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48cpm for company drivers? What's the catch?

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I keep seeing these LongHaulTrucking.com rigs on the road advertising that they're hiring at 48cpm for company drivers. What's the real story here?
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Often times, the high rates are only given to those willing to drive NYC. Hartte in Maine only pays the 50 cents per mile to those who will go to NYC. Those who refuse get 34 cents per mile. Other companies require so many years if verifiable experience. The key word is VERIFIABLE. If a previous employer went out of business or doesn't respond, then that previous employer doesn't count. You can have 12 years experience but only four are verifiable and you won't get that 48 cents per mile.

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I keep seeing these LongHaulTrucking.com rigs on the road advertising that they're hiring at 48cpm for company drivers. What's the real story here?
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I will repeat myself from another thread. CPM by itself don't mean much.I recently renegotiated 57 CPM down to 54 CPM and I am making a bit more money with the same miles driven. You will ask "How's that so?!". Simple,now I get $50 for every stop and before I was getting it just for extra stops.
Also you have to take into account where do they want you to drive? 40cpm in New Mexico is better than 50 CPM in Northeast IMO,is trailer preloaded? Full loads or partials? Truck governed at what speed? Etc.

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Is why you put

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But....if the economy tanks, that cpm might be $0.40 or lower. The one bad thing about percentage is it isn't a constant.
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Is why you put away a rainy day fund. Economy is cyclical. It goes up, it goes down, it goes up again.

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The 5th of every month I get another check for performance. Those checks are between .10-.16 per mile you ran all month. You get higher for better fuel mileage, better productivity, no accidents, following fuel routing, no tickets, accidents or violations. I don’t know how many times I’m going to have to explain this.

You get whatever rate per mile based on experience. You get tarp pay(on #### near every load). You get other accessorial pays. And then you get a bonus. So let’s say you make .38 and run 12500 miles, which puts you in the top tier for performance pay... you get 7mpg... no tickets and no violations.

4,750 in straight mileage pay.
1,750 In bonus pay
120.50 in vacation pay
600 in tarp pay. I actually had 800 this month.
600 or so in company paid insurance

Inverter, APU, New t680. You have trailers with hooks, so you use cord to tarp instead of bungees. Takes about 20-30 minutes for a newbie. Your trailer and tractor both have scales for you to make sure you won’t be overloaded.

You have the cat scale app, so you don’t get out of the truck or need to find parking to scale a load. You get free WiFi at Pilot and Flying J. 2 all option truck and trailer washes per month at the Streakin Beacon.

And that’s not even half of what they offer. I’m glad you like your job. Personally, I’m working on obtaining my own authority and building a fleet. But let it be known... I took a pay cut and left a job that got me home daily to come and work for this company. There’s a reason for that. Several of them. You will quite simply never find a company which treats drivers better than this one. Period. My ####### left orientation without checking my permits first. I grabbed the wrong binder. Arizona was happy to give me 750 dollars in reminders today... I called safety to ask where to send the tickets so they had a copy and he actually apologized to me for setting me up to fail, when it was entirely my fault. The company is paying every ticket. They’re taking action to make sure it doesn’t happen to another driver. That’s the first red light I have had on my prepass since I’ve started. Probably because their equipment is nice, their drivers are compliant and they have a good reputation.

Most companies would tell the driver to get ####ed, and you know it. Especially since I did a month and a half of pretrip and post trip inspections without checking my permit book. As I said, my fault... they are paying for all of the tickets. They paid to fax an entire permit book to Loves. Hell, whenever I want some random ### securement stuff, I call and ask if I can get it and they put money on my card to get it. “You can never have too many straps or edge protectors.”

Anyway I think the major point that needs to be made is that st this company you aren’t a truck sitting in case they need you. They are proactive in not wasting your time and if they ever do, you’re paid for it. Period. You are planned for 9:59 off duty and at 10 hours, you’re expected to be working. You’re expected to run your hours. And you don’t have time to do otherwise because you’re already preplanned.
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Red Rover, Red Rover . . . you make me want to come on over!

