Flatbed owner operator gross

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    Hey to all my flatbedders. How much are you guys grossing per week
     
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    $45k on 12,600 miles so far this year.
    I don’t work every week.
     
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    Gotchu thanks for responding.
    Do you pick loads of from spot market?
    Is that gross for oversized load or you do normal loads only?
     
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    Leased to LS. 80% are oversize, not by much usually. LS load board/ agent contacts.

    That’s 1099 figures to me.
     
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    I’ll add that 40% of my miles are deadhead, because I rarely find a connecting load that pays the truck it’s time - often more productive to bounce empty, often home.
     
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    I’ve made $74,074 Jan 1st to March 31st. I worked 9 out of the 13 weeks total in the 3 months. Avg week $8,230. It’s more than this, I would say $9k if you went a strict week Monday to Sunday. Times at home and times working doesn’t mean an exact 7 days.

    My company has 5 trucks, I am the only flatbed, other 4 are dry vans. All of my loads are from DAT. Typical week is Texas, go north, then back down to Texas.
     
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    Thank you so much. That’s exactly the type of information I was looking for
     
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    For comparison I avg a grand more at least compared to when I hauled dry van.
     
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    Gotchu. Do you gross that much doing normal size haul or do you do oversized loads