Can you make money with a daycab, running local?

Okay then, the answer to my question seems to be, NO.

I don't have it in me to go cross-country, and it seems those are the only O/O's that end up with the nice paychecks......

 

i will have to disgree with most on this post. you can make money. being home daily w/ your daycab. keepyour expenses low by buying used. u can get a hell of a deal buy buying on ebay, cuz alotta busniess r going under. i bet u can get somthin reliable in the 10k range.next check out working for a rail yard. in your area. these cats can bring in 3-5 a day. its ot alot but its a living

 

What kind of money are you saying? Sample amount.

We need more positive but responsible post like yours.

thanks

 

That may be.
I have the phone# of the brother that quit. I will call him for more details Just out curiousity what really happen. But I think his mother illness also had him worried who just died a month ago.

pullingtrucker, 95cpm is what they pay for hauling trash? The brothers did say they had to move 24hours to make it worth while. The good thing was their was no mystery, they just worried about driving loading and unloading, and driving to the same place everyday which took part of the stress away. no 3 days waiting at a truck stops.

 

The lack of stress in no reason to run for 95cpm. I would rather haul a million dollar machine and be stressed to all ends and have a big check then to be relaxed and broke. Many people think that you need to work off of quanity in trucking. They just can't grasp the concept that waiting for that good load will pay off. I perfer to go after quality. Don't get me wrong, I have been known to do quanity work to satisfy a customer. But after doing that work I was rewarded with a very, very, very good load...say in the $6 per mile range.

 

I have no intention doing low quality loads like these brothers. Just wondering why people do what they do. Maybe it was for less stress I guess. i don't know.
How most team drivers do it anyway?
5, 6 hours driving, 5,6 hours resting. I never did teams accept when I was witha trainer about 7 years ago. I know I cannot sleep in a moving truck for 8 hours.

 

Under the new HOS they can no longer take the 5 hours sleeper . They have to have at least one 8 hour consecutive sleeper break if they split the sleeper . OOIDA tried fighting it but got nowhere .

 

3-5 hundread bucks. i pulled containers out the piers paid 1.10 loaded and ninty somthin empty. plus fuel surcharge. like i said u wont get rich. but if you keep your cost down and just get the basics. you can b comfy

 

You might want to check with some local companies that run straight trucks with roll off dumpsters. I know of a guy who bought a new roll off truck for 60,000 and leased on with a company hauling city trash and he says he's making good money. He wouldn't be any more specific on the numbers.

 

There is good money with a rolloff but check and see how long a city contract is good for . You don't want to lease on with a company and have them lose the contract the following year . The city could even decide to buy its own trucks .