lol $0.225 per mile

The thing about percentage is that you have to take the good with the bad, some loads will pay you .55cpm+ others will pay crappy, like coiled rod.

Tis the life of a percentage based driver. The best way is to look at your entire week and your earnings compared to your total miles ran at the end of the week and not look at each load individually.

I made an average of around 50CPM if i calculated it monthly.

 

I thought you didn't get paid for the bounce on % unless it was over 150 miles.

 

you have left alot of info out. more info and i might be albe to figure it out.

 

Its the reason I left, I sometimes thought I should have stayed for the experience but my biggest paycheck was $400 and I was sitting a lot. Plus I had some personal problems at home that being on the road all the time didn't help at all. I liked TMC overall, they weren't perfect but what company is? But I am happy with my descion even though I am not working regularly now. Their new rules and other things going on helped too.

 

It's 150+ on the bounce.

I don't honestly think i've ever seen a low that paid that little. I don't think i touched anything on percentage that paid me less than 35CPM, times must be getting tough over there.

Also, typically the 500 mile runs used to pay better on a per mile basis than anything 1,000 miles or longer would. Not sure if that's changed, or not. But back when i drove for them it was a noticeable trend, and most O/O's feel the same way, not just with TMC.

I hope it works out for you. I do agree, though, as a trainer i made great money over the last summer and before i left it went down hill fast, I was on my way out already when they offered me that dedicated, that's the only thing that kept me there.

Good luck to you.

 

I'm on mileage now, but it used to be >=150 mile bounce is paid # .20/mile; anything <150 is on the house (unpaid).

IMHO, right now in this economy, the only way to go is mileage, unless you don't have your first year in. If you're still in your first year w/TMC (making less than .35-.38/mile) then percentage is going to pay you slightly more. At least that was my experience, and I figured it both ways for each of my first six months. Once you reach the point where you are earning a decent rate/mile (>.34/mile) it would probably be best to switch to the mileage plan, at least until the economy improves enough that the companies quit trying so hard to undercut each other. As ecks said, look at the larger picture. Figure it both ways, and decide which plan would be to your best advantage.

 

Yeah Joe at TQM told me that anything under 39cpm is better off on mileage which is all the first year drivers.