I'm looking to buy my own truck and run intermodal. I noticed that all intermodal drivers go home every night. Im personally fine with just going home for my 34hr restart. If you work 6days a week and run out your 70hr clock is it possible to gross $4800+ a week?
Intermodal O/O can you gross 800-1000 a day?
Discussion in 'Intermodal Trucking Forum' started by BruceWayne911, Apr 3, 2021.
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You’ll Have to do those 20’ isotankers, cans won’t pay that much.
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I worked there 4.5 years until they closed the terminal I was based from.Another Canadian driver, slow.rider and BruceWayne911 Thank this. -
I don't have any tanker experience and I'm looking to geta a truck next year.Another Canadian driver Thanks this. -
Have both owner ops and company.
Might train, they were putting trainers in company, I trained one of their trainers, but he switched to Superior Carriers when they closed that terminal.
A call wouldn’t hurt.Another Canadian driver, slow.rider and BruceWayne911 Thank this. -
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You would have to look around and see what's moving in your area, looks like you have ramps in Columbus and Cincy, Google shows several dray companies in the area. Here's one thing to keep in mind, if you've never run intermodal before, I'd recommend working for a company as a company driver first to get the exp., then consider buying your own truck. As I said above, some companies pay a flat rate per move, some pay a percentage, some pay a different percentage if your a lease operator vs an Indy, some companies, such as JB Hunt and Schneider don't recognize Indy operators, you operate under their authority, and they set a flat pay.
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Short answer would be yes. I generally work 6 days, could be home every night however I choose to stay with the loads a lot throughout the week, i.e. pull tomorrow’s load out today and start in that direction. I generally gross around 3500-4000 a week, and that’s not running that many hub miles either.
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Started as a company driver for a little over a year, then bought a truck and was leased on for 3.5 years.
You get percentage pay, 25% company, 64% as lease op, can easily do 1200/week as a company driver.
My company truck didn’t have a pump and the compressor didn’t work, so I never unloaded while there.
Did gravity unload a couple times as a lease op, got paid extra $150 for unloading.
Can make 200-225k year as lease op, I usually just run Monday-Friday home weekends at that rate.Another Canadian driver and BruceWayne911 Thank this.
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