Can this be??

Without knowing or seeing numbers or his agreement sounds like he's not making much but if he's an owner op I would certainly expect to pay fuel still while borrowing one of their trucks unless they cut him back to company driver wages while in their truck. Company did you a pretty big favor letting you use one of their trucks while yours was down.

 

It doesn't sound to me like they did him much of a favor. Always ALWAYS find out what it pays FIRST. If they won't tell you, there's a reason. If you don't feel comfortable asking, you better move along.

 

I missed the 6 weeks part. So he's averaging less than $100 a week and it took a month and a half to start looking into it

 

Well, he should not have leased in the first place. That kind of pay is the norm. Quit and go be a company driver.

 

Something not right.

How do you put your own truck to work for a carrier and not know how much the truck is being paid?

There has to have been a lease agreement that stipulated the conditions and terms under which he should be paid. That and each load should have been provided with a rate sheet and break down of what it paid and the conditions under which it was to be delivered.

Is this your truck or a company truck on a fleece deal? I can see a lease purchase going the route your posting about. Companies like to sell that as being an owner operator, in my personal opinion,.. its really not.

I honestly dont mean to mock or sound insulting,.. but sounds to me like you guys should have done some homework and research before naively signing up for something you guys dont understand.

Hurst

 

everyone said it all.
plus they probably charged him rental fee for the truck they let him borrow.

people think Im an a hole when I start talking about money on a job. but I am very straight and direct about it.
What does it pay exactly?
Can you show me rates?
Can I get what your telling me in writing?
Before my truck hooks to anything, I want to know what it pays, IN WRITING!
All deductions must be made with an explanation and an billing invoice.
If not I am gone.
Im a business. If we cant come to terms then we dont do business. I didnt buy my truck to make someone elses business make money while I drive and fix my truck.
I will burn it before I do that.

 

with out seeing this deal on paper and seeing your statements, miles worked, loads worked etc, NO ONE will be able to answer your questions...

 

$1.29 is cheap.

You guys have bitten off more than you can chew. If he figures out how much it costs to run the truck, he will realize that you took a pay cut from a company driver. You say that $1.29/mile is 3x what he made as a company driver, I doubt that. 1.29/3=.43.

$.43/mile is decent wage. $.43x2500=$1075/week OR 10x what your husband brings home. They should be sending some sort of settlement sheet to the house. R E A L L Y would like to see a settlement sheet.