How can people make it # $.91 a mile?

What a rip off. My rates (including my owner ops) the last few weeks have been over $2/mile. I charge 10%, owner op keeps the rest. Yes, there's some waiting for freight sometimes, but you'll easily get 2500-3500 miles per week. 90% of freight is paid weekly (for brokers with quick pay). I don't know how some guys make it. The lowest of low seasons (Jan/Feb), the lowest AVERAGE that I have seen was $1.65/mile.

By the way, this is all dry freight.... So yeah, $0.91 cpm is ridiculous

 

You are choosing to make what you make, simple. You are a company driver paying the bills. You don't have the attitude of a true O/O. Stop whining and make some decisions to put yourself in a better situation to make money. Like the other poster said, you are running a company, not driving a truck and until you realize this you won't improve your situation. Good luck.

 

i came across an ad on craigslist and it sates

looking for onwer op's with flat bed or curtain van exp. we pay everything but Maint. truck note and bobtail ins... Yes thats right we pay for fuel you get $0.68 a mile for all miles loaded and empty

sound to good to be true??? here is this link

http://spokane.craigslist.org/trp/2256307574.html


sounds crazy to me maybe not what you all think

as for the OP question, if that rate comes with a $0.50 a mile surcharge some could probly make it

 

UMMM...it states they pay for the fuel, so why would you think that you would get the surcharge????

 

the last sentence is to the original post for the $0.91 not the link i posted

i should have made that more clear

 

ohhhh i got ya

my bad i thought something totally different and i am glad to hear about the pay you will run for and i know there is alot of us out here that won't run cheap

maybe there is hope even if small

 

Hopefully the $.91 a mile is before the fuel surcharge with had better be way more than in the mid $.40's per mile. If not you are in serious trouble!