Mileage or Percentage…?

No, you don't get paid for all miles. Carriers like Swift have been sued over this, but the ripoff is still going on. Many carriers use HHG (Household Goods) miles to calculate how many miles they will pay you for a particular load. On average you will be short paid about 8% of the miles you run.

Since I went percentage, hauling high tariff freight, I could give a rat's hiney about miles. I KNOW how much I will be paid for the load, so I choose the safest and most efficient route and fuel when and where I want to fuel. No nannies allowed.

I LIKE percentage. I like it a WHOLE lot more now that I own my truck.

 

I agree with you completely. My suggestion was just for a new driver getting his feet wet until he sees the lay of the land. As for paid all miles I just meant deadhead included miles

 

Would you rather get $0.50 a mile x 20 miles per week or would you rather get paid 25% of 40 bucks for a week's worth of work?
Mileage pay means nothing unless you have a guaranteed amount of miles for the week and percentage means nothing unless you know what the truck is making and how long it's going to take to do the trip.

 

When diesel prices are skyrocketing getting paid percentage is great but with diesel prices low there's less money to be made. $5 per gallon Diesel and $470 an hour to the truck and making 25% of that to the driver sounds mighty good to me.

 

Way to many trucking owners/companies will cheat a driver on percentage. Some will tell you here, "well you got to get the company to show you the books bla bla bla......" The books don't mean #### to a new driver that doesn't know anything.

Look for a good hourly based company if you can and yes some do hire new drivers. Short of that, search for the best mileage based company you can find.

You can make money on percentage but you got to know the business and no one fresh driver out of trucking school knows the business. Most experienced drivers are lacking in the knowledge to make percentage work for them.

 

Good Question, I have the same question but this time as a business owner..I am trying to pay drivers a 30% per load. Any thoughts on that? I will be doing general freight on dry van..

 

I have the same question but this time as a business owner..I am trying to pay drivers a 30% per load. Any thoughts on that? I will be doing general freight on dry van..

 

..I am trying to pay drivers a 30% per load. Any thoughts on that? I will be doing general freight on dry van..

 

New business owner paying 30%: As a driver, the only way I would respond to an employer that advertised 30% dry van, is to prank you.

Good luck filling that seat.

 

Sounds like a good percentage of truck revenue, with you paying fuel and all expenses. The questions I would ask is what is the average $/mile for all miles and what is the average revenue generated per week?