Actual Miles

Well you're stouter than I am , mate . My dead head is 5,600 miles a week , ... That's too much to give for free , for myself

 

I have a conspiracy theory . Rates stay low so drivers will take more loads to make a living . Before deregulation there was a rate book for finished and unfinished material and most freight was line haul region to region. After dereg demand for goods faster than they could be hauled became an issue and control of freight rates ensures that drivers will take 2 loads for every one previously they used to break even on .

 

I kind of lol @ weekly minimum guarantees. Where the company offers a weekly minimum of say 1k no matter how many miles are driven

Unless the driver goes home
Unless the driver turns down a load

Ensures warm bodies behind the wheel and no ones turning down that 5 drop in NYC after a short week

 

Swift settled their $500,000,000.00 lawsuit with the drivers for short miles. I got $84 bucks and minus fees the check came in the mail for $50.37 some such. All this does is empower companies to continue paying short miles stealing money from their own drivers to run the company.

 

Are you taking the shortest route that the pay is figured on...?

Not saying it's the best way to go....

 

Only the lawyers get rich