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

At 10 years you should be off CPM if possible.. but if you're the guy/gal that likes OTR ( most OTR companies pay CPM) I'd say 70 CPM practical with accessorial pay is decent.

 

I thought you sold your truck and got a good job hauling cars?

 

There's some jobs that pay better and bunch more that pay much worse but Walmart is the easiest piece of cake job there is driving a truck. The rules you're talking about are actually standards and they're sorely lacking everywhere else in the trucking. Just do your job to the expectations and there's no problems.

 

Look for pneumatic tanker jobs. There's always concrete being poured. Someone has to bring the powder to the ready mix outfits.

 

The question can’t be answered easily. 60 cpm 3000 mile D&H dedicated run, pays $1800 per week. 75 cpm 2000 mile multiple stop run may pay the same with stop pay. Both may have the same time investment. Pick your poison. Home time, how you’re treated, job security, the list goes on. Find what works best for your life. Always look for better. That’s all anyone can do.

 

Rate per mile means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Your weekly gross income is what counts.

I recently got $170 per mile and was hesitant to even run it. However I took it because it raised my daily revenue to a comfortable amount.

As company driver I could see myself anywhere between .45 cents and $1.45 just depends on the lanes and what my check looks like at the end of the week.

 

.45 cpm churning out 3000 mile weeks wont even break 70k. Ain't no way I'd do that. Even if I lived in some backwoods dump.

 

3000 miles..depending on the lane could be a four day work week

Nonetheless, it’s the basic principle of ignoring cpm while concentrating on what you’re expecting your check to look like at the end of the week.

Seventy cents per mile means absolutely nothing if you’re only getting 1000.