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Originally Posted by GMAN
I agree with driving for free about 10% of the time, with some carriers. I would prefer seeing hub miles being paid. I think one reason this isn't the case is that there would be too much abuse by drivers. If they start going out of route, it will skew the pay rate.
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My motto is: if I don't get paid, then I don't do the job. It's just as simple as that. Thus, I can really care less if the carrier ain't getting paid for excess HHG/Practical routing miles. That's their problem, not mine. If they can't raise rates enough to pay me top-dollar for my efforts, then...
Bye!
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Catch ya' on the flipside
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Gotta go...Gotta run...Gotta book...Gotta motor
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Or like Dennis Miller said..."that's the news and I'm outta here!"
I can go to Mapquest right now and get address-to-address routing for any trip in the continental US. And that's exactly how a OTR driver should be paid. If he has to go OOR for any business-related reason that he can prove (construction, accident, scale a load, traffic, weather, etc) then he should be able to appeal through his dispatcher and get paid for those miles.
But as long as drivers are willing to play the fool, then nothing will ever change. And you can take that one to the bank.