Thinking about going to work for Trappers or Arnold. Lots of jobs available but the pay is low. Aikam offered me 34 cents a mile, lol. I have had my Class 1 for 8 months now. Don't want to run the US anymore. Can't make any money with the E-logs HOS.
Some forward thinking carriers running the Canada-US are rethinking how they pay their drivers. There are other posts here about hourly pay vs mileage. Drivers willing to run the US, short or long haul are in high demand. I met a carrier we do some work with yesterday that explained to me they had a company meeting (all drivers, all levels of management and all dispatchers) where they were concerned about this exact issue. The long haul drivers making higher levels of income than the shorter haul drivers and so individuals would want only the long haul, not the short haul moves despite it meaning they have more home time. In the end, they determined the best way to keep drivers happy and to keep service levels up on short haul customer needs was to offer all drivers a 'minimum income'. The number was extremely high in my opinion, but I don't have trucks so what do I know. I believe they employ owner operators and also can set up the o/o with trucks, so I'm sure there is a chunk of cash needed to be set aside for truck payments, etc...
PM me if interested, I'll give you a name and number.
Keep well,
Mike