Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

When I was there the trucks were set at 68ish but I think I read on here that they were recently turned up to 70/72... others can confirm that.

3,000/week is doable if you are a good fit with how the company runs. Don't expect 9-5 daytime miles... you will run days and nights. If you prove you can run, and be flexible within the company available loads, the miles are there.

 

Yes... @BukowskiFlowers ... you WILL get frustrated at times... that's a given... but This group will be a good resource to help "weather the wait" and other issues.

Once you get in sync with the way the company runs, you will see the miles.

 

36 CPM
46 CPM for miles in NE
$50 nyc stop pay
$25 Canada border crossing pay
$25 extra stop pay
$20 detention pay after 2 hours...usually

Layover and breakdown pay, but never put in for those so no clue how much those are.

Oh, 45 mins off duty driving each day. Debatable whether that qualifies as pay, but I consider that a quantifiable monetary benefit as I use the truck for grocery shopping and errands every week as I don't own a car. If I had to pay for cabs or Uber etc it would be a significant amount.

 

Layover pay varies. As I understand it, they figure out what your average pay was per day for the three or four days before your layover, and then pay you that amount for your layover pay.

I've gotten layover pay twice. Once was $150, once was $250.

 

What is the criteria for getting layover pay?.

 

24 hours between ending your previous trip and getting a new load assignment, unless you are taking a 34-hour reset.

 

Thanks, I've missed out at least once. Waited from Saturday night until Monday morning.

 

Just write it down somewhere on your cover sheet. "Requesting layover. End trip 2/17/17 @ 23:48. Did not get new load assignment until 2/19/17 @ 09:22. Or whatever.

 

Thanks, won't miss out again. That was a rough stretch too, spent all that time in a Ryder truck drop lot in VA beach, had to make runs to Walmart for bathroom needs.