Salary over $1000 per week guaranteed?
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I know there are ways to make more money... but most places want drivers to stay out for 2-3 weeks. There are no guarantees to get home every weekend - and if there are... they may / may not live up to their guarantee. There are some companies (only a few that I know of) that guarantee a minimum salary - or a salary of any kind. The majority pay by the mile. Some pay by mover's miles, some by actual miles, some by hub miles.
Given that drivers can make over $1000 per week gross, at most companies - and obviously, a lot more than that in some places... why don't more companies pay a salary, instead of by the mile.
Nothing pisses me off more, as a driver - than sitting around, waiting for some slow ### shipper / receiver to do their jobs... as much as 5 hours in some places. If I'm getting paid by the mile - I'm losing money, while I sit. The other thing that pisses me off is waiting for my next load, because dispatch waits to give me my next load, until after I've delivered the load I'm on (a regular situation where I'm at now). Honestly - I just hate sitting. But, at least I'm getting paid, while I'm on salary!
There are a lot of things I like about the company I'm with though... and although I can (probably / possibly) make more somewhere else / doing something else... it's not all about the money.
This thread is supposed to be about guaranteed pay and guaranteed weekends off - as a company dry Van driver... not how much more I can make getting paid by-the-mile somewhere else... or doing something totally different than what I'm doing (i.e. tanker, flat bed, heavy haul, reefer, doubles / triples, flying a helicopter, etc.)Last edited: Mar 4, 2017
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It's great to know that there are jobs out there that pay that much - but can anyone with 2-3 years of experience get that job, and get that kind of money - as a company Dry Van driver? I think not.Last edited: Mar 4, 2017
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an experienced driver thats not making 52000$ a year needs to move up
dry van is easy but if it dont pay the bills maybe you need to specialize and find a niche you like -
The problem with salary is they can work you to death for the same amount of money.
Getting in with a company that pays detention pay along with mileage beats salary pay any day.diesel drinker Thanks this. -
You are doing well driver, but there is better. Even some bottom LTL guys at Fedex Freight down the road from you in North Jackson average well over $1000 to start. But no guarantees. With 6 years and at my current carrier, I make 70 cpm driving and $27.65 all non drive time. It's around $1400 a week for 40 hours, home daily, off weekends.
Essentially what I'm saying is if you want to max out your earnings, go LTL now for 100k potential, instead of being stuck at 55k. It pays in the long run.freightwipper, Outdoorsman and Pintlehook Thank this. -
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I work 5.5 days a week - home every weekend. That means I get $181 per day... which I'm guessing is a whole lot more than you get paid for detention.
Every company is different about detention / layover pay - but most don't really compensate you for the lost drive time. You could easily make more driving than sitting around. Some companies don't pay for detention, unless there is an agreement with the customer. I get paid the same amount every day.
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