60 40 split for company driver under an Owner Operator teaming?

Same mind set the Mega's have I would say.

 

Yeah you can think of it that way but it really doesn't matter, if it is a team or not, the work is being done with the owner in the truck so the rate is the same per mile, and it is cheap not to pay the person a fair price for their work or expect them to have a shared responsibility.

 

I didn’t expect my couple posts to be popular but I don’t see how it’s like a mega. It’s more like a business owner who needs to stay in business.

 

Business owners are business owners, megas or the guy with three trucks. A driver has to make the truck owner money, period. The megas can run on narrower margins, because of volume than a small trucking company, but the driver still has to make the truck turn a profit, or their is no reason to own the truck.

 

When I think megas in regards to drivers I think of large corporations that do anything to make their shareholders happy even if it’s not good for their people. I think all the cheap foreign labor many of them bring in and pay next to nothing. Does nothing but suppress pay for other drivers and help keep rates down.

 

Those megas also train many new drivers, of which there is a major turnover rate. 30 years ago the industry standard used was a new driver would cost a company 8 grand on the average. I doubt serious that that number has gone down. So since they still have to turn a profit, that probably plays into what they can pay too.

 

I maybe misunderstanding what your'e saying ? is it that 1500.00 you would never pay a driver that much for just driving? or are you saying going up to 2400 a week from 1500 and the driver not producing more income? I would pay a driver 2400 if his production warranted it! I probably misunderstood your post I mistakenly read it as if you were saying if you did all the work and made a lot of money why pay the driver for just sitting and driving, after all he wouldn't make anything but except for your hard work while he just set on his butt?

 

see i only work on percentage/ hourly I don't get how anyone would work for cpm and I like to think I help out a little like this one place I always delivered to always want me back there for the next load going outta there telling me when the got another load so I can get back there and they was paying 1500 flat for around 450 miles I always told my dispatch about it and they get me back there to pick up again now why would I tell my dispatch that there is a good easy load going out again that's only around 450 miles when I'm pay cpm I would expect long haul and refuse to do short hauls so I can make the most even if that means your putting less in your pockets because I would expect a certain amount of mile to get a decent pay check no matter what you would have to do and I'll stop trying to look professional and start wearing flip flops and sweat pants to fit in with your others drivers so I wouldn't give a good impression to the customers and try and be one of those dime a dozen driver out there that you must be use to

 

Yes, your misunderstanding. I paid a driver over $1800 just last week for an over 3300 mile week.

I was just saying percentage pay is stupid. If I go and secure a new customer that pays awesome and the scope of work is the same, why should my driver make $500 or $1000 more per week? That extra should go to the business. If the driver somehow brings on a new high paying customer then that may be where it makes sense to throw some kick back to him/her.

 

If that driver is running that same customer and miles every week I can see the mileage deal.
If you are paying deadhead miles, I can sort of see it.
IAlways worked either percentage or hourly, or in the case of running north by the trip, plus hourly, which would kind of be like mileage, as the trips are the same.
The way I paid mine on percentage, they did not mind sitting a day or bouncing to a decent or good paying load, where if I was paying mileage, they wouldn't care what the load payed and would expect me to take something to keep the wheels turning, which wasn't happening.