>Calculating all the hours from leaving till returning isn't
>realistic for comparison unless you take the weekly wage
>earned at a stay at home job and divide it by 168. You
>aren't paid for hours sleeping in the bed at home so why
>count those hours when in the truck? I understand the
>argument that at home you are free and in the truck you
>aren't but that doesn't make it a valid comparison of hourly
>compensation. You are just as free to leave the truck and go
>into a museum as you are to leave your house and go into a
>museum. You may only get to look for 10 minutes until you
>are paged but you could just as easily be on call at home
>and get paged after 10 minutes. There isn't an exact
>comparison. You would be most accurate comparing how much
>you made during how many hours you spent on line 3 and 4
>during the time you were on the road. That's your hourly
>compensation rate.
>
>Leo Bricker, 73's K5LDB, OOIDA Life Member 677319
>Owner, Panther trucks 5508, 5509, 5641
>Highway Watch Participant, Truckerbuddy
>EO Forum Moderator
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>Support the entire Constitution, not just the parts you
>like.
When you are in the truck, sleeping, eating, waiting for another run, you are under a controlled environment. Your carrier, government(s) all impose conditions during living in that truck.
There are only certain places you can park if choose to sleep. Only certain beverages are allowed. Even laws governing self-protection are different when your off-duty OTR.
Another example: A non-expediter goes to work at the office, garage, school, etc., etc. That person makes $750 per week. They work an average 8 hour day, and spend 2 hours total stuck in traffic everyday.
Their net per hour wage would be: $15 per all hours pertaining to their job.
These same people will not live in their vehicle waiting for another opportunity to make more money after their current workday is over.
One more quick example: You pu a great run from Livonia, MI delivering in Laredo, TX. You then have to wait an uncertain amount of time before you are able to leave for whatever reason.
Same scenario as above except now you are a civilian and you decide to drive to Laredo. You conduct your business and now you can instantly leave if you choose.
The point of my question: Once you leave home, the clock starts. And, as long as you are sitting, sleeping whatever else you do in the truck, you are only there waiting for your next job. And that takes time. Time is money.
Be safe
