Load Select is for instance:

You just emptied out in Atlanta and your dispatcher

sez do you want to go pickup in Macon and go to California

or would you like to grab a load out of Atlanta to CHarlotte ?

They offer a choice of runs to the driver should the opportunity arise.

That's 20cpm if you are getting paid percentage if you are getting mileage then you get paid the same loaded or mty.

Load Select is when your fm calls you to offer choices of loads. That depends on your fm. Some don't call with choices and some do. The company policy is that if choices are available then they should call you to offer you those choices.
They will tell you that this is a no forced dispatch company but once you are assigned the load it is yours.

When I was a new driver, my FM would assign loads without consulting me, I was in no position at that time to know otherwise. If I protested about a load, I would get the load removed and get another one. I didn't whine about every load being perfect because over the course of the week I would end up getting a decent paycheck.
Now that I have been around the block, my (new) FM calls me to discuss loads before assigning them. Depending on a number of factors such as location, day of the week, time of the day, and whether I see that it will get me home - I may reject or accept loads. Due to my experience with the freight in my area, I pretty much know how to control my pay or schedule. As my FM is new, but learning fast, he is pretty receptive.

How long do you veterans give a FM to understand how you like to run? And also how much "control" do you give your FM. Mine hasn't offered me a single load yet. Just sends it on the QC.. Every friday this month I have been 400+ miles from home on friday morning, with a load to deliver, then a bounce, then get loaded. Haven't seen the house before midnight.. And every week I've left the house by 15:00 on sunday. Wouldn't bother me so bad, but haven't met my financial goals one week since I started... Just trying to figure the TMC game out..

If its anything like where I am now....freight is simply dead this time of year

Looked on TMC's website and there is nothing on it about their payscale.

Could someone reply as to the specifics of their pay.

I talked to a fellow who drove for TMC a while back at the T/A..

He said he was getting 27% of the load (whatever that works out to be)

So then,


If you roll 185 miles empty ....do you get the .20 for

185 miles :?:

or the .20 for the 35 miles :?:

TMC pays either by a percentage of the load (depending on what your snapshot is determines your percentage) or you can choose to go milage. On a bounce if it is over 150 miles you get paid .20 for all miles. So if it is 160 miles you will get 32 dollars. If you are new starting out, you will be at 23% until your full first month in the truck. At that point they will give what they call a snapshot (gross pay+oor+fuel consumption+ misc) and that will determine your new percentage. Some go up as far as 30%, and some stay at 23%.

Cool...

What is 'Misc' :?:

How often have you been West :?:

Are you free to get fuel where and when you need it ?

What routing program do they prefer ?