1st Year Hauling Fuel in Jacksonville, FL

Not sure if this section is the correct place or not, just figured I'd post what I made and that I'm really happy with the company I'm with. I work in Jacksonville, FL for Eagle Transport.



Please Read: I understand I may not have made as much as other people who haul fuel, so please keep in mind my location and personal situation. I'm single, no kids, and have a 1 bed/bath apartment in Jax. In my opinion, I made out very well and look forward to it getting better. Please don't ask about how many hours I worked, because I honestly have no idea. I averaged working 50-70 hours a week depending on the loads to run.





So, I finally have a full calender year in with my company, even though I have one more paycheck from last year I figured I'd go ahead and post this info, so my actual earnings will be a smudge higher. Anyway, here it goes.



As of 12/20/14, I grossed $56,667.59.


Now, to break everything down

Regular (Base pay) - $38,354.32
Accessory Pay - $6,377.68
Experience Pay* - $91.80
Weekend Pay - $6,225.00
Night Pay- $4,125.00
Bonus - $166.54
Breakdown - $25.00
Holiday Pay- $500.00
Safety Meeting- $90.00
Sick Pay- $375.20
Vacation Pay- $153.97
Wait time (Detention)-$10.00
Workshop**- $173.08

Deductions
Fed Tax- $8,226.58
Social Security- $3,484.51
Medicare- $814.93
Aflac- $465.75
*I didn't start earning experience pay until my Anniversary Date which was 11/19/14
**I have no idea what Workshop is...


My net pay was $43,670.99

Average weekly Net pay for 2014- $839.83



Any questions I'd be happy to answer best I can.

 

It's irregular, we don't have any set routes.

I work nights 4pm-4am 6 days are week with 2 days off. So my days off rotate, and I get a 4 day weekend every 5 weeks.

 

We have multiple shifts. We have more people working 5pm-5am than any others. There are only 2 other 4pm-4am drivers. I've talked to keenan drivers and they usually work 6-6. They miss rush hour that way. I like the 4 shift since I get off before morning rush hour.

I'm paid percentage, kind of. All of our loads have set amounts. For instance, if you go to gainesville it's $65. If you have a split which is two stores on one trailer then it adds $15. That's where all that accessory pay comes from. Our lowest load pays $32, that would be a short local in jacksonville. Our highest loads pay over $100. Just depends where you go.


In august our terminal raised the amounts of the load pay so we all got roughly a 5% raise.

Like tonight, I did $225 worth of work in 9.5 hours. I did two stores in hawthorne, then two in Gainesville

 

Yes I was OTR for two years doing van then flatbed.

Also yes, I was trained. I was nervous at first but pulling tankers wasn't as bad as I thought it was going into it.

 

Yes I'm actually very happy here. It's mainly the people I work with and my terminal manager is really cool. Every safety meeting we have a big cook out with lots of food.


And yes they offer medical benefits but I have no info on those since I'm not currently covered. I just procrastinated when I had to fill out the paperwork and never turned it in.