How many miles are in your 40 hour week

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Old 09-10-2009, 11:15 AM
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Default How many miles are in your 40 hour week

I'd like to get some numbers to make my own imaginary averages so i turn to you folks here on the forum for information.
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Old 09-10-2009, 02:18 PM
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what is a 40 hour week??
 
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Default 60/70 Hour Week

The duration of a work week for drivers is either 60 or 70 hours (lines 3 and 4). In good times, it's not unusual to run more the 3000 miles in a 70 hour (8 days) week. BOL
 
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Old 09-10-2009, 02:38 PM
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How are imaginary numbers going to help you? Our jobs involve flats, vans, tanks, and dumptrucks as well as a mix of local, regional, dedicated and otr drivers. All you are going to get is an imaginary number.
 
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Originally Posted by Jumbo
How are imaginary numbers going to help you? Our jobs involve flats, vans, tanks, and dump trucks as well as a mix of local, regional, dedicated and otr drivers. All you are going to get is an imaginary number.
:roll: :roll:

Let's help this guy out, Jumbo!!

He wants imaginary miles in an imaginary week so that he can get his imaginary CDL, get an imaginary job, and begin his imaginary career as an imaginary driver!!

Helllllooooooo??
 
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Old 09-10-2009, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by jd112488
what is a 40 hour week??
1 1/2 days
 
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Old 09-10-2009, 03:21 PM
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OK, on the serouyis side , very few trucking jobs are 40 hrs a week and the one's that are probobly are out of your reach for a while due to experince. I drive about 53hrs a week then add in about 4 hrs to unload about 1hr to fuel at least 1.25 for pretrip ect. I wouldn't know what to do if I only worked 40hrs
 
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I'm a local driver, so I probably don't count, but I work around 46-50 hours a week. I run 2,000 miles a week.
 
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Originally Posted by Jackrabbit379
I'm a local driver, so I probably don't count, but I work around 46-50 hours a week. I run 2,000 miles a week.

I'm an imaginary local driver, so I imagine that I do count. I drive an imaginary 2010 KW379. I haul Haz-Mat ping-pong balls, and I drive an imaginary 3500 miles each week, in a 32 hour week, at $38. per hour, + $2.74 cents per imaginary mile + expenses, including the cost of lot lizards!!

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Old 09-10-2009, 05:21 PM
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I drive a rock bucket and i will do around 700-1,000 miles in a week. It depends on alot. Some days i only go 70miles. If there is alot of waiting to get unloaded at the job site. Sometime i have to wait 2hours or more at the blacktop plant to get a load.
 
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