Paid for routed miles

That means that they have calculated a route for the distance from point A to point B, and you will be paid for those miles. If you detour from the route and incur extra miles, they are a freebie gift from you to the company. If you live 30 miles from the terminal and park the truck at home at night, the 30 miles each direction are not paid for. hard to say exactly what percentage of miles you will incur that are not dispatched or paid for, but assume that somewhere in the 6-10% range would be realistic.

Simply put, a dispatched mile is one you have been told to drive. other mileage may still be well within company policy, but not paid for. If you drop the wagon at a shipper and go out to eat, they shouldn't be paying for that, but they won;t complain about you doing so.

 

Most trucking companies pay by HHG miles (House Hold Movers Guide) or practical miles or Hub miles. HHG was set up as a standard to pay moving companies by the federal government, it's zip code to zip code shortest route. Practical miles are the zip code to zip code route which a big truck can most likely take. Hub miles is paid off the Odometer in the truck.

Mark

Mark

 

Routed miles is a generic term. You're routed miles could be calculated through any of the methods Markk9 described.

I'm paid through PC Miler's practical routed miles.

Moreover, routed miles was best described by Burky. It's just a term, not a method of payment. The method of payment is either HHG, Practical, or Hub.

 

With the advent of GPS systems such as we use today, the practice of merely routing from one zip code to another is rapidly becoming outdated. Now, we can be provided with point to point directions, and with that comes very exact distances. Most likely, what W&S is doing is providing something a little bit more specific than the standard zip to zip numbers. One of the things that you will rapidly discover about trucking is that there are as many ways to figure mileage as there are people figuring them. Rarely do they cover all the miles on the odometer, so you find the best and then makes sure that you aren;t shorted on the amount you are to be paid for.

 

That's kind of a mislead there on their part.

Paid for routed miles is true. But as long as you explain the OOR, such as construction, accident, location actually 10 miles NORTH of town, when you entered through the south per dispatch. You'll get paid for the miles.

Don't worry about running too many miles that you don't get paid for. They don't use HHMG miles. They use Streets and trips, they also check "fastest routing" and pay you for it if it makes sense, even if it is longer

They ask that you keep out of route to 2% or less. It's fairly easy to do since they use common sense when they route you to start. Although I have had a few that were 20-25% OOR due to shut down roads. Short trips of course.

 

All of the companies that I know of that pay HUB miles already know the miles you are going to drive. Any out of route over a set percent must be accounted for. If there is a reroute due to construction, accident or such they will be you the new HUB miles you are paid. If you can not account for the out of route you could be in deep crap.

Mark