Paying Driver 50/50 Split ?

I've heard of guys junking the truck because of dash wiring problems.

 

I am responding as a DRIVER, not an owner. The FSC is part of the rate of freight. That's not untouchable. It's revenue the truck brings in. With the FSC is how you figure your rate per mile. If that was untouchable then a lot of people can say they run for $1.00 a mile. You and everyone else knows NOBODY can do that! I wouldn't work for 20% or even 50% AFTER tolls and scales etc. That's why you didn't like percentage.

 

That's right. If the driver has been doing it long enough, he would be smart to walk away from 10% of $4.00. Are you assuming he's going to hire someone straight out of school that doesn't understand that all of his empty miles are for free? If you can $4.00 a mile, than what's the problem. You can't get it and neither can I, especially for every load. I wouldn't work for 20% of the gross. That's all I was saying to you. You stated you worked for 20% to 30% after tolls and scales etc. I wouldn't work for that either. I'm sorry you did. The only way to work percentage is by going off of the gross. I knew a guy that worked for 30% of 75%. That's not making money.

 

I don't understand your question. lol OK...... $100.00 to the truck, 25% to the company where the truck was leased. That is $75.00 or 75% left over. He was getting 30% of the 75% which was $22.50. For every $100.00 the truck made, he was making $22.50 or 22.5% or 30% of 75%. Are you with me or did I explain that for nothing? If your asking 75% of what, when you use brokers it always varies in rate. It would be what ever he could get. The company he leased to didn't get him much freight so he could use their authority to book loads.

 

OK, I guess it's all about what sounds the best to the driver. What I like is the splitting of the tolls and scales...as an owner. At the end of the day it's all pretty much the same.