Farm2Fleet/Covenant Fleet - O/O's

2 years driving experience.

 

Mr. Bill , I live in Cartersville, Ga., I'm solo with new peterblit, could you run me east to west with van or reefer and me bring home $2500 week after fuel and expenses consistently? Been driving since '87 .
thanks

 

I'm not Bill but F2F drivers book our own loads so the money you make is dependent on yourself.

 

Interesting read and sounds pretty much the same deal I have with another company. 80% line haul 100% fsc. I pay $85 a week into trailer maintenance they pay cargo and liability. I book my own loads and average $2.00+ a mile to the truck easy. Sound about right?

 

That is a humorous statement Barroll:

Your statement "If you're hurting for the 3.75% difference in the rate between 80% of $1000, or 80% of $812.15 and 100% of the $187.85 FSC, then you should have been demanding a rate higher than $1000 in the first place."

I am and most of the drivers in the business including the companies / agents / brokers and all others are in it for the money. Using your figure of 3.75%, if a truck generated $220,000 per year that measly 3.75% would add up to another $8,250 at the end of the year. As far as hurting for the 3.75% difference, You would not be a good business person if it does not interest you. That is why the lease companies do not often want to commit to paying a fair fuel surcharge.

When freight rates drop and a the lease company tries to push a load on a truck that pays $.90 per mile or less. Then when the same company refuses to pay a reasonable fuel surcharge but definitely wants their 20-30% of the load they are knowingly creating hardships for the owner and driver of that truck and that company generally could care less about the truck owner and driver because they have ten others to haul that load. At least until the truck owners cannot make their payments or perform the required maintenance on the truck and are put out of business. The answer to the problem is reasonable rates. There is a need for honest shippers, companies, agents, and brokers that do not multiple broker their loads to skim the rates. Most of us would love to work for companies like that, companies like Farm 2 Farm appears to be trying to create such a company. I would like for Farm 2 Farm to reconsider their stance on a reasonable fuel surcharge on all paid miles whether company or brokered freight. Perhaps they could be an industry leader in this area also.

Yes, A fair fuel surcharge based on a predetermined price per gallon can and does make a world of difference to the owner of a truck. That is why fuel surcharges were established in the first place. When a truck owner accepts a load for $.90 per mile they know that they are loosing because most of them are running for base cost or less. Knowing that there is an established and fair fuel program in place can ease a tense situation and make hauling cheap freight more tolerable.

I do agree, if all the shippers, brokers, companies, and agents paid a fair and equitable rate there would be no need for a fuel surcharge. When freight volume is down the companies drop their rates because they can, because of the volume of trucks that are willing to haul the freight to make the payment on their truck. During low volumes of freight it is generally not possible to negotiate a better price on an $.80 or $.90 per mile rate because they know there will be someone to haul it. Making it impossible to DEMAND a higher rate as Barroll stated should be done. In a perfect world Barroll would be correct, in the real world, he is way off the mark.

I am in no way referring to any specific company in this posting. I have been in the industry for many years and I have and still continue to see companies that are not truly concerned about their drivers, their focus is on their stockholders and their own checking account.

 

About time for everyone to update...lol

 

Hi Bill,
I live in Ohio and I want to gross 4k+ a week being home daily in Ohio. If I lease to you do you think that is possible? Also I can run out of state.. Thanks!