Orangetxguy |
04-17-2010 03:25 PM |
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Originally Posted by geeshock
(Post 479198)
thanks, I understand these things. I agree she needs to be more concerned about rates, I am doing all I can to find the rates but I know generally you won't find them with a company. I personally would prefer a company or contract that pays at least 2 per mile and probably closer to 3 per mile for hazmat. I could see that working for her trucks.
I see the condition her trucks are in and personally would love to go back company, maybe for celedon or heartland but till 17 may I still have an accident that's under 3 years old. If we could bank enough I'd like to see her go newer, more aerodynamic, more fuel efficient, not to mention get a truck that's able to be hired on with more companies, Better companies that pay a little beter.
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A "leased" truck (my truck is leased into a Motor Carrier) will never see the full "paid" rate, in most cases, (unless a lawyer was really good and got into files before they were "disappeared".......an "Owner Operator" wouldn't ever know the actual billed rate). That is just "Trucking", where lieing, stealing and cheating, is standard business practice.
If the "Owner" of your truck has "multiple" units, then there is no reason in the world, if "she" choses to have those trucks pulling containers, that "she" does not take herself down to the corporate offices of Maersk, Horizon, MOL Logistics, K-line, OOCL, APL..or any of the other "Container" lines, and lease her equipment directly to them, running under their USDOT authority. MOL especially has advertisements out, seeking "Owner Operators" to lease into them. APL and Horizon have had advertisements out, off and on, over the years.
Eliminate the multiple middle men, and your "owner" could actually make reasonable money. But doing so takes effort. From the "Owner"....not a driver.
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