Do Owner Ops actually take loads that are less than $3.00/mi?

Lack of food doesn't make lack of physical activity better for you.

Sorry, just my normal attempts at derailing ridiculous threads.

 

I tried earlier as well LoL

 

if you fast long enough you can metamorphosize into a being of pure light energy

 

You’d probably be surprised if you actually looked into the contract rates that the megas get.

And if an O/O is paying full price for fuel and tires that is entirely on them given the options available for discounts.

 

When I started in March of 2013 I leased to a small carrier. Pulling a van. Didn’t know what I was doing, except that I wanted to be a owner operator and eventually pull a step deck. Wasn’t born with a silver spoon and this is how I had to start. Learned the hard way. Lots of trial and error, lots of if I take all these miles at $2 a mile that’s great, tons of learning every day I learned, every time I negotiated with a broker, every time I had a posted truck and was offered way more then I thought I’d ever make, even in slow times. I started to learn. Have a ever hauled a dirt cheap load, sure have, did I know any better, no. At this point of my life I don’t go anywhere for less then round trip money. At minimum I like to see $3 every mile ran, yearly average over that honestly. I will keep it parked if I don’t get it. Drives me nuts at times because I love trucking, I love providing for my family. I’ve learned if I sit and wait on good loads, less wear and tear, less time away from my family, my gross and net can exceed the guy taking cheap freight everyday to “ keep the wheels turning” . Not going to knock a guy with a good heart still learning. I’ve tried to educate any owner operator I could on this. Some guys have no choice, slim profits are better then nothing. Some flat out don’t care. They will haul bailed trash for peanuts to a landfill, some will even tarp it, me I’d never even consider hauling it, maybe if it was $3500 a load and they unloaded on a concrete slab that was clean. Some guys haul containers for $800 a day on a 16 hour day, some pull a dump trailer grossing 120,000lbs all day start at 2am grossing $2000 a day. Some are dirt poor living in a peice of junk truck, pooping in bags, eating Vienna sausage taking a $1.40 a mile on heavy lumber loads out of MA. Some have no over head and live in a trailer in the woods, $600 a day to them is amazing. Basically what I’m trying to say everyone is in a different ball game.

 

Your last sentence has been explained over and over…..but there are still knuckleheads here that won’t accept that.

 

You know freight rates have surely crashed when discussions about where to buy the cheapest water break out.

 

yes sorry for long post, just explaining what I’ve learned in my owner operator Carrer. Will be 10 years March 2023. Never even thought I’d make it this far, and I will openly admit i don’t really run the business like I should. I’m just a guy that loves old trucks and I thankfully at this time make a ok living at it.

 

And? It also doesnt contain dead rodents, insects, mold, dubious chemicals of unknowable origins, floride or about a dozen other things. Besides if im drinking water im thirsty not looking for a designer fuji scam or gatoraid.

 

distilled is the only way to know it's actually pure, i'll get nutrients from food and let everybody else keep their fluoride and chlorine

 

There are reports saying in 25 days, the nation is out of diesel.

That should make rates go up a little.

Just remember gentlemen. Many esteemed members said 2 years ago the cost of diesel was irrelevant.

More is better.