Trucking companies with 75mph trucks

Please allow me to help you out with an equation
11 × 65 =715

715 - (2 × 65) hrs of traffic = 125 miles lost

715 - 125= 590 miles

5× 590 = 2,950 miles

Per diem, .60 cpm = 1,770 after taxes 1,115

Per diem, .55 cpm = 1,622 after taxes 1021.86

Per diem, .40 cpm = 1,180 after taxes 743.40

This is practically minimum wage
Wage per hr 21.50

50hrs × 21.50 = 1,075 after taxes 677.25

Between $670 and $1,000 is the most consistant pay scale that drivers make
At mega carriers and other companies with trucks that run this slow along with the bs micro managing. Also a 2,500 mile load will take about 4 days governed at that speed
You can literally double that pay and milage by going faster‍♂️‍♂️

 

One thing I can tell you: The 65-70 Cascadia driver with layover and deadhead pay at .60+ that you'll pass is making at least 300.00 more a week, and probably gets more showers cause they aren't running their clock out for slavic or middle eastern dispatchers and having to park next to the curb cause they pull in for a 10 2130 and 0200...

Also you ever notice how the trucks are always dirty with cracked plastics? There's a reason can-go-anywhere drivers don't go to those companies, and it's not because they are new and don't know about the millions.. In fact most of their drivers are typically SAP drivers..

 

I see your unnecessary equation and I raise you some logic:

Hypothetical: I have a load that delivers Wednesday. 900 loaded miles, picks up today, delivers Wednesday Per appt at 10 am at Walmart. Most loads on dry van or reefer side are per appt. In that particular scenario, perhaps you can show me what real advantage having an ungoverned truck has......you can't deliver early, so you succeeded in doing nothing but hurrying up to wait. That's not getting you more money. If 2 drivers have that exact same load, they'll be sitting at Wal-Mart on Wednesday.

Now there are other instances in which one can load, and drop off a 900 mile load the next day. That all depends on how early that driver can get started and how fresh of a clock he has. If he's already burnt time, or the receiver doesn't have that big of a window(cut off at 2pm), then he may still be under that load for 2 days. I get loads like this, and I usually sleep at the customer's doorstep if I can. Fresh clock to run as many miles possible. 650 miles is a pretty productive day. 250 left the next morning if you stay rolling on the big day so you can start early.

It's ok to want to drive a fast truck. Some people are comfortable in that situation and that's fine. Don't tell me a faster truck equates to more money.

Time management and how you're planned dictates how much money you make. Not how fast your truck goes.

 

You've got to explain this scientifically in a rebuttal time management is what I just explained in my equation, going 65 mph means you're going to drive for at least 11 to 12 hours a day, and that's because of the time zones that switch, not all companies pay you for deadheading barely any of them pay you for detention time, and that's all companies not just the Slavic and Indian, and like I said even if you get paid $1,500 for the week you're coming home with at least 900 of that due to taxes, my point is not to be a speed demon my point is to try to make it to 8,000 miles a week which can be done it's not safe driving a truck that slow anyways in fact Wyoming Nebraska Montana and South Dakota have banned certain companies like easties and FedEx from even crossing their borders unless the truck was sped up you can look this up

 

So tell the class how FedEx and Estes gets their freight to and from their terminals in those states?
This should be good

 

Or you could provide that link....i sure was in Nebraska and Wyoming last week, and I was running 65. I passed a Prime who was going even slower lol.

Anyway, I'm not seeing where your equation shows time management. When you're dispatched on a load, you're going to get paid the loaded miles regardless of what speed you drive. If it's a 900 mile run, and you're being paid 60 cpm, it's 540 bucks....65 mph or 75 mph. I'm not seeing how driving faster makes you more money.

65 mph does not mean I drive 11 hrs daily. I don't burn out my entire clock unless I have to. If I have time on a load, I'm pacing myself. Why? Because the most important thing is to make delivery on time and efficiently. I break big runs up. Others like to burn up their clock daily. I find that to be inefficient. There will be times when I HAVE to. I did 487 today. I've got time on my load. Why do I need to rush? It don't gotta be there til 8 pm Wednesday. Appt load. What good would running 75 do me? 65 mph isn't so slow that it would cause accidents. You talk like governed trucks are driving 25 mph.

What reputable company that has a mileage based pay system doesn't pay for deadhead miles? That's a little weird to me. I get that ut can be difficult to get paid detention or layover. I'm not too concerned about that part of trucking. I'm more concerned with whether my company can keep me busy, which they do, so I don't need to worry about either of those.

Even if you drove 75 mph, your load will pay you what it pays. It won't result in saving enough drive time to generate any significant mileage. Even at 10 hrs, it ain't a foregone conclusion that you'll reach 750 miles.

 

Get your popcorn. I'm waiting for the link.

 

Save the fuel, tires, engine, nerves, split the clock. No need to run 650 and 250, split the sleeper into 300 380 220 or whatever to manage avoiding traffic and have time after delivery for next pick up if there is any. 5 miles over 65 might save 40 minutes a day, but will take 40 minutes of life with aggravation and finger pointing while trying to pass "unpassable"..

PS: truckers make "more" only because they work longer within a week, not making more per hour.

 

As far as what the mileage is you may get that if the load is on on top of that when you're hauling produce the earlier the better, and they can't make you wait because that product could spoil and that claim will be on the receiver, also companies even Mega carriers will give you a load they know will be late once you deliver it so that they can cut your pay I know for a fact that's how it works, even if the load that's 2,000 miles will give you your full pay as long as it's not a day late still 8,000 Mi a week is better than 5,000 Mi a week, you'll at least get $1,100 of your pay after taxes that's what I'm trying to explain, not everybody lives in a cheap state,