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<p>[QUOTE="Big Don, post: 4219217, member: 10351"]Seriously now, don't you think you would be better off to ask this question of your company? Because you are going to find all different kinds of experiences on here. What you need to know is what will YOU be making at the company YOU are with.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind that a lot of drivers will BS about how much they make. Can be kind of hard to separate out the wheat from the chaff on this.</p><p><br /></p><p>The outfit I worked for, line haul drivers varied depending on their run, and how much other work they did, such as break and hook. They normally made more money than we did, as P & D drivers.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the company had the P & D drivers doing the hook ups for two runs. Actually good reason for this. They would start work hours after the shop wienies went home. So if we did the hooks, we also did a pre-trip and any problems, were taken care of for them before the shop closed. They could come to work, get their paperwork and do their own pre-trip (right, uh-huh,) and roll, without having to figure out how to handle mechanical problems. And of course, it depended on the miles their runs were.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Big Don, post: 4219217, member: 10351"]Seriously now, don't you think you would be better off to ask this question of your company? Because you are going to find all different kinds of experiences on here. What you need to know is what will YOU be making at the company YOU are with. Keep in mind that a lot of drivers will BS about how much they make. Can be kind of hard to separate out the wheat from the chaff on this. The outfit I worked for, line haul drivers varied depending on their run, and how much other work they did, such as break and hook. They normally made more money than we did, as P & D drivers. However, the company had the P & D drivers doing the hook ups for two runs. Actually good reason for this. They would start work hours after the shop wienies went home. So if we did the hooks, we also did a pre-trip and any problems, were taken care of for them before the shop closed. They could come to work, get their paperwork and do their own pre-trip (right, uh-huh,) and roll, without having to figure out how to handle mechanical problems. And of course, it depended on the miles their runs were.[/QUOTE]
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