Gas prices so high is it worth it?????

YES. As long as you are not reffering to O/O as a leased on driver to a company.

 

I disagree that there aren't good leased on positions out there. I happen to be leased to a carrier with a pretty aggressive fuel surcharge which actually out-paces the fuel prices by a hair meaning that I actually do better the higher fuel goes (not by a ton, mind you. just a little). A lot of companies aren't like that. Their surcharge benefits to the truck are of diminishing help as the fuel prices rise. You just have to be picky when it comes to picking a carrier if you want to go the "leased on" route. If you're going to have your own authority, you still have to be picky. Actually, more so, because it's all in your hands. Nobody's going to hold your hand and stop you from taking that load that'll actually end up being a real stinker once all the pennies are tallied.

 

Who puts gas in their semi?

 

That's odd CBT....I think just about everybody in the section knows who I'm leased through.....and my last trip...from Lodi, CA to the Chicago area my FSC covered all but $57.21 of my fuel costs.....for 2198 ACTUAL miles....Let's see....that works out to about .026 cpm that I had to spend on fuel.....I don't think ALL companies are the same.

 

I'm sorry for not being a groupie of yours and not knowing who you are leased to. But, I will say great if you did. Figuring ROUGHLY, doe surcharge of .35 cpm for 2198 mi = $769.30, 2198 mi / 8 mpg ( going to be optimistic here) = 274.75 gal # national avg $3.15 = $ 865.46 for total of $96.16 out of pocket which works out to roughly .04 cpm, no not too bad, but how good is everything else?
Not trying to start an argument, just don't expect EVERYONE, or JUST ABOUT EVERYONE to know, remember, or EVEN care who you are leased to. And I for one, do not call that ODD.

 

Very true...This would called Business sense.