miles for pay

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  1. Mar 11, 2011 #1
    sprink99

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    I am a student driver starting the job hunt. I have been offered 2 prehires for regional runs with multiple stops on each. One is about 1800 miles and the other is 2200-2500 miles. The one with 1800 has more stops. How much take home pay would it be for each considering newbie driving milage pay. The home time is about the same. And also are insurances pretty much the same for all companies?
     
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  3. Mar 11, 2011 #2
    celticwolf

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    How are we supposed to answer this.. we don't know what company or their payscale. This is something you should be asking those companies, not us..
     
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  4. Mar 11, 2011 #3
    sprink99

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    I'm sorry about that, I guess I posed the question wrong. How do I compute the numbers, and is there anything hidden in there. Came from a construction background. Just trying to understand more and to make a better decision for my family. And the 2 companies are WEL and H.O. Wolding
     
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    celticwolf

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    you get paid what THEY say the dispatched miles are. Nothing for you to calculate.
     
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    DOTrevenuepatrol

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    WEL is the better company.
     
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    Lilbit

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    To get a rough calculation, you would multiply the miles by the pay per mile, then add in any stop pay if you know the number of stops. That should give you a rough guess at the gross pay. Remember than any advances you take will get subtracted from your pay. If the advances are to pay for lumpers or other things the company will reimburse you for, be darn sure to turn in the receipts with each trip. Any advances you take for your personal expenses such as meals will be deducted.

    As far as insurance, it's usually pretty comparable with the larger companies. Some may have a higher employee contribution for premiums. There may be some differences between co-pays and deductibles, but usually they are fairly close.
     
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  9. Mar 11, 2011 #7
    Allow Me.

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    What is the stop pay ? And do you have to touch the freight in any way ? How far apart are the stops ? If you run 900 miles and then do 6 stops with-in basically the same town and load back to base, there's a difference between that and running 900 miles out and then doing 6 stops spaced 150 miles apart. And are the stops at a dock or off the end of a trailer in some alley ? Consider all these things. WEL and Wolding are pretty comprebable companies. but I would favor WEL.
     
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  10. Mar 12, 2011 #8
    TREE

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    Well imop~:biggrin_25519:
     
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  11. Mar 12, 2011 #9
    sprink99

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    Why is WEL a better company. I have not found many bad things about each company on this site
     
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  12. Mar 12, 2011 #10
    chompi

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    Personally I wouldn't leave the house for those miles! You are going to make more money at Mcdonalds! Not trying to be rude but that is extremely low mileage. Unless they are compensating you in another way. You have to factor in the amount of time you are going to be actually in that truck too. Is it worth it? Good mileage for a single driver is 3500-4200 a week!
     
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