So what is your LTL company paying?

I went into work a few minutes early to ask her about starting pay. Starting pay for inexperienced delivery driver or someone right out of school is $21/hr with kick ### benefits and 401k. Experienced is negotiable. If you do not have a CDL you go on the truck for 10 months as a driver helper at $16/hr then company gets you ready for your CDL and you start driving at $21/hr. You get a CDL and aren't on the hook for $1,000's to a #### company.

 

And if you get delivery pay like the food service guys get with case pay. They can kill it.

 

Well it's common enough to be assumed, I never propounded it as a universal truth. No need to argue uncommon exceptions.

Besides, I was speaking about my particular experiences and options at my terminal in contrasting p&d with linehaul; even if it so happens to also be a common shared truth, viz. that linehaul drivers can earn more.

 

You have a genuine good point there. I agree

 

There's absolutely no reason to post my check. I don't care what your check looks like. I answered the original question for this post. Good lord I broke down the mileage I ran for a week with a six day and my normal 5 day bid with my pay rate. I have no reason to inflate my pay.

 

@MGE Dawn here are some pay rates for local companies.

 

There were definitely rumors of city drivers making more than us linehaul drivers at ABF.

We were paid pretty well per mile, but nothing beats overtime.