TransAm trucking 1 year experience starts u at .32CPM!?! What makes them worth it?

Come on dude you work for Create. You couldn't bust your tail if you wanted too. I pick up at a lot of the places they do, and the drivers are always getting short runs. Well here is my weekend run. Well My qualcomm died so off the top. Dalton, GA to Salt lake City. 1700 and some change. Deadheaded from Conyers GA So that 100 and some change. It's due on the 23rd. Oh and my trip b4 this one. Dead head from Cheyenne, WY to Greeley, CO 50 or miles Then Loaded Greeley, CO to Conyers, GA. It was 1400 and some change but they called me back to the plant so ended up being a 1700 mile trip.

You still new bro. Don't let the numbers fool ya. When I started trucking. JB Hunt did their .37 to .41 cent deal but wouldn't run the drivers, and so many have followed in the foot steps. So Yeah if the company knows they are going to barely run you. Of course they give a higher cpm. But really don't be surprised when you take a big pay cut when you go to a real otr company. Or you can stay regional or do flatbed or tanker and make the higher cpm, but do more siting and mowing the grass under your truck. Anyway. I got to go to bed. This carpet is going to be ready anytime, and I got miles to knock out.

P.S The next lesson is going to cost you kid. This one is on the house. Yeeeeeeeee Hawwww.
You can learn a lot from a Super Trucker.

 

Never-the-less, rank newbs are started at 42-cpm plus a weekly variable fuel bonus. Ask the guys posting in the Prime forum. My first FULL year out (when they started at 30-cpm with a three-month boost to 34-cpm) I made $48k before taxes. I'm an owner-op now (not a lease driver) and my net before taxes last year was $80k.

 

You post wasn't out of line at all.Just voicing your opinion is all.Of course I have to disagree because im right and you're wrong.Trucking pay is well below what it should be.Why do you think I haven't drove for awhile.I don't miss driving at all.Im still looking and im more pickier now.The better jobs are just as picky and don't blame them.What im seeing here for local work is paying by the mile and getting home every few days.Or local driver/warehouse worker or getting paid by the mile or on call basis.Thats not local.If companies wanna pay below average wage for drivers fine at least pay more for detention and not sitting at the dock for hrs before detention kicks in.Some drivers have to unload their freight and they don't get paid for it.Alot of drivers are averaging between 1800 and 2000 miles a week at less then 32 cpm.There's a lot more to it then what companies pay per mile but all the added extras drivers do for free.

 

here is the info off of PRIMES SITE , Aprenticeship section http://www.primeinc.com/paid-apprenticeship-cdl-training

ACE Orientation / 40,000 miles 1. Take ACE Orientation at Prime Training Center.
2. Pass upgrade skills test and get into own truck.
3. Earn 37¢ per mile ($750 to $850 per week) or 42¢ per mile in our ECO49 trucks ($850 to $1000 per week).
4. Eligible for Success Leasing Truck or Company Driver position. Required: No accidents & must complete ACE, Driving Skills Test and Smith System.

 

Reefer division. Lotsa miles... that hasn't changed.

Leased under their authority... temporarily.

 

Everyone has a big #####. Does that settle this little debate ?

 

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freightwipper

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I'm on my first load with Crete tonight, although I'm on the "shaffer side".
Came over here with less than 1 year because well I could be better than the 20 something CPM I was making. Plus did my research on here and most seemed happy.

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What kind of Shenanigans are you trying to pull. How can you average 2800 miles a week and you just did your first load a day ago. I should be sleep. Counting mile markers, but I'm up playing inspector gadget. You think because you can tell a fib. You can pull one past a seasoned, deep fried, sauteed, buttered up Super Trucker. Not on my watch kid. When you get a few weeks in let us know your average. Mr .43.

I ain't never!!