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How does this sound?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by RaRa, Jan 24, 2019.

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  1. Jan 24, 2019 #1
    RaRa

    RaRa Light Load Member

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    I will have to run under my own authority, 1099 but he tried to tell me a schedule. Not home nightly maybe weekly.

    His dream scenario was 660 miles a day, 5.5 days a week for 52 weeks would be 324,000 a year.

    That's 1.887 per mile. I told him that rate was low and he got pissed of. Am I crazy or is that a bad rate? He said it's a good price basically because other owner operators make it work.
     
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  3. Jan 24, 2019 #2
    gokiddogo

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    I'll never understand why some people want to work themselves to death
     
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  4. Jan 24, 2019 #3
    BCV

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    660 a every day is a fart dream considering loading, unloading, traffic, accidents, weather, etc...
    Tell him to salary you $589.00 every day you drive.
    That's the brake down of your math.
     
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  5. Jan 24, 2019 #4
    mover man

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    660 miles a day 5.5 days a week. Ya tgats a dream all right. Do you just wake up and drive, cause I don't see time for loading and unloading. Don't even mention traffic, construction etc... But even if ya could do that, why would anybody want to??
     
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  7. Jan 24, 2019 #5
    LDLWells

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    The yearly is great if you half the mileage
     
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  8. Jan 24, 2019 #6
    blairandgretchen

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    Sounds like buying a job.
     
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  9. Jan 24, 2019 #7
    danny23tx

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    Sounds crazy to me . Be realistic and think this out a bit . Rates dip , trucks break down and ppl make mistakes.
     
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  10. Jan 24, 2019 #8
    Rubber duck kw

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    You're not going to average 600 miles a day for the year. Nobody I know works more than about 45 weeks of the year, and that's the hard charging bull haulers with a feed hauling contract on the side. 1.80 all miles isn't horrible but not real great either.
     
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  11. Jan 24, 2019 #9
    Espressolane

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    Keep in mind that the industry average moving speed for a OTR truck is 52 MPH.
     
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  12. Jan 24, 2019 #10
    RaRa

    RaRa Light Load Member

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    I kno
    It's not really over the road it's running the same trip twice in one day. It's a 160 mile trip one way all in the same state. It's about 2 hours from my house.

    my question is more or less on the dollar 88 per mile not if I can run six hundred miles a day I know that's impossible that's why I called it a dream scenario. The guy just got real offended that I said that was a bad rate I was just trying to make sure I didn't have my expectations too high.

    Then he told me I wouldn't be able to find nothing better than that excetera. Saying I won't be able to find customers and brokers won't pay.
     
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