Today was a good day...

1.5 on line 3, 0.5 on line 4, $750 to the truck, of which 187.50 comes to me.

 

No, I haven't had my CDL for a year yet.

 

I'm a company driver, left to my own devices for the most part. I'm paid a flat 25% of gross and book 95% of the loads myself. The owner pays fuel, maintenance and other truck expenses.

 

Ha. If he is thrilled, I never hear about it. I get the grunts and groans over the phone when I call to tell him that one of those used tires he put on the trailer last month with 3/32" of tread is now at 2/32" and needs to be replaced again. "Well, can't you just run it for a few more weeks?" Um. No.

I try to guide him along the path to reduced expenses and increased profitability, but it's been a long uphill battle. Last week he finally got the fuel discount card that I told him about back in June.

I don't mind though. The no-risk education that I'm getting is well worth the aggravation - what little of it there is.

To his credit, he does come through with a pretty good load every 7-10 days or so.