Made it one year

Yep, I'm paid on percentage and love it. Short local haul for half a day makes the same as a max mile day at Swift. The tariffs in oil are high, so if I look at all miles I run, loaded and empty, I average $0.65 a mile. But only ran 100K miles a year.

Boston, you willing to relocate?

 

I tried dry van for a couple of months with an owner op. Was a nightmare at the unload times, and the appt times. I love flatbed because most, not all but most unloads and loads are bankers hours

 

For instance, my company had 2 pay profiles, mileage with 2 years exp is 50cpm, percentage at 29%.
The load in on now is billed on 754 miles from Chicago to Rome ny at 1800. My percentage makes me 522, if i was on mileage id get 369.46. I'll take percentage all day long

 

That works out to 69cpm.

 

Percentage is almost always better, if you can get it. OTR, a good driver (Someone with no issues, no tickets, etc) who works his arse off, can make about a max of $80k working for someone else. That's about as good as it gets. And those jobs are rare as hen's teeth. $50k or so is average. $60k is good. Anything more than $60k is outstanding.

I am in the "good" category. The one company I looked at that would give me a significant raise wasa nightmare to work for. Hotseating, fuel solutions written in stone, you name it. I don't need an extra $10k THAT bad.

 

At least with Swift I could make a habit of bypassing fuel stops and "reopt" my fuel route. I could also take liberties with the route. That came with experience and trust with the DM.

Now I fuel whenever and wherever I want, and run how and where I want.