400 loads at under $1.20 / mile

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by windsmith, Oct 8, 2012.

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  1. Oct 12, 2012 #21
    Markvfl

    Markvfl Road Train Member

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    And the rates continue to fall like an anvil from an airplane...
     
    Markvfl, Oct 12, 2012
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  3. Oct 13, 2012 #22
    TRKRSHONEY

    TRKRSHONEY Heavy Load Member

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    So Windsmith, what's the update on making $50,000+ your 1st year??
     
    TRKRSHONEY, Oct 13, 2012
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  4. Oct 13, 2012 #23
    windsmith

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    Still on track for the $50K, I'll compile the numbers and update the thread when I get some time to do so. I can say that I've had 2 weeks in the last 5 months where I've earned less than $1000, so I'm definitely on track. I haven't updated that thread lately in part due to the heat I've taken from the haters.
     
    windsmith, Oct 13, 2012
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  5. Oct 14, 2012 #24
    tom456

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    Not to be a "hater" as you described, I honestly am interested to know if it is really worth all the headaches of being an o/o to make $50k a year, especially considering you have to pay your own payroll taxes, insurance, etc., etc., that would be taken care of if you were a company driver. Seems like you can make that with some companies without all the hassle. I just wonder, because I would really love to be an o/o, just from what I have read on here it doesn't make any financial or logical sense. Am I missing something?
     
    tom456, Oct 14, 2012
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  7. Oct 14, 2012 #25
    BAYOU

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    I don't make $50,000 a year after taxes not even close!!
     
    BAYOU, Oct 14, 2012
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  8. Oct 14, 2012 #26
    gokiddogo

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    Why would you "really love to be an o/o" ?
     
    gokiddogo, Oct 14, 2012
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  9. Oct 14, 2012 #27
    HDFatboy

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    He IS a company driver. He books his own loads
     
    HDFatboy, Oct 14, 2012
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    windsmith Thanks this.
  10. Oct 14, 2012 #28
    EZX1100

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    i dont understand sitting for that amount of time, if the area is bad and the freight is too low, deadhead somewhere else

    it will cost, but sitting costs also
     
    EZX1100, Oct 14, 2012
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  11. Oct 14, 2012 #29
    windsmith

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    As HD said, I am a company driver but I have the freedom to choose when and where I go with the truck. The 'haters' are the ones that insist on telling me that I know nothing about anything, and I can't possibly be doing what I'm doing because I just got my CDL in May and I haven't 'paid my dues' by spending a year with a bottom feeding carrier.
     
    windsmith, Oct 14, 2012
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  12. Oct 14, 2012 #30
    windsmith

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    I completely agree; I simply decided to gamble and wait on that last-minute load that just HAD to be moved at any cost. It didn't materialize this time.
     
    windsmith, Oct 14, 2012
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