I'm Rollin With Swift

If you have the new QualComm in the truck, it has a built in GPS, and it works just great.

 

OR just get one,trucker's GPS that is.I seen Swift truckers with personal own GPS system.

 

Yes, they do have one. Many I know that received the new QC, stopped using the window mounted one, and started to use the one on the QC. Heck, it is free

 

Swift pays industry standard: Household Mover's Guide miles. Zip-code to zip-code, shortest way. You are told this coming in. Griping about it after the fact is counter-productive.

 

No Injun, Swift is currently in the proceedings of a massive class action lawsuit over the fact that they underpay about 8% of miles on loads.

 

I'm aware of that. Check your mileage pay against HHG miles. This has been industry practice for decades, right or wrong. The lawsuit is over this issue. Many other companies have their eye on this lawsuit. If Swift loses, they will have to change their practices as well...or face the possibility of a lawsuit themselves.

What drivers are seeing on their odometers includes out of route miles they put on going to Walmart, truck stops, around detours, etc. Not all extra miles are the driver's fault and some zip code areas are bigger than others. You can pick a load up in east Memphis going to west Dallas and lose nearly 100 miles just because once you are in that zip code, you don't get paid for any more miles. The pay does not go door to door or even city center to city center. It goes from closest edge of the zip code you are leaving to closest edge of the zip code you are delivering to. On-the-ground miles are not paid. That's what the lawsuit is about. I'm not saying it's right to pay this way. The driver still gives up nearly two hours of time without compensation. It's not fair to the driver. That I agree with. All I said is it is industry standard and has been in place for decades.

 

Injun and others, I see the term "practical miles" being used with more regularity. What is the difference between them and other miles?

 

LOL not much to it, especially if all the wiring is already in place for you. Just plug it all in.

 

It's also a truck GPS.

 

"Practical Miles" refers to all miles travelled, door-to-door. My issue with companies paying practical miles is the tendency to micro-manage every turn you make. You would be forced to use their routing, whether it makes good sense or not. Forget about going a few miles out of the way for a Walmart stop. They don't want to have to pay you for it.

"HHG Miles" refers to the zip code-to-zip code miles I described above. These miles are taken from the Household Movers' Guide and are almost always shorter than actual miles traveled to pick up and deliver a load.

"Hub Miles" is basically the same as "Practical Miles."