You may be able to supplement your main income with any/all of the following, depending on what your company offers.

• Loading/unloading pay -- Do some of your own and make the money that the company would pay the lumper.

• Multiple pickup/drop pay -- Many companies offer a little extra when your load picks up/delivers to more than one place.

• Detention pay --  If you're held up at a shipper/receiver for an extra long time (how long decided by carrier), they may offer a little extra.  This is a tough one to find, though.

• Layover pay -- Related to above but could also include situations where there are no loads available or truck breaks down.

• Shag -- If the company needs a trailer taken across town or a city load delivered, you might be offered a little extra to "shag" it.

• Bonuses

  • Safety/Productivity/On-Time -- these bonuses are often all tied in together.  One goof-up in one area ruins the entire bonus.

  • Idle time -- Since idling wastes so much fuel, some will offer incentives to turning your truck off.

  • Referral -- Some will pay you if you refer a driver to the company.  Conditions are usually that this bonus doesn't pay until the driver has been employed at the company 90 days.

  • Mileage -- Run a certain number of miles and be paid a cent or so for all miles or something like this.  Usually has a minimum you must have in a set period in order to qualify.  Some companies are bad about letting you get very close to making this bonus and then cutting your miles enough that you can't make it.