Take care Scott. Hope you ended up in a place that works out better for you. As far as me being content over here. I'm looking for more than a $204,000 gross. I'm not in a huge rush to leave, I have some things I have to take care of first, but leaving is on the list of things to do as I get some other things out of the way.
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I moved to Altom. Paper logs. Better rates. Same games. I just did 4 weeks running between El Dorado, AR and Houston. I was doin 70% of $1350, or $945/day plus fsc. I did around 1450 +/- miles per fill up. (2days). 14,000 miles in those 4 weeks. 5 loads a week. Made some really good money. By way of contrast, the week before I did these runs, I only got 1 load in for the week. Brought home $431. The week before that, I had 3 kids (7, 9 &11) with the flu. I stayed home to help the momma, so that week saw a load to southern Indiana and one coming right back up. Did about $2200 for that week.
Today, I have to deadhead from here up to north of Portage, WI, load and head to Arizona. $5300 linehaul. Not too shabby.
The 9 and 11yr old have ceribl palsy. Spent a lot of money on treatment, therapy, surgeries, you get my point. Didn't have insurance for a few years wasn't helping either. So yah, $197K really goes fast. Not to mention the 3 older kids. And the granddaughter. Like I said earlier, my situation is different from most. Home schooling, special diet for them. Tell ya what. I wouldn't wish this on anybody and I wouldn't trade it for the world.
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I'm an o/o and looking to get some tanker experience. I'll be moving to Columbia, SC this summer and my truck will be paid off. I was looking at either Miller or Trimac. Does anyone have any info or advice?
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Chalupa, 10% is about the norm for your own trailer. Altom only gives 2%. Doesn't even cover the payments. Depending on the age you get, (FWIW, I have priced out a brand new light weight Brenner 7000 gal insulated stainless steel at just under $80,000) I wouldn't really be worried about the yearly or code testing
Lunch money, both Irishman and myself have spelled out a lot about Miller already. I have no opinion on Trimac, other than I personally wouldn't go there. TWT, or Tidewater, treats the O/O's I've talked to fairly. Nothing to report on revenue, sorry. I wouldn't rule out smaller companies, though.
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As they were at a different terminal, I really don't know how they did overall. Big Don is (or was) the terminal manager there. Treated me fair the couple of times I was there. One of the lady o/o's I talked to from there said Big D was a snake in the grass. Another guy quit so he could be closer to home. Hauling gas now. That's all I know.
Something to keep in the back of your mind is that miller will up fit your truck with a pump, tap into your air tanks (to air off a load) , add intransit heat hookups, and disable the trolley bar (hand trailer brake).
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