I can only speak from the o/o side but when I stay out and run, I usually get over 3000 miles. Even with being home a few times this week, I’ll be over 2300. Tsc loads are averaging me about 550/day and projected to still be at the house every other night this week.
I worked at CFI a little over a year as a company driver. I left at 0.39 cents a mile if I remember correctly. I'm currently leasing with a reefer outfit. If you don't mind me asking, what's the o/o pay per mile over there? We're making 1.00 plus fuel surcharge with a 0.15 per gallon rebate at flying j's/pilots.
at my current employer i am at .45cpm miles are usually 2300-2700 sometimes more/less depending on the situation. the biggest beef i have is that it's more of a steady dedicated type of run,but the home time is like OTR,the only states i see on a regular basis is TX and IN for some people they love it, but i would rather stay out like i am now for 3 or 4 weeks and see the country
Well I’m fully packed and everything is moved out of my apartment. Just waiting for Saturday morning to get on the greyhound and nervous as hell to make sure I pass the driving and backing tests that cfi has us do in orientation. Can’t afford to be sent home.
Nerves are good, keep you on your toes. But don't sweat it to much. It's much easier than anything that DOT made you do in order to get your CDL
More concerned that I have only driven a cascadia. Idk how I’ll feel in different trucks. And when they have us back in between trailers. Do we have to do it like an alley dock? Or is there enough room to pull through then out so it’s more like an offset?
They mostly have KW which is what my wife tested in. And they had me and another guy test in an international. And honestly it's easy no matter what truck you use. When I went to CDL school we used some old beatup junker KW, the door didn't close on some of them and the clutch and tranny's we're all garbage. But I still managed to adapt to the truck they tested me in. It will be a 45° alley dock, it's like a 90° but a million times easier. And there is tons of space between the trailers to get it in. You have plenty of room to manuever the tractor and trailer into the correct position. And the instructors are super helpful and understanding. They want you to pass. My wife bumped the trailer a few times and they still passed her. This is more to gauge your skills and see where your at as opposed to passing or failing.
