Hiring Drivers

Could it be your mixing up the numbers? There is the gross revenue and then there is the truck revenue. From the truck revenue comes all our fixed and variable expenses,what is left is profit. You may know this but many following along have no clue.

For the year I would say 250-300K in gross revenue is a good number to use. After all the expenses you might see a third of that depending on your overhead. I was very suprised how much money there is to be made when you get into the niche areas like specialized and heavy,over sized loads. Thise guys make that 250-300k for pulling one load a month. So depending on how you look at it,six figures is more than possible for even an average driver.

 

Sorry I missed the part about you paying fuel and being the one who covers upkeep and repair. That dudes a tool and he must really be mising how this works. I would load your fuel and your advance if you needed one at the time I gave you your dispatch. You would get your pay minus your advance loaded to your card by me every Friday,its really not a difficult concept. Repairs if needed would be my job to get done and I would pay that bill,its my truck. You might need to pony up some cash for a headlight or something lame like that but anything big would be my call.

This whole thing really shows that even with all the drivers available how many are really going to be able to act as an O/O? Half these tools cant even do something as simple as change a head light. Being a successful O/O has little to do with driving,a monkey can drive the stinkin truck. The real key is being able to manage all aspects of the business which means wearing alot of different hats and doing alot of different jobs.

I keep saying I knew this wasnt going to be easy.

 

Do much better with my D/H agents for now. I have tried to hold onto a van and live load but Im just not that patient. My 5 trips for the last month have averaged 2.50 and under 20k. Not the best but its with the same agents. These agents now call or email me because they know Im on thier lanes.

 

One driver on my truck thats it. I have no intention of doing the small fleet thing. Im just waiting to collect my teamster pension.

 

Roger that!