Cents per mile

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ayooT, Apr 9, 2022.

  1. ayooT

    ayooT Bobtail Member

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    Just got off the phone with a XPO recruiter telling me to come join there 7 week cdl training starting may .. after the course they are offering a 61cent per mile line haul position with a 300 mile max radius (600 max there and back) so you will be home every day .. also drop and hook incentives.. but my main question is what is a yearly or monthly average for this position .. or is xpo even a good company to start out with ?
     
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  3. Magoo1968

    Magoo1968 Road Train Member

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    Find our average daily miles ,sometimes a 50 mile trip can take 6 to 10 hours
     
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  4. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Ask about accessorial pays. They're in addition to CPM.
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    • Full health insurance on day one
     
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  5. Hawkeye72

    Hawkeye72 Light Load Member

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    LTL carrires are based on seniority so if there are runs available you work. If no runs available you dont. It can be real Feast or Famine at times. But for instance my first year linehaul i did around $60,000 . And that should be comparable to XPO. And you will go up from there. $100,000 is pretty easily made in LTL linehaul.

    As for XPO as a company i couldnt really answer that. I dont work for them. I think the main complaint with XPO you always work the dock. No matter if your run is 200 miles a night or 600 miles a night you have to work the dock.

    No reason not to contact companies and talk to them but in my opinion Old Dominion is better than XPO.
     
  6. ayooT

    ayooT Bobtail Member

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    That’s crazy 50 miles can be stretched like that Seesh ..
     
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  7. ayooT

    ayooT Bobtail Member

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    Definitely should’ve ask more questions jaunt caught me off guard when the was breaking everything down in the moment..
     
  8. some other trucker

    some other trucker Light Load Member

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    If you hired on at a center that has a linehaul run regularly available to you that was about 300 miles round trip and you worked the dock at the FAC for about 3 hours each night and you added in drop/hook time you would be grossing in the area of around $1300-$1400 a week.
    Adjust the miles driven and hours on the dock up or down depending on what kind of runs you center has available.
     
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  9. ayooT

    ayooT Bobtail Member

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    yeah definitely see where her this when I did little research all I see people complaining about the dock work mixed in with the line haul and definitely plan on staying with OF since I already got a start date just the fact they called me out of know where having a hour long conversation about this ..
     
  10. ayooT

    ayooT Bobtail Member

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    Definitely make sense there just felt as if the recruiter was over hyping there pay over the phone why I can here for my actual resources know 9 times outta 10 the statements yall type on here are from experience and not trying sell me into a company..
     
  11. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    600 miles there and back, and home every day.

    Well, go for it.

    You might spend 14 hours a day doing that 600 miles and get home for a 10 hour break, with the commute time added in.
    Not even enough time for a ten, plus commute and pre-trip, any breaks along the way, any delays at the shipper/receiver, and any number of things.

    Your 'main question' is moot if you can not enjoy that home time.

    My point is that what they offer as incentives can often turn into a nightmare.
    Because places like that will push you to 'maximize your hours' so much that you can never get the rest you need to be safe on the road.
     
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