Questions about Life on the Road

It will show up on your weekly pay. If your rate is 40 CPM your pay stub will show 26 CPM pay and 14 CPM per diem. On your W2 it will also be separated as income and other income.

That how it was on examples I have seen anyway. I don't drive yet so don't have first hand experience.

 

Or with this new hippy green thing. Pee into a water purification bottle. Your all set. Take one 20 ounce bottle of water and never buy again.lol

 

I fell for the old" only have enough points for one shower "trick also

 

Well the more you stay out and keep the left door shut the more you will bring home. However depending on the home situation it may or may not be for you. I have done just over a year now and my wife has a heart condition and we lost her father about 6 months ago and I have a teenager and a smaller one. I did my year and it just isn't for me I don't believe. But I do think that one full year is needed to make the correct decisions based on everything.

 

Are you getting a local job?

 

You don't have too keep receipts anyway.

http://www.ooida.com/EducationTools/Resources/per-diem-rate.asp

 

must have missed my thread, I haven't driven since 1-08 after screwing up my rotator cuff lowering landing gear. Next weeks I start approx. two months of physical therapy. After that I will be pretty much done. I am going to keep my CDL and endorsements current but moving into another field. Also Averitt has really ticked me off here lately.

 

oops another driver moving on I thought he was referring to my post about moving on,,,,,,,,carry on