Trucking Gimmicks

Doug Andrus tops out around .42 a mile so I imagine they have to try pretty hard to recruit drivers these days.

 

When I drove for them I ran hard and could do over 3K miles on a weekly settlement. I did a lot of runs from Idaho to the East and deep South, then a quick turn and backhaul to the NW and home for a reset. Usually took 7-10 days if things went well. As I said before the mileage rate could be better, but it's not terrible compared to many of the megas. If you live in Idaho, it's well above the average living wage. A driver who runs hard for them could gross $60K in a year. They also have a grain hopper fleet. I heard from some drivers that they run regional and are taking home around $80K per year.

 

If they hired in Oregon on the reefer side and paid a little higher I’d be there

 

I got a voicemail the other day from a certain company (cough,cough JB Stunt,cough,cough) that promised me a local or regional position that would pay up to $70K a year. Needless to say we all know their spin on details. You couldn’t pay that much to drive any of their 62 mph trucks and even then,I know they wouldn’t pay that much to begin with,based on the horror stories posted here.

 

should you ask to talk to the drivers making that amount? It is up to.....something.

 

I think that's their main problem with getting drivers. Their wages are not competitive enough to entice drivers to leave their current gig. Nice equipment and good miles, being on a first name basis with the shop and office personnel, and home often(for OTR) is nice, but not reason enough to make a move for many...
When it all boils down to it, we work for the bottom line and as such, if they want more drivers they need to offer more CPM, not try to entice by paying sign on and interview bonuses.

 

Could be some of us ran ourselves into the ground driving, had to take time to get health back on track which is taking a bit over a year so far and need to live a certain lifestyle to keep improving because we aging, we miss trucking but they done changed it, I never eld,d it yet.

 

I agree those are all nice things. I’m sure they’ll catch up someday.