I would of never believed it myself if I had not seen the paperwork. He was getting .96cpm for all miles moved, but lately they cut him down to 92cpm and with no students to train he hasn't been moving much at all. He also did a lot of hazmat when not training (Unless he had a student with hazmat end).

I know quite a few trucks that run over 300k a year. Some have done quite a bit more. Now if they were smart enough to put their own name on the door and quit leasing to a carrier.

If I could get my hands on the freight I haul on my own, I most surely would.

And I don't have a scanner in the truck and my 1099's are at home. Someone once said they can guarantee I didn't turn 300K last year (let alone the 327K I grossed). I'm just waiting until the wager is there like I originally offered. Other than that, naysayers can call B.S. and we'll all move on.

But I can guarantee I won't break 300K this year, thats a certainty.

I honestly don't really care what anyone grosses. It's what you keep that matters.

Very good point. My first 1099 was for 35K and change. However, I had loading, unloading, packing and a few shuttle truck rentals I had to deduct, and that knocks down your net real quick.

Gross is only really relevant when you compare 2 similar o/o's side by side, and no 2 will have the same expenses, and no 2 will operate identically to the other.

I think it depends on what you are comparing, BanditsCousin. If you are comparing total revenue then gross may be a good way to compare two different operations. If you are looking at the more successful or profitable then net is more important.

Agreed. The 2 similar operations I was mostly referring to would be like 2 trucks smilarly specc'd leased to the same company.

But, you and Allan are right about the net/bring home deal.

But to get on track about the % or mileage, it's really what is "value added" in a leasing contract. Tolls, scales, plaets, ins., etc. that are paid for do add a value to the mileage pay. A lot of the time, that value isn't greater than running under percentage...but there are cases when it is. I can't recall of any, but there's always an exception.

Some of the large carriers offer a cost plus pricing at TA for fuel. That can save a considerable sum over the course of a year. Savings can be $0.20/gallon or more with some carriers. That also has value. I know Landstar and some of the other major carriers offer the cost plus program. Not all carriers pass all of the savings along to their owner operators.

Most carriers who pay for base plates, tolls, etc., are lower mileage carriers. If you consider the cost of those things and the earnings differential of percentage pay, the percentage rate still tends to be higher in most cases.

Some of the benefits that some pay such as base plates can add about $0.016/mile to your bottom line based upon a base plate cost of $1,600 and running 100,000 miles during the course of the year. You need to look at the entire picture.

only what I keep matters to me, I dont care what anyone else makes or claims to make

We have gotten off topic from what the original poster wanted to know. I dont really care if Bandit made $300K with one truck (which would have to be gross). But this forum is here to disperse good information and not trucker BS. I dont think he grossed $300K and I dont think a trainer grossed $272K running 96 cpm linehaul. So newbs, there is money to be made in trucking but you wont be making those numbers with 1 truck and what is important is how much PROFIT you made and in a business of cents per mile profit, you have to be very conscious of what is PROFITABLE, not just loads, but your actions also. I had a o/o turn down a load last Friday, 12 miles paying $600 because he wanted to be out that weekend. He wasnt thinking about PROFIT. The next o/o in line was very pleased.