hourly wages vs milage or percentage pay for truckers

They're my pay statement and check stub. Sorry, not sure how else to attach from my mobile

 

Hourly,OT after 8.

 

I would vote for hourly pay! Yes plz!

Just to be honest, I never got percentage, so I don't know the pros and cons on that, how common is that, which companies offer that, etc.

Pay hourly for all hours outside of your normal 10 hour break. And no bs from dispatch saying we don't have a load for you, please go on line 2 until further notice. No, if we're waiting for a load, pickup, delivery, repairs, fueling, everything, we're getting paid, and its over time too!

This would help for drivers that deal with heavy big city traffic that reduces their potential miles.

Also drivers wouldn't have to rush as hard, which should theoretically make things safer, although you'd still want to deliver on time to keep your job.

Companies would have to figure the average to charge customers to cover the hourly cost. Maybe contract allowing flexible times. I can see how it would get abused, and shippers afraid of getting scammed by false claim of additional hours. I'm sure carriers and customers will figure out some type of agreement or contract that covers all the issues. Maybe same for O/O, since they are also the carrier, but company drivers should get hourly. If a company has trucks breaking down, and upset they have to pay drivers hourly during repair times, then they need to figure those expenses and pass them on to the customers.

We do so many things for free that other people have already listed, and after you average out our time at work vs paycheck, its below minimum wage. This needs to stop. Truckers need fair pay, no more excuses from carriers and customers.

With flood of new drivers looking for work, doubt this industry has any motivation to change, except to continue finding more ways to rip off the driver for their own record profits.

 

Why don't we compare our compensation to other transportation workers? Railroad and Airlines. An initial google search seems to point to pilots collecting salary and loco drivers on hourly.

 

I started reading these post and after the second page, couldn't read more. You can't compare apples to oranges, private carriers that haul only there freight can't be compared to the rest of the trucking industry when drivers pay and benefits are involved. Keep asking for hourly pay long enough and the super companies will finally hear you and give you what you want, but be very cautious what you ask for. Because they aren't going to offer $20 not even $10 and hour for your time. They aren't going to pay you for being off duty, sleeper birth, or for your meals.
when i work in welding or mechanics the companies didn't pay for my meals, so why should you demand truck companies pay for yours, your going to eat at home do you have someone buying your meals there? no.
there not even going to pay you for sitting and waiting to be loaded or unloaded or for lay overs, when you hit the dock you will be logged off duty (as you are doing now) so you have no fight there. They will only pay for time that they say you worked. that goes for lunch breaks and such also off duty. Sometimes you are better off leaving things as they are, or you could be earning McDonalds pay for a living.
But maybe then everyone may not want to be a truck driver for a career, Knowing up front they are only going to get paid minimum wage for a living.

Good Luck with you 9-5 hourly pay job.

 

Well your wrong. I'm Otr and not a private carrier. I got paid $20 for driving and $12 for every minute I'm on line 4. So yes I get paid for loading, unloading, fueling, waiting etc. that's not including my bonuses like fuel mileage, hazmat.

 

i bet you not working for Swift, Cr Eng, or any of the mega carriers, are you

 

And im sorry but i call it BS as you say OTR.

 

If you actually sit and add up all the hours you spend working for free you'll realize your way way under paid. Since I now get paid for line 4 I bet #### near half my hours a week are spent on line 4. I never realized that before because as soon as I hit a dock I went to line 3 to save my hours.

 

I work for ofc/schmidt out of plattsmouth,ne. A smaller tanker company. They wanted guys to not have to rush between loads so they adopted the hourly pay scale. They figure out the pay scale converted from the mileage pay and it has helped a lot cause your paid by the hour so the faster you drive the less your gonna make. Every driver so far has cleared at least 1000-1200 a week and never have to run illegal. No dispatchers telling to "just run over here without starting your log." No loading, unloading for free anymore. I love it. The days of long haul 1000 mile runs are almost over. You don't make any money tuning loads 300 miles for mileage pay cause you spend more time loading and unloading then you do driving.