What's a good rate being leased to a mega?

Not by far. LOL 2k a month worse scenario for income so I don't fail. And I lived here for 35 years and worked on a few local shippers.
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/wa_fv190.txt central Florida rates on there . Not going to fall on your lap in Florida for sure. I had to work for it and search and search. Sorry your and rest you speak for having bad time here. I wish ALL drivers made same. Some work and search for loads. Some sit and watch load boards hoping a big paying load pops up. Stay Safe and Happy Holidays.

 

That's a scary thought. Trying to force an antiquated system that works "ok" for run of the mill general or dedicated van freight. You know out of all those small, mid sized, and even mega's like FXCC in the sylectus network - that virtually none of them pay their owner operators a flat rate per mile. That $1.40 flat rate is such an insult they'd never attract or recruit anyone serious about TT expediting as there are far too many superior options out there.

And realistically if one is only expediting in a TT they could expect as a solo to average about 2,000 miles a week in a busy week. Most trucks on elogs running general freight would typically average 2,500 miles a week, and even that would leave for some lean settlements. I never did scratch anything out of 3,000 mile weeks on a $1.40 rate.

So they could supplement the expedite with general freight at a 50/50 mix or whatever but then the human element and miles mentality comes into play. They're going to commit to cover a hot expedited load going 50 miles at tariff which is likely 4 times or more what the driver will be paid at $1.40?

Your typical miles guy ticked off at the company for short miles or whatever conspiracy they're sure of the company plotting against them... ..they'll treat that as any ol crappy load they really don't want. Maybe they don't get along with their dispatcher? Who knows. You would trust mileage slave truckers like that with something that could shut a line down and cost a customer $10,000 a minute, or more?

The old buck a mile model doesn't work. No-one pays expediters like that. Not anyone who seriously does. Even these local companies with 25-50 trucks doing all the same expediting we do, even they pay their company guys 25-30% of the gross, and don't say "trust us that is the gross".

I know you get it Bill but I'm asking what are they thinking?

 

We can throw numbers around all day, everyone business model is different.

 

True. But at the end of the day fuel ain't getting any cheaper and nothing else is either. Inflation is a fact of life unless you're driving trucks then everyone thinks rates from 20 years ago are great.

 

Rates for owner operators who lease to a carrier should be in the $2/mile range.

 

Lol And i I should be a millionaire, but I'm not. We can only wish

 

And that driver is underpaid. A good company driver should be looking towards 50c per mile.

 

Good companys pay %and guys liike the short runs. And oversize long runs, butt thats another topic from you door swingers.

 

Absolutely correct!

Then throw on top that as the business owner (in my case my wife) the owner should expect a cut. Just to handle the paperwork and officey type B.S. that nobody wants me to get involved in.

 

I think Rollin has it down pretty good here.

You would need to turn that money loosing 50 mile financial cow pie load into an uncut diamond before I would take it.

Read that as a service fee added to my settlement ON TOP OF MILES PAY. This could be % of revenue.

Cause if you don't I would not put down the remote, game controller, or stop any other time killing activities I may be doing for that load.

But if the truck is loaded with Cheap regional/local freight it is not available for expedite loads. So why take the filler crap?