Jb Hunt Lease

COLSOHIOOTR · Feb 9, 2010

Glad to hear someone is doing good in this economy!

runion25 said: ↑

well i am doing jb hunts lease and am actually makeing reallly good money doing it for those of you that are interested in knowing. lol I've been in this lease right now for around 3 months and outta the 3 months i have had one week that i actually lost money. and the reason that i lost money was do to a truck break down. the load was suppose to deliver on monday but truck broke down and delivered on wednesday. so the following week i mad up for it. I am on percentage pay ( 61% of the load) which isnt a lot but i am doing good with it. yes their is alot of cheap friehgt here at jb but you have to choose what you haul and where you haul it too. for example i live in west virginia and i know that their is usually nothing coming in or outa of their for jb, ( no yard in nitro,wv anymore) so i usually take a cheap load, around .90 to a $1.00 a mile just to get back out in the freight lanes so i can start making descent money again. but i shoot the truth so i aint gonna lie 90% of drivers ( roughly ) that do jb's lease fail by either coming in thinking like a company driver or 95% jb hunt fault cause they promise you miles but dont,cant, or wont deliver! i was a company drivers for 1 1/2 years for ol' jb and i know how their system works, either mileage or percentage. on mileage, once you make so many miles one week they "cut" you off so they can boost another drivers miles! then on percentage once you make so much $$ Money $$ they cut you off, plain and simple. its what you do with the money that you make! when my truck stop's i dont idle ( unless in traffic like chicago )
i think right now my idle is around 10% to 15%... i have a little heater i put in this truck to keep it warm on those cold nights and days while i am in it. yes, their is a lot of things that i dont agree about jb but i actually have a fleet manager that know what he is doing and how its done and how the game is played. before he sends me a load he will call me and ask me if i want it. if its usually a cheaper load ( $1.00--$1.20 ) he usually haves me a better haul on the other end, so me and my f/m actually work together and communicate really well. which is unusually hear of.!!!! well thanks for reading my little update. if your guys have any questions please feel free to ask and i will answer the best that i can. And yes i realize that a bunch of you guys/ gals are reading these have had their outs with good ole' jb.
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