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What sort of money does hopper pay?

 

If it is paying percentage, you could starve since grains pay hardly anything. If they pay by the mile, you should do well, around $1200 take home per week if you can keep the door shut. Pneumatics are paying well just about country wide, but as quoted above, most companies want you out at least three weeks at a time. Oh, you do have to climb up to open the fill ports and then climb up again to shut them, then deal with off loading the product. Down here, it is sand. End of ramble, hope that helped.

 

I was thinking you were an OO and wanted to lease on to them. I'm sure they are like other large carriers, they do it by volume. I'm sure they have some good paying freight, but I have found over the years, you really don't make serious dollars in the hopper game by hauling someone else's freight. I usually haul my own freight. But with Covid making things weird in the feed game, I now do a mix. I run right about 2510 miles per week average. I gross $5330/ wk. That $2.12/ mile for all miles. And that is about as good as your going to get these days. I pay myself just like I would an employee, 27% about $1400+ per week. I work Monday - Friday. Unless you want to try the pet food game. Pay is good, sit time is stupid.
So If I was going to lease on to a hopper company, I would look for a smaller company that's been around for a while. They generally have better rates, less BS that you will find at a large company. You won't end up with that "married to your truck feeling".