Can’t decide - Help!

I'll choose Melton. With some reservations. Only because of the three you presented.

Never mind the miles. It's about expenses and setting aside savings.

If you are handed a 1000 mile load at .50 It's a 500 dollar run, set aside half for taxes, withholding etc that leaves 250. You only need about maybe two days to do this less than that actually. Call it 50 in your pocket for your water and food.

That leaves 200 set aside ready to go at any time for savings.

If you had three in a week with 70 hours.. you would be sitting on 600 (Unspent savings) Potentially 2500 a month saved. Not spent.

A year? 25000 maybe. 10? Buy a house. Oh wait.

 

Ive done percentage work at 25% back in the 80's turned out the rig earned a touch over 2K each week in the NE no less. (Paid off, fuel payroll and any wrenching plus losses in tires etc were our costs plus taxes etc)

27 sounds a little too low today. Then again if it can do maybe 5000 dollars a revenue weekly then it's way better paychecks than I would have seen in my time at 25% of 2000.00

 

3,000 miles is a lot to expect doing flatbed.

 

i do not know how TMC is these days, back back when i had an "interest" in them, i was told that they provided you with a can of wax (or polish), rags etc, and they REQUIRE you to polish that truck.

NO WAY, was i EVER going to use MY OFF time to polish anyone elses truck..

i have waited in line for a truck wash, (that's a given some days) i ALWAYS keep the inside spotless, but i will NEVER use up my precious time beyond that.

now however, if i WERE AN OWNER of a truck, then i'd either pay for that service, or do it myself, IF i have the spare time, after doing any PM service or other VERY IMPORTANT things to the truck/trailer.

company trucks get washed only,,,,,,

 

If you know the answer why ask the question?

 

Typical question asked many times “What’s your location”? We see Pennsylvania but maybe narrow it down! Unless you’ve already decided.