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[@fightgame8356]

What’s a realistic average pay per week for a new solo driver to earn at Stevens? I’m currently in training I want to do at least a year before I go contractor

[@fpstrucking]

If a driver doesn't average at least 1k a week as a company, the driver is doing something wrong. With all the add pay for detention, weather, breakdown, layover, loss of revenue, etc, there is absolutely no good reason why a driver makes less than that.

[@fpstrucking]

2000 miles times $0.50 a mile is $1000 plus average of say...... $40-80 dollars detention. (Waiting at a shipper or receiver for more than 2 hrs) $100-$200 for layover pay (getting to a shipper or receiver way early, with hours ready to roll but having to wait. I.E., a meat load to LA ~1500miles, takes 2.5 days to drive there so you get there on the afternoon of the 3rd, doesn't deliver till the evening of the 4th. Half of day 3 and most/all of day 4 is layover pay, cause you have hours to roll, but no where left to drive.) $35-70 additional stop pay. (My last LA load had 3 deliveries, so extra $70, 35 for each extra dock.) So from those numbers $1175 to $1350 with only 2000 miles. If anything prevents you from driving even 2000 miles, it would have to fall under breakdown (like a flat tire/mechanical issue), weather (like high winds, ice,fog heavy rain, etc), or loss-of-revenue (as in they don't have a load for you after a delivery) If your truck is sitting, through no fault of your own, and you have hours left available to drive, you get paid for sitting. Some of my most enjoyable days are playing Call of Duty while waiting around (like the day and a half in my LA example) and getting paid for it. $750 company pay for the miles, 200 for the sitting pay, that's $950 and we are only 4 days into the week.....

[@fightgame8356]

@@fpstrucking Wow thank you so much Papa Smurf I really appreciate the thoughtful response. I’ve been watching your videos for a while now. I started watching your orientation videos and it was really helpful. But that’s good to know I’m with my trainer and we have been sitting at shippers sometimes for 8 hours. I’m hoping soon I’ll be able to learn vector and how to get paid accordingly for situations you mentioned like detention. Hope to meet you in person if the time comes. Be safe out there

[@fpstrucking]

Glad the videos were helpful! Ready to help anytime. Once you go solo, if you need reach out anytime. My text number is 936-7seven6-214five

[@bobbygable3891]

$400