FSC? Help

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by toledoT, Sep 22, 2016.

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  1. Sep 23, 2016 #11
    Crazytrucker77

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    There is a video on YouTube by Mark state I believe was his name, on the fuel sure charge. He drives for prime.

     
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  3. Sep 23, 2016 #12
    toledoT

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    Thank you! I only watched a few min of the video, burnin through to much data this month. But this looks like exactly what I've been looking for. I didn't think of looking on YouTube. I'm gonna have to to turn there more often, and verify on here of course. Thanks again
     
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  4. Sep 23, 2016 #13
    Crazytrucker77

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    No problem. Gotta love that data limit. I don't have data limits with t mobile for YouTube and several other programs and i get decent service to so I stream videos all the time without using my data. Gotta love that binge package
     
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  5. Sep 23, 2016 #14
    toledoT

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    I've been in the same Verizon family package for years. We all just kept it going, then my sisters added their husbands. Now 7 of us share 15g of data. And I don't wanna leave cause I'm only paying 50bucks
     
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  7. Sep 23, 2016 #15
    fortycalglock

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    If you have a couple years on the road, you're better off getting one of the .50+ per mile jobs with bennies out there, than pulling for under $1.50 a mile as an o/o. 50 cpm with bennies typically cost an employer 70ish cpm. So you have to run the rest of your business on 80 cpm for everything else including a decent profit margin as you're not taking risks for free, right? RIGHT? It just doesn't make sense, or cents, to make less than a company driver as a business owner.
     
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  8. Sep 23, 2016 #16
    toledoT

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    I definitely don't want to work for less money. I'm a couple months away from 3yrs driving. I'm just getting tired of trucking companies. I love driving, but I hate sitting at shippers, extended breaks, disbatchers treating drivers like pieces of s***. I'm getting to the point where I feel like I need to run my show, or move on from trucking
     
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  9. Sep 23, 2016 #17
    Oscar the KW

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    O/O's aren't immune to this either.
     
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  10. Sep 23, 2016 #18
    xsetra

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    As Oscar said. Open deck has the same waiting, at times. I have never done. Box or refer. SO I have no notion of the amount of time wasted at these warehouses. Other than the few times I have spent at a Steel mill. One or twice during a crane move.
    Most times I have to wait I get detention. Sometimes not much, but every dime counts.
    Get into specialized cargo. That is where more money can be made and usually less unpaid wait time.
    Good luck
     
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  11. Sep 23, 2016 #19
    toledoT

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    Yeah I didn't think I could get away from all the sitting, but at least have some say in the matter. One day this week I drove 18 miles, another I drove 85. I've heard flatbed runs at a faster pace, I was thinking that might be my next move. Wouldn't hurt to have the experience. What do you mean by specialized? Like oversized?
     
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  12. Sep 23, 2016 #20
    toledoT

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    I've also been reading about roadrunner. I used to pull linehaul, and loved it. I like going terminal to terminal. I'd still be doing it but slip seating in trucks that run 24/7 no time for maintenance got old. Plus I got myself a four legged co driver
     
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