May trucking

yep you just had to scan in the toll recipts for each trip when you scanned the paperwork for the trip.

 

Being gainfully employed means nothing if you are just barely getting by out there after paying all of the bills.

They will pay you by the hour if you are doing some local work it is 10 bucks per hour or was when I was there but they only pay from the loaded call to the drop the mt at the location they want.

They say that they pay detention pay but do not count on getting that you will only get it if the customer pays the bill for it.

Layover pay I do not have any experince with that never had a tiime that qualified I have heard that they will send a preplan just short of the cutt off time to qualify for it if freight is slow.

Break down pay they will pay you that if the truck breaks down.

There is no orentation pay they will provide bus ticket, one meal a day for orentation days, a hotel room, and transportation to and from orentaion that is all.

They now pay .30 cpm for all newbies after the training period

Anything less than .30 cpm is unaceptable even for new drivers.

You have expenses while on the road it is bad enough to drive for .30cpm.

You can make money yes but who is being away from home for long periods of time? The driver is.

I know that being gone for extended periods of time is the truck driving lifestyle but I will not do it for anything under .30cpm even though I could still make decent money but it would require me to push myself even harder.

The idiots that keep recommending that they drop the pay at the companies should be out there trying to make a living on the road without their salary. The companies would pay alot better if that would happen.

Who keeps getting pay raises and goes home ever night? The office staff.

Who suffers from the pay raises? The drivers because they will want to cut pay by, turning down the speed limit govener on the truck to save a little fuel so they can continue to pay the office staff more and more each year



Training
You will get paid 420.00 per week while in training on the trainers truck the training is based you. Then after training you will be at .30cpm

They are under bad trucking companies because a cry baby from the school that I attended got fired becasue he could not pass the solo out test.

If you read about me it took me three times before I solo'd out I should of been sent home after the second time but my trainer told his boss that I was a good driver and that he belive's that I can pass the test.

I was allways nervous with a new person in the truck with me then I was made mistakes.

As far as a bad trucking company I do not think they are a bad company but they do have their problems.

I had issues with my truck and driver manager so instead of firing the dm and getting a new truck I quit plus it was snowing up in the hills so that was another reason I quit.

I was scared to drive a big truck through the ice and snow because I had not been out for that long before the snow started.

However I am planning on going back next year because I will be based out of a new terminal.

What ever you do if you decide to go with them do not get based out of the Layton Utah terminal.

I have heard story's about that terminal and that was the terminal that I was based out of.

From what I was told and they way I felt is that the terminal in layton treats it's drivers bad.

That makes the company look bad but I have had experince with other terminals and they treat their drivers alot better.

My trainer was based out of Idaho and his dm was alot nicer and everyone there treated the drivers with respect although the saftey guy did not care for my trainer and would fail his students that he tried to get solo'd out there he finally quit taking his students there to solo out.

I was out at the Main terminal in Oregon none of their drivers had problems with them.

 

Stay home and be broke?
Hmmmmmmm
How long would a good gig like that last?

How can you be sure you wouldn't be happy climbing the ladder at the companies you've mentioned?
Some folks would give up 4 cents a mile to be happily employed.
Is top dollar pay the most important thang?
If so, why settle for a paltry 32 cents a mile?
Personally, I'd choose a company where I could learn the MOST.
How much is a better education worth?
And if all y'all learn is what y'all DON'T want, after experiencing it, isn't that an education?
And, as an added bonus, it makes for great trucker stories to be told over coffee. And if they're REALLY great stories, y'all's coffee should be paid for by those listening --- probably newBees and rookies. But free coffee is free coffee.
It doesn't really matter who's buyin' it.

Lesser paying starter/training truckin' companies are a stepping stone to the higher paying gigs. An investment, if you will.

Consider attending colleges on one's own dime for 4 to 6 years, or longer, and graduating fully experienced enough to command top dollar. Is that realistic to expect? Or would/should one be required to prove themselves capable and worthy of higher wages after graduation before the higher wages materialize?
Big truck truck drivers are not only paid for what they DO,
they're also paid for what they KNOW.
Compared to a seasoned driver, what does a rookie "know"?

Name for me an industry that starts graduates with little to no real experience at the top pay scale.
Why would they, --- why should they?

