Exactly.

I agreed to work for a percentage...and that's what I'm paid.
Too many variables to even think about what it works out per hour...every load is different.

Whatever, if thats how you need to look at it. True to an extent but time is money. Time wasted is never recouped.

We get paid by the load hauling fuel, so it varies I gave up on trying to figure it out as some days it is great and others not so much, As Fredog said it only matters what you put in the bank which always seems to keep the bills paid and the wife happy.
We pulled some ethanol runs out of Georgia this past month that paid $285 and took 11.5 hours to run.
We have one pump off run that can be done in 1.5 hours if all goes right and pays $58, another one takes 2 hours to do and only pays $42, so it all depends on the day and how smooth things are running at the rack, but overall it averages out to around $18 - $22 an hour. some weeks higher if business levels are strong.

Timberwolf

Average is $19.00/hr.

Have had weeks a low as $16.00/hr and as high as $27.00/hr.

How? Piece, stop, milage and hourly pay(delay time, some stops pay hourly plus stop, plus pieces)

Summertime and foodshow ship weeks are heavy and pay is high.

Jan-march is very slow.

And i log 100% legal(sp?)

And NO, I am not paid to sit in a hotel on my break on monday nights(but then again, neither is the business man in the next room)

I hear ya snowman

When i ran dry bulk getting paid by the ton i worked around 60hrs a week. I make just as much working around 45 at the job i have now. So why work that xtra 15hrs for the same pay at the end of the week??

Hey double R, Yea I bet Food Show week is a major pain in the ass.
That is the one thing I can say about Sysco is that they spare no expense on their food shows. Here in Orlando I always stayed at the nicest hotels along with another 1000 of their best customers at their expense, and then they always throw a great reception the first night Big dollars spent every year in every city that Sysco has a house in, I am sure they make it back twice fold... I always did love food show week...

Timberwolf

It's a PIA. I am so glad that I run an overnight run on monday. My customers do not know what a foodshow is(chain account). That is two days(monday and tuesday) that I do not have to deal with the BS.:D

Even though I don't get paid by the hour, I average $16-19 per hour, usually working 50-60 hours weekly, gone Monday morning through Saturday night... for a mega-carrier.

For those who are so concerned about being paid for every second of their time during the day, whether working or not, I think it would be quite enlightening to follow some of you around for a day and see how productive you really are. You are also a slave to the clock. Of course, it may not matter if you are not working each second that you are being paid.

I agree with Fredog. The only thing that really matters is what you put in the bank at the end of the week. It doesn't matter how you are paid as long as you enjoy what you do and you earn a decent paycheck at the end of the week. The only thing that should be of concern is whether you can pay the bills and enjoy life. It seems to me that some of you who tell us that you are making such big money working by the hour are not very happy. You want to convince the rest of us that you are making so much money but you sound miserable. Thanks, but no thanks.

I was just curious as to what people were making per hour at different companies for driving a truck. Lines 3 and 4. I go on line 4 when I arrive at the yard and do not come off 3/4 until I come back and go home. I find it odd that people are arguing that they don't care what they make. If you are comparing jobs between carriers it would seem to me to be a pretty basic thing to want to know. One carrier says .50/mile and you get 1,000 miles a week and another says .35 and you get 2,500 per week. Thats one way in otr. But if your home about every night like I am you can't look at miles because that dosnt tell you anything.