If you live in Nashville, you could make a decent living and still stay within a 500 miles radius. That would enable you to get by the house at least on the weekend. Some people do find it difficult to be away from home in this business. You live within 500 miles of the best freight area in the country.

 

My dad has been home every weekend but one so far.
But as far as team driving I don't see how you could make money with the limited radius. If you're transporting freight 600 miles loading one morning and off loading the next one driver can do that. There is no need for two and if there were two they would be splitting the profit. Now, if shippers and consignees loaded and unload 24 hours a day it would be different.

 

Hence the BS lie! Unless Daddy was riding with you, you would have been ticketed for operating a commercial vehicle withut a license. HE had to be present by law..or another person with a valid CDL needed to be.

 

I am not necessarily suggesting that you run team with your Dad, but the radius is from your home base. In other words, you can run 500 miles in any direction. If you are 500 miles West of your home base, then you conceivably could run 1,000 miles East and still be within your mileage restriction. If you ran with your Dad then he could just pay you for the miles you run or pay the equivalent of 1/2 the solo driver pay for all miles run. He could also pay you a flat percentage of the rate, which is how some of us pay our drivers.

 

He was with me, I drove.

 

If 1000 mile runs were the norm then it may be worthwhile. The reality is that 1000 mile runs are not available all of the time. Some times you make little 300 runs to get to better paying freight. There are some areas of the radius where he doesn't like going. He doesn't like going to PA, NC, WV because of the toll roads or mountain ranges and feels most freight doesn't pay enough for him. Add into that he wants to be home every weekend.

 

I will usually go almost anywhere the rates are good. If you limit where you go then you are limiting your income. Most of the time I can get pretty decent paying loads going in and out of Pennsylvania. I can usually find a way around the toll roads. Mountains are just something we put up with when we drive for a living. Your Dad should be able to get home weekly going to any of those states he doesn't like to travel.

 

He's been trying to get loads out of MI,OH and IL which go to AR, TN and GA areas. He knows it limits his income, but that is what he wants to do. If he can't find a load he'll ask me to help and I'll try to get him something since I'm always on the computer. I'd say he averages $1.80/mi. Pretty good for a hobby trucker.

 

I usually don't respond to topics like this, but Charged are you for real, come

on you can tell us. You have been pulling our leg all along. You can not be

this clueless. If so please take a step back and reevaluate what ya'll have

gotten into. This industry does not need another CHEAP freight hauler.

 

What is cheap? If the base operating cost is $1.29 I would think that hauling for $1.87 is a fair rate.