Company Driver to IC

Thanks for the info. And that's a great goal to have. Right now I'm running very hard, I only go home maybe 2 days per month, so I know I'm working 300+ days per year. With my own truck, I figure I can make the same amount of money by working less days. Good luck with your trucking goals.

P.S. Is a tractor pump absolutely required? I think I've used the tractor pump 2 or 3 times in the past year. Would be easy to just avoid those customers as an O/O and not have to pay for the pump or any cleanings.

 

Nice thread... looking forward to following your progress. I've yet to find an SBL I/C who wasn't pretty happy running the system. I am considering making the same move to I/C, so definitely interested in you impressions.

 

I am giving this some serious thought again. Tired of these junky trucks Superior keeps buying. Mine is broke down with a bad camshaft and injectors. How does a 2014 truck with only 195k miles already need new injectors and a camshaft???

 

I haven't seen anyone mention health insurance. What are you doing about that? I have looked at family plans and they would run me about $1200-1300 per month. That would take a huge chunk out of my monthly income as an IC.

I heard Superior started offering IC's some kind of health insurance. I never asked about it being a company driver so I don't know who it is through or how much it would cost.

Honestly the health insurance is my biggest hurdle in becoming an IC. If I can find some decent and affordable insurance it may be game on.

 

Yeah, that's my one and only issue with the company is the trucks. Small sleepers, low horsepower, and too little storage. I think the weight of the loads is killing these underpowered engines. Other tanking companies are running Petes with bigger sleepers, but I don't know if they pay less. I guess I'll have to buy my own. And wow, that's a lot of money for health insurance. I thought family plans usually ran $400 or $500. Maybe get a lower cost through your wife's job?

 

Well Obamacare got the rates all screwed up now for self employed people. I know that for a fact. I have a couple friends that are self employed and they had to go the Healthcare.gov exchange and the rates are so high that the only thing they can afford on their is the bronze plan which is a high deductible plan which doesn't cover jack. The whole thing is a joke.

My wife does not work so that option is out. I am not a vet and even if I was that VA healthcare sounds like it totally sucks so I wouldn't want that anyway.

Basically our government has taken away any incentive to try and improve your quality of life.

 

Were you on I-77 today? A giant shiny lemon, looked like it just came out of the truck wash.