What is the REAL average mileage a company driver runs?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Vito, Feb 4, 2014.

  1. wichris

    wichris Road Train Member

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    Those miles can be up to a year old. Driver and truck count the same thing. The mileage is IFTA miles,not dispatched. If there was no turnover of drivers or equipment,no teams,no local drivers it would still be a WAG.
     
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  3. Vito

    Vito Heavy Load Member

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    I repeat. Any cranky people want to take a shot at this?
     
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  4. Vito

    Vito Heavy Load Member

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    Good observation. You are correct. So now we know you at least looked at the site. Did you see any other useful information that you might could use? Like I said, take the average for what it's worth. If one company comes in at 60K avg. and another at 110K avg. that tells me something although it might not tell you anything.
     
  5. wichris

    wichris Road Train Member

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    Just updated my MCS-150 and it's far from accurate. I have drivers and O/O's that run short rounds and ones that run longer. The teams change it also. You're going to have to "trust" what the carrier(or their drivers) tell you.
     
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  6. 123456

    123456 Road Train Member

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    It may be accurate for your company,

    but for some, its way off.

    Some show the year 2011 number for mileage.

    Some show 100 drivers, that have 150 drivers.

    How is that accurate ?

     
  7. Vito

    Vito Heavy Load Member

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    You missed me! ha ha you missed!

    Dude, seriously, I was talking about taking a shot at the SMS data. That's the FMCSA's SAFETY DATA, you know, like HOS violations, Driver Fitness, etc etc. We don't need to beat a dead horse and keep going around and around on the driver milage thing. I've said it several times now, and repeat:

    Take it for what it's worth!

    Good grief! :biggrin_25522:
     
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  8. Dinomite

    Dinomite Road Train Member

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    Wow Vito did all those useless calculations, and didn't calculate how wrong he was Go FIGURE :)
     
  9. Powder Joints

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    TYPING LARGER DOESN'T MAKE IT MORE VALID, JUST MAKES YOU LOOK BAD.
    2800 is my average, but who cares.
    enough already;
     
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  10. Vito

    Vito Heavy Load Member

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    +1 LOL

    I'm only "wrong" however if I WERE YOU. For me, the numbers WORK to act as a GUIDE to picking companies. Yes, I use the calculations. That is just one of about 50 criteria I use in my search for a new trucking company. And I "take it for what it's worth".
     
  11. Vito

    Vito Heavy Load Member

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    No, kiss my grits, then enough already! LOL
     
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