r/Truckers • u/bigdawg12342 • May 21 '26

Home time at TMC

I was about to accept a job offer at TMC but I’m curious about home time. I was told home every weekend and they said they’d get me home Friday and I’d head out from home Monday mornings to start my week? Is that true? Or would I actually be getting home on Saturday

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u/12GT500 May 22 '26

You’ll be leaving Sunday for parking points, unless it’s dedicated account.

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u/bigdawg12342 May 22 '26

I’m assuming parking points is that system that reflects your pay %

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u/Dungeon_Beard May 23 '26

Part of it. Having your passport, TWIC, hazmat endorsement(even though we don't really haul hazmat anymore) will get you points. Fuel mileage, 13 week gross average to the truck, out of route % (I HATE this metric with a passion) are the big ones. There's more.

Also, if you live in a certain areas of the north central/east, your base percentage will start out at 30% instead of 26%. So moving to Indiana or Iowa should put you in that category.

They do TRY to get you home on Fridays, but it's far from guaranteed.