HOW MUCH DO THE COMPANIES MAKE FOR EACH LOAD I DELIVER FOR THEM

Why do you care how much do they make?

 

I think OP wants a bigger cut.

 

Probably because he is paid so little.

Back in the 90's I had a oppertunity to buy a truck and consider 1.10 to 1.60 freight as a minimum for profitability. One company I managed to peek at was averaging 2.40 or so to the truck. I was getting high 30's a mile then. It probably took 1.20 to the truck for permits, insurance, fuel, stickers, bingo etc.

But the main thing I take away from the Industry is simple. Rates are confidential usually and drivahs do not get told what they are.

It's different when you are running for a tiny tiny family operation with maybe 3 people and two trucks plus stuff to make driveways, you get to learning much more such as that 24000 dollar parking lot we built one month in Hunt Valley, I think part went to material, part to payroll and cash pay, part to the fuel which we filled each morning and so on. It's not hard to figure the profit.

 

When I start driving in 2001 I got paid by mile .30 cents per mile , but I did a lot of miles and I was trying to find how much do they make.I did this because I wanted to get my own truck.A year later I got my truck , and I found how much it cost me to run a business.

 

That all depends. If you're paid by percentage of gross, that's an easy calculation to make...minus the cargo liability insurance, compliance costs, office staff salaries, overhead for keeping that office, etc. If you're paid by the mile, there really isn't any way to know other than you're probably getting screwed pretty hard if you're running 5-7 loads per week and being paid per mile. Most mileage pay is crap to begin with, and when you figure the miles per load won't be all that great only running 5-7 loads per week, you'd likely be doing a lot better than $800/week. You should be doing $800/DAY or better as an O/O (this IS in the "ask an O/O section) running those short loads, and that's IF it lets you get home every night.

 

Get your own authority and find out

 

I am sure they just do it out of the kindness in their heart.

Arn't all trucking companies like that.