Does he get a chunk of the fsc, though? Or does he get his % of the linehaul? I'm not familiar with this kind of arrangement.

 

no-He'd just get the %

 

Most companies or owner operators don't pay their driver a percentage of the fuel surcharge. They only pay on what the load pays.

 

So the key to becoming a rich truck driver would be to haul expensive freight many miles (if i choose %). But I doubt one gets the option to choose which freight he gets to haul if I become a co. driver. I guess there is no perfect senerio, otherwise you fellas would be doing it already.

 

Thank you. Thats what I was referring to

 

Some companies will allow a driver to have some input as to what they haul and where they go. You are more likely to have a say so with a percentage carrier than mileage. Most of the mileage carriers seem to have forced dispatch.

 

True. TMC is not forced dispatch and most times we do get to chose our loads if multiple loads are available.

 

Other than TMC, what major carriers pay percentage?

 

Two questions:

1) One of MAVERICK recruiter's points was that you never really knew what the company was charging the customer so how could you really know as a driver what your load was worth?

Low blow . . . but interesting point.

At TMC, how do you know what the company is charging and therefore what your "cut" is?

2) If a new driver can "make as much" as an experienced driver then there's no logical reason for an experienced driver to remain at TMC.

Yet, obviously they do.

So there has to be something more to it. I don't know what, but it makes sense that older drivers expect higher pay on top of other benefits so obviously they're either getting greater percentage or more expensive loads.

Are there "levels" to loads with some getting the best and some getting the worst?

If older drivers do make greater percentage, how far can you be after 3-5 years?

Can someone explain how that works?

 

Why is it that experienced drivers expect more wages, just because their experienced? Don't get me wrong in most professions an entry level position is going to be a must. But in truck driving aren't the newbie and the seasoned pro doing the exact same thing?, both are taking the same kind of risk and both can expect the same kind of results if an incident happens. Just because the seasoned pro knows the the highway a lot better and can take short cuts accordingly does it mean that he should get more pay? Maybe the insurance for a pro is a little less or is it that the insurance company takes less of a risk with the pro I don't know, just a thought. Seems to me if I'm doing the same job shouldn't I expect the same wages? Like i said just a thought, I'm not naive, nor do I think that I'm going to get the same wages as a pro, but don't think I wont ask when I get there to orientation.