Dead head

Unless you work on percentage, you should be getting paid deadhead.

 

Yep, own your own truck, set up your own loads, see how much deadhead you get paid. If you are company, depends on their policy. Not real common but some companies have a policy you have to travel x amount of miles before you get dh miles. Sometimes at a reduced rate too.

 

If youre not getting paid for deadhead miles talk to your dispatcher or payroll.getting paid dh home I can see,companies calculate dh miles from receiver to shipper.every company has their way of doing things but that's how I always got paid.if they don't pay dh miles and you have to drive a lot of miles to your next load,is be looking for another job.companies are always finding ways to Rob drivers but my stars at least pay me for every mile driven if it's on the job.

 

If your paid by the mile, you should be getting paid for dead head miles also. That's pretty standard in the industry. I can't think of any companies that pay by mile, and don't pay D/H miles.
I'm an O/O, so when I take a load there is no compensation to go and get it. When I take a load I figure the D/H miles into the equation.

 

Who do you work for and was this ever discussed when you signed on?

 

Rural King used to, not sure if they still do, run their drivers that way. 40 CPM loaded and nothing empty. Also hired cheap foreign workers in the warehouse