average weekly miles
#2
10-16-2007, 09:48 AM
Speaking strictly for myself, average is somewhere around 2,800 a week throughout the year, counting the weeks I spend at home. Sometimes more, sometimes less. I think I've had one semi-monthly paycheck that was below 5,500 miles and two that were over 7,000. The rest are somewhere a little over or a little under 6,000 miles.
How is it figured? It's figured by the distance that your company's customers need to send stuff. I don't mean to be a wiseguy, but there is no simple formula unless you're on a dedicated run. OTR drivers go somewhere to get something and then go somewhere else to drop it off. If you drove 11 hours a day, you'd run out of your 70 hours before your first week was up. Depending on time allotted for inspections, fuel, maintenance, and so forth, your hours could be gone in as little as five days. You'd probably be pretty burned out too. Unless unusual circumstances dictate otherwise, I like to work around 8-9 hours a day.
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#3
10-18-2007, 10:38 AM
Most drivers will run somewhere between 2500mi to 3200mi per week on average.
That number will very greatly from one company to the other, or from one driver to the other.
#4
10-18-2007, 11:56 AM
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You don't go by miles, you go by time.
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#5
10-18-2007, 12:06 PM
Alot of it depends on where your loads take you week by week. With us you can request stuff like no NYC/Canada/NE, but that will effect your miles. Alot of loads coming out of NJ and PA go to places like TX. Good miles, but sometimes hard to get out of TX. Just learn your lanes, and you will know loads to watch for. Alot of our guys refuse loads to low freight places. We can't force them to run anything.
Just remember to push back, or alot of FM's will take advantage.
#6
10-18-2007, 12:56 PM
Originally Posted by Uturn2001
You don't go by miles, you go by time.
Actually......................... Don't go by miles, go by money. Would you rather do 2000 miles a week at .60 cpm or 3000 at .40 ?
#7
10-18-2007, 03:00 PM
Originally Posted by VitoCorleone99
I don't mean to be a wiseguy
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#8
10-20-2007, 10:24 AM
depends, if you are running ltl as o/o you might get 2300 and make good money. if you run as co. driver 2300-2800 is average. if you run as otr o/o 3000-3500 is cool. if like me as otr l/o 3500-4000 is what i need and get, hopefullly lol. my friend who runs ltl o/o needs more per mile than a company driver. i run average 3500/week and take home enuff to pay bills and taxes.
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#9
10-20-2007, 02:16 PM
Running flatbed for both TMC and Passmore, I'd typically run between 2500 and 3100 miles per week plus home Friday night, leave out Monday morning. I always ran with money and hometime in mind, not HOS rules. HOS is very easy to get around. The money's there, as is the hometime, but the schedule can be grueling and if you're not up to it don't do it. That's partly why I got out of it. I couldn't do it safely, so I left. The money ain't worth it to me.
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#10
10-21-2007, 03:15 AM
Your miles also depends on the type of truck you drive also.Whether it be a dry van,reefer flatbed.I personally average 2300 miles a week and get home on weekends.This works for me.Might not work for someone else.There are alot of variables involved in trucking.I drive a flatbed and love it.
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