maverick vs boyd

I drive a slow truck too...we're at 65. I rarely see Maverick trucks running that fast though. They usually are around 63 like Swift, Boyd, and TMC. Anything below the speed limit is slow. Anything that is governed is just a headache to drive anyways...

 

Not all, but MOST of us, are very focused on our mpg performance for bonus $$$ reasons, AND OF COURSE safety reasons. If a driver does not have that kind of mentality, they ain't gonna be a Maverick driver for long.

 

GOOD!

 

So how does that work out? What kind of bonus do you get, and how much money do you lose from miles lost to make more from fuel bonus?

 

I don't lose out on any miles by driving a little slower. That is just some lazy or impatient guy myth. Each qtr I receive a bonus check that is usually about equal to or perhaps just a little higher than a normal week's paycheck! Its nice.

 

It's not a lazy or impatient myth if it's true. You really lose a good bit driving 5mph slower. So I'd have to make more for it to be beneficial or I wouldn't do it. 5mph is 55 mi. a day. or 350 mi./wk.(70 hour rule) or roughly $100-150/wk you're losing(differing according to cpm and how many hours you actually drive in a week). That over a 1/4 would be $1300-1950(13 weeks), and you said you get a bonus fairly close to your weekly pay(guesstimating~$1000/wk), so that would make your pay loss due to miles more than your bonus.

Of course, the less time you drove in a week and received said bonus, the more likely it may be a better deal, but very little if any. Of course I don't know your pay rate, nor your hours you drive in a week. So my numbers may not fit yours, but I feel it should be close.

 

how many loads did you miss out on though? Going slower does add up eventually.

 

I drive 60mph in a 68mph truck, still get home just about every weekend, still get a decent cpm bonus and I'm averaging about 2300 miles per week. If I am losing miles driving slower, I could care less. If I need 3000 miles plus every week to survive, I would find another occupation! I do agree that you could lose potential miles driving slower, that is just common sense. But you also have to figure in time spent waiting on a load, waiting to load/unload ect. There is no way to figure it out exactly.
Lets say 2 drivers leave the same place at the same time heading to the same location and 1 drives 68 and 1 drives 60 and neither stop, obviously the 1 driving 68 will get there first. So he will probably get empty and go on the load board first. Let's say he does that and gets another run that is 800 miles and it is the end of the week. The driver going 60 then arrives later, gets unloaded and goes on the load board. The next load in the area is 1000 miles. Who gets more miles? My point is there are way too many variables than just speed that determin how many miles a driver gets. Time spent securing/tarping as well as amount of time spent stopped, routes taken ect all play just as big a part.

 

I pull a skateboard. Miles are not the only thing that I get paid for. And I do between 5-7 loads each and every week. 5.5 day weeks. Home every Friday night around 6-8pm- head back out on Sunday afternoon usually. 2000-2200 miles approximate avg. I don't know, I have no magic formula, but I just do not stop a lot like some do. I ain't missin' out on any loads/miles. I have a good gig with a good company and I just drive a little slower and safer. That's all. If someone wants to go faster and think that they are going to go get more miles and loads, fine with me man, go for it. Just don't hurt yourself or anyone else.

 

Meanwhile back on topic . . . . logans I think you would do well with either company. Since you've decided on Maverick I can tell you first hand they have treated me well. Good luck.