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  1. hopeful eyes

    hopeful eyes Medium Load Member

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    Thank you. Yes give me miles, I want $$$$. I need $900/week in my hand, give me miles.
     
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  3. Wasted Thyme

    Wasted Thyme Road Train Member

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    Plus tell me a convenience store that pays $25 an hour. Cuz to gross 1k a week in a 490hr work week that is the hourly it has to pay.
     
  4. Blue Zombie Trucker

    Blue Zombie Trucker Light Load Member

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    You'll have to prove yourself. The company will be entrusting you with nearly a quarter million dollars worth of equipment, plus the value of the load, plus the value of their reputation, plus the value of their CSA score.

    You have to prove that you're reliable, safe, trustworthy.
     
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  5. hopeful eyes

    hopeful eyes Medium Load Member

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    Does trucking pay $25/hour?
     
  6. Wasted Thyme

    Wasted Thyme Road Train Member

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    Nope. Since you're working on a 70hr clock
     
  7. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    I make much more than that for my compensation package.
     
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  8. hopeful eyes

    hopeful eyes Medium Load Member

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    THANK YOUUUUUUU
     
  9. Wasted Thyme

    Wasted Thyme Road Train Member

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    Like any job you have to put in the time to get the money. Suck it up the first year
     
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  10. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    You want... you want... you need.

    Prove to the company, any company, that you can run high miles and be on time for pick up and delivery and do it safely - you will have the miles.

    Personally, my goal is not to make a lot of money.
    I have no set $$$ amount for each week.
    My goal is to do my job in the safest possible way while delivering my loads on time.
    Everything else will take care of itself.

    Next week I won't make half of what you require.
    The loads did not match up to the pay period.
    I got stuck in Bismark, ND and out of my region, so loads were slim.
    My DM found me a nice 1300 mile load, but it doesn't/can't deliver until Monday - in the next pay period. So I have about 900 miles for this week.
    Then again, I start next week with 1300 miles on the first day of the pay period.
    It is give and take, but it balances itself out.
     
  11. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    I agree.

    But, I would never waste thyme.
    It is too wonderful an herb to waste.
     
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