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Is why you put

Is why you put away a rainy day fund. Economy is cyclical. It goes up, it goes down, it goes up again.
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If it cycles better than it has since the recession...before then, I had one. Since then, it seems that, even the better paying companies just don't have as much business as they use to...at least until recently.

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I get .51 currently but I sit sometimes. Also governed at 65mph. So ya, diesel drinker is right.

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The 5th of every month I get another check for performance. Those checks are between .10-.16 per mile you ran all month. You get higher for better fuel mileage, better productivity, no accidents, following fuel routing, no tickets, accidents or violations. I don’t know how many times I’m going to have to explain this.

You get whatever rate per mile based on experience. You get tarp pay(on #### near every load). You get other accessorial pays. And then you get a bonus. So let’s say you make .38 and run 12500 miles, which puts you in the top tier for performance pay... you get 7mpg... no tickets and no violations.

4,750 in straight mileage pay.
1,750 In bonus pay
120.50 in vacation pay
600 in tarp pay. I actually had 800 this month.
600 or so in company paid insurance

Inverter, APU, New t680. You have trailers with hooks, so you use cord to tarp instead of bungees. Takes about 20-30 minutes for a newbie. Your trailer and tractor both have scales for you to make sure you won’t be overloaded.

You have the cat scale app, so you don’t get out of the truck or need to find parking to scale a load. You get free WiFi at Pilot and Flying J. 2 all option truck and trailer washes per month at the Streakin Beacon.

And that’s not even half of what they offer. I’m glad you like your job. Personally, I’m working on obtaining my own authority and building a fleet. But let it be known... I took a pay cut and left a job that got me home daily to come and work for this company. There’s a reason for that. Several of them. You will quite simply never find a company which treats drivers better than this one. Period. My ####### left orientation without checking my permits first. I grabbed the wrong binder. Arizona was happy to give me 750 dollars in reminders today... I called safety to ask where to send the tickets so they had a copy and he actually apologized to me for setting me up to fail, when it was entirely my fault. The company is paying every ticket. They’re taking action to make sure it doesn’t happen to another driver. That’s the first red light I have had on my prepass since I’ve started. Probably because their equipment is nice, their drivers are compliant and they have a good reputation.

Most companies would tell the driver to get ####ed, and you know it. Especially since I did a month and a half of pretrip and post trip inspections without checking my permit book. As I said, my fault... they are paying for all of the tickets. They paid to fax an entire permit book to Loves. Hell, whenever I want some random ### securement stuff, I call and ask if I can get it and they put money on my card to get it. “You can never have too many straps or edge protectors.”

Anyway I think the major point that needs to be made is that st this company you aren’t a truck sitting in case they need you. They are proactive in not wasting your time and if they ever do, you’re paid for it. Period. You are planned for 9:59 off duty and at 10 hours, you’re expected to be working. You’re expected to run your hours. And you don’t have time to do otherwise because you’re already preplanned.
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All you have to say is they are still on the $.35 CPM base rate. Don't need the whole sales pitch.

It appears the rumor is true, Central Oregon Trucking has a no negative statement clause in their contract.

Nevertheless, thanks for the info. Keep it coming and hope it works out for you.

Toomanybikes, Apr 4, 2018

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140,000 miles a year!! I gotta go home once in a while.

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All you have to say is they are still on the $.35 CPM base rate. Don't need the whole sales pitch.

It appears the rumor is true, Central Oregon Trucking has a no negative statement clause in their contract.

Nevertheless, thanks for the info. Keep it coming and hope it works out for you.
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I know nothing about the company being discussed, but if the only thing you consider when looking for a trucking job is base CPM, you are doing it wrong.

(I do admit that he sounded like a recruiter though )

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Toomanybikes said: ↑

All you have to say is they are still on the $.35 CPM base rate. Don't need the whole sales pitch.

It appears the rumor is true, Central Oregon Trucking has a no negative statement clause in their contract.

Nevertheless, thanks for the info. Keep it coming and hope it works out for you.
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I stopped reading at the .35 cpm
I could care less about all the gimmick pay
That I might or might not get.

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