JJ's Place

Are you one of the competitors?

 

Just make sure they pay you as an employee on a W-2.
In many cases like that the company likes to pay you 1099. And if you are driving their equipment then you are not a 1099 contractor but an employee.
They may get away with paying that way for a few years, but the IRS has hired hundreds of new auditors to look for just this type of thing.
Otherwise it may be a decent opportunity.

Breakdown is not a huge issue unless they do not have the money to pay for repairs. You will need to figure out how to fix as many things as possible on your own, so you can get off the road and to a shop when needed. Road calls, especially after hours ones are very expensive. So need to be avoided.
Detention and breakdown pay are normally not paid in small company's. Layover sometimes is.
Try for percentage pay if possible. 25-30% is fairly common.

 

i'm finding that our mileage drivers are making more then i was on the 25% scale.

they get paid for all miles. i only got paid for loaded miles. and sometimes that deadhead was upwards of 300 miles.

 

CD, Thank you. It is their tractor. They are offering per mile, not percentage. Still in negotiating stage. I am pretty handy when it comes to repairs, but am not a mechanic. Have other oars in the water if this does not succeed, but kinda like the small company idea.

 

Thanks Snowwy. Don't know why they do not offer a "Thank You" option, but I appreciate the input.

 

have absolutely NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO desire to go to work.

 

nope im one of the drinkers. but i did get to throw a midget up against the wall a velcrow wall and mike him stick to it. best part was the two midget chicks rasslin in a kiddie pool full of jello.

 

Wow......gotta catch one of those shows! I have been to the PI and Thailand......never witnessed a midget toss!

 

Sitting in Tomah,wi (as usual on monday nights) was supposed to have dinner with a friend but he broke down 211 miles away. Got a full crock pot of buffalo chicken lasgana and nobody to share it with

 

Here is my route if anybody around. Leave Pelion,sc sat nights, go to shelbyville, in pilot take my break, then deliver 0300 in melrose park,il, on monday, then up to edgerton,wi by 0830. Then sit on my duff all day in tomah,wi deliver 0300 tuesdays, then sheboygan,wi 1130' then pickup in portage,wi catch some sleep at petro then head to london,ky take break at i-75 ex 41' the drop n hook in concord,nc at 0600 thursday...then got all day to get back to Pelion,sc off to sat night.

i run same route every week, catch me if you can