Is anybody really making enough profit?

You just have to look around a little, the good loads are still out there.

 

I really do feel for some of the owner operators that are only making $4,000.00 a month profit. Would it be in there best interest to sell the truck and get a job that pays that much with benefits and all that other good stuff?

I'M a company driver that doesn't pay for tolls, fuel, insurance, breakdowns, tires or anything and what's even better is if the truck doesn't start in the morning,,, I still get paid for the day.

I bring home over $5,500.00 a month and that's net, not gross.

I'M also Union with paid life, major medical, prescription, optical and dental insurance without a dime being paid out of my pocket for all this.

I'M home every night and work no weekends. all Holidays paid, 5 sick days, 3 personal days and three weeks vacation. 5 days for a death in the family.

I'll also collect my pension on top of my Social Security check (if that's even still around when I retire).

I wanted to buy my own truck and start moving my own freight but how can I if I can't make more then I'M making now?

 

Before we get too far with the "I make more than you" arguments, let me remind everyone that $5,500 in Jersey money is probably about the same as $4,000 in mid-America money because of the difference in the cost of living.

Therefore, I submitt, that as long as anyone is making what they need to pay their bills and save some of it as well, and they are enjoying the work, then who is any of us to compare what we make to what someone else makes?

 

What kind of wagon and freight are you hauling for a minimum of $1.87 a mile?

 

250 miles # $1500 x 7 =

 

I make as much as I want. The more I haul (loads not just miles), the more I make. So many complain about the cheap freight. Ding, ding, ding.... guess what? You don't have to take them. There are plenty of good paying loads out there with good honest brokers too. Gee, it might take a little homework but isn't that what running your own business is all about????