Going for the Gold!

you tell 'em your light may not flash on but it lasts forever!


And.......I've been thinking about my post on team pay. I think it sounded rude. I'm sorry........I didn't mean to be rude. I find a large number of people will say that a married team gets paid together and I try to correct that misinformation. I also failed to say that I think the starting is $.32 per mile for the truck and that's $.16 per mile per driver. So you would each be paid $.16 per every mile the truck runs.

I'm so excited for you, can't wait for you to be on the road.

 

You do take a cut in cents per mile, supposedly the fact that you both get paid all the miles the truck runs makes up for it.

I'm tightfisted money wise and frankly......that and the no pet rule is what will eventually drive me (drive me LOL a driving pun) to another company.

I feel we should be rewarded for driving team, it's harder than solo in my honest opinion. The truck seldom stops.


a solo driver that runs 2500 miles gets paid .26 per mile which is $650 and a driver who is on a team that runs 5000 gets paid .16 per mile which is $800 so you do get paid better. But we're on that truck a lot more time. It's a trade off.

Now please understand, I'm not "griping" nor am I bashing Swift. I like working for Swift and we make good money. I just will always be honest about facts and my personal thoughts.

 

*hugs you* Well, you do get more money 800 vs 650 but....I suppose I'm just greedy LOL.

I'm sort of wondering about teams since they're no longer running the transcon fleet.

 

There use to be a transcon fleet. You could get on it as a team and you'd go coast to coast. Almost never to a customer, you'd pick up at a terminal and drop at a terminal. Most teams on it ran 6000 or more a week. But the freight changed and back in june they moved otr teams to the same fleet as mentor teams. I think they're calling it the expedite fleet.

 

they dont have it anymore. couple who went to school with me, who leased a truck and ran that....told me that they dont have it anymore. and that was probably 5 mo. ago.

 

no pet rule? as a L/O.....er...sorry....Independant Contractor, you can put a pet on whenever you want. i'll be putting mine on in about 2-3 more weeks.