How much is 24% of the load?

Depends. Where I work the percentage is the percentage of everything even if there’s a surcharge.

 

The company paid $150 every time I crossed the border. I got into a gig where I was running genie man lifts out of Washington State to various United Rentals in BC…mainly Vancouver. $300-500/ day as a company schmuck. Everyone else is focused on getting out of the area. I wouldn’t leave the area until all the short hops disappeared.

 

It was my understanding upon hire, the driver gets 27% of the trucking charge. In the late 70s, fuel was like .35/gallon, so that wasn't even in the equation. I figured I was getting more like 22%, and found out later, that was a common practice. I did drive a dump that was paid by the load, kind of like mileage, and a tanker job hauling crap by the load, but if I went into a place and they said %, I walked out.