Day and Ross: Don't do it Lease Ops.

The mileage rates at Day and Ross are the same or higher than other places for the same lanes.
Where you have trouble with this company is with the fuel and insurance rates.
The paperwork on the bi-monthly statements doesn't include the original Fuel Purchase record from the cardlock. This means you don't have the verified pump price per litre from the provider. They set a rebate that fluctuates depending on what they decide per period is a fair fuel rate. If you are consuming more that they deem is appropriate for that period, they will charge you a little more per litre for your fuel.
Day and Ross will collect fuel surcharges from the customers and rebates on volume from the fuel provider and buy themselves new trailers and upgrade their buildings with the amounts they collect. You may be left struggling with maintaining your truck and eating.
The insurance rates have no cap and are charged per mile. Effectively, the more you run, the more of their policy you are paying.
They will run you until you break, then look for more.

 

They don't pay a good wage. We moved to Manitoulin and doubled the take home after cost... and we're still only keeping $60/hour before truck maintenance and payment. Where are these good paying jobs, like seriously.... If it helps I can dig out some old Day and Ross statements from 2010 and post them. You'll be doing about 15 bucks an hour.

 

Just looking through these old statements here... I had a separate file for short paid because it happened every two week settlement.
ok so gross on 13358kms (all turnpike rate (their highest rate), because this is what we did edm-wpg)
gross: $13707 (<--- k, should be a red flag right here for us ops, less than one dollar per km gross hauling TURNPIKES)
deductions: 587.10 insurance, 19.21 for the satellite, 126.22 for health ins., 141.39 for licences, 5624.36 for fuel.
total net: $7,208.72 for 4.75 trips to wpg and back ex edm.
0.53 per km net statement
Still owing: truck payment, maintenance, repairs, tires, etc. after this take your wage.

RTL company pay for Rockies to Yellowknife (roughly same distance ex Edm)
per driver roundtrip: $550 each
Every two weeks: $5,500 pre taxes average, $4,650 average net.
0.63 cents per km net.

Manitoulin team lease op to Whitehorse:
4000km round, .46/Litre fuel cost avg:
keep $3,000 avg per trip after fuel, insurance, lic. (incl yk plate)
about 0.75 cents per km
then take your payment, maintenance, repairs, tires and wage.

Back to the first original post: Manitoulin's rate on their contract is about 0.80 per mile less than Day and Ross' rate on their contract. Where they get you is fuel.
No wonder OODIA survey showed company drivers are making more than lease ops.