Mr Fantasy said:
At .52 cent a mile you make 33.80 an hour if you drive 65 miles an hour, if he is only making city drivers wage 20.10 then you make MORE THAN HIS over time and a half from the time you start work compared to his straight time til he hits his 8. So stop lieing to people. lien, cryin, over paid, big baby road drivers. bunch of sissys, "I can't work the dock I may break a nail". :Bondage:"That's My Truck, you can't use it" Well I did and I farted in the seat as hard as I could! :P
1st off you need to read the rules of the forums.
2nd 65mph is what the truck is governed at, you can't average 65 when that is the top speed especially if you are running through 55 and 60 mph states, so when you factor in speed limits, stop signs and light adverse weather condition construction accidents etc you'll be lucky to average 60 mph, at .5313 = 31.878
You better hope you have a long run or else you'll only be making that 31.87 for around 2 hrs then the rest is 20.52 on the dock, there are lots of shuttle runs, you'll never see time and a half so those few hrs of drive time IS your OT.
You'll be working nights for sometime to come, I've been out on the road for 3 years so far, and yes I have moved up rather fast, this is not the norm, I just "got lucky" and got out at the right time, most of the guys ahead of me worked a shuttle of 142 mi one way which inc 2-4 hrs dock a night then back home and they did that for 2-3 years before being able to get a little longer run.
Even though I have moved up rather quickly compared to the norm, I still have at least 5-8 yrs before I even possibly get a chance at a day run.
I "log" around 60 hrs a week and gross around 15**.00
A little simple math will tell you if you do 60 hrs at 20.52 with time and a half after 40 your gross would be 1436.40
WOW! I make a whole hundred bucks more than you for running at night and losing most of my weekends to sleep.
So come on out, I'm sure they have a sign up sheet posted where your at then you can cry along side of us;)
Oh and by the way, welcome to the boards!
FM