[DD60]

I pulled a 48' dry van at Landstar and I made over $175,000 on 125,000 miles,it is out there but you have to work to find it.




Was that gross or net to the truck?

[mike3fan]

Originally Posted by DD60

I pulled a 48' dry van at Landstar and I made over $175,000 on 125,000 miles,it is out there but you have to work to find it.




Was that gross or net to the truck?

To the truck,or should I say that was my 1099

[Cam]

Originally Posted by jeff_jeff11us

well,it looks like I`ll be going with Crete, they are checking out my refrences.Problem is I have only 1 year TT experience and no Hazmat yet, so to get to $2 pm I need some more time.I`m still green in TT OTR business, but I have a family and good benefits are very important to me.I lost my dedicated run and I have no choice, I have bills, all kind of bills (like many other), wife and kids, car payment etc...I have to get my foot in a door and make some cash in the process and I can look at $2 pm later, maybe in a year or two.I might get Tank endorsment and pull tanks,looks like that pays pretty well.I`ll let you know how it goes with a Crete,so far they were realy nice and friendly,good benefits and decent pay.at least for a newbie like me :wink:

Db

Congratulations and glad for you!!! I never was against a cpm job. Things can be done incrementally. Only Super Steve can buy a truck and then learn how to operate it.

You have none of the headaches of finding loads.
Your deadhead is covered, hey, the more the better. :wink:
Fsc is guaranteed, I believe- let fuel hit $4 per gallon!
Company trailer, insurance, benefits, facilities
Large freight base to get you back to the house
None of that other crap I still don't even know like: logbook requirements, fuel tax payments, factoring, brokers, drug testing, purchasing plates, permits, insurance...

You get yourself established and take it from there. But please do keep us posted, we never hear from cpm guys over here. :lol:

[DD60]

Originally Posted by Cam

Congratulations and glad for you!!! I never was against a cpm job. Things can be done incrementally. Only Super Steve can buy a truck and then learn how to operate it.

You have none of the headaches of finding loads.
Your deadhead is covered, hey, the more the better. :wink:
Fsc is guaranteed, I believe- let fuel hit $4 per gallon!
Company trailer, insurance, benefits, facilities
Large freight base to get you back to the house
None of that other crap I still don't even know like: logbook requirements, fuel tax payments, factoring, brokers, drug testing, purchasing plates, permits, insurance...

You get yourself established and take it from there. But please do keep us posted, we never hear from cpm guys over here. :lol:

The problem with cpm is that there is no room for improvement and the rates are usually not more than 1.15 if you include everything compensated. With operating costs nearing 90cpm I don't see how an O/O can survive for too long with that rate. Then again,I haven't found a decent-paying percentage carrier either. If a carrier pays 1.50 a mile for a load going one way that still only comes to about the same pay and doesn't even include deadhead. Having one's own authority may be the best way to go,even if there are more headaches involved. Now where is that 2pm freight I keep hearing or reading about? :lol:

[mike3fan]

Originally Posted by DD60

Now where is that 2pm freight I keep hearing or reading about? :lol:

I haven't pulled a load for $2pm in 6 months.........and probably wouldn't either

[jeff_jeff11us]

geez, now I got the call from Barr Nunn also, they said regional driving 2500-2700 miles per week and almost every weekend home,I like that..fuel guaranteed at $2.25 per gallon,I liked that too...benefits for O/O..none...I didn`t like that.I have family and baby on the way and need good benefits and it looks like Crete has some nice benefits for their O/O`s..health,dental,vision,life etc...
now,I`m thinking....

Db :cry:

Originally Posted by jeff_jeff11us

I have family and baby on the way
Db :cry:

Wow, does your family know about all this??

http://passion.com/search/g448362-pc...=M-T&age=35-45 - (7th pic down)

http://passion.com/search/g448362-pc...=M-T&age=35-45



So yeah, why the name change all the sudden from "jj" to "Db"??


I have too much time on my hands these days..

[Cam]

Uh, don't want to butt in on a private conversation...

I'm kind of old school. TS/TV/TG, that's all shorthand for 'don't like girls', right? They got them in Tennessee? :?

[Teal 95 KW]

Wow...Alice is on top of her game here lately with calling this fella out.

I wonder how he's going to respond to this one???

Cam=I'm not sure if it'd mean "doesn't like girls"...but, I'd be pretty sure it's shorthand for "transexual, transvestite, transgender".

[allan5oh]

uhm...

WOW!!!