Money - Looking to earn $5k and up per wk as O/O

What type of trl's...

 

So true about giving info on companies here . I have pm'ed several members with good job leads but will never post a good potential job opening on the forum

 

awwww...crap..I was wrong! doh!

 

Read my signature line and you will see one type of trailer for 2 of the companies. The other one is pulling flat/step/rgn hauling very high dollar machinery...not the typical machinery you see on every other flatbed outfit.

I kind of laugh when people throw out a name of a great outfit to work for. The truely great companies never get listed or advertise...heck they usually never even offer sign on bonuses either unless they really want a certain type of person. Even when they do offer it, the driver or o/o never find out about it till after they sign on.

 

And this falls along the line that I tell people looking for a company job. 99% of the good ones are never listed in them advertisement books in the truck stop and about the only way you can find about them is ask someone thats all ready working there.

 

Yes 20k a month net is what you earn with the right contracts. i pull super B trailers regionally and NET between 17k to 22.5k per month. I do this driving a 2000 long nose peterbilt 379 with lots of chrome. Here is the kicker, i don't own any trailers just the truck and home most weekends.

From what I have seen 5k a week pulling van's is very unlikely.

Goodluck

 

unless your a super trucker or a actor in "Ice Road Truckers" You WONT NET 5K.

No way with the Fuel Prices how they are...

 

The only way fuel should play into reducing your net is if you have a contract with no FSC or using wrong formula. Most guys I know that have FSC are making better money when fuel is up. Unless you are still in the 5's on MPG. And if that is the case then you need to do the math on trading out of the fuel hog, slowing down, less ideling, etc.

 

I was actually netting more when fuel was $5/gallon. It wasn't nearly as much of a problem to get higher rates when shippers and brokers knew that fuel was so high. Another reason is that tens of thousands of owner operators and carriers went out of business due to the high fuel costs and them trying to run at 30 year old freight rates. When you are in business you must learn to adjust to changing market conditions. In this business it means when your cost of operations goes up then you need to pass those higher costs along to your customers (shippers and brokers). If they don't want to pay for your higher costs then find another shipper or broker who is willing to pay a higher rate. Remember as the owner of the equipment it is YOU who set the rate for which you run. I wish more owners understood that simple concept.

 

Gman hit it on the nose if you take a low rate that's on you even as a new company we have yet to touch less than 2.10 per loaded mile and never less than 1.95 all miles. For the most part we hold around 2.15 all miles