Not sure what to think of Moore Transport.

UPDATE. After posting this, I talked to my terminal manager and he told me that the guy who is the highest earner out of my terminal does pretty much the same thing that I do every week except when he comes back he does a quick local. He asked me if I would be interested in I said of course. So ever since that time I have basically been running 1500 on the low side and over 2000 on the high side. I think the most I've ever grow some one week was $2,300. Not every week is the same but most weeks I am in the same click and it works out pretty good.

 

Yes this is an Old Post. April 4th of 2019 was 3 years for me. When I say do a local I'm talking about less than 330 miles. When I run from Baltimore to Pittsburgh which is what I was referring to when I posted, it pays $1.35 a mile.

Anything over 330 miles is $1.01 per mile. Moore drivers also get $10 per car that they haul. Baltimore to Pittsburgh I believe pays 247 MI.
247 at $1.35 per mile equals $333. If I run out there with 10 cars that adds another $100 for a total of $433. I also run from Baltimore to Wisconsin most every week. If I run to Appleton Wisconsin we're talking about 900 miles + 9 units for a total of $990. If I run from Rockford Illinois back to say Baltimore Washington area you can add about 770 miles + 9 cars for a total of $860.
When you add 430 + 860 + 990 the total is
$2280. This doesn't include safety bonuses and damage incentive bonuses. It also doesn't include the fact that I stay in a nice hotel every night and I'm home on the weekends.

Not every week is like that but most of them are. Sometimes freight is short in one terminal or another so you basically have to go wherever they need you the most. Also with respect to that total for the week we don't get paid deadhead miles.
But you have to also remember that car haulers don't have people that load and unload their trucks for them. We have to find our vehicles, do a thorough inspection and then load them on the truck. Loading and unloading a car carrier is not something that is learned overnight. Most car haulers can tell you dozens of stories about tearing something up at one time or another. It takes a couple of years at least to become a good car hauler and you have to start by getting your routine down and then the speed will come eventually.

Hope that helps with what I was talking about