Crst

at the $.30cpm they start with training how bad can expect the pay and milage to be?

 

Ask for a "dedicated" run. This way you'll get plenty of miles. Remember, cpm isn't the only pay you receive; accessorial pays are on top of that. Each company has their own setup for accessorial pays.
A few CRST drivers have posted on here that were hired for cdl school followed by a Caterpillar dedicated run. Couple of them said they run as hard as they can coast to coast hauling Caterpillar parts and equipment.

 

My first job would make CRST look like a dream job. My cut of a team run was .0850 cpm. which wasn't even close to being half. I was told I should stay there a year, but I never believe everything I hear. Every time we stopped for fuel or whatever, I picked up a few of those little books with driver jobs. They had those little postage paid cards you fill out and mail. I was mailing those in by the dozens it seemed like. About 3 months later Pro-Craft called me for a job hauling boats, 48 states. I jumped on it and hit the road. Did that for a year, then switched to reefers running 48 states and did that for about 18 years, making good paychecks. We're not all carbon copies of each other when it comes to life experiences, so we do what we have to do to get started in a new career and make it work for us.

 

If that's you in the avatar, looks like you've been hitting the gym. That's a new picture isn't it?

 

I know guys that got in reefer all 48 and finished their career in reefer