Opinions about Melton Trucking

Hub miles means exactly what your odometer says you drove. Practical miles is usually run from address to address in mapping software. Not quite as accurate as hub miles but avoids paying drivers for getting lost, going out of route, etc. Then there's outfits that pay from city to city (this is another reason I left swift) where the mileage starts and stops at the outskirts of the towns you picked up and delivered to. And when I say outskirts, I mean the 2 points closest to each other. And they usually use car routing since that's shorter, not actual truck routing.

If I remember correctly, Melton pays practical miles, but don't quote me on that.

 

tmc seems pretty good. thing about melton is they dont have anything regional right?

 

Haha sorry for bursting your bubble. The truth is if this jobs for you you'll find yourself having more good days then bad ones after a while. You'll have days where you get loaded late, then hit traffic, and people will cut you off, honk at you, there won't be any parking at the first 4 truck stops you stop at, etc. Then one day you'll find yourself driving north on I-5 in NorCal, at sunset, and come around a corner and there will be Mt. Shasta lit up in all nature's glory and you'll say to yourself, "#### I love this job." It'll take some getting used to, all the paperwork and responsibility, but once you settle in things go pretty well. It may take you a few companies to find one you like. Heck, I'm still trying to find mine. Just remember trucking is one industry with a HUGE amount of variety; we have something for everyone. From different types of freight and trailers, to different length of haul/operational areas, different pay scales, different rules, different people. We got it all. It's up to you to find out where you fit in though. As for OTR vs regional I wouldn't worry too much about it with your first company. It'd be great if you find one you like and stick with them for your whole career, but that sort of thing is pretty rare in trucking (for the reasons I stated above and others.) Concentrate on getting your 6 months in and that'll open up a whole lot of doors for you as far as new companies you can look at hiring on with (assuming that 6 months is incident free, or course.)

Anyway, good luck to ya. Sounds like you should do alright since you are asking the right questions and gathering as much info as you can before you take the plunge. Heck, there's people who are leasing who don't do that, and that's just crazy.