What is a typical week like?

4,000 miles per week would be averaging 571 miles per day - all 7 days.
Not saying it's impossible, but it is unlikely.

 

you can drive legealy drive 3400 miles per week,you should stay in the truck it's cheaper,if you are smart (not saying your not) the only expense you should have is buying food to cook in the truck. Lots of drivers do it so it saves money so it would be like if you were a single man you would be going shopping for food like if you were at home, occasionally you will buy coffee or a pop or there is a time where you just don't feel like cooking so you go in and eat which is still the same if you were at home and went out to eat.

 

Prime will start you out at 41 cents a mile but you will be in a baby cascadia not a full size and you also have a chance for another up to 8 cents per mile fuel bonus depending on your weekly mpg average



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Are Prime trucks governed? If so what is the setting?

 

Prime drivers are brainwashed to get maximum mpg . They rarely run the governed speed .

 

Newbies that run to megacarriers are only home 2 or 3 days a week . There are better options . Try to avoid OTR altogether . Check web pages of local city and county governments . Even with expedite you can take a week off after 3 or 4 weeks out and could start at full pay in a straight truck right out of school .
You can only work 70 hours in 8 days . 14 hour days don't happen regularly for newbies . A major complaint and reason for leaving is not enough miles . I've heard OTR drivers on the CB trying to sell stuff to get money to eat because they haven't run enough miles in a week to get a cash advance .

 

I have always said, a carrier could pay a 1.00 a mile, but if you don't or can't get miles, that does no good at all

 

I would be surprised if Prime pays their new drivers $.41 a mile! Nonetheless, no Prime driver is running over 3000 miles a week! A friend of mine drives for them right now and runs team and is trying to find another job because as a team they rarely run over 3000 miles a week!

For you new guys, this is the game! This is how they get you to sign up with them! They make it sound so good and for those of you that don't know any better, fall for it. If a carrier is offering a brand new driver $.41 a mile there is something wrong! Things are not going to go the way you think when you work for those carriers. Most companies that offer high wages like $.41 a mile do this because they don't run any miles. They can pay you $3.00 a mile, but if you are sitting a truck stop all week you aren't making squat!

I'll try to rehash this for the newbies and keep it short and sweet......

The mega-carriers make more money off you newbies than they do anything else. You've heard of "sweat shops" and "cheap labor"? That's exactly what they are doing except in this country! They can move the same freight for absolutely nothing by paying you newbies trainee pay for two months. Once you upgrade and are making the " $.41 a mile" you will find your miles dwindle to nothing until you are forced to quit. This is what they want you to do. They do not want experienced drivers! They would have to pay them! So they constantly recycle new drivers and pay them trainee pay, usually like $300 a week, and like I said once you upgrade they sit you on the sidelines or run little short distant runs and utilize you to do all the loading and unloading. They lure in the newbies by saying they will pay them that high mileage wage and since you don't know any better you sign up. The ones with the schools lock you in with the contracts!

Now over the last few years they have found a new way to increase revenue and what to do with the drivers that have a little bit of experience. Its called "LEASING"! That's a whole other thread though.

Hope this makes some sense to you guys who aren't quite familiar with how it all works.

Stick with the small companies! If you want a real driving job and be paid real wages and be treated like a true professional driver then you will seek out the smaller, mom and pop companies.

 

Running TNT students I'm averaging 5500 miles a week pretty good with .28 for every mile on truck not sure why your saying teams aren't seeing at least that

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Bleter, if you are seriously considering getting into the industry make sure you aren't doing it for the money. This is a lifestyle not just a job. If you aren't truly wanting to be an over the road driver then this surely is not for you. If home time is a concern, this is not for you. 2-3 weeks out at a time is usually just a ploy to get you to sign up. 6-8 weeks is what you should expect to run when you are out there. Ideally any less than that and you aren't making enough money to make it worth it. Every time you go home your pay gets messed up for three weeks so as you can see, obviously you must stay out longer than that just to recoup from time off.

There are many great things about driving and there are also bad things too. Like I said, if you are truly wanting to be a professional driver then this maybe a good career choice. If you are doing it just for the money you aren't going to last but 3 months at the most and you surely aren't going to make any money. You really have to hustle out there to make good money so you must really want to love the hustle.