Prefer longer runs or shorter runs...

If you were leased on to a company and you got paid a sliding scale depending on the amount of miles you ran, would you do shorter runs for the higher CPM or longer runs but less CPM mile?

 

Why do companies have a paid sliding scale?Figure if they wanna keep happy drivers it should all be the same long or short runs.

 

Mr Murphy, you have to be able to factor in time. In the flatbed world, most of the pickup and delivery you would make would be Monday-Friday, 0600-1700. we have to do things a bit differently.

If I were a doorslammer, dropping and hooking, I would want the short runs and I would burn up the roads and run as many loads as I could before I ran out of hours. Turn and Burn would be my religion. If I had to fingerprint those loads, I would want longer runs, unless the fingerprinting paid more than the mileage, which it normally doesnt. If It did, I'd quit driving and be a lumper.

There are Monday loads and there are Friday loads in the flatbed world. There are loads that I would take on Friday and run on the weekend (when you cant pick up or deliver) that I would turn down on Monday.

But then, why in the heck would you be an owner op on a mileage contract? You'd be leaving too much money at the table.

 

Turn and burn is what i have felt is the best thing for me to do so i appreciate your insight. As for signing on to a mileage contract, it is because i want to work for a company whose organization is something i believe in. The support will be there and customers will be there. In my case, i feel they will be doing what i dont want to, but i get to do what i am willing to do. That is the trade off i am willing to have.

 

it would depend on a few things. i like to run less miles for more pay but don't operate on a sliding scale. it would be hard to know without knowing the scale how quick you can get reloaded and rolling again deadhead ect.

if i can make the same or greater gross or even slightly less gross with less overhead on a shorter run and profit more i will take the shorter run.

 

Turn and Burn then, driver. You CAN make decent money at it especially if you can run like a machine. Your dispatcher will start bragging on you.

Safe travels to you, friend.

 

• 1 – 150 Miles, $1.57 Rate
• 151 – 250 Miles, $1.37 Rate
• 251 – 700 Miles, $1.12 Rate
• 701 – 1,200 Miles, $1.06 Rate
• 1,201+ Miles, $0.96 Rate
• Deadhead Miles, $0.86 Rate

 

I apologize in advance,.. but I would never lease on to a company that didnt pay a percentage of the gross. Sliding scale and CPM should be reserved for company drivers that prefer to be paid like that.

So for me, it doesnt matter, short or long,.. I just want to be profitable.

In my opinion, sliding scales are just a way for companies to skim more for themselves. You should be paid a set amount for the work/service you provide. You agree to a rate knowing what your percentage will be. X amount of money for X amount of work. That way there is no confusion as to what you are owed or will be paid. You should know what your expenses are and know what you need to turn a profit.

Hurst

 

i would not run for the 1-150 mile rate on a long run id find loads elsewhere

 

Can a guy even make money with that low of rates???