I Think I've Seen The Mileage Scam Up Close!!
 

While in my bosses office tonight i seen a paper he had thrown away that shows the mileage and fuel charge from the Warehouse we pull from to the plants and factories we serve.. I'm going to make it as simple as this and some one can maybe explain but From Richmond, VA to Federalsburg, MD (Outside of Annapolis, MD) is 203 going the way we are dispatched to go (UP 95 to US 50, MD 404 to MD 313) and thats what he had on his sheet..203 miles one way, BUT we only get paid 188 miles one to do this load according to our paystubs...

Someone care to explain?? I'm not really outraged but damn... like i do this run sometimes 4 times a week thats in a way shorting me about 50 bucks...

You need to ask your employer rather than us. He is the only one who can answer your question. Most carriers pay the same way in which they are paid by the shipper or broker. Some of them pay based upon practical miles, others pay based on household miles. Practical is closer to the actual miles, but some carriers still pay on household. Few pay on hub miles due to the abuse by some drivers.

He's cheatin ya!

You'll find a lot of carriers that might use PC MILLER use the "shortest" selection for the miles to pay the drivers. Without looking at a map, I'm thinking that would route you along US-301 when you get north of Richmond. He may be routing you along the most practical route, but paying by shortest miles. Not unusual. The one that got me was where two towns got 13 miles closer together over a 3 year period. There had been no construction that would shorten the distance, but at the end of 3 years, we were paid 13 miles less to make the trip. That's been 15 years ago, and I still have not figured that out.:confused:

Yeah he's paying you as if your running 301 up to Annapolis when your actually sitting in that crappy 95/495 traffic mess. Do they not want to pay the toll on 301?

The last time I went up 301, the only toll there was, was on the southbound side. And, the area was full of construction. I'm guessing that when it's done, they may be charging a toll in both directions.
But, there was also heavy traffic, and I didn't make much time going that way.

Ya your right Wind, it's a southbound only toll. What you saw with work was to improve the area there not to place a toll on the northbound side.

Many shippers use their own mileage program with varying versions.It may not be the same as your company use's. Using PC Miler,main zip to main zip, 5 versions show 5 different mileages,each newer version getting shorter.

Yep... in SPITE OF the fact that those cities haven't moved a single inch. You really have to wonder if the trucking companies aren't paying off RAND-MCNALLY.

Hmmm.... wonder if there's any investigative branch of the legislature willing to look into that?

going up 207 to 301 is 8 miles shorter.... but yeah this is just a shame... and they pay the tolls...we can take 301 south back if we choose.. we got ezpasses...

I am curious as to why you don't take the shortest route since your company pays for all tolls?

Because 301 sometimes has problems GMAN. Some days it's quicker to run 95 up and around instead of 301 plus it has stoplights on it. Now when VDOT was doing guardrail work on northbound 95 around Fredericksburg, it was much quicker to run 301, traffic on 95 was backed up 12 miles + all day long. It's a crapshoot most days on which route to run and depends on the time of day a lot.

Going up 95 with little or no problems gets you there in 3 hr40 mins..... Going up 301 through the middle of the day the quickest i've gotten to Federalsburg was 4 hr 20 mins... 301 is shorter but plenty of lights.. the only way you could make the case for 301 is going through there in the middle of the night and that will still cost your 15 to 20 mins

Sometimes, it is better to take the longer route to save the time.