:lol::lol: I see the Rev couldn't resist doing the math, either! :lol2::lol2:

But, he had to drive faster and get more miles cuz he didn't get paid as much! He should get one of these cushy LTL jobs! :moon::lol2:

 

well i am not doing it and i see that is what some of you are thinking
i am not a trucker i just wanted to know if it was possible thats all but thanks
i am calling in today and i start school next monday

 

Fueling...Pretrip...posttrip...is only .50 hr since you only need to show 15 miutes of line 4 for 1 of the two ...also depending on what the company allows you can combine pretrip or post trip with things like fueling if situation permits .

 

Why is it when a driver asks how he/she can run 4k or more solo at .28 cpm I'm always reminded of the scene from the john candy movie armed and dangerous where they were discussing hours an pay.

 

Hobo the most senior guys at an LTL barn can and do get close. Our top pay is .56 cpm plus dont forget we get 22.50/hr for D/H, fuel, waitng, breakdown etc. The longest runs are usually in the 500-600 mi range and they do the same run every night. Now the bottom feeders like me might get next to nothing, might get 2900 in a week if we're swamped, or if it is a schedule its probably in the 300-400 mi range. Those top guys do take alot of vacations and someone has to cover their run! But all the little hourly time adds up too. I dont personally know any that made 104k but I know many top 90k. (I suck hind *** and I do 60k! LOL). Before evryone gets their panties in a bunch I aint braggin I'm just trying to share a little info. I know people are interested just from the PM's I get.

 

Sounds pretty reasonable Blake, thats 750 each. :rofl:

 

I was going to say until I read this post that the only way I could venture that someone could turn $2K in one week would most probably be on a Teamster job.

I've made just over $1800(gross pay) in one 7 day week, lots of hourly stuff included....but even still after that week was over....I was FRIED and didn't even want to think about working any more for a couple of days.

My logs are and stay legal.....fines are too damned high for violations to try and do it illegally.

 

It is certainly possible to make $2000 in one week. You will not do it by running 7000 miles in one week, though. When times were good it was not difficult at all to make that hauling some cars around. Granted those 14-18 hours days sucked sometimes, but it sure beat sitting around at a truckstop waiting for a load.

 

You can definitely make $2k per week hauling cars. The problem was not making that much each week, the problem was the number of weeks worked being near the bottom of the seniority list. In 1997 I earned over $48k for the year while working less then six months. The union companies pay holiday pay at over $19 hr. for 8 hours and if you worked it was 12 hrs. at $19 hr. plus your trip pay at $1.04 per mile(that was over ten years ago) company driver. Union bennies weren't bad either! It was nothing to make $450 - $550 a day before the non union companies began hauling cars for peanuts.

 

Those were the good ole days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!