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Eckoh, that's a really nice weekly check. Hope you keep getting them miles.

Matt, that sounds really good, too. I've tried talking my wife into getting her CDL so we could team, but we've got kids. And someone has to take care of them lol.

Teaming isn't that bad. As long as I make $850/week and up, I'll be satisfied. Again, I'm hoping for a team dedicated route with consistent miles every week, but it may be another five months before that becomes a possibility since we are new hires.

I've not gone to a cb shop yet, but I am curious about the hookup of my radio.

We were assigned a 2015 KW T680 this morning due to the issues with our Freightliner.

This thing has a spot for the cb to be installed in the overhead panel. Easy, right?

The issue I've run into is the absence of a power cable. There is a connection for every port on the backside of the radio, except the 3-pin power slot.

Any suggestions?

We get paid on a sliding scale so anything over 500 is .36 . If you got a real short load let's say 35 miles you will be paid 50 dollars and .50 a mile. So all in all it works out at the end of the week.

That's awesome! Do you get many of those out here?

We aren't running any dedicated accounts, but we've been given loads that were suppose to be picked up from the shipper a day before they were assigned to us.

We picked up from Georgia Pacific on this run and delivered to two Sam's Club stores. So far, this was our first and only store delivery run. We usually delivery to warehouses

Thanks, ironmike. I'll run it by a cb shop soon and see what all I can do. Depending on price of course. But $30 ain't bad

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I'm still a new driver, and I did post the best outcome in the first post, but I know that isn't always the case.

We've gotten solo loads, and they really don't pay that much. Our DM is so hard to get in touch with, and the after hours dispatchers go from really polite, to really snobby. Depending on who answers their phone.

Maybe we will luck out and get something dedicated before too long, but as the veteran's have said, you've got to prove yourself before you get better loads and more miles.

So far everything has been on time, and the DM says we are doing great. Hopefully that's the truth.

And of course, I'm on 19

Ive got a Uniden Bearcat 980SSB, but im really not sure we hats goong on with it. I've heard other drivers on it, but when I ask for a radio check, nothing came back. Even though the radio shows transmission is being made.

Thanks, Brett. Teaming is going great so far. The only problems I've had are with shipping/receiving. They just make huge mistakes sometimes. For instance, we were given a load for Sam's Club, two stops. No problem.

We get to the first stop, receiver says he had to unload entire trailer just to find all of his products. Still missing three pallets.

Make it to the second receiver, he tells me the trailer is full of product for stores other than the two I was told to stop at

In a dilemma with this ordeal at the moment. Other than that, lifes been great out here. Even teaming.

Alright. As promised, I'm sharing the information about team pay. I had questions about team pay a few months ago, and I'm here to tell you all what it's really about at Swift.

Teams: 25 cpm Solo: 36 cpm

So why team? What are the perks?

Give a solo driver a 2,000 mile trip. It takes the driver approximately 40 hours/4 days to make the delivery. In other words, it takes that driver 4 days to make $720.

Give a team the same load. It takes them approximately 2 days/40 hours to make the delivery. And, once they've made that delivery, they're given another 2,000 mile load. It will take another 2 days/40 hours.

In other words, the team drivers will make $2,000 (each driver will make $1,000) in the same amount of time that it took the solo driver to make $720.

Swift pays their teams by the total miles that were driven rather than basing individual pay on actual miles each team mate has driven. For example, if I drive 500 miles today, and my teammate only drives 300, we will both be paid for 800 miles.

So now you know. Y'all stay safe