I'm a company driver and it sucks right now. 500-750 miles per week and having a hard time getting home cause they don't want us running empty....
Pretty soon we will all be on welfare. Gotta love our government for letting it get this way.
Well I do get paid all miles wether they are empty, loaded, or deadhead. I pretty much have no say what I do though. Forced dispatch to a point...
The run I do we drive almost 2500 and only get paid like 2000 and change and we don't even go they way they told us cause we found a shorter way....
Man there are a lot of people sitting all over the country. We have a lot of guys getting only 500 miles a week.
Our company allows them but they must be 1500w or less and they have to install them. They used to let us do it but they had a driver put one in...
Man I would jump all over it. I am a rookie driver doing OTR and I am making about $300 a week after taxes. Its rough out there right now and I...
I have seen a few nice wooden shifters for 10's and 13-18's. Can't remember where though.
Thats a pretty good deal as that is more than I am making driving a truck.
The way I understand it it starts a new 14 but not a new 11. You count the 6 because its in the middle of your "10 hr break". The way I...
They are all different. My Frieghtliner 10 is 6th, 20 7th, 30 8th, 40 9th and anything above 50 tenth. Still getting used to down shifting....
I haven't been paid for any waiting and I have done a lot of it. I get strait mileage. No layover, no stop pay nothing. I am making a whopping...
They were trying hard to hire me. They told me they had 250 trucks available. Seems like the math works out on that if they just laid off 250...
So if you bobtail home on friday and go back to the same terminal monday you don't have to log any of the bobtail. Say for instance you bobtail...
I wish that someone would do something to make all this logging easier to understand. As a new driver I know the 11/14 deal and from all the runs...
I bet at the end of the year you will come out really close either way
What kind of freight are you hauling?
I haven't seen very many USA trucks on the road. Not sure if they are getting miles or not. I have seen a lot of swift, sneider, and tmc. Also...
Anyone that has a paying job I advise to keep it no matter how bad it sucks. I haven't worked since september and my dad hasn't worked in a year....
I am on a dedicated right now. We are out mon-thurs. and get 2,000 miles. Was 2300 to weeks ago but we lost 2 stops and we are losing two more....
