Fedex Team possibly

yep thats about right if its fedex ground.

 

5000 miles @ .46 CPM comes to $2300 divided by 2 nets you $1150 per week per driver. Minus a few hundred bucks for tax with no benefits, I think you could do better. If you get medical through your wife's employer it could be doable. The problem with trying to get info about Fed-Ex contractors is that Fed-Ex contractors come in all shapes, sizes, and forms. Some are con artists while others are legitimate businessmen that pay well. Kind of luck of the draw going in without talking to others who have worked for a particular contractor.

edited to add : Fed Ex not only expects but demands 100% on time delivery no if's, ands, or buts. This is why they drive 70 mph no matter what the conditions are. Breakdowns are far and few between because these delays equate to a huge financial loss for the contractor. So needless to say the truck will be in good condition.

 

You could sure do a lot worse. With your current situation it sounds good. FWIW, your 8 months expieriance is just as valuable as my 12 years. All you can do anymore is keep your record clean.

 

He can have any job he wants,but they all pay #### near the samething.
theres is no career path for a truck driver.
1 year expierence .38 to .43 cpm
30 years expierence .38 to .43 cpm
give or take a few penny's.

 

Not a negative outlook, just telling it like it is. You sure can make some bucks out in the oilfield, driving for Wal Mart Transportation, or working for the union.

I'll just put it to you this way. When adjusted for inflation, truck drivers on the 1970's made the equivalent of $100,000 a year. Company drivers I might add. Owner operators with a good business plan made even more. The mega carriers spent the 1980's driving rates down to nill.

You can still make a living driving a truck but instead of being ahead of the Jones you'll be right there beside them.

 

Continue being wary.
An extra 5 grand a year comes out to $416.00 a month. Or, a little over a hundred bucks a week.
And if you think delivering gas was tough, wait till you team drive. That truck is constantly moving and you are living in a tiny, bumping and lurching box with another human.
Humans make lots of noise; they belch, they flatulate, they yell at other drivers, they smell like barn animals, they listen to opera (real loud), and they hobo hawk all over the dashboard. All this 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week.
For a whopping hundred bucks a week.
And, Krishna forbid, your teamie swerves to miss an object in the middle of the night on an icy road while you are trying to sleep in the bunk. All those brave, hero, first responders will be washing you out with a hose.
You deserve better.