Truck Driving Jobs

Fredog · #11 11-20-2011, 02:55 PM

at my old company, I got 80 % and I paid all my own insurance and fuel taxes. at my current company, I get 65% and the company pays my fuel tax and everything except bobtail insurance, I come out better now than I did before. I also pull a company trailer at no charge which I did at the other company too

phoneman · #12 11-26-2011, 04:41 PM

If you are competing against company drivers for freight(which most likely you are), that is where you have to watch out. The percentage means nothing. Percentage of what? If they are feeding company drivers the gravy, 90% won't help you.

Musicman · #13 11-26-2011, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by phoneman

If you are competing against company drivers for freight(which most likely you are), that is where you have to watch out. The percentage means nothing. Percentage of what? If they are feeding company drivers the gravy, 90% won't help you.

Like I said, all the good paying dedicated accounts they lock the contractors out of by creating a “dedicated” fleet of company only trucks for those accounts. Interstate Distributors has stuff that averages in the $3 per mile range, but we never saw any of it in the year we contracted with them. We were only given loads from the general pool of cheap freight and then expected to do insanely unprofitable things. Besides not paying us on time, the last straw for me was when they tried to get us to deadhead from Nichols, NY 198 miles into Jersey City to get a load that we knew would probably pay $.80 a mile. It was a means to an end at the time, but I’ll NEVER contract myself like that again to another company. They pawn off all the cheap crap on you while keeping the best stuff for their trucks and then threaten you when you tell them you won’t accept a load. It’s a real nightmare.

phoneman · #14 11-27-2011, 06:24 PM

Sounds just like the company I am leased to. They tried to leave me in Chicago for Thanksgiving. Said there was no loads headed south. Then I find a company driver who just got the load I should have got headed south, and paying real good. I am on my way out shortly.

Fredog · #15 11-27-2011, 06:44 PM

not all companies are like that, ours goes strictly by seniority on Monday, with no difference in company or owner operator, then first in, first pick the rest of the week

crazyeyes · #16 11-27-2011, 08:41 PM

I used to work for company out of NJ, rule was if you want good load (so called GRAVY), give a bribe to dispatch.

sc5952 · #17 11-27-2011, 08:52 PM

I used to pay my drivers percentage but thanks to screwy companies nobody wants to drive because the unsureness of money. I paid 20% (they just drive, not o/o) of true gross as starting wage. I quit that. I now pay $0.33 for ALL miles driven. Any body need driving job? Im needing driver for midwest flatbed driver.

Truckingworld · #18 11-28-2011, 03:26 AM

Who ever is interested, Let me find you loads. I charge only 9% and you keep 91%. Leave your email address and I will contact you.

Truckingworld · #19 11-28-2011, 03:28 AM

Contact me via email [email protected] I will find you loads for 9% of line haul. I WILL work with your schedule. Why would anyone want to drive and be on the phone all day to book loads, when you can easily afford your own dispatcher?

Musicman · #20 11-28-2011, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Truckingworld

Contact me via email [email protected] I will find you loads for 9% of line haul

. I WILL work with your schedule. Why would anyone want to drive and be on the phone all day to book loads, when you can easily afford your own dispatcher?

I'm supposed to give you 9% of my gross for making a few phone calls and sending a couple faxes? :hellno: So that would be almost $20k for dispatching my one truck this year and with you having no expenses and no liability of your own in the game? Holy crap, I guess I really AM in the wrong business!