Company Driver to IC

Oh that sounds miserable. Our trailers aren't like that thankfully.

 

The 20% was net-net after everything compared to 2015. 2015 my after tax net was around 58k, so I'm playing to be more around 70k after tax. It's a very conservative estimate based on a yearly gross of $168,000. And I would advise against buying a new truck, thats what I had originally wanted to do but a $3,000+ monthly payment was just unreasonable.
The thing about the % is it's based on what the linehaul is. You see other companies offering 75% and up, but what is the rate...With superior I know that most runs will pay the driver $1.60 to $1.80, and some even more. I'd rather have 62% of $2.90+ per mile vs 75% of $2.00 per mile. I think most of the other tanker companies that pay % are in the same range, so maybe it's another tanker industry quirk...

If I do have to go down to orientation again I told them since I'm now a CEO I only fly first class or chartered. I also named myself as a referral on the new hire application I had to fill out

 

Yes, the Auburn, ME terminal. I run a lot of system and I'm usually bouncing between Markham IL, Cincy, Springfield MA, and Pedricktown NJ. My home terminal has a lot of out n back runs which pay well enough but I like the potential with system. We are just about to hit our busy season up here with lots of really nice runs so I may just stay tethered here for a bit and then hit system later in the summer.

 

Well the layover will still happen, there really isn't any way around it and you would hope that's factored into the total linehaul rate to make up for it. Some weeks will be great and some weeks will be bad, it's up to the dispatchers to balance it out and some are better than others at that. I also expect to be in the upper end of the gross range but that's running 255+ days out which I'm not always going to want to do. My LONG term goal is to get to a point where I can take Nov through Feb off and avoid the worst of winter.

I would recommend you do what I did, and start asking dispatchers what a particular runs pays and how steady it is. You'll start to get a feel for what a particular lane pays and if its worth doing as an O/O.

The fuel discount is best at Petro or TA. I hate both but with the discount ($.30+ per gallon but it varies) it would be stupid not to fuel there. We can fuel anywhere comdata is accepted same as a company driver. IFTA is taken care of by Superior. My $0.40/mi fuel cost is based on $2.50/gal @6.25mpg which gives me plenty of breathing room to cover price fluctuations, or my heavy foot.