How Does This Pay Structure Look For Teams?
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Trucker Kearsey 's Comment
1 year, 9 months ago
I saw an actual pay stub there. Primes bonuses for miles is weekly.
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Looking at the PHX ads TODAY (some or all of these jobs may not be available in April) the going rate for teams is $100-120/yr per driver. My problem with the US Xpress job is the game of chance way they pay. At 25,000 miles the difference between what they pay (66 cpm) and the minimum rate for team driving (81 cpm) is 15 cpm. That's a $3,750 difference. If that happens 4 times, you paid them back for the $30k signing bonus. Turning your truck in for a PM, a bad EGR valve or a thousand other things could put you in the low pay bracket or worse, the ghetto pay bracket.
With 9 months of experience and a partner with a year plus you should have no problem applying for jobs requiring a year of experience (or even more, it doesn't hurt to ask). Today, in Phoenix, I saw an ad for R&L Carriers. Good because it's all drop and hook and terminal to terminal. None of the, "check in and wait for a gate" you see as a common carrier. Great because it's weekends off - you earn your money then have two days off the road to have a life. While R&L may or may not need team drivers in April, I know Estes and Old Dominion also hire teams. You may even find a union job.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
Drop And Hook:
Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.
In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.