What's a reasonable otr cpm for a brand new driver

So, he wants dry van only. Plenty of those that hire new grads.
Abilene Motor Express - sometime may get a refrigerated trailer. Trucks run 72 mph.
West Side Transport
Titan Transfer - trucks run 70 mph. They turn the truck up to 70 mph after working there 12 mos.
Sodrel Transportation
Salem Carriers - driver apprenticeship program for new cdl grads.

 

Why not flatbed. Afraid he might get dirty. There are showers in trkstps. You get exercise also.. not knocking hubby, but just about anyone can pull a box trl. Look at your different options including flatbed. That will separate the little ones from the grown ups. If not believing me go read the thread about no more boxes
That thinned the herd real quick....

 

I've always thought flatbedders were crazy. I drove a small flatbed straight truck. I tried to strap down air conditioning systems and they vibrated so much that one of them leaked an IMPORTANT liquid. If strapping down loads was easy, everybody would do it. I've found simplistic devices like straps and chaining my tires for snow to be barriers I haven't been able to cross. I may just be stupid when it comes to such things. More power to those of you that rock out when securing flatbed loads. My experience...it's not just work....it's a HUGE responsibility resting on your shoulder. One mess up on a flatbed strap down could be HUGELY catastrophic.

Another fail at straps was when I tried dollar general. We were suppose to strap in the empty carts and the carts with cardboard. I tried my best, but by the time I got back to the dc, I could hear all of the carts falling over and rolling around in the trailer. I TRIED MY BEST to STRAP THEM DOWN, but FAILED.

 

Old Dominion Freight Lines has line haul which is just drop & hook. Sometimes the terminal in Indy hires new cdl grads for that. Need to make a personal appearance to apply for that job.

 

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But who is offering new drivers 50 cents a mile?
I feel confident saying over half the experienced drivers out here aren't making above 45 cents a mile.

Plus I think 36 cpm for a brand new driver is ok.

 

You the Newbie in OTR has many failures in training. In fact you are the epitome of a totall focused effort to generate a form of future income based on your indebited servititude 1700'ss style. You get to sign a paper promising to pay 9000 dollars or whatever inflated value of your schooling which is strictly one goal. Keep you alive long enough to successfully pass a 10 minute ride with a nice state Offical who carries a clipboard and speaks very little.

Everything else will be issued, taught, beaten into you, fired, imprisoned, paroled etc until you learn. And keep learning.

You do not understand how little you have been trained. And what I think is really bad, terrible actually is to quietly sit and wait for you to understand yourself that even the coursework material is a pile of BS easily skimmed over in 5 minutes class room while eveyrone stresses visibly about the upcoming barrel racing that is fixing to happen after lunch.

 

I made .48-.49 ish in 2001. Wife turned in about .32 before she quit. I quit later on in 2009 and am at that time paid wages which really was not why I was working with trucks and provided with a crew of CDL drivers and a goal for the day. It could be a truck sale day, or it could involve moving 20 plus old air start era daycabs which I know most people alive today do not have that experience. That is where I come in as a teacher to impart to you as a Crewboss the necessary knowledge so you can run this daycab back to the yard without killing anyone.

I hae about 30 plus years half of which no longer exists anywhere on this planet and the other half is essentially statue of limitations when I consider that I spent the last 9 to 14 years recovering from this medicine, that surgery or a team of doctors poking around me. Essentially I should be paid .15 a mile OTR like eveyrone else.

 

I work for Swift. Started at .37 on the flatbed division. What you get paid for mile isn't that important if you don't get the miles. There are a lot of companies who pay better than mine to start, but they also don't have the consistent freight. How long you stay out will dramatically affect what you make as well.