Comparing Practical-Mile pay VS PC Miler/HHG?

There are many different "calculations" out there, but my personal experience is that, on average dispatch miles are approximately 10-12% less than actual hub miles.. just one more way to dig into the driver's pocket... I always google the miles before accepting a load... at least THEN, I know what I'm really being paid...

 

I'm paid practical miles, and as a monthly average I am usually around 2% more than hub miles. some trips I do less than hub and some are more.

 

As a new guy coming in (if that's the case) the mileage standard used would be Waaaaay down on the bottom of list of priorities based on what I know today and given all the many other things to consider that will have much more impact on the job, for better and for worse the a few hundred miles a week. I honestly don't know which one will typically compute more miles, but I doubt it would translate more then about $50/week IF all things were even. If I had to drive a piece of crap truck, and stay out 3-4 weeks at a time to get it? No thanks, I'll take my "beating" a few miles not paid me.

 

I figure it to be a 3-5% loss to the driver. Thus $.30 practical = about $.315 short miles.

 

Practical miles will be very close to actual.
Short miles (hhg) you will drive 5-12 percent of your miles for free. In the course of a year you might drive 10000-12000 miles for free.

I have been on both programs. Practical is obviously better.
Hhg cheats the driver. Drivers do much work for free and give their time away for free. Drivers should at least get paid for their driving.

All companies should pay practical miles or hub miles if they pay by the mile.

 

Are there any federal or state laws against household goods, (HHG), mileage pay? If not, perhaps there should be.

 

How about the companies that charge their customers pc miles,

but pay their drivers in hhg miles ???


Ripping off the driver for 5-10%.........

 

There is one solution to the mileage pay problem. Give the drivers both a straight salary and mileage pay. This way a driver will get his or her straight salary if they are not able to get a certain number of miles per week.

A straight salary could start off at $400 a week for the rookie driver and cap off at $800 a week for the veteran driver. There would be a graduated salary scale in various increments over the years.
Anything beyond those figures that a driver would like to earn would have to be made up in miles.

If a rookie driver is getting 3000 miles a week at 20 cents a mile, the rookie driver would earn $600 in mileage pay plus his or her $400 salary totaling $1000 for the week.

If the veteran driver is getting 3000 miles a week at 20 cents a mile, this veteran driver would earn $600 in mileage pay plus his or her $800 salary totaling $1400 for the week.

This way, there would be less turnover, less training and recruiting costs, and possibly more home time for all the drivers. In the long run, there would be less payroll costs to the company as well. The rookies would be getting the bulk of the miles, the veterans will have more home time as their seniority increases.

In fact, the veterans could be put to use for training the rookies, safety advisers, substitute dispatchers, assistant dockworkers, janitorial assistants, assistant office workers, or mechanics assistants. The veterans would not have to run so many miles as they are getting older and health issues are starting to set in.

This whole thing could be a win-win situation for both the drivers and the trucking companies.

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!