I'm Quitting C.R. England Because Of Low Miles

Oh I know that now but when I worked there on the dock and they said that my jaw dropped and that's when I got to thinking about becoming a trucker lol

Back in '93 I was working in a warehouse 55-60 hours a week making $5.50/hr when I heard truckers make $40k a year. That was the end of my warehouse days in a big hurry!

But I promise you.....if you jump ship instead of working things out every time things don't go your way you'll be like a guy I got an email from the other day. He said he's had four trucking jobs in the last year and now nobody will hire him. Geez......shocking.

The drivers who really have it made are the ones that stick with a company for a while, do a stellar job, get on with a solid dispatcher , and get to know some of the managers so they can make a quick phone call and get things fixed if they aren't going like they should. But jumping ship just means you wind up at the bottom again where you have to spend months proving yourself all over again.

But I've gotta say....there's no defending 26 cents per mile. I'll give you that. I just hate to see someone jump ship because they're not getting good miles. That's a problem that can be easily fixed if you're a great driver, or a problem that will follow you everywhere you go if you're not. But it's really not a reason to leave a company. That's like leaving when your truck breaks down. You don't quit over that. You get it fixed.

I agree. I review hundreds of applications each month, and job jumping, suggests a pattern of instability.

I'm sure somebody switched jobs 5 times in 3 years for perfectly legitimate reasons, but since most don't, I have to put the application in the "how desperate are we" file.

I would strongly suggest you see about getting more miles. Also are there any scheduled increases in the mileage pay? I'm assuming it is so low, in exchange for the cost of the training?

But Conway here they pay 19.01 a hour on the dock and I think .53 cpm to start

Wow! 53 cpm is amazing for starting pay. It's amazing for ending pay!

But even if those guys were cranking out 120,000 miles per year they'd have to be making 83 cpm to hit $100,000 in earnings. That pay per mile and total earnings are more than double the industry average and that's if you're cranking out some pretty good miles.

Oh I know that now but when I worked there on the dock and they said that my jaw dropped and that's when I got to thinking about becoming a trucker lol

The best jobs I've seen have good mileage pay, but they overlay that with stop and layover pay. I have a fellow who was doing Monday to Friday - 2400 miles, and with the addiitons making 1,500+ week. Which made his W-2 80K +

The one fellow I know that makes over 100K does hand truck delivery of grocery in NYC.

Like others have said, its a matter of how hard you work. I just got off home time and my hometime paycheck is going to be for 1800 miles, and i am sitting at a dock for another 1200 mile load that is due on Friday at 8:30 EST (i got to get that changed cause its not going to happen on my clock as i only have 7 hours on my 14 left and they still have not started loading me).

However its a matter of getting a load and getting it delivers ASAP, if its 1000 miles and you have 3 days to get there DO NOT take 3 days, get it there in 2 and ask to deliver early so you can get another run started. Also watch your on duty not driving time, do not waste your clock. What i have been trying to do is have no more then 7-8 hours of my 70 as on duty not driving so i can get as much driving done as possible.