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Originally Posted by Mattangcobra
I don't understand. All these books at truck stops(the free ones out side).
Hardly any of them pay over a 1.00 a mile. I've done the math as to the trips I do every week. I'd be making less than I am now being a company driver.
I'm gonna get me a truck but I'm not gonna pull freight for free. If something goes bad on one trip your in the hole. But I see O/O everyday pulling for these compaines that don't pay jack. What gives
I'd like to know what you guys charge for Reefer,Flatbed,lowboys. I need to figure out what kind of freight pays the most vs loads available. I know reefer never stops. Thats what I pulll now. Most of the O/O's I talk to on the road say specialize to make more money. whats your opinons?
Hello MattangCobra
Yes specialized and LTL's are the way to go versus just rideing around with a box. It has a lot to do with haveing the right equip at the right time n being in the right place to use it. Those less than a buck carriers they have been around a long long time . They put this package together to show to new people about everything they will give you ( along with no money ) when you lease to them . Free plates special fuel deals , special truck insurance deals , Nat'l Acc deals on tires n such. They make it all look good on paper but after you get out in the real world you soon find out it does'nt all add up. I should know back on Sept 25th at 10am in the morning I rolled out of Fort Wayne Ind in my first truck that I bought through a leased purchase deal ( but they did'nt call it that back then ) with North Amer Van Lines. There was a outfit out of Kansas called MidWestern Distribution that you could but a truck for 1$on payments back then too.. I was 22 and thought I had the world by the tail in my single axle 4070B cabover Intl !!!! I was in their freight division not house-hold. They paid me a whopping 72 cents a mile !!! The only way I out-lived that arrange-ment was that back then you could trip lease and every time they would try to starve me out I would find a hot load to haul n keep the money runnin useing their trailer. Thats what showed me how much that the other freight pays (even back then) !!! But fuel was a lot cheaper back then too. I can remember paying 65 cents a gallon at KING Fuel stops in Missouri. Every-one learns from their mistakes. I was 1 of the less than 1%of people that ever left their with a paid off truck. I thought they were going to scream when they had to give me the title !!!! Sorry about all the rambling I got caught up in the good ol days !!!