Dallas area O/O, i have a few questions..

slickricky · May 26, 2013

Bee-Line Delivery Service has two Texas terminals in Houston & San Antonio. Run Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Texas Valley, Oklahoma City, & Louisiana. Home weekends. Dry Van. 75% drop & hook. Clear $200-$225/day as owner-operator.

duckdiver · May 26, 2013

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Regional Day Cab Owner-Operators can expect to clear $175/day (home every night). Regional Sleeper Cab Owner-Operators can expect to clear $200/day (home every weekend). The difference is about $7500 per year. This is for Texas regional for dry van. Flatbed you may be able to get another $25 per day after expenses. You will make about $50,000 as a regional owner-operator (home weekends) leased on to a Texas carrier. If you can get the business as a new carrier (no reputation, and no shipper contacts), then you will be able to take home 10%-15% more that being leased on to a carrier. Keep in mind that you have all the liability insurance risks, etc. Get in a wreck and hurt someone, say goodbye to driving a truck again because you will be bankrupt when you are sued for multi-millions. Also, Texas is a huge area, so you should plan to have a sleeper just in case you are stuck on the road rather than paying out $100 for a hotel room.

As a Company driver, the only real difference is having forced dispatch and the worries taken off your shoulders since you aren't running a business with your own truck. Money is similar when running local (home every night). OTR is where you really make the money as an owner-operator ($250 per working day, but 25 working days per month = $75,000/year).
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wtf that's it? i'll clear over 70k as a company driver and i'm home every weekend

slickricky · May 28, 2013

Duckdiver,

In what city are you running out of? Houston is where my company is based, which is probably one of the least expensive cities in the country (therefore, less pay than northeast or west coast). $175-$200 (home every night or every couple nights is pretty #### good in my opinion.

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