how can you achieve this in oklahoma

That "clearing" $104,000 a year means an income of what...nearly $200,000 after taxes alone, to say nothing of other expenses? Well, good luck with it, though I'm not sure about the "hometime still" part of it.

 

And people wonder why fuel was 4$ a gallon. It was a bubble that needed popped.

 

Go straight to the companies and ask for drivers average weekly settlements. Most 0/0's are reluctant to tell their high paying freight customers or freight lanes because that's their bread & butter.

Fikes Truck Line
Waggoners Trucking Co.
Bruce Oakley Inc. - end dumps/hopper bottoms/pneumatics

 

Anyone claiming to average six bucks a mile either does not understand basic math, or runs 100 miles a week. It's funny, for all that money those frackers make, they sure don't have very many decent looking trucks over there. You'd think just one of those millionaires would want a nice truck.

 

This is what happens when you blow it all on hookers and beer.

 

Sorry, I don't see OK as a high revenue area. As far as localish radius, say 500 miles pulling a flat or hopper, you're going to compete with hobby truckers, aka farmers. You won't beat their pricing, so you would need to go over the road and be gone for a while. Oil field work paid good, way better than most sectors of trucking. All of you're fellow oil workers are doing the same thing you're doing too, so I think this year is going to be pretty soft rate wise. We are going to see a lot of crying about rates from all the "I got my own authority" folks. Good luck, and I hope you saved that oil money. You can probably google stories about TX when the last oil bubble burst in the early 80's.

 

150k for 100-125k miles?? I think you are the one who needs things cleared up. With elementary math being first on the list

 

Look, If you cant CLEAR $80-90k AFTER all expenses (taxes too).....Its Not worth your time and effort

Im going on my 25th year as an independent carrier, based outside of Chicago......I keep it around $125k per year AFTER expenses..Then I pay Taxes on around 100k.. Which puts about 75-80 k per year in my pocket for all my hard work....

Again, I Cant stress this point enough...If you CANNOT make 80-90k per year AFTER everything...Its Not worth the Stress, Hours, and responsibility this job entails


just looked up a figure...National truck driver owner-op pay AFTER expenses was $56,600 per year...That's Pathetic

You can go work in a government office eating Cheetos and drinking grape Nehi soda assisting people at a window for More than 56k

 

Finally someone on here who gets it