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Originally Posted by tracer
I don't think you can make money pulling a VAN with any company. My trailer is a stepdeck with a rolltight and I'll be in their kind of specialized division. I know about load boards: it's best to deal with their agents directly. No company is perfect, but I'm sure it won't be worse than my previous employer where I had to compete for freight with company drivers.
There was too much to post but the here was the rundown....
1st year I pulled freight box and could not get loads, they take a percentage of ALL you accessorial pay except your fuel (example: I got $50 a stop, but only saw $35 cuz they took $15 on every one) now they had nothing to do with my stop-offs, layover, ect ect but they still got their greedy fingers into it.
THEN I rented a lowboy from them and started pulling machinery. Now the loads payed on average .10-.25cpm more, but once again they stuck their greedy hands into it..... taking money for everything but fuel. SUch as tarp pay, chains, permits, ect ect.... they take a % (yes, even permits and pilot car pay) not to mention the sitting for 2-3days waiting to get a load that didn't pay less than $2 a mile (if you can even find one anymore)
I left them about broke and went over to Schneider on their Percentage Load Board and walla..... I made damn good money, no bull****, and they PAID you for stop-offs, layover, ect ect. I averaged $1.89 per mile for all my miles the year I was here. Only reason I left was because a family friend talked me inot coming over to QC and taking a dedicated run. I'm now on the gravy train-with biscuit wheels, but just like everything else, it will end one day as well.
Good luck to ya, I hope you do well.