First Year LTL Pay (Solo ExtraBoard)

Starting from the bottom of the pay scale, which takes three years before you make top-pay, I’m very satisfied with my first year’s gross salary. I know there are some who are curious as to what LTL pays, so I thought I’d share what I made my first year at Estes, as a solo driver on the extraboard.


First paycheck to last (7/20/18 - 7/19/19)

 

On an average day, you may get 2-3 stops. Sometimes it’s 4, sometimes it can be only 1. Depends on the amount of freight, and the distance that freight needs to be moved.

If you run a lot in the North East, you may stop at 4 terminals per day, or you may get a 600-mile straight run. It all depends.

A “normal” route depends on your area. For example, out of the Little Rock, AR terminal, I usually run to Memphis first. From there, they usually send me to Dallas, Nashville, Knoxville, Birmingham, Huntsville, Texarkana, or Atlanta.

If you’re in a small terminal, like Little Rock, you usually go to the larger terminal which has the most freight, then off from there to anywhere you have the time to reach.