50 cents/mile the New Standard?

Man, I feel the urge to take members down... Am I the only one who feels unreleased aggression on some of these sites?

 

No, I get into trouble too easy though....

 

I have a site I use to vent my frustrations. I keep getting deleted though.

 

Because there comfortable. Not me, I won't settle and neither should any of you.

 

Totally agree with you! People become content and take the .40 cpm jobs.

 

My last mileage pay job was $.45 cpm and it paid hub miles. I typically did around 2500 on two trips per week...sometimes a little better. There are a lot of crappy Northeast regional jobs that will advertise $.50+ cpm but that won't be hub miles and you'll be lucky to get 2000 paid miles a week. So it doesn't tell the whole story.

 

Good competent drivers that arnt afraid to get out of bed at 4am and do what needs done legally shouldn't accept lousy pay or treatment .
I'm very seasoned at year 32 accident free and won't work for much less than the .44 cpm I get now and that's with better health , dental and vision insurance than wal mart drivers get .
Won't put up with attitudinal dispatchers that think they are god either !
Wake up drivers !

 

When I got off the highway in Oct 16, I was making .50 cpm plus. I'd get anywhere between 2500-3500 miles a week typically and had weekends(or most of it anyways) off. Had great tarp pay, wicked loads and cool trucks.

I thought that was pretty good. Especially considering I am from northern Ontario, Canada.

Like others have said, I don't know why guys are still working for less than 42-44 a mile