Leased on to a O/O. How should pay work....

Your truck but leased to his authority correct? If this is the case and you aren't pulling one of his trailers since its a container company then you should be recieving upwards of 80% of gross plus 100% of Fuel Surcharge. If he isn't paying for anything and you are taking all the risk then there isn't any reason to take any less. If the only thing he is paying is for his authority and you are covering the plates for tractor and all other expenses then he should only be getting 10%-15% for his services.

Now if you are driving his truck and he is paying fuel and everything then you should be pulling 23%-25% as a driver wage.

Now if you are driving his truck but you are paying fuel and expenses then I could see you getting like a 60%-70% of the gross plus 100% fuel surcharge.

It is late so maybe I am confusing myself from your posting but even if you were leasing a truck from an owner operator then you should still recieve 70%-80% of gross and 100% of fuel surcharge and then you would just pay the owner operator what ever payment for the lease of his truck that you agreed too. I really hope all of this made sense to you and others as I tried to answer the best I could.

 

I'm leased onto a container company and own my own truck. I get paid 70% of what the broker pays + Fsc depending on what the container line is. Id say if your still profiting 1.10 a mile after fuel it's not too bad depending on what work your doing. City/local/regional/air mile. Some days I do 400 miles to make $400 profit and some I do 170 miles to make the same profit. Intermodal is a different game.

i also deadhead too and from work 43 miles each way, comes out of my pocket. But its good work that's always busy for the most part and always local. Can't complain it keeps me busy and happy.

 

If you`re driving someone elses truck I`d say 25% is a good ballpark figure.If you`re working off a 1099 maybe 33%.Don`t think you`ll get any of the fuel surcharge as it`s there to offset fuel costs.

 

Yeah there's a few here that pay company drivers 34%. basically the Fsc the container line pays for the drivers paycheck.