Zeller enterprises(hartford wi)

After three years of working in ltl, and being home daily I decided I wanted to back over the road.
I am 27, don't have children and don't own a home. Zeller gets their drivers home weekly, but has worked with me and kept home time to a minimum. Whenever I am going to need a restart I get back. Otherwise, I want to run, and stack up money
So far, I've been here three months, and average around 2900 miles.
The pay is amazing, the best money I've made in my life.They have a weekly minimum of 1250 as long as you are under dispatch, and don't request time off when they've got a load .I've gotten this minimum only twice, and both times were on weeks where I got home. As long as the dispatcher schedules the time, I get it, and they schedule weekends off with nearly every driver.
Otherwise I am grossing over 1500 every week, I've even had a 2000 dollar week. They pay 43 cents, but mileage bonus of up to 8 cents pushes you over 50, and they have other bonuses including monthly safety bonus.
As far as company atmosphere the company is smaller, around thirty trucks. Craig started the company, and still operates it. He is a very nice guy, he put in sattelite radio for all of us. Most importantly he puts in hours, he is on call 24/7, any problem I have I call after hours and ussually he answers. Which is a great help. In my experience help from the office is ussually not available in smaller companies. But here, it's even better than the giant companies I've worked for(cough R&L cough)
I am really happy here. With my expenses cut to under 300 a week, and the pay, I feel like I can really invest a sizeable amount. After ten years here, at this rate, I should have a nice little nest egg for a home, and enough in reserve to get off the road if I choose

 

I will earn over that easily. We get 43 cents base. On top of that there is bonus pay, from 4 to 8 cents depending on mileage. I have been averaging over 2800, so I get 6 cents extra per mile.
On top of that, there is a 2 cent bonus for east coast, paid on all miles for the trip. Lastly a monthly safety bonus, which pays 2 cents for every mile driven during the week.
There are plenty of trucking jobs that pay over 70k. I made 70k last year at R&L. Anyone who doesn't live in a low cost of living state, has experience, and is working for less than 70k is crazy.

 

Nearly every driver I have talked to is earning around 72k here. I am higher than most(pro rated around 80k so far) but I also don't take weekends off
I have pay stubs in the truck to back that up as well. My guess is the guys who think 72k is crazy money, haven't looked around. Companies are hard up for drivers. Nearly every ltl company is paying a minimum of 50 cents per mile for linehaul, and 22 an hour for local. OTR companies have to compete for the limited pool of drivers