Eagle Logistics Services. Indianapolis, IN

EXACTLY!!!!

There are threads on this site about good companies to lease on to (SNI, ATS, Quality Carriers, Risinger, Bruenger, RoadRunner, Maverick, PGT, ACT.... to name a few, why not go there????

 

I just gotta say this.. take away what you want.

Leasing a truck is a big commitment, a lot of risk and responsibly running your own show and a truck too!
So picking the right place to lease your truck onto is very important.
Why do people go the whole O/O route? Beyond more freedom you do it to earn more money.. a lot more to make it worth the risk and more effort you're putting in.

I personally was very concerned about rates before coming to Schneider, that was my number 1 concern.
I was worried that it would be the left over board with cheap rates...
In order for me personally to have the confidence to sign a lease and put money up front on a new $150,000 truck I had to be 100% sure I could AT LEAST run for $1.50 all miles to the truck and see that others drivers were making good money here.
Without those two factors I would have never had to confidence to pull the trigger.
So I did the homework.. SAW rates and what other drivers were earning.
My own opinion is that everybody should do what they have to in order to get that verification for themselves no matter what carrier they're thinking about leasing onto.
Recruiters always lie obviously and you can't trust drivers unless they put up the proof.
Get that proof.. see their rates and paychecks!
Without that everything else is just hearsay.
Leasing onto a carrier without seeing rates and real world earnings is like buying a used car without pulling a history report on it and simply blindly believing whatever the used car salesman tells you.

Those fixed costs don't stop if you do...
Truck breaks down, emergency where you have to stop working ... etc etc those fixed costs still keep coming.
Cheap rates will screw you over real quick the less you work.
And no a new truck doesn't mean it won't break.
I have a new Kenworth and with 30k miles my clutch crapped out.
Sure the Eaton warranty covered it but Eaton didn't pay for the hotel I had to stay at for a week waiting to be fixed and Eaton didn't pay for $1100 in fixed costs for the week
All in all that event cost me a week of zero work and cost me a little over $1,500 in fixed costs and hotel.
Well not exactly, apart of that $1100 is $135 a week into a maintenance fund but you get the idea.
Yes it SUCKED but it wasn't that big of a deal because I know I don't have to dig myself out with cheap rates.
The following 3 weeks I chose to focus and work harder than I normally do to make up for the BS that happened and in those 3 weeks I cleared over $9000 to me after all expenses.
Yes with Dry Van freight, at 65%, paying for a new Kenworth and all. That info is in my thread.
If I cannot clear at least $2000 after expenses working a 7 day week here then I'm doing something terribly wrong.

The point of all this rambling is... don't sell yourself short.
Also part of running a business is doing the homework and picking a place that's reliable that you 100% for sure know money can be made.
Just joining isn't the answer either, there's games to play in order to do well no matter where you go to.
Like Landstar supposedly is building relationships with brokers so they call you with good loads before they hit the board. Or Schneider.. learning where the good shippers are and when their loads get posted so you can grab them before anybody else.
Don't work for cheap when you have value... because we do have value.

 

Your right I been far too patient I have an extremely strong aversion to quitting and giving up.....but im becoming unhinged here....I can feel it

 

A lot of it is they hire inexperienced people that don't know trucking at all!

 

You sound a lot like me monkey. I have a very low bs tolerance. Luckily I've mellowed a little. I'm leaving my carrier as soon as I get enough funds set back to feel comfortable missing a week or so. Mercer is more my style.... flats = NO MORE WALMART DC LOADS!

 

Sure she is getting well taking care of the name thy use is ambassador I had it offer to me to put a good spin on things not officially on paper but that's how it's done am a trucker for life not a rep

 

5000 to 6000 a week you mean 500 to 600 a week and sometime 0 yes -0 sometime and that's real deal no bs yes sometime you see a good week but it's more and the low side a lot

 

You not man calling them buy there sir name lol

 

Honestly a buddy of mine is driving for Eagle. He doesn't have anything negative to say about the company. However the stuff that he has told is all addressed here just not worded correctly. So people say their pay gets messed up but it boils down to either they cross a time zone and don't annotate it properly or they don't submit their paperwork on time. Face it most not all drivers are lazy. It takes for someone to be proactive to ensure that they don't have minor setbacks that ultimately cause most people to turn in their trucks. I'm not a know it all but I am reasonable. There's always 2 sides to a story. If Eagle was as screwed up as everyone says they'd have been.out of business a long time ago. The people that are making a good living doing Eagle loads don't have time to post on forums about stuff. That's my 2cents. Appreciate the concern though.

 

What I'd like to see that will never happen is...

A driver from.. Landstar, Mercer, Eagle, Schneider create a thread posting their daily loads and rates.
See what lanes are paying side by side per company etc etc.