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Post by Cougar on Nov 30, 2004 6:41:09 GMT -5
I was looking at the new pay chart for US Xpress and then did a little math.http://www.xpressdrivers.com/solo.html haul a load 600 mile at .37 cent and make $222.00 for the load. But haul that same load 900 miles (6 hours more driving time) and the rate drops to .30 cents a mile and make $270.00. Looks like more money! Right ? Wrong! You work 6 hour longer to get it. Break it down.
a 600 mile trip approx. 12 hour $222.00 / 12 = $18.50 per hour a 900 mile trip takes approx 18 hours $270 / 18 = $15.00 per hour
Your being paid $3.50 less per hour if the trip is longer. Crazy!
I can understand a higher rate for short hauls, but to cut the longer OTR trips rates like this. Is nuts! And they can't keep drivers! NO FIGURE!
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Post by Fozzy on Nov 30, 2004 16:33:31 GMT -5
not exactly, you are forgetting the loading and unloading time and the other fun stuff like scaling and such. The reason that these shorter runs pay more is that the peice work (pennies per mile) is less than the work that the drivers happily give away for "free".
Fozzy
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