What's the going rate for an o/o

I hope it was cheap as less than 10k cheap

 

At least it's not a maxxforce. Dude I think you should just give up your authority and lease onto Landstar or something. At least for a year or two until you can save up some more money and buy your own trailer. Or rent/lease a trailer and run off load boards. There's no way you'll make any profit with what you're trying to do now.

 

Where so you live? What kind of trailers have you hauled in the past?

 

The going rate differes , I make about a million dollar a load but after taxes,fuel,tolls,repairs, etc! I bring home just over 84 bucks a week!

 

Beat me to it!

 

I was thinking Land star. Or Jones motor freight or Mercer as a flat bedder.

 

When I read some people questions, I suspect, that some may not be completely aware of an owner operator concept. Some, for example, may think, that an owner operator to be an owner operator, must have their own authority. That does not surprise me ,as for a number of years as a company driver, I myself was not quite sure what "having your own authority" meant. The normal path is to buy a truck and lease on to a company hiring owner operators, the next level is to get your own authority to get your own loads.

 

Bingo

OP.. don't fall into the BS trap some douchebag companies like Swift , JB Hunt , Schneider want to sell you that ALL miles loaded and empty pay you some stupid rate like $1.20 mile .....

You're in business to haul freight not drive around empty.

Get yourself on DAT loadboard ..
learn how to use it....

.... Start generating contact info on freight as you haul it... learn how to be a salesman.

Loads under 300 miles in that area should be $3-8 mi ... Or more.

Another way to figure rates very easy is by hours involved. If you know it'll take you 8 hours .. you need to be at $100/hr or better no matter the length of haul as a starting point.

If you have to touch that freight start adding money...lumpers...add $200-400.

If you have tolls.. start adding $$... You get the picture.

Now.. if you want to get more specific you will need to start figuring your LIABILITY .... If that load is toilet paper well it's not high risk or big claims of and losses or damages.

If it's produce ... Electronics ... Chemicals .. etc your rate needs to jump accordingly.
It's YOUR truck and once it's in your trailer it's your problem.

Always ask what the goods are and if it's valuable... what the declaration of value is. Leverage that in your rate if needed.


Good luck