Pay for Reset?

I thought this is what she meant I just wanted to clarify though as I wasn't sure.

 

Exactly. Flatbed runs on daylight hours typically. Reefer in food has lots of midnight receivers and reefer LTL especially so because they get delivery at specific hours and load at other times

 

If i was OTR I'd rather run my 70 out in 5 days and take 2 off instead of running recaps

 

You will rarely burn through your 70 in 5 days running OTR, unless you intentionally waste hours. I run lots of long haul. 1500-2000 mile loads. You need to utilize all of your available hours to turn maximum miles. I can run out my 70 in 7 days and take a 34. Never in 5 days

 

I've done it in 5, and was exhausted, but typically I need my reset day 6 or 7. It doesn't help when you run just in time freight with a few short hops and safety wants to see minimum 15 minutes loading/ unloading.

 

Trucking companies do this:
Announce that they’ll pay you for almost everything.
While trying to get out of actually paying it to you other then miles. And even those are calculated on strange ways to give said company a fat discount. Lol

The last company I worked for told me it was $125 daily for three days of boring orientation. I was coming on as a part time driver at 80% of what a full time driver drives already conceding bonuses, raises, benefits etc. well ok no orientation pay on my first check...”because you’re part time.” Me? I was here three days like everyone else, pay me or meet the labor board....they paid me, $375 crisp ones.

let ANY trucking company walk on you? And guess what? THEY WILL!!!!
Part of being a professional driver is standing up for yourself.

 

Pay should be the same as every other industry. Hourly or percentage.
CPM made sense before digital logs came around. Not anymore. If a driver is being lazy in CA his boss can tell it in NY. GPS and e-logs have made CPM obsolete.

 

Many construction jobs are Piece Work. I personally like the CPM model. If I turn more miles than the next driver, I make more money. Just my.$.02

 

Some companies pay for a 34 reset and many others don't. My tanker job paid me $125 X 2 when a 34 reset was necessary. That company considered it 2 layover days. I think it's the only company I worked for that paid for a 34. Even if it was pretty standard for many companies to pay you during a 34 hours reset, that doesn't obligate any other company to pay you if you happen to pick a company that doesn't pay. If it's important, toss out all companies that don't pay. You won't likely change the company policy after you hire on.