Hey everyone, as the title says I'm thinking about buying a truck to do intermodal up in Washington State. For the last three years I have been hauling crude oil in North Dakota and now Texas and I'm just kind of sick of dealing with slip seating with drivers that don't care about the equipment in the least. I have read through all the threads I can find on here that pertain to intermodal but every one is specific to the east coast or midwest. Does anyone have any experience with the west coast? I have been looking into companies and Road One seems to be pretty legitimate in that area but there are several that I have found so far. I see a lot of people saying that rail yards are better than ports. Is that just due to wait times or is there something else I need to be aware of? Any info that you can give me would be awesome. I'm still in Texas making good money so it isn't a huge rush, I just want to start getting my ducks in a row. Thanks!
Thinking about going intermodal O/O in Seattle
Discussion in 'Intermodal Trucking Forum' started by bighog85, Mar 23, 2015.
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i beem womdering about that also.
i see hundreds of immigrants driving theses junk trucks around port of tacoma.
all i ever hear of is long waiting times for no money but their staying after it every day
then you got seattle with their po;icy of discouraging automobile traffic reducing lanes and parking places and not fixing roads.
the panama canal will be widened next year and all the new big ships will be able to bypass the left coast for texas and caroiina.
tacoma definitely is better for getting in and out and rent prices -
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$1,500 to $1,800... are you serious.. btw.. STAY AWAY FROM ROAD ONE. Hell, stay away from any of those big companies.. I was making that as a company driver doing intermodal.
Find you a mom & pop company.... seriously man, for your own sake... do not buy a truck and aim to make $1,500 to $1,800 after fuel. that's just absolutely devastating.. you need to aim for $2,500 to $3,500 a week after diesel. i average between $2,500 to $4,000 a week after diesel.. this is what a owner operator needs to clear...ROAD ONE is a scam so is their rates... but im not surprised. All those companies are full of crock ####.RERM Thanks this. -
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Please explain what you mean by "hustle", is this working 5 or 7 days a week, cause if so, then what good is the hometime????
do they pay cpm or %...all I've seen from RoadOne is 1.13 per mile....so to net $2800 after, say $1,000 of fuel you'd have to drive 4,300 miles????course, that's not including the FSC...
I've seen the ads on craigslist here in Chicago for HUB ($1.30, RoadOne, RoadRunner, TCS $1 per mile + FSC, Dart, JB Hunt, Schneider 1.85 including FSC "average") and, to be honest, I don't get how you guys can do it....please let me know...
Place I'm at now, I'm netting (after fuel) $2,800 on 1200 to 1600 miles....not gonna get rich, but I can pay the bills and have a little left over....
One of the places where I was at, the owner ops were constantly going from their truck to company drivers and back once they fixed/bought a truck again..... one breakdown away....don't get it...Last edited: Mar 25, 2015
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Hustle means 5 days I never work weekends..,ever! They have drop n hooks on the weekends but I have my rules. Here's what you have to understand, there's a local board and regional road side. I'm on local board. If I had to work regional road I would quit!! Their rates SUCK!! $1.15 ?? That's garbage . I work local only nothing over 99 miles. 100miles and above rates are per mile +fsc which =garbage. 0-99 is paid by a rate that changes every 11 miles. Look at it that way I'm getting sometimes $12 a mile. If you drive 1600-1800 miles local you'll make gr8 coin. You'll be able to use the extra money for stress management. Lol hustle in Chicago doesn't mean working HARD means working SMART. Being able to know how to work the rail yards and how to get in and out is key to $chaching$. How do you feel about 10-12hour days 5 days a week? Grossing 4k-5k?? Again my weekly mileage is low, and no concern to me. Time is the enemy for local drivers.
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Ya they can go pound sand for that money. I make that right now hauling crude in Texas.
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