Any owner operators leased to TMC?

A ton of quarters? Maybe 2 tons lol. Idk, it to heavy to take to the bank and count um.

 

well of course they don't if its a company driver. they make % but not of FSC, tarp fees, stop off fees, toll fees etc. The shipper pays TMC a lot more then what the company driver sees. But, thats legitimate, why should company driver get paid for fuel when he's not paying for it.

 

I just hear the way things work on say...Mercers side, and it seems much more beneficial to the owner operator. 75% of 4000 is $3000. Plus tarping, fsc and all that, but minus fuel, payment, and insurance too. That's not a ton of money. Unless I'm missing something and read it wrong? On specialized I was able to put $3500-$4500 easily. I mean, it was 30% compared to 75, but I didn't have the payments either. But I could also be way off with your numbers.

 

at 4500 you made 1350 for the week. As an O/O I make 3285 for that week. FSC and fuel cost is a roughly awash if you get 6 mpg or higher at tmc. You can make a few cents on fsc if your careful. All fees aside from maint cost me 200 bucks.(insure,qualcome etc) so im down to 3085-maintance. If i spend 20k a year on main its 400 bucks (assuming 50 work weeks) Im down to 2685. If i had a truck payment it would be 6 or 700 bucks. Im down to 1985 after all expenses/week. So, if you made 4500 tot he truck for a week as a company driver for tmc you would make 645 more as an O/O. You would also own a brand new truck after 5 years.

Not a bad gig. Now, i don't get 4500 line haul every week, but in any case, the money i keep is way more. Now with mercer, the numbers are similar but i need to pay for a trailer and only get 2% higher pay. Mercer isnt a bad option and i may end up there, but for now im happy at tmc. the barrior to entry is less as well since i dont need to buy a trailer right off the bat.

 

I'll give you that. I like the feeling of "mine." Also, with other outfits you can haul step and all that good stuff. Tmc is mainly flat for O/O. Wish they did rgn, but oh well! I'll probably be moving along once I'm back.

 

Could be the most accurate thing you have ever claimed on here...

Martin

 

Don't quote out of context. I was referring to the standards of getting the 3% bonus. Almost everyone gets the 3% bonus as an O/O. Not the standards of me or the company. Get a life and stop following me around especially in threads that you know nothing about.

 

Yep, no life. A few new hobbies, but no life.
Public forum, public replies. Have a wonderful weekend chief.

Martin

 

Im all for fuel economy. With step you cant have Xone Line energy T tires. You cant have a full lift axle, you dont have room for a spare tire carrier (for SS). You have to bend down to far to tarp. I dont see the advantage. You can haul taller loads, but you cant haul anything dock loaded. I haul quite a bit of dock loaded freight. Long freight like i beams is more of a PITA. I dont see the main advantage of step. Now RGN is a whole different story for different freght.

 

Yep that is all I only go no more than 120 miles one way and get 500 per load sometimes I have a load coming back that is 1,000 on 240 miles but I seldom have a load back then again sometimes I am hauling both ways a week at a time. Keeps me better much happy and that is all I care about!