Log book shenanigans

The quoted example was for solo, for less than 10 months work.
Teams are making way more. I never heard about those expenses.
After filing the taxes the monthly cash available was 5k.
If 5k it's not enough to live in Canada, I don't know what to say anymore.
But I can understand why TuSimple got 2 billion US dollars to play with.
We are going extinct and toward UBI at highway speed.

 

That's alot of time away from home for 56cpm even for your solo rounders, for some perspective.

I drive dedicated 2600 miles in 5 days and home everyday weekends off. Never even leaving the province. Paid percentage which works out to $1.06 a mile, no benefits however.

 

I’m home daily, off weekends and I did 139,000 gross as a company driver. The jobs are out there.

 

Exactly, 12 years ago when I started, my first couple otr jobs(for 3.5 years) paid $75-85k, never made less than $100k since.

 

How many hours a week though?

 

Im sure many New Canadian drivers spend plenty of time waiting for backhauls out of GTA. Be like 30 years ago TRANSX guys be moaning over the airwaves,,"sitting 3 days for load to Winnipeg"...
When applying for job know they have freight and can keep you moving, getting turned in GTA or West Coast is a big deal unless you want to keep getting sent south of the border.

 

65.

 

Thanks. Not bragging. I’m in cross border ltl. Daycab, nights. Doubles and triples, work the dock in the states nightly. When I first started, I was only getting a couple days a week and a weekend run. Is there lots of corporate bs? Tons. Just have to learn what battle to fight.

 

Honestly I have been pretty happy with Gardewine over the last few months. The miles are there and they have a huge customer base. The only ####ty part is pension doesn't kick in until after 2 years. On the other hand, Manitoulin is now paying hourly, $30 for singles.