Comments By Kyle B.

Kyle, I've read through all your posts and I think you need to do two things. One, you need to slow down... a lot. If you really want to make trucking your career then it seems to me like you maybe need to take things at a much slower pace. That's not to say there's anything wrong with you, your approach, or your desire. It just sounds to me like you're trying to keep up with the big dogs who have been doing this for years and you can't; accept that you're a rookie and take it slow. I'm simply saying that based on the number of minor (and supposedly unreported) accidents you've had, missed directions, and forgotten instructions (like the reefer) that maybe you need to slow things down. And that's okay. There's some things in life that I can breeze through and there are other things I need to do at a snail's pace. And this is exactly why I haven't changed careers yet. I know I'll be slow for a while and my pay will suffer. I'm waiting till the home life and finances are such that we can support me learning at my own pace till I can prove I'm a top earner.

Thats the take away, Im taking it easyer now with W.E now then I was with the local job.

And two... I know we shouldn't pick on this but... your posts are atrocious. Many times I have to read and re-read and re-read again just to understand not only what you're saying but the general idea of what you're trying to convey. I can promise you that, as someone who does a lot of formal documentation, employers evaluate everything you do, say, and write. When a post looks like it's been run through a wood chipper, people immediately judge and label the author. I'm sorry but it happens. If your intra-company communication is anything like your posts here, then your employers have already judged and labeled you. Seriously, in addition to slowing things down driving-wise, slow down your text based communication. Read what you've written before you post or send via Qualcomm; it makes a huge difference.

I know My way of writing things is bad, I try to be sure Im proof reading my message. But like work I tend to rush when typing.

Tbh that's unwatchable. The audio is extremely loud and obnoxious.

Suggestions

1: Mute audio 2: Cut to good parts. Give 3-5 seconds of before footage and a couple seconds after.

Appreciate someone sharing their experiences, but with some free software you can edit that and maybe make a few bucks off ad revenue.

Will do, oh to bad my Chanel no longer qualify to get as rev huh?

(contains some foul language, and strange music called euro beat)

So recently Ive been posting dash cam videos onto youtube, Catching bone headed moves and so forth of course. If I say or mention somehting wrong. Let me know as I dont wanna seem like a big moron.

Ep 1: Dealing with bad drivers

Ep 2: catching even more bad drivers

ep 3: Dont go there!

Company: Sure winner food Operation area: New england Terminals: Saco, Maine Sryicuse, New york Pay: 19.50 per hour 4 dollar inc for staying under 10 hrs)

Class A & B (major class b Trucks) ==== I sadly was let go of the company some time ago but this does give a different view of local deliverys. S.W.F is known as a hannaford Warehouse on top of being a frozen food delivery services. The storys the deliver to are Hannafor, market basket,Doller general, Walmart, shaws and several other. I was a class A driver/ cover driver in the begining, Covering routes that needed covering. Normaly Ill have 12 stops or slightly more depending on the day. All the delivers where paltizes and where normaly the whole pallet, We have powerjacks (that die quickly) to unload ourselfs. Half the time I had to go in during off hourse due to delays in the runs. (beer trucks Piorty trucks despite having priority my self at hannaford. ) Regardless I got the loads done regardless if I fell behind or not. ANd got along veyr well with management and Co workers. I was eventaly moved to a more stable position as a cross docker. THis one is different I have a class A truck I take it to Burlington,vt White river vt, (There is another but I cant remember where it is.) Manchester Nh, Or Hermon, maine, (rarely IO have to go father than that due to the driver running out of time.) And put the loads into a class B truck, Yes that means backing against another trailer, Using a dock plate and a power jack. (that dies allot). Trust me allot can go wrong, from Pallets falling over and having to restack, to The jack falling off due to poor dock placement. To messy drivers. (long story short the driver was fired). While during the winter I did some Deliverys on a friday or a saturday. I also picked up from one of two of our mandatory pick ups (friendlys or hood).

What happened?: So why was i let go? Well We haul icecream what is the one thing you NEVER do when hauling frozen foods?

Forget to turn on the refer in the other dirvers truck.. I eneded up doing that more than once. WHile only 1 load was lost, and the others saved (Abit where late) They let me go baised on that sadly.

