Melton Trucking - A good home

I am a experienced driver who is looking for a change. Have 25+ years and most of those years I unloaded my own freight by hand. Lately I have been just driving and watching my body become fat from just slamming doors. Just in the last few months I have had the opportunity to pull a old 48' flat. I only had to strap. No tarps or chains. I enjoyed the little bit of exercise but admit I really didn't know what I was doing. It was just freight on pallets so it wasn't rocket science. I find myself looking at all the flats that I see. Checking out the tarps and chains etc. I'm 49 and really starting to hate the vans. I enjoy a challenge but I also need a decent paycheck. From what I can see from Melton is I will start at .45cpm but will be home a lot less then I am now BUT I do like the fact you can bank your time. Go trucking for 6 or 7 weeks THEN some real time off. I live in the DFW area so I think it would be ideal area to get home when I needed to. I did talk to a recruiter today. She said 2300-2500 miles. Not sure just yet. I have some major bills to pay every month. Any Melton drivers tell me how much their gross income is a week? Or month? Don't need to hear the net income cause we all have different things coming out of our checks. Like now I have 11% 401k coming out. Thanks and Runwme grats on taking the bigger challenge and not taking the ez way. IMO hardworking people are happier.. I always was

 

Do you get to wash your truck at blue beacon or just at the Melton Yards

 

I am considering flatbedding after getting my CDL and it's good to know where to apply. Is $40 tarp pay for both tarp and untarp, or is it $40 each? When you mention 120k miles, do you wait 1 year and get a bonus if you hit 120k? I'm assuming you start at .36, but then it will increase after 3 or 6 months.

 

That's not bad. I'm guessing if you tarp, then you have to untarp as well, so $40 per load. Do you know how long it takes to tarp on the average? I know it depends on the load, and about what % of loads need tarping?

 

Good deal. Are you driving together with your trainer?