Considering leasing on to a company that pays 85%

Take a look at a load board and see if those numbers would work?

 

Yeah - what @Ruthless said.

You have to know “85% of what?” before a decision.

What equipment type are you using?

 

You're not going to average $2.50, more realistic is $1.90-$2 per loaded mile with an out and back average on the current spot with a van in the west.

 

I guess my question would be why lease to a carrier that doesn’t have any freight? I could see trying to run spot freight when it’s good, but it’s very not good currently. 85% of not much isn’t very much money. What do they provide for their 15% since you’d be chasing your own freight for them?

 

That’s a pretty valid question too.

 

Insurance is the main factor. But then 85% of $1 per mile is not much.

 

Plenty of carriers to lease to that you don’t have to chase spot loads.

 

Like Schneider?