Lease Programs a truck at Schneider

When we were with Prime, they were paying 72%. Not sure on Schneider.

 

The problem with prime is they're loads don't pay very much, so 72% of a cheap load doesn't pay too well, and with such high truck payments it's an even further set back. I hear so many guys say "it's all about the mpg, it'll make or break you" mpg shouldn't "make it or break it" going 60mph to save a little money sounds desperate, but that's just my opionion

 

Although speed is a big factor in mph, so is shifting and knowing your truck. When we were with Prime as lease operators we made good money. Our average was around $2000 with some weeks over $4000. A lot will depend on your dispatcher and the relationship you have with them. Ours would always call when we had a crap load to let us know that the crap load got us to another very well paying load. I think a lot of it has to do with relationships. There is money to be made, either solo or teaming, but I think teaming will bring in the most revenue. I understand though that teaming is not for everyone.

 

I dont think 65% is bad when you look at the all the benefits you get from them. If i was under my own authority i may make 2.00+ but all the expenses that i get extremely discounted through the carrier would just eat all that up and id still get the same thing

 

If you were your own boss you'd have plenty of loads paying well over 2.00+ but these megas have drivers signing away for only .90 CPM that rate hardly is even enough to pay for the truck.

 

.90 is crap cant even break even at that rate unless the truck is paid off

 

just because the % is higher dosent mean the rate is...I would rather get 65% of 4.00 a mile the 84% of 1.80 a mile any day

 

This. At SNI the percentage stays the same however what the load pays per mile depends on from what market to what market, mileage, etc. You can find loads from under a dollar / mi to over a few dollars a mile. For example if you want to run lots of short loads in the LA market the pay per mile is going to be way higher than say something coming from Denver into the LA market. I can give a rat's backside about the "percentage" what matters is my pay per mile to run the load.

EDIT: OP SNI has two programs, one "mileage" and the other is a self-dispatch called "choice". I'd say 99 percent go with the choice program. YOU pick what miles you want to run, what areas of the country, etc. Of course the loads you want to run may not be the best paying but that's all your decision. I typically book myself up for my 70hrs before the week starts. IF I happen to have hours left at the end of my runs I'll find a short local run to burn as much of my 70 as I can. I like to run all out and reset every week, works for me however some like a more steady pace of over 8 days.

 

Name a few...

 

Prime pays 72%.