Per mile or load %

You will have to be able to see how much the loads are billed to shipper to find out the real amount of % you will see, if the mi. rate is more then go pay by mi.

 

What trailer are you wanting to pull? It really wont make any difference either choice if all you want to do is drive and allow someone else to load your truck.

If you're a go getter, make it happen kind of driver then percentage is the best choice. As long as you aren't leased at some shady skimming, scammer company.

 

There is no relevance to either pay scheme, what matters is how much the pay is in relation to expenses.

A 2 dollar per mile rate is better than flat rate for the same load that works out to 1 dollar per mile.

A flat rate per load that works out to 2 dollars per mile is better than a per mile rate of 1 dollar per mile on the same load.

Most big shippers end up at about the same rate in actual dollars regardless of how they compute it, and that amount is not enough to the truck owner.

You will do better acquiring your own authority and using load boards to stay loaded and running in the regions that are profitable and that you prefer. With the shortage of trucks today there is just no reason to lease on with one carrier and try to live on the scraps they toss you, they are absolutely not worth the percentage of your money that they take.

 

You "can" do better, others don't. There's nothing wrong with leasing to a percentage based carrier. Especially when they have freight in your area on lock with direct customers and keep you moving with drop/hook loads. In certain areas you're getting the scraps.

 

Of course "others don't", trucking is a business and everyone is not cut out to run a business.

My post was not meant to convey that everyone has what it takes to operate independently and prosper, my post was meant to convey that those who do genuinely want to run their truck as a business will do better by not giving away their profit to other businesses for tasks that any competent business person can do themselves.

 

Type of freight is why Im choosing to lease on with my current employer when I get my own truck. They have direct shippers/receivers and frankly I cant afford $100,000+ chemical tanker and $100,000+ pneumatic tanker trailers. Lol


I will be a % contractor too.

 

I genuinely run my truck as a business leased on at a company on percentage. With much lower costs than most single truck independents out here. When it comes down to the net I doubt there is really a huge difference.

 

Sounds like your a tanker yanker. I've always ran %. It basically evens out to about between $1.75-2.00/mile of you include the fsc. I don't know any companies paying $1.50/mile + fsc, exact Trimac.