Does Local O/O exist?

some of those gigs are just hard to get or find since like someone mentioned they dont advertise or they might advertise more local. I know I saw one gig one time that was home almost everynight but out an average of 2 nights a week, I remember them requiring like 5 years experience and a spotless record.

 

Not all of these gigs will advertise. It is up to you too find them. When I went to pull tanks, they didn't advertise. I met an o/o who told me they might need a driver. I went and caught a break.

 

He might be referring to his gross (total) pay. You always need to clarify exactly what number people are telling you. And you also should ask in a plain basic language such as "total pay" instead of saying "gross" and say "after all expenses" instead of "net" since many drivers/owner-operators don't know the difference between gross and net, but they'll still give you an answer.

I called a few companies about intermodal in Harrisburg, PA and I was told drivers gross around $2,000 give or take a few hundred. With that low of a gross revenue you could not take home $90,000 after expenses; even without a truck payment and even if you didn't pay your income tax.

For a rough estimate of earnings for a typical owner-operator a general rule of thumb is take the gross revenue and divide by two. Another way some people estimate for their take home pay after income tax is gross revenue divided by three.

So with that $90k figure you can see he might only be making the same as you. If that is the case it isn't surprising because many owner-operators DO NOT make more money than company drivers; they usually make about the same for the same kind of work.

Also realize, not only are many owner-operators unfamiliar with basic accounting terms, but also with basic accounting principles and even their own numbers.

 

Odds are that he's not in it solely on his own. Most likely signed on with a company like universal or roadone But it's been said that those drivers only do one run a day from A to B and some of those runs are dedicated runs. A more likely figure would be around $45,000 but those companies cover your fuel and truck insurance.

 

Another truck stop story. To every owner I meet net pay means after fuel and maybe after immediate small repairs. I simply don't trust their math. You want to find out their gross per week and deduct number of all miles from that number. What happens is their 3000 net turns into 1500 before taxes

 

We have local O/O all over the place in central Illinois .
Most O/O in this area have never been out of state !!!
They all pull hopper bottoms and haul for ADM or Staleys .

I would think in Ohio you could be home every day or at least every other day pulling in a 3 or 4 state area.

 

Thinking I might go to triple crown In Fort Wayne, in. Any input would be nice. A rough estimate of take home after fuel, truck, deposits and escrow would be nice. I'd appreciate any input if possible

 

Check craigslist for your area, there are lots of different opportunities for local work.

just the big question is do you want to feel like your punching a time clock. Me I like getting up when I want rarely do I set an alarm clock and when I want to or need to shut down I can as long as my loads are on time.

 

The jobs are out there. I will make it simple so us drivers won't get confused between gross and net. I gross around 220,000.00 depending on surcharge. Everybody expenses are different truck payments, heavy foot, and ect. I don't pull cans I pull reefers. I am home every morning and off on weekends. You can put around 100k in the bank before tax after expenses. I run 3000 miles a week to do it. I am leased onto a company and they provide plates, ezpass/prepass that they pay not me, and a comdata card for fuel discounts. I have two friends that pull cans and they run less miles to make the same. I prefer to run more miles with my company because I go to the same place five days a week and I am the only truck to supply the store which means no waiting when I get there in 30 min I am on my way home. I run 300 miles loaded and then 300 miles empty back home. My friends that pull the cans have a good amount of delay at distro centers. If I am on the road and I get asked how is it I say I just get by "it is hard to make my truck payment here". I don't need to compete with others by telling them what I do and what I get paid. You don't see it advertised in the paper or on job boards because if another lane comes open a current owner will just buy another truck and put a driver in it to cover. The best way to find good jobs like this is if you see a truck on the road pulling something you would like to do is go on the companys web site. They might not advertise publicly but on their site you will see job opening or a place fill out an application to be on the next wave of hires. The good one will have high standards like 5 years otr with no tickets and or accidents. Which I never understood the otr part because if I climb in the bunk for the night then it was a bad with the highway closed or something. If you call a company to find out their pay and they say an average of 2000.00 per week gross ask them if that is gross to the truck or to the driver. Lots of companys give you the amount after expense and not the gross to the truck. A lot of the employees in the office do not understand the difference and how it really works. Hope this helps.