Please Explain

Do not understand any of the following....help!

Paid on Practical miles not "shortest" miles!
Pays for all lumper fees
98% No Touch
Paid Detention
Escalating Stop Pay
Short Haul Pay

Practical miles versus shortest miles means they'll pay you for the length of the shortest truck route, not the shortest distance from zip code to zip code like most companies pay. You can expect about 5% more miles from practical miles versus shortest distance between zip codes. Companies often use a listing called "Household Mover's Guide" mileage which is basically the shortest distance between two zip codes. Practical mileage will pay a bit better, all else being equal.

Lumper fees means the company will pay people to unload the truck for you. You wouldn't have to pay for that. This one only applies to lease drivers or owner operators because company drivers never pay for lumpers.

98% no touch means 98% of the time you won't have to help load or unload any freight. You won't touch it.

Paid detention means they'll pay you something if you're sitting at a customer for a pre-determined amount of time....usually two hours or so. So you might get $10/hour for every hour you sit beyond the first two hours.

I believe escalating stop pay means the more stops a load has the more you get paid for each stop. Having multiple stops on a load is a pain in the butt. You're getting paid by the mile so you want to roll down the highways. You don't want to be driving around cities making deliveries. Therefore they'll pay you extra if you have to make extra stops.

Short haul pay - same kinda thing - you're trying to turn miles so the short runs cost you money. Too much time wasted doing things other than driving. So they'll pay you more per mile when you're hauling a short load to help make up for the lost money when compared with a longer run.

Thanks Brett. Just researching to see whats on offer. Difficult to make any decisions when you don't understand the lingua. Hope others will benefit from this.