Why can't we come together and create a comany that works for the driver?

You are correct their will never be a Perfect company to fit everyone, and keep everyone happy. But I do think their is freight out their to fit most not all. The problem is the companies we work for only have certain main shippers. But if you take a look at Land Star. They have so many company drivers and then owner operators and then they broker loads. Well from what I read you for the most part can put in the lanes you want to run and they will send you those loads. So the tech. is their to meet more of an individuals drivers needs and wants.... What if their was a way you could make an extra 125000 or more a year possibly on top of what you would make as a driver or owner operator?

 

How many drivers? See the thing is if you only have ten trucks and drivers then you can only make a certain amount. What if you had a 100 drivers who owned their own trucks and were responsible for their truck well now you didn't lose money only the one driver did. Ok I will say it like this what if for recruiting a driver you got paid 3 cents a mile for every loaded mile they ran? Just do the math. Then step out side the box and look at the revenue you brought in the company buy getting this driver. Most of the companies pay a '300 or 500 for recruiting but the company still is making money for every load that person runs. Well instead of paying a investor why not pay the people who did the work bring in the new driver running the loads. What if all dispatch were only paid for the loads they had their drivers run. What if everyone in the company had the opportunity to make money for everyone who they bring on to the company? So in short no one makes any money if no one works and does their job but the better their production the more money they make. What if as a driver you bring a shipper to the company and for every load the company hauls or brokers out you get paid a percentage.. So what you have is the potential of a 100 percent recruiting force and sales force... In this idea their would be growth and possibly fast growth. I have a lot more to this in detail. I have just shared a little bit please understand that.
The trouble I am having is most everyone is in the mind set that it wont work because its not how all the other companies do business. But that is the exact reason it will work and be even more successful.

If you look at the large trucking companies they don't make a large profit of a few trucks, its a large profit of many trucks. So why is it as individuals people can't see it like that if you get a little from many and had less invested and made more money. I am not creating more money. I know one trucks profit is not a lot but if you take many trucks that makes a lot of profit. Plus the Dot rules are in our favor as individual drivers coming together. What if everyone had their own authority. Then the one driver would get dinged and you wouldn't. Well like I said their is a lot more. I thank you for talking I hope to hear more from you. The more input the more I can work on the areas that need more attention...

 

so can you share with me what I missed about land star and what areas would you improve with their system?

 

Hi Adam you are correct basically it is kind of a Union. Yes their will be lawyers involved. Everything has to be up front and in the open or its just another trucking company who hides things the drivers. Everyone will know the business plan at that point and how everything works from a to z. Their also would be a company driver part as well but the difference is my plan is to help the become their own owner operator say with in two years they could have their own truck. Just think we all blow more then 500 dollars a year on who knows what ever. So if we can come together this could be very possible. I know about the factoring companies and that is how we protect everyone from not having the money to run each week. Plus the fuel savings, and road side assistance, Insurance, the list goes on and on how it would make us more competitive then running by yourself. But the big difference by us coming together is a driver can truly get, all the savings. Not a company giving you say 6 cents a gallon off and they are making say3 or 4 cents off every gallon you buy. Then like the fuel surcharge them truly getting 100 percent of it not 80 percent or what ever the company is taking. I am sure I am not saying anything you don't already know.

A lot of people don't know that most companies use a factoring company to have the capital to run each week. Kind of makes a difference if you know the load is going to pay wright away. Mot people don't know that through a factoring company they will pay you up to sixty percent of the load when you pic it up to run the load. This is how companies are able to pay drivers advances and for fuel with out barrowing any money. I am not for sure if most owner operators use these things. Most of the fuel card places don't charge you any interest as long as you pay each week or when ever set up. Because they are making money off every gallon you buy. Well I am sure you knew most of this but I just thought I would show you I do have a plan for how to cover every ones butt.

 

Yes you are correct you can't go into a shipper and say we have five trucks but most drivers know where the shippers are that run through their home, or where they want to run. In my idea you would come in and sit down with the brokerage department and the dispatch department and see if they can't get loads in those shippers I am betting they can. See I plan on having people in place who know that side of the business as well.