Pay Rate

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by spindrift, Feb 20, 2019.

  1. spindrift

    spindrift Road Train Member

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    I'm no flatbedder so I thought I'd run this by you folks. A company in my city is advertising for flatbed drivers. Looks to be deliveries to the large home improvement box stores. They use all of the buzz words in the ad; two years experience, must be comfortable with physical work in all weather conditions, experience with taro's and straps, yadda, yadda, yadda. Then they say it's a temporary to permanent position. Pay rate is $17/hour...in a city with a booming economy. Sounds a bit light to me.
     
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  3. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    Most local jobs average in that range of pay where I live. The best paying ones, nobody is leaving. I guess it's the average because you don't have to look far to find drivers who wanna be home daily
     
  4. spindrift

    spindrift Road Train Member

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    WOW! That's scary.
     
  5. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Yep it’s light. I would be thinking $20/hr
     
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  6. PoleCrusher

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    Depends on how much work and the city. If it's all strap and go in a low cost of living area, that's probably about right. Just depends on the job and locality.
     
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  7. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    Sounds like Home Depot via Ryder.Was better when It was a Home Depot job.
     
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  8. brsims

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    $17/hour to run local for home improvement box store deliveries? You gotta be kidding me! That offer doesn't even qualify as an insult! Heck, it barely qualifies as a blasted joke!

    $20/hour is at least on the low end of an insult. I still wouldn't bother getting out of bed for such low pay, though.
     
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  9. Tombstone69

    Tombstone69 Road Train Member

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    Depends on your skill level.If you're just learning it's okay,still a little low. If you have experience, not a chance.
     
  10. Gumper

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    What’s sad is $17/hour is still considered good money in my decade behind the times pro-union town. That’s why I haven’t had a job in town since I was a teenager. I’d say $17 for part time, $22 for full. Delivering to big box stores is usually a pain in the ###. There’s always some prick there who likes to pretend to be important, and makes life hard for truck drivers. I believe this is a prerequisite to being a receiver at Home Depot. I’ve delivered stuff to three different HDs, and almost had to beg each one them to unload me.
     
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  11. fss99701

    fss99701 Medium Load Member

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    Ain't much better in Alaska I had a company Alaska West transport try to hire me locally for $19 an hour things are really expensive in Alaska I almost hurt myself I laughed so hard as I was walking out the door.
    At the time it was summer and I was hauling Rock on eielson air Force Base at $62 an hour high-skill davis-bacon.
    Most over the road jobs in Alaska are about $0.65 a mile with the exception of the Dalton highway that's usually $0.95 a mile.
     
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