Miles

Ok, I'll play.

At which terminal?

What division?

Solo or team?

OTR, Regional, Heavy Haul, Flatbed, Dedicated account or Intermodal?


Swift is extremely diverse. That said, I did Regional HH (WA, OR and ID states) and averaged 2000-2500 miles a week. 6 days out and home for a 34 (barely). But looking up at the questions above, you'll find you are gonna get some widely varied answers.

 

You should expect between 2200 and 2800 if you know how to make a legal log book without wasting your hours and you are willing to drive it. When I was company, I averaged 11,500 per month. That's roughly 2,700/ wk. And I can back it up with pay stubs, so don't any of you slackers flame me. That's less than 400/day. Easy to do.

I believe goal for DM's is either 2,250 or 2,500...I don't remember which. Check with your DM on that. It's not priveleged information, so he or she should have no problem telling you.

 

Just re-read my post and it looks a bit terse. Please accept my apologies. I'm fighting a migrane atm.

I just wanted to make sure you got an answer to your actual question vs what you'd typed.

 

i will agree (and "X" gets the square !!)

You could do 300 mi a day for a week, and make out 2100 miles...and thats without really waking up after your 10 hr break. =)

getting 2200 should be no problem. If you got a good DM, AND you've PROVEN yourself to them and the planners, you'll get 2500-2600. There will be some weeks you'll see 1500. Some weeks you'll see 3000.

If you're just starting, and you run all 48....you'll probably be 'out' 3 weeks at a time, and will see 1500-1800/wk. Then after 2-3 months, with NO service failures/accidents/critical events/log violations, they'll see that you're a serious driver, who dont BS.

another tip......if you ever get a load where you happen to "T-call" at a terminal, and they give you some unreasonable time to have it 'delivered'....drive your ##### off, and get it there. Say you got 5 hours left on your 11hr clock, and 250 mi to run, and the next driver/planner is expecting that to be dropped that night, but you want to dilly dally around, and take your time, and not get there till noon the next day.....think how the next driver feels, having to wait on YOU. That could be a load that gets him home for a couple days, and now you've taken half a day of his/her hometime. just my 2 cents. =)