Wages!

Well bduke lets hear yours.
Also what city and state your terminal is located in will help.
Here is mine.

1. Avg. Weekly earnings: $1300-$1500 gross
2. Paid: every two weeks
3. Medical out of pocket: $200 a month (family of 6 med, dental, vision)
4. Hometime: off from Friday at 3pm until Monday at 10pm (weekends off, also home Wed. during day and Thurs. night)
5. Union/non-Union: Teamsters $56 a month dues
6. Home Terminal: Chino, California

 

Sure try this on for size:

1. Husband wife team currently on a round trip dedicated run from Pa to Ca and back. About 5200 miles round trip at .47 cpm plus 11.00 for each dock I bump plus 5.50 for a drop and 5.50 for a hook. Gross pay per week around 2488.00 for the 2 of us.
2. Paid each week by direct deposit.
3. Medical is United Healthcare (now was bc/bs) at 40.00 per week for family coverage.
4. Home time around 36 hours between runs.
5. Non union
6. Assigned Trucks.
7. Current governed speed on trucks 70 mph older trucks may go faster although parent company (NEMF has a 68 mph policy).
8. Up to 3 weeks paid vacation, 6 paid holidays, 3 paid sick days, 2 paid personal days per year.
9. Other benefits include 401k, short term disability, company paid life insurance, computer tracking, congestion pay for 5 burroughs of NYC, Downtown Chicago, and downtown Boston, Detention pay after 2 hours, .01 cpm safety and compliance bonus per month, Transflo, ez pass, Ok Pike pass, Ohio and In toll credit cards, Efs fuel card (drivers are encouraged to fuel at NEMF terminals to save money), with central dispatch from 1 terminal.
10. Northeast regional truckload carrier that gets drivers home for 34 hour reset on weekends or pays extra for drivers that volunteer to work the weekends provided the customer required weekend service (50.00 extra for the day).
11. New team division with dedicated runs from Montgomery New York to California or York Pa to California or down to Georgia and Florida. Team pay is .46 to .50 cpm depending upon experience. Solos usually gross about a grand per week depending upon how capable the driver is and what freight is available. As a solo I "usually" averaged around 1350 to 1400 per week. My best year as a solo at this company paid me a little over $76,000.00 and that was with 2 weeks paid vacation and the month of December off.
12. Company is called Eastern Freightways based out of North Brunswick Nj.

 

bduke,

You never answered my question to you about where you work. Did I guess right? I have friends there you know. Just playing around.

Against The Wind,

It's obvious why you have a great job ($56.00). Congratulations. Just out of curiosity, can I get the initials of where your work? Although I am happy where I work and would not change jobs, I like a good challenge.

To answer bduke and mirror Against The Wind,

Avg weekly earnings $1300 to $1600.
Paid every two weeks.
Medical out of pocket: $0
Hometime: Every weekend starting from when I clock out on Friday until Monday morning at 0500.
Home terminal: Commerce, CA.

bduke, would you like additional benefits as well? Retirement, vacation, sick, and jury duty etc. I can provide them as well.

Here is what happened last week. I am one of nine tanker drivers in a fleet that has 37 total drivers. All tanker drivers were required to attend a 9 hour safety class on Saturday. Frieght drivers were not required to attened. None of us were happy because it pretty muched ruined our Saturday. I had already worked the maximum of 60 hours for the week. The 9 hours counted against us but we all had the 34 hour restart coming so we would be good to go on Monday with a fresh 60 hours. As usual, it was boring to watch videos for that length of time. It did help in that all of the time was 0/T.

Total hours for the week was 69 hours. Total pay for the week was $2015.69. I can't wait to see how much the goverment is going to take out.

Drive safe

 

N B family owned business with 70 drivers currently located in Brea, Ca moving to brand new warehouse in Chino, Ca on April 20th. Can you guess the name of the company?

 

I still have no idea. Can I have another hint please?

Drive safe

 

I got your PM but cant return the message due to post count. Here is your hint:

"The West's leading distributor of Natural Products."
Teamsters Local 848

 

Bduke,

I think I know. Are you located off of Sierra, do you haul stuff that smells and is your supervisors intials JEIII? Let me know.

Drive safe

 

Against The Wind,

I am drawing a complete blank. That could be food, drink or textiles. How about another hint? Maybe a street and cross street? I am usually in Chino once a week.

Drive safe