Starting at Magnum Transportation

I also forgot to mention, I reached my 3 month mark at Magnum at the beginning of the month and my DM informed me that my base pay was being raised from 43 to 48 cents per mile. A pretty decent raise if you ask me. Hopefully I'll be making over 50 cpm now with bonuses.

 

Outward facing yes. As for the no audio i have no clue.

 

So apparently that supposed DNH in Ponca City was actually a live load. Spent 4 hours there. Got into Coon Rapids the next day and dropped my load for a local to deliver. Got a 34 in by the time the CR shop figured out that the bumper they ordered was a non paintable bumper. They supposedly ordered the right one this time but they have no clue when it would be in.

Sitting at the Jennie-O in Willmar, MN right now waiting for a door. I arrived 5 hours early though so i wasn't all that surprised when they said to park and wait. Taking this load down to York, NE, then going to our LTL terminal in Omaha for a linehaul load to our terminal in Denver. Then going up to Fort Collins to pick up a beer load going back up to Fargo/Moorhead. Unfortunately i won't be able to sample any of it..

 

Quick update.

Picking up my supposed preloaded at Anheuser Busch was a nightmare. Waited there for over 24 hours because of 'production line issues' among other excuses. Another Magnum driver was supposed to pick up the preloaded next to mine but was in the same boat i was, and dispatchers weren't too happy about it either. Absolutely ridiculous, especially for a trailer that was supposed to be ready to go in the first place. At least i got a day of layover pay. Still managed to get my load delivered on time. Picked up my next load that was preloaded by a local that went to Ohio, and then hometime.

Got a message today that all the OTR drivers are getting a .04 cents per mile raise to their base pay which is nice. Hardly 4 months with Magnum and my base pay has already been raised $.09/mile from when i started. Not too shabby in my opinion.

 

You've obviously never heard about the likes of Werner, Schneider, J.B. Hunt, etc. then. But in all seriousness only reason why i got started out at .43/mile was because i hired on with less than one year experience. 4 months with the company and I'm already making over .50/mile. Who knows what I'll be making once i reach the 1 year mark