average realistic pay at roehl

Etch I'm not ruling out the possibility of a change, but I would like my resume to show at least a year of o/o. The fact that I'm going to make a change is inevetible, it's just a question of when and where I'm going. The other carrier that would suit my business plan is Landstar. There was a Landstar driver on an identical load as mine, he was getting a $1.83 a mile and I was getting $1.21 a mile including fuel surcharge. My reasons for staying are for the sake of my resume and the truck overall is looking like it might be a halfway decent truck. My wife is going back to work in large part so we can pay the truck off early.

 

Mr. Preacher, I was looking at landstar also. I had decided I was only going to haul for a compnay I had a choice in the freight I hauled. The main reason I chose SNI was because they haul 7% of the total freight hauled in the U.S which means alot more loads and alot more freight choices. At the time I left Roehl I wanted to get to one year as a O/O but I just called SNI to see what the deal was. I had been with Roehl over 2 years but only 10 months as a O/O when I made the call. It took over a month of back and forth with the SNI recruiter before I made the choice.

The biggest differnce is on a program like Roehls you are chasing the miles, you need alot of miles to make alot of money. At SNI or Landstar your chasing the dollar. Many weeks I can gross $3000-$4000 hauling just 2000- 2200 miles. Less fuel, less wear and tear on my truck. This all means more in my pocket. Especially where you are located there is alot of freight paying 1.50 to 1.90 a mile. Someone could make really good money hauling Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. Good luck in the future.
Eric

 

As Frank said my average miles per week including home time is around 2400 (if you take actual time driving I averaged about 2950/wk). I generally am at home 5-6 days/month. I had 61997 paid miles for the 6 month period (June-November). If you run smart and stay out for 3-4 weeks at a time I think you can reasonable expect to run 120,000 miles per year. Throw in quarterly bonuses, yearly bonus and extra pay and that will probably account for an extra 3K a year (roughly 0.03/mi on top of regular pay.) If I decide to stay in trucking (i.e. I don't get hired at any of the universities that I have applied to) I will probably get my own truck and will likely look for brighter pastures for O/O's. That said I have no regrets for my choice thus far in training and getting experience. Wherever you go keeping a good attitude and being willing to roll with the punches are necessary attributes in my opinion to making this a rewarding career choice.

 

So simple, yet so vital in any career.