Fact: 2019 will have been a very bad year already. Could I be better off as a company driver or not?

Im at 1.74 On all miles. With CPM being .98

 

Having the luxury of going faster than 65 and being able to go home when I want is priceless. I hate working for the man.

 

Unless something drastically changes in my life I don’t see me going back to a company truck, and if I did no way could I work for one of those micromanaging companies.
I know everyone is different, but for me when I stopped worrying about the money is when the money seemed to come a lot easier.

 

You're not the only one. Keep on trucking it'll get better eventually.

JB Hunt will have you running around for a $1 a mile, don't do it.

 

If i was you i would find a contract thats millage based. Mine is 1.74 all miles loaded and empty.. Power only yeah you gotta work if u want those big checks but Hell thats why im out here. i run 3,000 miles a week lol

 

Are you scratching your head trying to figure out WHY its like this? Or do you already know?
Spot Market guys (Yeah,The ones with a truck and authority) Just cant find the answers right now...

And I'm surprised not seeing much "Honesty" about it either posting publicly..

Hats off to you Joe for not feeling like you've lost Pride and posting the truth- You'll get Crickets outta the Rest while they struggle to buy christmas gifts and contemplate selling their truck n trailer while the wife is saying "See,I told you so,Now look, I told you not to buy a truck"

You can also thank the FMCSA for handing out authority like candy to anyone and everyone....

I dont see a recovery either for a good while- it would have by now...Even in 08' there was still work to grab-daily

 

I am afraid that 2020 won't be much of a improvement beeing election year...BTW I live in greater Chicagoland like You, @TallJoe, feel Your pain...(I pull reefer).

 

When I bought my first truck, an old dump truck. I was given some advise from an old trucker that has stuck. He knew I was used to big paychecks, and told me to never look back at what I could have made last week or year, if I intended to work for myself.

It is hard to run the same freight as everybody else and command premium pay, at that point we really have nothing to sell except for on time service. When a guy does that he is just chasing miles and needing more all the time.
A guy really needs to find something that others, can't do, or don't want to do to set them selves apart from the bazillion other trucks out there chasing miles.
Even here some guys think they have to have 3000 miles a week, I would have never been a trucker if I had of had to run 3000 miles a week, week after week.
I don't any more, but have been known to park mine and run somebody elses truck, when the money is there to be made, or the money was not where I wanted it to be running mine.