What’s better hourly rate or by mile

Can we put the penises back away and toss out the ruler please?

 

I see you caught on to the one-up-man-ship game on TTR. Every truck driver on here makes 100K per year. Just ask them.

 

This is really a no-brainer and shows the green, and that's ok, but without question, by the hour. I wouldn't drive a truck today, any other way. Regional is about the only place you'll find by the hour. If you found an OTR job by the hour, I'd grab it. I did a lot of dump truck, LTL, and multiple stop city deliveries, and always got paid by the hour. Also, I wouldn't drive a truck for less than $18/hr. today. And forget overtime.( time and a half) For some stupid reason, truck drivers are exempt from overtime.

 

When it comes to LTL, mileage runs tend to pay more than hourly. Linehaul drivers can make up to $120k and get paid cpm, whereas P&D Drivers are paid hourly and don't come nowhere close to making that figure. And a lot of the city drivers don't get paid any OT either until after 45-50 even 60 hours. UPS Feeder Drivers that make $140-160k...yep, mileage runs. USPS can make around $84 an hour on doubletime pay. And anything after 60 hours is paid doubletime and half, which you can potentially make around $100 dollars an hour.

 

If your only options are hourly or mileage for regional, go hourly. Another option would be percentage, sometimes referred to as commission.

Percentage can be very good if the company you drive for bills at a decent rate. I went with a percentage deal two and a half years ago, running to the oil patch. In spite of the downturn in the oil industry I did well. Now I own my own truck and like it even more.

If you find a company offering percentage, ask them what the average revenue to the truck is per week. That will give you a good idea what your average weekly pay will be.

 

I yank tanks, hourly with overtime. I sit at plants a lot in line, also dumping my tank takes time and I run routes so I might have 6 stops in a day. I also manage our warehouse.

Hourly with overtime, if a company tells you they don’t pay overtime tell them to #### off. Stand up for yourself or else plenty of companies out here will gladly screw you over.

 

I have a weekly guarantee and paid by hour. Time 1/2 after 40. Way better than any cpm job I ever had. For comparison this week I made .79cpm

 

I've had trucking jobs that paid by the mileage, then a straight weekly salary, then a milage-accessorial-hourly hybrid, then hourly with overtime.

Hourly with overtime is the best. PERIOD! Not even open to discussion.

 

Hourly

For the moet part, companies that pay piece-work only do so to hide their pathetic hourly wage. If they didn't mislead a prospective driver with false piece-work promises no one would work for them.

Despite, the myth to the contrary, It is not to reward the hard worker. All the piece work companies have governed trucks and dispatch freight. You can only work, or earn, as much as they give you.

 

Define piece work.
Also, what else is there besides dispatch freight?