good starter company for OTR

I would also suggest to check out Crete. Your school isn't listed on their approved school list on the website but I would call to see anyway.

 

I found a day cab job overall the pay is better I have 5 months experience so try local.

Example schneider pays .29 cents a mile but if you're not driving the governed 60 mph get 60 mile a hour it's poor pay comes to 18 and some change a hour but northeast it will hardly be that speed or mileage. Flat 18.50 a hour better than that.

 

Never thought of that to ask as I'm going Schneider trucking

 

BillyJack : Milage pay is important to some extent, but in reality the assessorial pays are just as important. With all my experience, I was only making .36 cpm, but with assessorial pays was making $65K per year.

Here's milage & other pays for Tyson Foods:

Solo Drivers Pay Package

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Solo Pay Package (Pay package effective January 1, 2012):

• Trainee ($400 per week): Anyone with less than one year experience that meets hiring requirements
• 0–3 years of verifiable experience start at $.39 per mile, after one year at Tyson will go to $.40 per mile, and 2 years Tyson seniority move to top pay of $.41 per mile
• 3 years or more verifiable experience start at $.40 and after one year at Tyson go to top pay of $.41 per mile
• Top pay currently at $.41 per mile

Incentive Pay Package:

• All single trips less than 500 miles will be paid an additional $.03 per mile
• All single trips less than 250 miles will be paid an additional $.06 per mile

Home Time:

• One day off for every 6 days out on the road.

Other Pay:

• Eight paid holidays at $115.00 per holiday
• Layover Pay: $85.00 after the first 24 hours and not repositioned over 200 miles
• Unloading Pay: Tyson pays for loading and unloading. Driver may have to locate lumper and get fees approved by dispatch
• Drop and Pickup Pay: Multi drop loads/pickups are $18.00 on all pickups or drops.
• No pay for single drop or pickup

Vacation:

• 1 week after 1 year
• 2 weeks after 3 years
• 3 weeks after 10 years
• 4 weeks after 20 years

Safety Bonus:

• $.01 per mile on all paid miles in driver's safety record/miles.
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• Another example is Pride Transport; in their flatbed division, tarp pay is $50.00 which is way above average for flatbed. That's part of the things you should look at; assessorial pays.