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Originally Posted by Cam
So, I'm thinking vans on percentage is going to be closer to cpm than flats on percentage. Flats on percentage makes sense, you just make more and that offsets your costs. Vans on percentage you make less so it may not be enough to beat the paid deadhead, $4/gal diesel fsc, free dispatching (zero time spent looking for loads) on a cpm job. This is it! This explains the difference between the pro cpm and pro percentage view, yeah?
I guess if the rate is terrible on the van you would be correct,but the point is that at places like Landstar and others that you get paid percentage the rates are usually better,I was leased on with Landstar for 4 years and never hauled anything close to .90cpm.
Landstar is all about getting hooked up with a few good agents and working for them rather than running the system,I doubt I would ever go back to them,but I did make good money with them.I just had other problems with the way they run their business.
Also with the fuel gurantee you probably won't be getting a fuel surcharge with that,another reason that percentage pay is better is I get a fuel surcharge based on gross revenue,not just a per mile figure(.20cpm). For example on the load I'm on now my fuel surcharge at 20% is $502,the trip is 805 miles,at 6mpg I will use a little over 134 gallons of fuel,which will cost $362.11. if you were running mileage you would get 805x.20fsc=$161,plus your $1@mile =$805 for a total of $966
If you were on the controlled fuel cost it would be 134 gallons x 1.24 it would cost you $166.16 compared to my $362.11 for a savings of $195.95
Your rate $805+$195.95=$1000.95
I now there is not alot of van freight that pays as good as what I am getting,but there is plenty of $2+ freight at these places if you know where to look(don't expect it to be on Lanstar's loadboard).
The freight base really doesn't mean much to me because 80% of what they offer wouldn't be worth running and of the other 20% that paid good how much do you think a company truck will get over a O/O?
I pulled a 48' dry van at Landstar and I made over $175,000 on 125,000 miles,it is out there but you have to work to find it.
And to be honest I will do much better this year where I am at now(knocks on wood).