Hmmmmmmmm
Would having a negative cash flow be one way?

I'm not suggesting this is the case here, but how often have we read about someone entering the truckin' industry more out of desperation rather than desire --- already broke and behind the eight-ball after losing their well paying job?

They're desperate.

They're accustomed to living a certain lifestyle which is often beyond the means of the beginning Big truck truck driver's ability to continue living without going further in debt. But they've been told about the big bucks to be had driving a Big truck, which may be what a well seasoned Big truck truck driver is making after years of experience. But they expect that pay right out of the starting gate. And when that isn't offered to them, they grouse about what a rip-off the truckin' industry is because the pay isn't enough to support the lifestyle they're used to living.

Do those folks even consider altering their lifestyle to match the lower pay they'll be receiving for the first few years of their new career? Or, do they demand and expect the truckin' industry to match their previous pay scale?

So, rather than investing enough time with what some would consider a comfortable truckin' company and gaining VALUABLE experience, they're more focused on the immediate bottom line, and figure that by job-hopping they'll discover the end of the rainbow --- only to remain engulfed in the storm.

If I were presented with the choice of driving for a truckin' company that provided good, steady miles, reletively hassle free,
for 28 cents per mile
or,
A company that provided good, steady miles, with one hassle after another, for 32 cents per mile -----
I think I'd opt for the first company, even though I may be paid about $5,000 less per year than the company with hassles, probably totaling over that amount.

If after a few years, my experience was such that I could command higher pay, and the company wouldn't match my pay level to my experience, I'd consider switching companies at that time. Or switching my position within the starter company, like becoming a driver trainer, to bring my pay up to where I'd prefer it to be. Be flexible.

I consider part of the "experience" gained at a starter company to be the ability to research the industry durning that time. Keep my eyes and ears open, along with my mind, and have a pretty good idea where, and with whom, I'd apply for employment next. Researching and exploring options from within the industry is much easier and more accurate than from outside the industry. And part of the whole experience package.

After a few years Big truck truckin' experience, y'all ought be more aware of what'cha like and what'cha don't. Things that couldn't be known prior to entering, or after first entering, the industry. A learning experience.
And learning costs money.
How smart do y'all wanna be?

 

Well I started out at .32cpm and I would like to keep that but I would take the .30cpm.

I just do not think trucking companies should be taking advantage of everyone.
Paying people so little when we are the ones that have to put up with all of the bs out on the road and being away from home for long periods of time.

 

Yea, Mays recruiter said I would need a refresher since I had not driven OTR for a year but all they did was give me about a hour long road test east of Salem and after the road test guy reported on my superior skills, Danny jsut threw me the keys to my truck..

 

Yeah but you have more experince than I do.

Danny told me that he would put me back on with a trainer if needed to get my feet wet again especially during the winter months if I want.

I do not really want to go back out with a trainer my old trainer is gone from there again.
He was a ok one wanted alot of miles so he drove alot of the time I would drive a little when he was out of hours for the day and from time to time if we had a hot load I would run all of the miles because he was passed his 70 hours but we neede to deliver the load.

The problem that we had with alot of loads is they looked at his truck as a team truck 1 call to his DM is all it took to change that.
We would of ran it as a 1/2 team truck if he was allowed to log sleeper while I drove. He was in the sleeper alot while I was driving.
Durring the first week that I was on his truck he either stayed in the jump seat or was in the sleeper with thw curtians open.
He kept the curtians open or sat upfront to make sure I was driving good.

I was alot more comfortable driving without someone in front with me.

I may ask if they have local work around the Denver area for a little while.
I did some local work the day before I returned my truck to layton.

 

Why does it seem that so many experienced Big truck truck drivers who have been off the road for awhile are so reluctant to go out with a driver trainer to re-enter the industry? :smt102

 

I am afraid that I will get one that I will not get along with.

 

Hmmmmmmmmmm

How easy are you to get along with? :smt102
And wonder if they have anythang to be afraid of?

 

I am a laid back person.
I treat most people the way I would like to be treated.
They have nothing to be afraid of unless they have a 379 pete. I will not drive one even if I was treatened with loosing my job. They are too hard to drive with that big ole hood.