Hopper bottom owner operator

Starting out it'd probably be cheaper to find a broker or trucking company and just lease onto them

 

How do you manage profits, cause down here company's pay 75% of what the truck makes to an owner operator and deduct fuel costs. Using the logic of 25 tons most loads pay about 20 to 30 a ton so thats about 500 to 750 a load minus fuel.

 

That speeding ticket you received is a deal breaker for insurance companies.

 

Kind of figured that as far as getting my own authority. I could possibly still lease on with one of the companies and just run my own truck

 

The MC number itself is cheap, the expensive part is having to have insurance to get it. Plates and Insurance are the biggest things, then you have your 2290 which here is $550 a year. After that you are down to maintenance/replacement and fuel costs if your truck and trailer is paid for.

 

Insurance would kill me cause of a ticket even though its not on my mvr. Got the thing 6 months ago

 

you never know till you check.

 

Bout to go back otr and start saving the money back. Ill either drive a company truck with one of the hopper carriers or i might buy my own truck. By the time fuel and maintenance comes out the pay is similar.

 

One speeding ticket shouldn't be that bad, I had an exhibition driving, at least one speeding ticket and rolling through a stop sign on mine and it wasn't as bad as some are saying on here.

 

May try to get on as a company driver first to learn the business and then buy my own truck