New at Smith Transport, please help.

Layover pay is anywhere from $40.00 and up...depends on the company. Layover is if you have not been "dispatched" from the time of your last delivery then within 24 hours. They can "catch" you by dispatching you on a load at the 23.5 hour mark.

Many companies consider the initial p/u and the final delivery as "free". Any additional p/u's or delivery between first and final is considered additional stop...and $10.00 or more is standard...again depends on company.

The standard these days is after 2 - 4 hours...the driver goes on detention and the rate is set by the company. $12.00 and up are common. Generally the company has an agreed price with the shippers/receivers....check with your company at their rate and limitations. Some only pay up to 8 hours detention....so check!

Tailgating is where the driver (with pallet jack) moves freight to the tail of the trailer and shipper/receiver take it on/off with forklift from the tail of the trailer.
Don't confuse this with "Driver unload"...Driver unload is the driver gets the freight off the trailer and completes a pallet breakdown, or just pallets off to the warehouse. Lumper services charge from $60.00 to an unheard of rate of $450.00 to off load and break down the pallets....check with your company on driver unload rates. Also, check with company on their "lumper policy"...usually you will have to get the lumper charges then call them into the company for authorization and the company gets you the authorization code for the payment with either comcheck or T-check. You can get blank com-checks or T-checks from Pilot and other truck stops...just ask at the fuel desk.

Some companies have sliding scales for length of haul....0-100 miles/100-250 miles/250-400miles....so on and so on....check with your company on what they consider a "short haul" and how you get an authorization code or number for getting the difference in pay and what the pay should be.

No question is "silly" if the answer is not known. And the only way to find out is to ask.

There are many here on TTR who are glad to offer advice and help you when you need it....just ask!

 

You need to check on "local pay"....those little trips you mentioned....try and see if they will pay a local hourly rate when he is doing THEM a favor by eating up his log with no miles to compensate!

 

also to my knowledge about smith is us express owns half the co. father gave over to son who screwed it up i worked for them 10 yrs ago and they were to strict poor attitudes but that was then being off was not an option your truck was home