Since you are mentioning shorter runs, I always get a kick out of drivers who will refuse shorter runs where they can be turning their wheels and making some money. Instead, they will sit on their duffs and make NO MONEY waiting for the "good runs."
Drivers ... A simple question here ...
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So after reading this. What does having to be a felon have to do with empty miles. Except if that is code word. Of you wanting to set up some points inbetween pickups to haul a couple of kilo's of Colombia's finest, and get those keys off at some hotel room in Memphis. I'm just saying
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So in exact numbers, I am empty 50% of the time. I get paid by the load. -
300 ft, 4 times a week,from one end of the building to the other.
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Local, payed by the hour so i dont care if im empty or not, payed the same. The rare times im on stops and miles pay its payed the same loaded or empty and ever stop except the yard is $15.
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I deadhead about 200 miles with one of my current customers but am now paid the same loaded or empty per mile. My company is trying to branch in different directions. Some pay percentage of load, others pay per mile.
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