I have a paid off truck and am only bringing home $1500 on a good week

A friend of mine adds to the odometer about 2000 miles a week and grosses not even $4000. He might be around $2500 after fuel but then between the truck payment, insurance, and the inevitable maintenance, $1500 sounds about right, I think. I advised him to apply for a cement truck driver job while it was available. Much less stress and more time for fishing.

 

It is not that bad but all depends on the truck and everything else. Are you getting 5 MPGs in that old truck? Are you doing power only? Leased to Scheinder or do you have own authority? Lot's of stuff needs to be spelled out to even begin to help you out. Give us the run down and we can give you better information. Also never believe anything on the internet! Ha ha

 

Hell I can make that with my pickup truck hauling campers and other power only towaways. Those dry van loads must be cheap these days.

 

Your truck is likely older than 1/2, maybe 3/4 of the forum members

 

No, he just ain't running.
Think about it. If his bottom line on a 'good' week is $1500, that means his top line is roughly $2000. That means he's sitting playing video games.

 

Must have 2 sticks, no ac or power steering and wants to only drive 350 miles... to be older than me

 

I would PM @Dave_in_AZ and sign on with Landstar asap.

 

The "good freight" is being held for company trucks.

It used to be as soon as CS created a load it showed up on both the Area Planner and IC Board at the same time, first come first served. For the last year or so loads will be held back from the ICs until the planner has a chance to assign a company truck to it.

@DAX_ - freight is soft all over, and rates are lucky, but it's not that bad. You should be able to gross at least $4,000 a week.

 

Sounds about right, low paying freight, low miles, poor use of time due to the lack of enough freight vs trucks available.

Industry is in the toilet.

 

Are you kidding?! It's a bunch of cranky old pensioners around here nowadays!