Can you be an independent o/o doing intermodal work?

Those charges are paid to the trucking company, then they take there cut and pay the rest to the O/O. I guess out of the 578, they might pay the lease operator like around 400-450 bucks maybe. The trucking company doesn't even make a lot on each load. And they charge detention at around 75 an hour after 2 hours free at the port. I seen invoices from BTT and Containerport, they get paid about the same like the smaller companies. I seen an invoice for a move out of Elizabeth, NJ port to Long Island and back to Elizabeth for like 700 dollars to the carrier, can't say its that bad.

 

Dddddd by Ruckie posted Jan 25, 2016 at 8:29 AM

guess who is not working today!!! 2 football fields of 2 feet of snow!!

 

Slacker, throw some iron on those drives and get on the road.

 

New to the forum, but one of my companies has been doing private intermodal trucking for one of my other companies for awhile now. I saw your comment that you aren't looking for "technical" details like SCAC codes, but just a tip -- setting up with a lot of these companies (like CSX) must be done via mountains of UIIA paperwork. If you've done your homework with your insurance guy, you probably know UIIA-level coverage can cost as much as double normal (minimum) trucking-related coverage, and some lines (again, CSX is an example) require all drivers to be covered by work comp, which can be very difficult to secure.

We actually have for-hire authority so we've been considering going for-hire but pricing is pretty brutal. I don't really see how people survive on drayage, especially local-level rates.

 

With all the hassle adding extra insurance, bonds with the rail companies and rates being competitive, I don't see it as a profitable area.

 

Exactly, intermodal isn't what it was 2 years ago. It's tanked and I'm leaving with it.

 

Down here CSX requires you to cough up $10,000 cash which they hold in escrow. They don't even give you the option of doing a bond.

 

What company is that you work for ?

 

What company is that you work for ?