My journey so far as a new O/O

1000 a month for cargo, or liability and cargo, either way it is too much for an established carrier, but I have never heard of just cargo being that expensive.

 

Nobody is paying 54k a year for insurance. Literally nobody. I just got quoted as a new authority for a 2019 389 1 mill cargo for 12k a year

 

I got 11,500

9,500 if paid in full.

 

That is high for being leased on..am 138 week for cargo, 30 for occ, and 130 a month for bobtail and physical

 

Guess I'll have to look into getting my own authority for a proper quote. And I thought $1k a month was standard for lease-ops...

 

Progressive told me 16k paying per month or 13k for the whole year. No authority or truck yet.

 

Companies have these newfangled thingamabobs called transponders that are tracked from space.

 

UPDATE:

I am now looking to switch companies. Tired of this company's ########! I took over a month off to fix up my truck some more and been waiting for a load, any load, for 3 days. Still home. The constant layovers, the lack of communication with dispatch, the absolutely useless weekend and night shift dispatch, the constant Amazon ####-ups, their new company-issued fines for OOS, tickets, late arrival, and the fact that most of their dispatch is not even in US but in Russia...yeah, I think I'm done.

 

$2000 down with $800 month for insurance with progressive less than 6 months cdl own authority. I've been getting loads from load boards for about 2 weeks. Brokers don't communicate all of the needed info. loads are posted early in the morning or in the afternoon other than that calling about loads has been a way to exercise negotiations but don't really lead to a rate con. KNOW your rpm and make your initial offer slightly above so they counter right where you want them its ok to deadhead unlimited miles to get moving

 

I'm currently paying $2.4K a month with $5K down. I'm with Progressive and I'm a new O/O