I have read about are husband and wife teams.. Personally,I couldn't do teams with another guy for more than a short time training..

 

May take a little time but you will get used to sleeping with the truck moving. Lots of little tricks you can do to help.

I personally prefer teams but it is something you will either love or hate. The money is a lot better though.

 

Here are a few things to keep in mind if you're teaming with a stranger, or I guess anyone

- one guy will always be doing more work than the other, so it will wont be fair pay.

-one guy will always be driving a crappier shift than the other, don't think you guys can alternate, it will wreak havoc on your body.

-even if you can sleep while truck is moving, keep in mind you really wont have a 10 hour break, what i mean is if you're solo at least you can stop, stretch your legs, take a walk, exercise, do whatever. as a team you are confined to that truck 22/23 hours a day. your life will just become drive/sleep/drive/sleep

-lets say things are slow and you guys are just sitting, now you have to be stuck in the tiny cab with another dude.

 

This is why I drive solo, I tried the team thing, and I make better money on my own, the average miles when I was teaming was about 5000 miles, On my own I average 3200 miles a week, witch means more dollars in my wallet,I had team drivers that refused to get out of the truck, Even if I was sleeping, they would wake me up, To go check in at a shipper, Gets old real fast, It's the solo life of me

 

When I last drove as a team driver, I was assigned to drive with a 23 year old blonde. She was 5 foot 4 and 124. C cups. She tells me that she had to quit her last job because she is a nymph. I told her no problem. And really it wasn't. We drove and it was all very professional.

Until or first 34 hour reset. We only had the one bunk so we had to cuddle. One thing lead to another and then all of a sudden it happen. I woke up.