Going back to OTR with Schneider Lease Purchase!

@plynnjr92 ..get your chains at warner truck center in slc..$41 a set...

 

I know someguys will park at an oc back east and fly home..to them its cheaper than driving out west..

 

next week starting tomorrow.......
244 miles, $515
366 miles, $620
241 miles, $545
222 miles, $487
555 miles, $1072
235 miles, $418
361 miles, $593

$4250 in 6 days with 20+ hours left on my clock.
Study, study, study.....think, think, think. You've got plenty of thinking hours wrapped up in every day. Here's a hint......big miles don't equal big money.....but, be careful with the short miles, they can burn your day. The sweet spot is between 200 and 400 miles. Don't believe me? Reread the above.
@sadwar was a master at this.

 

best tip yet......start looking at flight schedules to SLC......where's the sweet spot......$200 round trip, there's your answer.

 

Why do you need 2400 dollars to break even? The business costs arent that expensive.

 

You always on abt this regional theory. The load board is setup for you to run how you want to run. It all depends on the location you are in n if u r familar with the loads coming out of said location. Long miles, short miles it doesnt matter both can make you money or even combining the two. Just a couple a weeks ago i ran a load from laredo to new york 1800 miles for abt 3200 dollars followed by a couple in the 200 to 300 miles from new york to pa n then to virginia n cleared over 4000 for the week. Unless i'm not understanding your theory on regional i just dont see it. However i do know that there is definately a barrier on the I 35 line. Once you hit omaha, kansas city, oklahoma city n dallas. Everything goes back east. Barely anything goes west. I know for sure schneider has loads going out west bc company trucks are always out there but for some reason they dont want us going pass i35 or i25 for the west coast. You will never seen loads going to any location in that area between i35 n i25. If it was truly regional then where are the loads in the plains(north n south dakota, west of omaha nebraska, west of kansas city, oklahoma city n dallas n new mexico). Heck u cant even go to amarillo, el paso or Lubbock in texas. Regional in texas is essentially east of i35. Once in a blue moon you will see a load going across these areas. Its the biggest downside of the load board and obviously intentional. Prob a capacity issue.

 

appreciate your thoughtful input.

 

I'm glad Opus appreciates your input, me I'm confused.

The "barrier" you describe has nothing to do with regional vs long haul, rather freight lanes. There is little dry van freight that originates west of I-35. The smaller population also means there is less freight heading into that area. If you look at all of Schneider's system freight what you will notice is average length of haul is less than 400 miles. That to me mean regional freight. There are longer loads, some of them very profitable, but in general a driver can make more taking "shorter" runs than they can if they focus on maximizing total miles. This holds true for company drivers as well as ICs.

What Opus (and many, many, many, many, many others) have advocated is looking at revenue per mile AND revenue per day. Too many ICs look for the long loads and end up running 3,000 miles a week at $1.45 a mile. Whereas Opus is running 2,000 miles at 2.10 for a total revenue of $4,000ish. $300 less in total revenue but 1,000 fewer miles means as savings of at least $375 in fuel.

The failure rate of IC's is staggering. So many chase miles instead of revenue. Or try and go home every week when they don't live on a freight lane. Or go in without proper capital. Or forget about taxes. If I were advising a new IC, then the best advice I could give would be to focus on regional runs. Odds are they will be able to earn higher revenue with lower costs than if they look to do long haul (650 mile plus).

 

I will never understand why people with debt and family burden decide the best option for them is to lease a truck. Starting a business is best for people with no burdens on them. Youre just increasing your financial burden when doing this. Its best that some people just remain company drivers. After looking at the ops previous posts i dont even know how he was even approved by SFI. Hes gonna have a difficult journey ahead of him regardless of how he runs.