Landstar is getting cheap.

Discussion in 'Freight Broker Forum' started by nightgunner, Nov 1, 2017.

  1. stayinback

    stayinback Road Train Member

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    We'd All Like that- Not Calling you a bs'er- But $7500-8000 per week in 1 truck hauling Legal "Freight"....? That's $400.000 k Per year

    Regularly?? Was it Peter Pan That his Nose would Grow If he Told a lie?
     
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  3. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    regularly doing a thousand a day after expenses would be netting 250 to 300k a year. Id have to see a tax return to believe that nonsense.
     
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  4. stayinback

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    He's Peter Pan
     
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    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    400 a day for driver salary? I'm not paying a driver two thousands dollars on a 5 day work week.
     
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  6. rollin coal

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    I missed the part where he said $7,500-$8,000 every week. Everyone knows you have a week of time off every now and then and most people also even take weekends off. $1,000 booked per working day on average is very do-able.

    Edited - ok, I missed the part about $1700-$2500 a day.
     
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  7. DUNE-T

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    So let's say you quote a 500 mile run. 500 divide by 6mpg, is roughly 80 gallons. 80x$2.7 per gallon, make it roughly $250 for fuel. So for that 500 mile run you quote $1250.
    If it's 300 miles you quote the same way to get your $1000 daily after fuel. Or you can get $1500 going in bad area and $500 coming back. For example you do IN-PA 500 miles for $2000 and $750 on the way back.
    When market permits you try to make more money. When market is bad, you still try to get a $1000. Sometimes you can speak to 50 brokers before you get your daily minimum.
    This is the way I do it
     
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  8. DUNE-T

    DUNE-T Road Train Member

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    Why not? With all the benefits experienced drivers make about that much at good trucking companies
     
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  9. rollin coal

    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    What drivers are making $2,000 a week with benefits? Union LTL carriers get close to that maybe? For 95% of employee drivers out here they have subpar benefits and are lucky it they bring home $750-$800 a week. Some of the luckier ones maybe a $1,000 a week. Trucking is overall a very low paying profession.
     
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  10. stayinback

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    No, but a Good Driver Should make $1400--$1600 per week Gross (Plus benefits) Which can almost Accrue the 2k- But it wont.

    Like Coal says. Many Carriers pay a Subpar salary to OTR drivers where they Bring Home $600-700 after taxes... Tough to raise a Family on that.

    The Guy saying he likes to make $1700-$2500 PER DAY is living in a separate World
     
  11. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Only the top earners at the best paying companies will make 100k a year. 75k is much closer to realistic. And a small fleet will never be able to match the pay of the elite jobs.
     
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