[Cluggy619]

Hi. Long time being away from the board, but with a new possible job being just around the corner for me, I got to thinking about the pay.

Now the company told me I would be paid .35 /mile. But would that be HHG? Or Practical Miles? Or even, HUB Miles? I don't know.

What I do know is that I will be paid the miles on the contract. What does that mean?

It's really simple. The shipping company have talked to company A, and came up with a price to ship to company B. Within that price is a certain percentage allowed for drivers pay for the entire load. The shipping company then takes that driver pay amount, and divide IT by the pay the driver gets, and gets the number of miles paid. Not the miles driven, the amount of miles paid. Sometimes, you can get the company to increase the amount. Not always. You can try, but most good companies will already be given what the total amount for driver pay adds up too......Not JBH, but good companies.

So as I embark with this knowledge, I know that I will be driving for contracted miles, and any little bits I can squeeze out of them. For this is the way it really works. If you are new to truck driving, and wondering why you are driving more than what you are being paid, I hope this helps you out.

One last thing...this is figured on full loads. Partial loads of course pay less to the shipping company....at least, I think so.

Any comments?


During my last edit, I had to correct an error pointed out by stewie!!!!

[stewey1982]

The shipping company then takes that driver pay amount, and divide is by the pay the driver gets, and gets the number of miles paid.



i'm not sure what this is supposed to mean. It doesn't make sense could you clarify your position?

[mgfg]

Originally Posted by stewey1982

It doesn't make sense could you clarify your position?

Who knew that calculating rates and driver pay was that complex.

[stewey1982]

IF you actually read his post, you would see there is either a run on sentence or an incomplete thought. The wording of some of his sentences are confusing.

The shipping company then takes that driver pay amount, and divide

Instead, it looks like he meant to say, "The shipping company then takes the driver pay amount and divides." There is no need for the comma between "and" and "divides". However, I can't tell what he meant to say. I don't have time to give an English class so the readers can understand what some posters are trying to say. I know how to calculate driver pay.

[mgfg]

Originally Posted by stewey1982

I don't have time to give an English class so the readers can understand what some posters are trying to say. I know how to calculate driver pay.

[Cluggy619]

Originally Posted by stewey1982

IF you actually read his post, you would see there is either a run on sentence or an incomplete thought. The wording of some of his sentences are confusing. Instead, it looks like he meant to say, "The shipping company then takes the driver pay amount and divides." There is no need for the comma between "and" and "divides". However, I can't tell what he meant to say. I don't have time to give an English class so the readers can understand what some posters are trying to say. I know how to calculate driver pay.

Thanks for pointing out that I have bad grammer. I'm also ugly....do you want to comment on that as well?

Always someone in a crowd who thinks they are special. Special ed, maybe. So stewey1982 knows how to calculate drivers pay. I bet he thinks it miles x rate = drivers pay. And that might be the case for dear ole stewey, who main concern as a truck driver is proper grammer. But not all drivers understand why they are driving 800 miles, and only getting paid for 650. This post is mearly a po truck driver with poor grammer trying to make sense of this...

So PLEASE stewey...clear it up for me....be sure to use proper grammer in the process, or I just won't get it.

[Malaki86]

There's people with poor grammar and people that don't know how to convey their thoughts into speech that the rest of the public can understand. There's no reason to get mad at everyone else because of your misgivings.

[Cluggy619]

Originally Posted by Malaki86

There's people with poor grammar and people that don't know how to convey their thoughts into speech that the rest of the public can understand. There's no reason to get mad at everyone else because of your misgivings.

It's not that I mad about my misgivings. But no-one on this board deserves some snot-nose ex-cop bashing and/or hyjacking their thread. It's just plain rude.

[VPIDarkAngel]

This does make sense, although one should bear in mind that sometimes, there IS a method to the mileage madness. I've been pulling for one customer for over four years and the mileage that my company pays me for any given city-to-city trip (We're paid by HHG miles) has stayed the same, for better or for worse. As for full load versus partial load, we make the same per mile regardless. Then again, it is rare for us to have a truly empty wagon.

[Malaki86]

Who cares if he's an ex-cop? I don't. I've never had any issues with cops or the DOT, but then again, I don't do things that would make them my enemy, either.