Acme drivers

I believe a couple of you Acme guys are on here, can you tell me how you're doing? I've been through the 2 day safety class already and just waiting for my plates and i'm curious about what I can expect. I've worked for Venture which is the same line of work so i'm just comparing the two. I basically want to know what kind of money could be made here and just what to expect. Any info would be helpful. Thanks!

 

Haha, it took me a while to get used to being on call but I dont mind it now. With Venture we rarely got loads coming back but the Acme terminal i'm leasing to claims they have back hauls about 80% of the time. I'm also trying to decide if I should lease on a flatbed or a single drop.

 

No i'm going with Angleton terminal 130

 

I think it depends a lot on which terminal or what type of equipment you have. Were you using a single drop? When did you work there?

 

I was told by a couple of the drivers that I can expect around 45-50% of the gross after fuel and lease charges. I think they charge 10% for insurance where as at venture they were charging me 15.5% insurance. I would get around 35% of the total gross over there. You only get 70% of the linehaul and they always tell you the total price to make it sound good.
I made between 8-10k a month bring home with venture but they started pushing a lot of out of town stuff on me and I really like to stay within a day or two from home.