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Originally Posted by Graymist
Good on you, mate !! You mentioned that you're with Advantage....meaning Kenan Advantage ? Where are you based ? Do you work local or OTR ? May I ask what the pay is like ?
Congrats, once again.
PS
For what it's worth, your decision was quite right. If we expect our employers to treat us with respect and integrity, we must remember that it's a 2-way street.
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Yeah, it's Kenan Advantage. I work out of the Marietta, Ohio terminal which is small (9 drivers) and it's all local work. We get paid per mile and load/unload (most terminals are hourly). I guess they pay us that way because were not really close to any big city's so your running back roads and delivering to the smaller stations. Your also turning a lot of miles because the deliveries are so spread out and if they paid hourly you could soak up 8 hours on a 150 mile run.
On average you gross $750.00 per week (you can pick up extra loads hauling ethanol so you can make more if you want), I do know a guy that drives for Advantage out of Columbus, Ohio and he makes a lot more than I do, which I think it's like that in any bigger city for any company.
I like the job, the only management you deal with is the dispatchers when you call in and tell them your done for the day. They fax all the loads to you when you get to work so you know exactly what your doing for the day. Nice to know whats going on and what your going to do next.
When I first started I thought no way am I going to like hauling 8,800 gallons of gas but after a while you forget about it and not much different than hauling water. I just keep it slow on the curves and even slower making turns and maneuvering around in the lots loaded. Our Safety guy was going over the numbers with us in my Safety training class (have to go through it before you get out on your own) but most of Advantages rollovers happen making simple turns in and out of stations and on the city streets (go figure?).