Are we owner operators really stuck around 2 bucks a mile?

20 k buys a lot of rippers lol

 

Hourly is the fairest way to go for an employee IMO. Are you straight time or getting OT after 40?

 

That's what they tell us to make us feel good but I think the real truth of the matter is they try their best to keep it off the loadboards because once it posts they get hammered on the rate.

 

I remember having a bunch of debates on here about how fleet owners were paying percentage and had no turnover, etc. It wasn’t popular opinion at the time, but I said that as soon as rates went down all of those drivers would move on and the result would be that they over paid during good times and are left holding the bag in bad times.

You didn’t do anything wrong, but your story is proof of the concept.

 

True. And having 2 trucks instead of 1 is another plus. Since we stay local running the same area that's what happens with us. The few brokers we work with on the regular send us loads before they hit the boards. If we can't cover it no big deal, they still ask us 1st because they know it'll get there w/o an issue

 

Just don't put all your eggs in one basket. @Beaver9

 

beginning of this year on that account, I have three accounts. This one (day trade) and two long terms

 

What’s your ytd p/l look like on the day trade account?