Percentage Unloaded Miles

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Can't say anything about the other 2. But with Swift unless something has changed Loaded and MT miles are paid the same for a COMPANY DRIVER.
They try to get to you a load fairly close.But it won't make a diff on your pay.

 

Same goes for Stevens Transport, ompany drivers get paid same rate loaded or empty. They try to keep you at less than 10-15% dead-head (unloaded).

 

most times you the company driver are dropping and hooking a lot anyway, so it pay's all the same, you also have your lumper's if you back in and whole lot other things too factor in, i myself would not worry about it, say if i got empty, but my next load is 89 miles away , i just get over, get it and go , and don't even worry about the empty miles , because in the end , it all comes out the same, now i like my job and boss, i get percentage of the load and not paid miles , sounds crazy yes, but you have too try it too believe it, my checks are under $800 mark a week after taxes , which is a heck lot more then a company driver i was working for at 39 cents a mile , also if your a company driver and are new, don't let them sucker punch you into buying any there insurance or bs stuff in or, just say no to all that bs and put more money in your check

 

mileage drivers get paid to driver. it's the percentage drivers that don't get paid for empty. and sometimes it really suck becuase the deadhead can be a lot.

and when you drive all night to make delivery. then deadhead far to pick up and drive all night for delivery again. or you can park for the night to pick up the next day. and not make any money.

 

good thinking, but this is not how it works. You can get discriminated against when you're low man on the totem pole, but your company can't make money deadheading a truck 50% or more. I would guess most trucks in a big company like that are running 8-20% deadhead, no more than that.

Where you some times run into trouble is sometimes as low man on the pole the load planners will plan you last and you will sit waiting for your dispatch while the more experienced guys will be planned out a day or two in advance. But even that is less common than it used to be. Especially in big companies like you are talking about, those planners see where their trucks are at and where the loads are at, and I doubt they even think about who is driving what truck much.

 

I thought most companies that paid low rates for new and experienced drivers paid the same loaded and empty so it worked out sorta the same for higher cpm on the loaded miles only? I'm not sure I would take 20 -25cpm loaded only unless it was a drop and hook operation only where the empty miles were very low.

 

Not true in all cases . I'm on percentage but get a guarantee $.40 for all miles the truck moves including bobtail and deadhead . I often work for another terminal 120 miles from my home terminal so I get $96 for bobtailing there and back every time they need me .

 

thats a good deal.

 

First of all:

Rediculous statement in my opinion. It is always a good idea to cover yourself (and your family) with atleast health insurance. Getting insurance through the company AT GROUP RATES, is always cheaper than trying to purchase it on your own (plan for plan). And a lot of companies may offer you company paid life insurance (usually between $5000 to $20,000), but if offered, it is a good idea to 'elect' to purchase additional life insurance....it is darn cheap, and those you leave behind can sure use it.

Secondly: Percentage pay is an animal in and of itself. Empty? Yep....the company doesn't get paid for empty miles, so----if you are getting paid 25%, and there is no revenue, 25% of zero, is zero. You get bupkiss. So if you want your pay to be decent on a percentage basis, you need to find a company that has decent paying freight (i.e.- parishable commodities or HazMat), and low deadhead rate. And as stated already....companies are make nothing on deadhead miles, so they will keep it to a minimum....anywhere between 2% to 10% (usually 5% to 8%) in my vast experience.