Driving position open

[LDB]

Interesting. Candidates must be licensed ham radio operator. This is not my ad. I just found it and found it interesting due to the ham radio requirement.


I am looking for a codriver to run for .... on cross country runs, out of Charlotte, NC. I am looking for someone who has at least one year of experience, no accidents or citations, a good work ethic, and a general class or higher amateur radio license.

The truck is a Volvo VN 670, 485 Cummins, 13sp Eaton transmission, equipped with a Television, Refrigerator, and complete HF/VHF radio station. The radio equipment includes an Icom IC-7000, which will soon be run into a Scorpion Antenna mounted on a Rig Guard protection device. Also, an Icom ID-880H for VHF/UHF FM and D-Star.

The pay is .44cpm split, with approximately 4000 to 5000 miles weekly from Charlotte to points west, including the Los Angeles, CA area.

 

[BobWolf]

Thats decent money.
Bob Wolf

 

[xmudman]

Thats decent money.
Bob Wolf

If it's .44 to each driver, yes. When the ad says "44 CPM split", I wonder if that means 22 cents to each driver. At 50 MPH, that's $11/hour. Not a big pot of cash, IMHO...

 

[LDB]

If they did 4000 miles it would be $1760 split or $880 each. If they did 5000 miles it would be $2200 split or $1100 each.

 

[JohnWC]

Have you ever ran 5000 miles a week in and out i'm clearing 1500 a week and not running those miles 44 split sounds like Swift

 

[LDB]

It's not for me, and I have nothing to do with it, other than finding it interesting that a ham radio license is a requirement.

 

[Monty]

4,000 miles in a truck with a ham radio blaring, if you are not an operator, might be punishment!

 

[Moot]

4,000 miles in a truck with a ham radio blaring, if you are not an operator, might be punishment!

Can you hear me now? How about now? How's my modulation?

 

[moose]

must have a real heavy inverter there under the bunk.
& the headlights dimmed when you replay to someone...

 

[MissKat]

wanting to fly under the radar?

 

[Rocketman]

If it's .44 to each driver, yes. When the ad says "44 CPM split", I wonder if that means 22 cents to each driver. At 50 MPH, that's $11/hour. Not a big pot of cash, IMHO...

You can look at it two ways...both come out the same and are fair. You can look it at as if your getting ,44/mile for all the miles you drive personally.....or you can figure your getting .22/mile for the miles you drive + .22/mile for the miles driven by the other driver. You can't really expect the owner to pay you while your sleeping? I know some will argue that point, but they will likely be arguing their position to someone at the unemployment office.

 

[purgoose10]

Well I have two teams running now and a third just starting. They run 12k to 15k a month depending on the weather and how long a trip takes. They split 60c a mile. You do the math. I don't have unhappy drivers. Two are husband and wife. Also they have a bonus plan if they make another turn in a month. They run the northwest, if they have to chain I give them an extra $10 bucks everytime they have too. That's alot more than $800 bucks.