There is money to be made with 9+ mpg trucks

I don't do it for my company I do it so I make more money by spending less money at the fuel pumps. When I was a company driver I did not care at all what my fuel mileage was but as an owner/op I surely do.

 

Why then do so many find it difficult to understand that companies do it for the money and not for the drivers.
They regulate and control to the hilt because someone has to care about the bottom line.

 

I don't have a problem with companies doing that because if I owned a trucking company I would do the same thing. My drivers would not be able to go over 60.

 

I suppose it is what it is.
It is just to far out of my comfort zone.
One of the many reasons I don't think I will get past 30 drivers because I need to have at lest a semi civilized relationship with each of them.
There has to be a semblance of mutual respect between all the staff and a common goal.
The better the drivers do for the company the better the company does for them.
Better MPG means better bottom line and therefore better bonuses for all.

 

I do have a problem when they pay per mile and govern trucks at low speeds because they are screwing their drivers. If you were to pay me per hour i wouldnt care at what speed you want me to go, i can let it coast in third gear in the shoulder with the flashers on for all i care as long as i bring home 1000 bucks a week.

Why is it that some companies can afford to pay their drivers a decent wage and arent obsessed with fuel economy to the point they would have some poor soul who doesnt know any better sit in 93 degree weather with the windows down, only to take off and do 59 in a 75 mph speed zone clogging up the right lane? Because not everyone hauls for dirt cheap rates and not everyone is that greedy.

I cant stand the Prime mentality.

 

o, thats great, you have to drive 4,000mi in a 62mph truck to gross $1,000 for the week

 

so pay them by the hour, so they can make a decent wage

its criminal to pay people by the mile and then restrict their miles to the point where they cannot make any money

 

My drivers are all paid by the hour with a minimum of 45 hour per week.
Anything over 9 hours a day at time and a half (not only driving hours , all hours).
Time and a half for all hours on Saturday.
Double time for all hours on a Sunday or public holiday.
Three weeks paid leave/vacation per year (based on 45h week).
This is the minimum.

We also have production based pay scale.
If the drivers earnings on this exceed the hourly rate as mentioned above then the hourly rate falls away and they get production based wage.
They are however guaranteed the hourly wage as a minimum.
Our good drivers when work is good earn 3 times what some doing similar work do.
This is specialized freight not OTR and not in the USA.