Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

He could have a job where I work by Monday with his record and willingness to stay out. Better equipment, better pay, better customers. I think he likes the drama.

 

Our main customer has a 10 year back log of work. During the last recession our company grew. We don’t haul your typical building product flatbed loads, our equipment is to heavy.

There will certainly be a learning curve for a newer flatbed driver. Our loads are typically much longer then most open deck loads, I rarely unload and reload more then twice a week.

The way our pay is structured after 9900 miles in a month, you’re making $1+ per mile. My current load pays $1.35 a mile on 3450 miles. .63 base, .05 safety, .27 oversize, .40 accelerator/bonus safety pay.

Last year out of the 90 or so drivers that were here all year, half were over $90k and 17 were $100k+.

Now I will say out training program ain’t great, but with your tarping experience with glass you would be fine.

Best part? Basically no freightliners or internationals. Kw and Volvo primarily. Although the new trucks do have collusion mitigation, yuck. No opti idle, we run apu’s.

 

I ran a wal mart account with hub group out of monroe georgia and didn't have to wait for ####. Always a priority. #### they even took me over some of the white shirts. Was a great year and half till Marten came in and screwed it all up.

 

Got one a few weeks ago. They are still around, just harder to find.

 

I think that is an understatement. When I was driving OTR I was periodically checking various cities to three points close to home, never once did I find a rental available. The same thing when I started my previous job, they were unable to get a rental to either of the two terminals available for orientation.

I suspect getting a oneway rental is a combination of the moon and stars alining just right, along with the chance of pickup and destination having availability. I wouldn't bank on it as a means of travel. When I was driving OTR, I factored in the risk of a couple grand bill to get home via a truck rental if something happened on the other side of the country and I need to get my stuff home. (another reason for me that OTR is not worth it)

 

Honestly 60% of the crap you put up with is just reefer and dry van…, yeah Crete has basic trucks, but at least this time you didn’t loose your truck and hopefully you’ll be back to the grind now.

Given your salary requirements sticking it out at Crete probably makes the most sense unless some kindhearted company owner with a small fleet and generous pay takes you on.

Besides where would I get my daily rant if you worked somewhere and were happy. You’re the Atlantis Morrisette of TTR, don’t go ruining everything by getting happy lmfao. .

 

I told him that long ago and hope I didn’t piss him off. Whenever I’m having what I think is a screwed up week just read a sentence or two here and all is well.

 

74 CPM is very good for dry van, Ill give you that.
We get a 1 cpm raise every year for the first 10 years, that's why I'm at 63 cpm base. I know they were matching your tenure at the previous company for you starting rate, i.e. if you've been at Crete for 3 years you would actually start at 59 cpm. I'm not totally sure if they are still doing that.

10, 500 miles a month for a driver that stays out a few months at a time doing legal freight here is pretty low. Here is the raw data from last year and this year so far. This new pay program started march of 2021, I'm paid a minimum of 9900 miles even if i only do 6000. Last year we had to be available to work 24 day of the month to get the salary. We had to many people abusing that, doing 300 mile days so now you have to keep your 3 month average above 9900 miles to stay on the salary program. If you fall below 9900 you get moved to mileage pay like most companies, all the bonuses for doing over 9900 are still available.

I believe everyone starts on the mileage program and at 90 days if you want to move to salary and you are over 9900 avg, you can do that.
I earned close to $10k last year in extra salary pay for not making my monthly mileage goals when I took home time.
Only $400 so far this year.
2021
2022 so far
Notice mt actual CPM is 95 and 91, 21 and 13 of that being OD pay respectively.
A Few things to note. This year I've taken little home time to really knock out some extra house payments. So my miles have gone up considerably. Last year one of my main runs, while it paid pretty good, it often caused me to lose 2-5 days every trip waiting for the load to be ready and dealing with weekend/ holiday restrictions. These days were compensated but they killed my overall production, I no longer do those runs.

You living in Florida is not idea for open deck of any kind, usually have to dead head to ga or sc for a decent paying run. Not a big deal for a company driver though, we are paid practical miles (hub when OD).

I just want you to have all the information. I'm not the typical driver, I do a lot of the larger technical loads. When i can though i run my ### off, 10 hour and 55 min days with over 700 miles are not uncommon, I push the limits of legality, but stay legal. A driver pulling legal freight would have a bit easier time turning the miles.