owner op question?

As with anything it is all about the market. Plenty of long $.2.25/mile runs for reefers. Just a matter of taking a step back and looking at the market.

 

Glad I pull flat and not step, I couldn't handle the dietary restrictions.

 

sometimes i wish i had a 53 step instead of a 48 flat.

 

I'd take a step any day over this 48 flat I'm pulling now.

 

I too have been looking at different freight options for me, and from what I have found, flatbed rates are about the best and the # of loads dwarfs those of a stepdeck. Van freight is in great abundance but too cheap for me to pull around right now, plus my flat-top truck does not like van trailers and kills my MPG by more than 1mile per gallon. I have plenty of freight coming out of my home area, but nearly 0 going back on a flatbed. With a van there are usually several, but they are cheap. Tho sometimes when you add in the deadhead I run to go home, I would have made just as much pulling a van.

If I could just get these brokers to understand that $3.50 mile for a OD load is not that great.

 

Especially when it's not that hard to find legal freight paying close to that and even more!

 

Do you work with Jamac? Have you looked at the BASICs score with the FMCSA?

 

That poster was banned from the forum a long time ago, he was/is a Landstar agent.

Check the posting dates before replying to a thread, the last post in this thread was just under 2 years ago.

 

But still might be favorable to starting a new thread

 

Hi. i am currently in school, and my goal is to become an o/o. My question is, can an o/o work local to be home nightly? And if so is it still profitable? i have 3 kids, and i love trucks. So i want the best of both worlds by driving trucks and being with my kids.