Say what?
I'm just saying that I can live with how owner operators are treated, at least how they are at places like Swift, where I did my 6 months. But I will not be jerked around anymore as a company driver.
Lease/purchase program w/6 months experience?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by pbrstreetgang, Mar 24, 2009.
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Here are just a few of my observations, and I'm well aware I don't know everything or even think I do,
1) 99% of DM's or whatever they are called don't work weekends, they are 40 hour a week creatures of habit, and most shlub through there week to get the paycheck at the end, not all but a fair majority I'd say
2) the idle thing is for the saving company money on fuel and the wear and tear of the motor running at idle for 3 days, if you intend to own or lease a truck and idle it for 3 days it costs YOU money which doesn't sound like alot but say your truck burns a gallon a hour for 3 days that's 72 gallons times say 2.50 a gallon that's $180 to sit with the ac on, don't get me wrong I love ac in texas but money is money and just say you had to do that twice a month for a year that's $4,320 a year in wasted fuel, it adds up fast
3)The short load thing can sometimes be a blessing in disguise, by that i mean if it's your truck short loads pay more per mile than long haul, not always but for the most part, 100 mile trip takes 2 hours ( just for the sake of the argument) you have to look at wear and tear on the truck and fuel being burned vs. the rate of the load say it payed 3.50 a mile ( just did one like that Mon) that's $350 bucks minus fuel # 2.50 a gallon times 6mpg(all rough guesses) that's 41.66 in fuel burned, I know there's more numbers to it but in a nutshell rate-fuel= 308.34 for 2 hours of work ( which like I said I know there's more just being general) but you have to play with the numbers on every load, I found a spreadsheet that I plug all my numbers into and it will tell me what I'll put in my wallet
4) And lastly and I'm certainly not giving you hell for it because god knows we've all done it but planning your day to the best of your ability and knowing the logbook rules inside and out, can make the difference in 2 hours at the end of the day or 4 or whatever, just having experience(not cheating) and knowing how what and where to log something really makes a difference, and I know it's not always possible just trying to give my .02
Anybody can run a successful operation with tons of hard work, common sense, and a good business plan, trucking is what trucking is but knowing how to adapt and overcome slow times or sitting or whatever is thrown at you makes all the difference in the world, I think
This is just what I think now feel free to rip me apart, I can take it and hell maybe I'll learn something new today
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