Yes, that's the standard. Don't get hung up on thinking it's some way to cheat you. That's the same way I get paid.

Think of each load as a contract between you and the company. They let you know how many miles are paid on the load. They don't pay you based on how many miles you drive, but how many they are charging the customer for.

This is known as HHG miles. Household goods miles have long been the industry standard. That is what you'll find in the mileage charts in the back of your Rand McNally atlas.

Ah thanks I was currious, thanks.

Now, I hope you can see what a great deal that is! You can get paid 800 dollars for only turning 1,800 miles. Do the math - that's really good money for the miles, and 1,800 miles is kid's play.

Of course once you figure out how to excel at it you can do much better.

I give it my all regardless of how Things been anyways I learned that my mileage is from city to city not adress to adress. Is that normal for most companies?

I wasnt trying to complain I was actuly confused when I looked at my paycheck and didnt see a seperate payrate for empty miles.

Ok Allow me to elaberate on what I mean. (Im trying to explain how it works for any others seeking to go into W.E) Or those who work for W.e currently And may can help explain things better.

I was actually wrong and I do get payed for empty miles, where I was tossed in for a loop was how many Miles I was paid for, vs the miles I actuly driven. I did a little under 1800 Last week. (though my 8 day log added up says something different, or I may be crazy and I miscaculated) Lets say I get a load assignment,(Note:This might be different from actual miles driven) Loaded miles would be 450 and empty 30. That would be combined so I get payed 30 cpm flat either way.

For van drivers its 5 delivered loads, or 1800 delivered miles, to get 800 minimum pay 1600 for flatbed

During training your payed a flat $400 per week while over the road with a trainer.

Gah typo city no one else would of takin me on except for western express

I have a major issue and it's quite concerning

Kyle, I need you to help us out here.

You've been all over the place (figuratively and literally) while trying to become a truck driver. You got let go from Prime, you went to Schneider, then quit that job. You then went to a local job telling us you were not cut out for "over the road," and you were tired of "crappy paychecks."

Now you're back in here telling us you're going to get "back on the horse," but before you're even in the saddle your worried about how little you're going to get paid! It's no wonder you're having such a hard time making a successful career of this. You've completely misunderstood how this whole thing works.

I started at Western Express making .27cpm, and ended my rookie year at nearly $50,000 for my gross pay. I never concern myself with how little I'm going to make. I focus my efforts on how much I'm going to make. This job is all about performance. You just dont quit at trucking and blame the company or the pay scale for your "crappy paychecks."

Think about this: There are a lot of successful drivers at Schneider and Prime. When one of their drivers is doing really poorly we have to figure out why they aren't successful. We know it's not due to the pay scale or the company. They wouldn't have all these successful drivers out there on the road if that was the issue.

You've already set yourself up with something to blame for the difficulties you're planning on having! You've got to change the way you approach this career.

Everyday I wake up and make a plan on how I'm going to outperform everyone else out here that I'm competing with. Then I get out there and execute that plan. I may be at it early. I may be at it late. I may park my truck at a locked gate so no other driver can get in there before me. I may even have the loaders load my truck in a way that gives me an advantage on a multi-stop load. I never stop thinking about how to put myself in a position that gives me the edge needed for success.

Do you see how completely differently you and I approach this career? Can you change the way you think? I say you can. I say you have to. If you don't, you're going to be right back in here telling us why this job didn't work out and what you're planning on doing next.

Here's the top three priorities you need to focus on to make a go of this...

My Performance

My Performance

My Performance

Thank you for the advice but that wasn't what I was talking about I thought u made 1800 (in fact I did almost 1900 miles this week alone.) My mistake was leaving snchieder in the first place. What happened with my local job was well, I was let go because I goof up more than once.(non accident related) Western is my second chance company because due to having a accident record with snchieder.(not on driving records) no one would take me except snchieder.

West changed the scale pay to 30pm -32 and one other I forgot which. My consern wasn't the pay but the lack of pay for empty miles which I found out was combined with the total miles. And several other odd things.

On the other note they gave me a 2018 international lt, they don't sent me across gwb or Long Island. I've been running hard, making on time deliverys so far.

I decided to stick with the company regardless of the bad reviews on indeed and glass door. No one else would take me and I'll be a idiot for refusing the job