Alan ritchey Amazon doubles

I don't know anything about that trucking company, but it sounds like a good gig for a rookie. She'll get some mountain driving, (not a lot, but there's still Raton Pass and Monument Hill,) and some snow driving. I agree about the 28 cents a mile not being much, but if you are BOTH paid 28cpm for all miles the truck moves, then it isn't too bad. Frankly, the schedule, (If indeed it is as they have told you,) sounds like a fantastic one, to me.

 

Normally won't even run Raton, just 287 up to 70 is the best route imo.
56cpm split isn't a bad deal for a new team, especially when you can get by the house to pu groceries and relax a few times a week. I personally would love to just cook at home and eat leftovers every day that I'm gone.
As I mentioned before Alan Ritchey is a small local carrier, chances of another DFW driver that has driven for them and is on this site is pretty low. Try it out, post the experience on here, and you might even land some recruitment bonuses if people like what they have to offer.
Also getting this experience running doubles will make it much easier to sign on with an LTL carrier in the future. Doubles track well, I used to pull them on the Grand Prairie to Denver route delivering tires. Good number of nice rest areas along the way, and an assortment of truck stops.

 

As for the mileage, there is something to be said about a consistent route. At least with this setup, when you are waiting for a load it's at the house. Rather than truck stop parking lot covered with piss bottles and trash.

 

750 miles each way? I'm not familiar with that route but that's a tall order for an 11 hour shift. I run out of Newark to Elkhart, IN sometimes and it's bumping right up against 11 hours at around 700 miles and that's running light and fast ~70 mph more or less the whole way. How fast do you plan on dragging that trailer set?

Pay ain't bad though if you can do that a couple times a week. Say 3,000 paid miles x $.56 = $1680.

 

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Don't know anything about Alan Ritchey, but it sounds to me like a decent gig if you're looking to gain some experience and move on. Estes and ODFL would both be good choices, and they do love to get new teams. I don't know Estes' pay scale, but OD starts their teams at .60 cpm maybe a little higher since their last increase. That's per driver, not split. Something to think about if LTL is the way you want to go.

 

Go to Des Moines N.M. And on west side of town take road north to 160 and then head to Trinidad when Raton closed or go straight north out of Dumas through Boise City and look for Road W and go west to Kim Colorado and then into Trinidad or up toward La Junta .