Thinking about going intermodal O/O in Seattle

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

 

I can tell you if you can handle the Ports and have a TWIC Card and have the patience to deal w/ I-5 traffic, you can do very well... I have a buddy that does this let me reach out to him and get back to you on the particulars .. I too am sick of seeing 100's of non-country men making bank and sporting nice trucks while I'm have been nothing more then meat in the seat.. I'm making the jump to O/O in a few weeks myself.. Good Luck and I will get back to you soon

 

My buddy got back to me with a vague answer, $1500-$2800 a week , fast card n twic is essential to get in & out quickly though not necessary in the beginning you will just need a escort till you get yours... He said if you want to be remembered and get in and out and loaded fast bring the fat gate attendants coffee and donuts ... other then that he said he will get back to me later

 

$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 ####.

 

I been with road one for years in the Midwest and if being home every night (almost) is important then you'll like ROADONE. Rates are not the best but volume of work is available year round. 1800-2800 after fuel sounds about right. You can make more, depends how much u hussle. Midwest is hub city lots of work, traffic, dots, rail yards headaches..etc. I've become immune to Chicago headaches but some guys would rather just do dryvan and not deal with rails. Comes down to preference. Grossing 150k+ is definitely doable. Good luck, I run out of channohan terminal, btw make sure you cash in on a sign on bonus lol

 

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...

 

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.