I seen some companies paying 88% to the owner operators

Yup. Another nice thing here is they handle most of the paperwork. I can't stand paperwork. I'd rather pay someone else to do it and spend the time pulling another load instead. Somebody might make a little more money than us even after doing all the paperwork himself, but as far as I'm concerned, he can have it. I'm happy, and there's plenty of room to level up at one's own pace. There's lots of ways to succeed out here on the road, and the one that makes you happiest is the one you'll work the hardest. To each his own.

 

I'll check it out! I am mostly concerned about tires.

 

Have you tried Comdata for tires? Also OOIDA has a Tire discount program aside from all the other discounts they offer.

 

Well said.

 

I dove into OOIDA last night. I was wanting Bridgestone but I am fine with Michelin too.

OOIDA national acct rates are nice plus I see they have some other perks. After 7 years I finally signed in and poked around a little!!

 

One thing I found about OOIDA is a lot of their deals may not be current. I don't know about tires but I tried taking advantage of a few of their other deals and in every case, the offer was expired but OOIDA kept it up on their website, presumably to make themselves seem more attractive.

 

I'll check back here after I reach out to a Michelin dealer.

 

I ran my own numbers for several years and have also leased on

A good company that you lease to may at times ( certainly not all times ) have a little better paying freight than you could find on your own therefore offsetting that bottom line
Sure you can grab a customer here and there but 1 truck can’t be as servicing to a customer than a company with 300++ unless you are more local or regional and the shipper keeps you running either by having enough loads to toss you one or they’re small enough to wait for your return

Many guys have their wives handle the office side but don’t figure a pay rate for that, they just figure it all goes to the same bank but any help should be factored in

Insurance is higher for own numbers at first if new but will go down and I think that is closer to a wash
We all pay insurance one way or another as it’s most definitely not free

 

Bauerbilt has a Michelin program you can sign up for that gives nation wide discount I think no matter where you are. It’s basically direct through Michelin but Bauerbilt facilitates it.

 

Michelin also has their own program...which I am in....but never could even begin to figure out their crazy 1980's interface.