$16. hr. Local line P&D

Sounds ok for only 4 months experience. Hope it works out well for you.

 

Hi J. sorry to hear about your loss. Well to me, it dont sound to bad. I assume you will be doing multiple runs a day/night. Will you have to be doing any unloading or is it all no touch? I'm just not a fan of humping freight. Like what Duker said, with only four months it sounds ok. But for your question, is $16.00 good for you, I dont know, but it might be good for the job it is.

 

Well, Mike earns $15.45 an hour when he does P&D but earns more when he's paid by the mile and for trailer switches. I have no idea what the economy is there. Gas is more expensive here so it'll probably do, especially if you can work 50 hours a week or more. So sorry about your wife. Good luck!!

 

If you compare the hours spent with the truck your pay is far better than OTR. It's sad to say that the guys that have to put up with the worse get paid the least. Sure they make good money bet they have to put in the hours and live in the truck. If that's not a concern to you then your pay is on the low side. But if it is a concern and you like being home every night then the pay is great. The real question here would be can you make any money on overtime? I started around the same pay but had raises until my second year when I topped out. I left at $23.50 an hour but we could pick up 20 hours of overtime every week. It all boils down to what you like. Sorry to hear about your loss.

 

It sounds like your ticket. Hauling fuel in public is nothing like the military unless you fuel like you did before. But those jobs are at the airport and not on the road. You should set yourself some goals and if you like hauling gasoline then your goal would be to be hired on with the big oil companies. That's where the benefits and money are. But it takes a squeaky clean record and a few years experience. Check it out got talk to a Chevron, BP, or any of the big ones.

Just be sure you're talking to Chevron and not some dedicated company that was hired by them. The way to check is to look on the front door. They must list the company name on the door. Sometimes you'll see a Chevron truck all painted up with the logo's and up on the down you'll see Jacks OIl Company. Now a dedicated carrier sometimes works out very well but there's nothing that will match the big oil companies pay. Something to look into.

 

How often are you going to average 65 mph though? Not really sure how you calculated your 19.50hr pay but it dont really matter. And a couple hours overtime at the end of a week would probably make up for any "lost" pay. Anyway good luck.