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I aint bashful,nor do i want anyone to think I am braggin. Just puttin up some numbers to see how I do against my comtemporaries(sp)
2002: 117,000 paid miles(@300 days out,not for sure cant find tax notes for '02)
42,400 gross pay
= .36 cpm
(also spent 6 weeks at home with a broken foot that yr)
2003: 121,000 paid miles(328 days on the road)
47,000 gross pay
= .39 cpm
of course this is just adding up EVERYTHING I received for the year(tarp pay,stop pay,all my quarterly and monthly bonus's etc. etc.)
How did I do??
CD
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You should post this on the Round Table and let some seasoned drivers tell you how you did.
The only thing I can say is I don't see your taxes or out of pocket expenses. Also don't see your actual miles driven. Looks Ok to me though.
'Carpe Diem' does not mean 'fish of the day'.
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LOL....... cuz most of the "seasoned drivers" dont even come over here
Would taxes and expenses help complete the picture?? I was just trying to throw out some rough numbers to try and compare with some others.
I mean I aint an O/O this is as a company driver,but if I get some more nibbles here I could include the tax/expense digits too
CD
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mid 40's for a flat bed. You even stay out 300 days a year. Dosn't seem to great to me (thats my opinion). I would guess if this was like your first year or two driving would prob be ok.
I drove flats for a while. To much work for less money. I know. You don't have to go to grocery warehouses. Well I don't have to screw with tarps or working out in the elements. The nive 80% drop and hook is easy on me also.
I was home 71 days last year. Still did over 56k in a dry van. havn't earned under 50k in many years. To me this is the min wage I will drive for anymore.
So many compnaies out here paying over .40 cents a mile (with one year) and drivers still work for new driver pay. I will never get it. I am also getting tired of listening to the experianced drivers that say that pay hasnt gone up in 15 years. It has, theres just hasn't. I drove for 18 cent a mile 12 years ago.
Sad when we have guys out here been driving 25 years still working for .25 a mile. They get a fast truck though so its worth it.lol202 N Main Street
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"cuz most of the "seasoned drivers" dont even come over here " Chicken
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chilidawg, that was with Hunt correct?
daytrader said,
(So many compnaies out here paying over .40 cents a mile (with one year) and drivers still work for new driver pay. I will never get it.)
Daytrader, sure would like to know which compines your talking about so after I finish my first year I would not be wasting so much time on phone calls. Care to share.

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$143.00 per day before road expenses
a local job at $12.00 an hour and ten hours a day would pay the same per day with the overtime after 8 hours and no road expenses.One catch,you can't get more than 250 days a year at most of the M/F jobs.
121,000 paid miles(328 days on the road)
47,000 gross pay
369 miles a day
Your about average.
If the industry could get the average daily mileage up to around 500 miles a day,they wouldn't have a driver turnover problem.240 days would get you the 47k
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Originally posted by Stuffs:
You should post this on the Round Table and let some seasoned drivers tell you how you did.
Did a little about $70,000 last year. (Not including the $2,500.00 when I got another 500,000 safe miles bonus.)
Also, that doesn't include my 401k match.
Zippy will say I work long hours 7 days a week.
(I never have time to post on TruckNet!)
However, I like to eat, sleep when it's dark, and I am home at least two days a week.
But, I'm still a low-life because I'm not union or paid by clock time.
Drive a nice truck too. (Well, I see nothing wrong with driving a new Volvo.)
One of these day I'll get my head right, and drive a old daycab, take a cut in pay and join the union.
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About $43,500 last year.
Out 250 days. (Weekends off, 2 weeks vacation.)
About 100,000 miles. (Miles not steady in my line of work.)
I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane.
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Sherlock
"drive a old daycab, take a cut in pay and join the union"
and the truth is,a mack day cab is just like a volvo sleeper truck,engine,transmission,5th wheel
and the truth is at .50cpm you wouldn't have to do 20 something stops a week for free and help unload the stuff on top of it or sort of forget about some time in your log book
But what the hell if you happy,thats all that matters and it only took you what 20 years to work your way into a decent job.
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20 Years, well he's been there a few years now so maybe 13 or 14. Ziggy's been at it 12 years and doesn't have that descent job yet. Unless of course one thinks delivering janitorial supplies in a box truck around New England is a good job. Hahahaha kind of funny. Your crackin me up.
here comes the how great I've done post
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Unless of course one thinks delivering janitorial supplies in a box truck around New England is a good job. Hahahaha kind of funny. Your crackin me up.
And delivering supplies throughtout the country
living in a Truck is any better?

Mike
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Originally posted by Stuffs:
20 Years, well he's been there a few years now so maybe 13 or 14. Ziggy's been at it 12 years and doesn't have that descent job yet. Unless of course one thinks delivering janitorial supplies in a box truck around New England is a good job. Hahahaha kind of funny. Your crackin me up.
here comes the how great I've done post."
If working 80 hours a week is anyones idea of doing great,count me out,thanks anyways.
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Back on topic. Chilidawg it doesn't matter what you made as long as you're satisfied.
Mike