i spoke with a mail contract trucking company, and they told me that you had to have 2 years of tractor trailer experience. i asked about driving a straight truck and they told me i needed the 2 years of T/T/ experience. I heard these job pays over $20.00 an hour even for a sraight truck. if there are any mail drivers out here please let me know if this is true.

 

As of about 3 years ago the mail carriers around here were starting out at $19.76 per hour.

Now one thing with many, if not all the contracts, they were based on the average amount of time it took to get from point A to point B. So if it was figured at 9 hours that is all you would get paid even if it took you 10. Of course if you did it in 8 then you still got paid for 9. The runs were computed at something like 40-45 mph. Also, if need be, many of the carriers would pay for motels for you to take your break in if you were running solo.

 

one around this way was paying around 20.00 per hour... they said you drive 3.5-4 hours to mail warehouse wait 2-3 hours(unpaid) for backhaul mail load then back on clock for another 3.5-4 hours........... always a catch