JB Hunt - Power Only program

Somewhere I read that a Owner Operator should make about $1.71 per mile to make a living trucking. So take what JB offers as a slave labor type operation. What they are trying to do is put all the expensive onto someone else as they
know trucking biggest expense is labor, equipment and fuel and regulations (permits,licensing, insurance). Can't blame them as I see more and more companies prefer doing the logistics of handling loads. but shying away from operating trucks. I lease to Landstar and don't doubt one day Landstar will become a CH Roberson who simply moves freight for customers. My problem with signing on to one company is your at their mercy for freight. Lot of JB Hunt stuff is short or rail loads. Not a lot long. Last I worked for them in the 90's in Chicago I did more miles running local then most of the OTR guys. Rail was getting big back then.

 

When I stop and think about the information that is given to me about this program it sounds just good enough to possibly work for an independent looking to get his feet wet. Then you realize that all this information is provided by commission sales people that have some significant goals to achieve.

What this program seems to be good for is a small company driver fleet. The owner can hand the whole thing off to JBH and only be responsible for getting settlements done and compliance. With 4-5 trucks clearing $.10/mile you can grind out a decent living and not a bad return.

The landscape is changing faster than I had thought it would. We are seeing a widening gap between successful and profitable O/O's and ones just making it/failing. One thing that is happening that is going against what I thought is leased mileage rates are not increasing. Companies will continue to lease drivers into these programs but they are happy to stay flat or shrink. But revenue is growing because they are partnering and/or brokering more freight.

What is telling is that is when the largest bid boards are owned by carriers but their O/O's don't have access to that freight.

 

Why do people keep referring to trucking as slavery?

"Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. [1] Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation"

Your not held against your will or forced to do anything.

People complain about the poor wages yet there sitting in orientation or driving a truck for a company that they claim pays slave wages.


Give me a break people.

 

NOW! Rollincoal! your not very user friendly r you!

 

I think the turnover rate alone in trucking should tell people to stay away. If you have a close to 100% turnover in a years time at any company. Why would you even consider it as a career? At 50% turnover that would be bad.
Do you think all of these people are wrong? Slavery is probably not a good definition for what trucking is. Self abuse I believe would be a better term. Desperation would be another term.

 

Not when it comes out to contact names, phone numbers, or actual locations I'm not I mean really, I've been picking off general freight for the past 3 days and I'm already tired of it LoL..

 

Some fast food restaurants have a 300% turnover rate.

 

were starting 2 trucks on jb power only on oct1st. never did van freight b4 so will let you know how it goes. sounds good on paper but will see how it turns out. were a tanker co. looking to keep trucks busy during slow time. gotta be better than flats.

 

Come on coal, just give em phone numbers and everything. You can go find something else to do.

 

My husband was finally told that the loads the power carriers pull are the ones that other drivers fall off of. Guess that is why you only get to choose from 2 or 3 and they make you sit and wait 18-24 hours before they let you get reloaded. You can make a living but you might as well plan on staying in the truck a lot.......
Also remember most of these loads are over 40k.....