Hey all, I need some input on somethings
I have been looking at going at it alone, but I will be adding a team driver to help mitigate start up cost.
I am hiring a guy to drive team with me.
I live in Indiana
My goal is to run 20-25k a month, running 5-6k miles a week in 5 days what is the realistic loaded vs. empty miles is 90% loaded rate realistic? I am aware that the answer to the next question may effect this one.
What type of freight is best in terms of pay and reliability? My experience is mainly in open deck “flate/step”, dry van, and some reefer. I would like to here expected rates, and reliability
Thank you in advance for all the help
- open deck - I like doing open deck but I'm not sure it will scale well in a team environment, I did hear it can if you do step or drop if you do slightly oversized or military. I know from experience I can average over 2.50 a mile doing just normal flat but how many miles could I really get with team in a week?
- hub to hub / cross country - I'm not sure if hub to hub droop and hook would pay the bills sort of speak.
- hot loads / expedited / traditional team freight -
- tanker- Tanker seems to fit ok with team but I do not have the experience with tanker.
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Produce great for teams. Not so good on the truck.
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I cant answer all that but this was my situation for almost 8 years with husband who had authority. We tried several scenarios over the years. Here's some that paid well:
Get on as direct carrier with Amazon, not through broker. When we did that we grossed about 10k/week. Its a guaranteed thing for you as a team. You go hub to hub. We did regional.
That was a few years back. Just saw an updated pay sheet for that out of Columbus a few weeks back where they were paying 24k per week gross for team on those. And thats not a typo! So try to get on with Amazon directly. I do know they have certain insurance requirements and other requirements. So try to find out. You can make so much money if you're willing to team it and run run run.
Doing fladbed we made more money taking 2 separate trucks, 2 loads following each other vs teaming.
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how do you get those pay sheets lol
how in the hell do you make 24k a week even as a team, -
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Ok, so Amazon Relay is where you sign up to get the spot work which are the extras from that. Its 1 alternative, but not what I was speaking of. Im still trying to find it, but kind of hard because I'm no longer there. But that Amazon Relay will get you one step closer. You should sign up for that anyway. Its basically the same requirements, with the insurance etc.
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I wonder if thats the contract fleet rate but still nice to know where I can end up. Looks like team is about 50% more then solo otr when you grossed 10k how many miles did you run -
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