In your opinion, what should be the minimum CPM for a 10 yr vet?

Outside of extremely high COL areas.

Let’s say dry van/reefer non touch freight.

 

In my opinion(idealistically), 1 dollar per mile.

In my opinion(realistically ), 60 cpm minimum would be preferred if running 48 state OTR

 

I don't think 10 years matters all that much, because the market says it doesn't matter. That's pretty much the easiest most generic type of trucking there is right?

Essentially there is no pay difference between 3 years experience and 10 years. Maybe a few jobs would pay a small percentage higher for the experience, but the market knows best. And the market says the value peaks at 3 years

 

Being in trucking for 10 years without specializing is pretty stupid unless you just enjoy existing to sit in a truck.

Yeah, 3 years or 300, dryvan no touch doesn't matter. .60 cpm is probably about the best you'll get. At 10 years in the industry you should be local pulling in 80k/yr working under 40-45 hours a week or local knocking out 70hrs pulling 130k and up. If not then you've not played your cards right one way or another.

 

Or that driver might just prefer the OTR lifestyle.

 

"pretty stupid unless you just enjoy existing to sit in a truck."

 

I’d like to find that local $32-35 hr job. No gasoline delivery, or hard physical LTL/Food/Beverage work. I’m too old for that now. There’s gravel hauling. Not much else. Any ideas?? I’m open to suggestions. Local Detroit area.

 

It depends on the individual driver & his expenses. Are you going to not take a job that could pay your bills because some people onnthe internet that live in expensive locations, with 5 people living in the house would need more pay? You take care of you with no regard to what the mythical other drivers want.

 

I don't really have any skin I. The game just yet but I will say this. YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO TO MAKE YOURSELF SLEEP AT. NOGHT. nothing any of us says should actually matter.

 

I did car hauling many years ago for the money and it paid good and it was fun driving the new high dollar cars. In my opinion the driving truck part was not fun. I had old and very small truck. The runs were in the northeast. That’s who could afford the expensive cars. We went west a little to Kansas and Nebraska. You don’t notice how nice a modern truck is until your driving an old truck built for a special job. It’s not always about the rate per mile. You have to find the job you think is worth your time at that particular time. Maybe getting home every day is worth more when your older or want more of a life. When you’re younger it all about the money or see the country. You’re basically selling your time. You can make $120,000 driving for Walmart but takes time and lots of rules they don’t seem to have much trouble firing a drivers, They just replace you with another driver and that goes for any company or job.