Am I getting BS'ed?

You are being BS'ed. First of all; a 'newby' fresh out of driver's school has a snowball's chance in you-know-where of getting a dedicated load. Second of all; 2000 miles at 0.24 cpm??
That's ONLY $480 pre taxes and PRE road expences.
Ho much do you think you'll take home each week?

 

when i first started years ago, my first gig was walmart dedicated, fresh out of schooling. i totally agree with the rest of what you said. that pay is just bottom feeder nasty. nobody should step in a truck for less than .36cpm in my opinion.

 

No, these days they probably would give a newbie a dedicated run, why pay more for it...if they can find some sucker to run it for that low of pay. hehe

 

at .24 cpm and 2000 miles, if your lucky being new, your just not gonna bring in 500$ a week to take home. you would have to run 3000 miles for that to even come close to that. and not with frieght the way it is right now.

 

First off. When did you finish high school? Second, did your school teach math?

If not, I'll break it down for you.

2000 miles at .24 a mile equals $480 a week, pretax. And you'll be making this rate for some time to come.

Based on an average 50 mph. Yes it could average out to that!! And unload time of 2 hours per load. Pretrip and fueling times.

You have over 50 hours invested for your $480.....just under $10 an hour. Unless of course you count the "sleeper" time while on the road. Then the rate goes down to $6.85 per hour if you spend 2 nights out.

McDonalds will pay more than this in some areas.