BTC (Builders Transportation Company

Id do mileage as you get paid all dispatched miles. I did percentage it has its advantages and disadvantages. Example, i ran with a guy from scherreville, IN to pinnacle, WY in the summer with a load of pipe. He was percent i was mileage. Only way to get a load from that way was to deadhead 1,000 miles to KC,KS he lucked out but not me!

 

I got deadheaded 250 miles to pittsburgh from baltimore to get a load home. Whats your name?

 

Milage works for the guys that planning on staying out more than a week at a time really well. The problem that I see a lot is the guys that want to be home every Friday before lunch time and not leave until Monday morning that want to be mileage drivers. Its VERY hard to send a driver on ANY decent mile run with constrictions like that. he wont get enough miles so his paycheck will suffer...then if you put him on something long and misses "beers with the guys on Friday night" he jumps and down because his home time has been infringed upon. Its a very delicate balance man.

Percentage guys that go on the long trips up to ND or MT make gobbs of revenue going out but make peanuts on the return trips. I was percentage and made almost $5.00 a mile going up to MT out of Memphis last spring but the only thing they could find for me coming back was a .96 a mile broker load out of SD. You know what, I made so much money going up there I would have basically come back down for free! I'm just glad that had something for me to come back with.

 

That's it exactly, Mark. I ran regional for percentage specifically because I like spending my weekends at home instead of a nasty truckstop. Financially, it worked out really well for me.

 

Sims, when I was on regional and eventually short haul, my family would have starved if I would have went with mileage pay. I cant even conceive being on mileage but then tying the companies - any companies hands by saying that they couldn't send me out too far because I have to be back by Friday...That's just crazy.

Bottom line is if you are going to run then go mileage...if you want to take advantage of the "home every weekend" thing then you might want to consider percentage....either way I sincerely hope whatever decision you make works out to your best interests.

 

Birmingham, AL a good freight area? There is a drop yard here for BTC. I could leave truck at for home time.

 

That's right. When a driver limits what his range, he limits his potential income on the mileage pay as well. Whereas on percentage, a driver can keep a limited range and stay close to home while still making a decent paycheck as long as the freight rates in his area are good.

And yes, Birmingham, AL is an excellent area for us. And having the yard down there is a decent bonus!

 

B'Ham is one of our main freight hubs. The whole reason that we have a yard there is because of the freight opportunities in that area.

 

I've been researching flatbed companies for a few weeks and this company popped up in my searches tonight, it sounds pretty decent and you guys are almost making it sound too good. lol

I'm going to look into them a little more. I'm in Fort Wayne, IN (I-69 & US30) I imagine I'm in their hiring zone.

What's the average gross annual for drivers here? (Or your own personal if you don't mind sharing it.)

 

I started in May, looking at about 43,000 for the year. Not bad, considering in that time I switched from regional to local and had about four weeks of truck breakdown due to the old local truck I had.

Starting company drivers can generally expect to average a $1,000 per week. More if you put a bit of hustle in your day. I'm too lazy to work that hard (seriously, ask anybody in dispatch!). Even still, I usually hit the average.