Well as you know if you have read me posts before I have had problems getting on with a company, well I think I found one, let me know what you think, It is with United Van Lines, they picked up a freight division and it is basicly a Dedicated run from Fort Worth to Huntsville, Al and back and sometimes from Huntsville to OKC,Ok back to Fort Worth and more then likely home every weekend and I,m paid $ 850 a week salary to start and they are hiring 2 guys and I am the first one. The trucks are 05 Frieghtliners with 300 to 400k miles and I think all the loads are under 15,000 pounds.

If they are under 15,000 you'll get some really great fuel milage.

I forgot, she said that there will be a bonus every month for if I had to move trailers or wait on a trailer or anything thats other than drop and hook.

That sounds like a good deal, what is the milage from Ft Worth to Huntsville and from Huntsville to OKC and back to Ft Worth?

Each run is approx 200 miles one way.

Unless they are having you run 3000 miles per week the money is pretty good. Doing one run per day 5 days a week (2000 miles) you would make roughly 42.5 cpm. If you jump to 2500 miles a week that is 34 cpm and 3000 miles per week that drops to 28 cpm.

Of course on the flip side of that, regardless of how it works out on a cpm basis having a job that pays a wage you can live on and with is "priceless". :wink:

I dont know all the details yet, I have been moving trailers local right now but I think I pick a loaded trailer up in Fort Worth take it to Huntsville and bring a empty back to Fort Worth but sometimes might drop loaded in Huntsville pick up a loaded in huntsville take it to OKC and bring empty from there back to Fort Worth. The lady at United said as we get further along in the program that we might run to different states but everything will be coming and going out of Fort Worth. Ya Double L that was another thing on the bonus was fuel mileage, with that kind of weight I thought the same thing it should be easy to get.

Doesn't sound too bad at all - not a 1099, I take it? I figure you learned about asking that question. With a run like that, you could be home every night or every other night, I'd guess, depending on whether it's one turn a day or 'drive your hours out'.

If it's one turn, that could be pretty close to a banker's hours gig! Good find!

What difference does it make how many miles he drives? He is paid a salary. The less miles the better.....less work same pay

Your concept is right, but I'll bet that dispatch has it down to a science. They know that the more work they can get him to do, the cheaper he will be working. I suspect he may find he doesn't have to go on a diet. He'll be working it off. But, then... I could be wrong about that.

Since they are non-union, a course in "creative logging" may not be required, but helpful.