Actual miles vs. Computer miles

I hope someday we can work on a flat salary for time in the truck, and miles are just a bonus.

 

Even a first grader can probably figure a route to within inches now with modern technology. Change can be very difficult for this industry, either many do not care because that is the way it has always been but that is crazy not to know your route with all the side trips that you may take. But I take the shorting as asking the workers to work this extra bit with no pay while demanding they record the times correctly basic robbery.

 

Exactly. How can they state miles over places with no roads? Very unfair.

 

OUCH !! I'd have an issue with that.

I get hub miles. I try to run the shortest route, but I'm not cutting through cow pastures, or knocking tree limbs down and scraping rock walls to save a few miles when there is a much better route available.

Common sense kicks in.. I have a good boss that knows that.

 

I've found that buy usiing my atlas (remember that paper map thing) I can find the route that zip to zip is paying for. And if I go that way I come pretty darn close to the same mileage. Problem is screw that route. It' always highway x for 200 miles then state route y for 100 miles and back onto highway x. (Shorter miles but longer time, plus slow down thru towns and red lights)

 

Another quick example. Nashville to Columbia, Tn. 63 miles on my odometer. They paid 40, like I'm a freaking plane or something.

 

That’s fine if they’re paying 80 cpm and/or lots of other accessorial pay. If not, I personally would not put up with that BS. But most places will also pay a minimum on what some might regard as shag pay on anything under a 100 miles.

 

It's actually a reputable company. I need something to look good on my resume, so just have to endure. They really don't do fuel perks, but some safety stuff. We'll see. Sure beats not working, and got a really nice ride.