Team Driving, would like some more info

1. Yes that is true in most cases. May gt a short load to get to a longer run.
2. That you will have to work out with your team mate. Switch times or breaks
3. there is 2 bunks 1 will have bottom the other top.
4. Disadvantage of team driving
5. That is also correct you my get say .28 cents a mile but 5K or more miles aweek

 

Actually barbershop if you do the math you would not ba making any more then a solo driver.Take 900 a week times 2 you each will receive 4 to 5 hundred a week.Concerning hometime,while one is home the other will run solo till its time to come get you.I don't see a problem if say you took hometime then the following week your co driver does.But its best to find a driver in the same city as you or close.Then you both could take hometime the same time.Plan for meals is a eat and go type of thing.When you fuel go pay for it and grab a bite and eat it in trk.There will be times probably many times you both are sitting so I think you wont have too much of a problem having a sit down and relax type of meal.

 

1. Generally yes
2. worked out between teammates
3. yes, when you run out of hours or are waiting for a load.
4. varies by company
5. yes

Be sure you can sleep in a moving truck. I tried teaming and found I couldn't.

 

I have to agree.

If you had a good gig where you could run 6500-8000 miles a week consistently, all drop and hook (NO LIVE LOADING), had a strong truck that could run at least 72-73mph, and a team mate that thought that 'Turn and Burn' was the only way of life... running team would have an advantage.

But I see team operations sitting 3 days a week. Thats 6 days in solo driving years. They have to live load just like the solos. And theyre driving a POS truck that had the nads removed by the beancounters. So, whats the point of teaming? I guess the deskjockeys figure that having 2 idiots in a truck is cheaper than paying a competent solo driver. One can drive, the other can read road signs and navigate!

If they actually thought highly of teams, your Qualcomms would work while in motion.

 

I have talked to more teams and none were making the big bucks.Some sitting for days.Its a huge gamble to team unless you two know each other really well and compatible.Alot of give and take in teaming.I did the team thing hauling exoctic cars.It lasted about 2 months.He spent more time at trk stops then driving.

 

You know what, Patti...I think you nailed it. I ran team decades ago and every person they stuck me with was a slacker. One person does everything (keep the truck clean, the majority of the driving, fueling, window washing, setting appointments,...etc) and the other slacks. And when you finally have had enough of the slacker and get out, the slacker finds another sucker to team with.

$900 is NOT an awesome check for sharing a truck and smelling someone else's feet. I did $1400-1600 a week solo. Awesome would have to be $1800-$2000 a head for company drivers.

 

Teaming is my idea of a nightmare. No idea how anyone could do that for months or years at a time. My hat is off to you that can!

 

I wont team anymore.Ray wants to if and/or when I decide to quit my company.I already told him no.I wanna move forward not backwords.What companies pay teams is an insult to the drivers intelligence as well as solo.But like you mentionedI don't need any slacker.When im out there its go go go .

 

Teaming is only ideal in very few setups that occur with frequency in the real world. The carrier has to have an abundance of coast to coast freight or at least 1500+ mile fright, and it needs to be quick turnaround load and unload, if not d/h. Produce haulers are good team freight operations but they don't typically take new drivers. US Express I have a feeling will be hit and miss with ample team freight, but I would say the same about CRST, Schneider expedited, and others, so just be aware that you may run great, or you may not. But if you don't run well in a team operation, a bad situation becomes miserable.