independant contractor
#32
02-19-2012, 03:24 AM
Your right about that.
Another reason why i run under my own authority. The 1st thing i ask anyone i haul for is. WHEN YOU GOING TO PAY??? If its longer then 30days i tell them to shove it LMAO.
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#33
02-19-2012, 08:16 AM
It was my first job as an o/o. I used to deliver fuel to one of their locations and bought the line of crap from the operations manager/recruiter that you could easily take a trash load up and backhaul the salt for a 1,000 a day net with your own truck. I tried to explain the reality of it all here.
I'm hauling propane now but have yet to work a full week due to warm weather. New customer pays direct deposit 1 week behind like clockwork. I'm spoiled now and wont take a deal that pays any other way than that. Which is what brought me to this forum ....still looking for a decent deal. New customer might have LNG work for me this spring and summer if not...maybe flatbeds? I hear thats where the best money is.
#34
02-19-2012, 08:43 AM
our company goes by seniority regardless of company or O/O, of course we only have 2 O/O's
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#35
02-19-2012, 11:27 AM
I know a guy that pulls an end dump. he makes out alright.
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#36
02-21-2012, 08:43 PM
Thats the same as a "dump bucket" or dump trailer right?
What does he haul with it? I'm starting to think that I need my own authority and a flatbed.
#37
02-21-2012, 11:57 PM
You have a lot more flexibility when you run your own authority and trailer. As far as this guy holding back 6 weeks, that would not go well with me. I prefer to have my money much sooner. If he goes out of business then you have lost all your efforts for 6 weeks.
#38
02-22-2012, 01:00 AM
I dont run OTR. I have a tri/axle dump truck. when i 1st started i was leased. Then after 6 months of that BS i got my own authority. I love having my own authority. The audit wasnt that bad either.
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Truck Driving an occupation consisting of hours of boredom interrupted by sheer terror!! "All the coolie carriers suck. Log 70, work 80-100, paid for 50." - the Great ColdFrostyMug
#40
04-21-2012, 06:56 AM
Hello:
My name is Willie Brown and i have drivers plus freight. I still need owner operators to move my freight. Pays good and want run you hard. Need reefers,flatbeds,vans and power only trucks as well. Email me @ [email protected]. |
