New o/o looking for advice.

Really after crunching the numbers I believe, if 2.55 a mile at a weekly average is good, I do have a good spot and we stay busy. The owner is a really good person, been doing this for 30 years. Kind of taken me under his wing. And I seem to be able to at the least make it home once a weekend if not a whole weekend and I live in the central valley of California. the owner brought up an idea that if I moved up to Oregon he had a deal running local making even more. my biggest thought is that we haul loads from other carriers using their trailers, it's like we are leased to multiple carriers, the thought is are we getting the rates they would give their o/o or the full rate?. So if anyone running the 5 sees my bright green pete the trailer I'm pulling is not our company lol.

 

I'll pick up load from Southern California to mid Washington running 1092 miles the load pays to the company 2192.00 to the company I get 85%, I'll then pick a load from Washington to mid to southern oregon between 300 to 400 miles which will pay the company 440.00 to 550.00 then pick up in southern oregon and drop in southern California which pays 990.00 to 1000.00. I can do that run 3 times in a week. Again I get 85% I pay the company close 400.00 for the insurance all oregon road tax at I believe is .1914 and remburse for fuel, ez pass, etc. I gross 79000 to 80000 pds and pay close to a 1000.00 a week in fuel. My truck payment is 3700.00 a month my bobtail insurance is 398.00 a month. We run 3 state so miles are limited. These are just averages so. I feel that yes when all is payed for my left over cash flow is between 3500.00 to 4500.00 that is what a company driver would make, I have earned more as a company local driver with owning a truck. This is why I have posted asking for advice from the more experienced O/Os if this is average or should I look else where. Getting miles on the I5 corridor is hard, running heavy up and down the grades and being held back to 55 mph in california and oregon doesn't let you get far to fast, not that we can move very fast anyways lol, I don't run team tried it for 2 weeks and got no sleep cause I can feel every gear change and I just don't like how company drivers treat equipment that's not there's lol. Hope this helps getting a better idea. I would pull as many loads as I can get but I pull what I am given. We own no trailers. 2.55 per mile is my average net after the company gets its 15% and all cost reimbursed, and before my truck payment and personal bobtail insurance. if someone knows of better paying loads running somewhere else the owner is more then happy to let me run them as he still gets his 15%. I think he has just got comfortable doing what we do as it is steady and keeps the bills paid at the least. I want to earn my full potential, so all advice is welcome.

 

Yes and that what I run in one week. Not for the lack of wanting more miles. But if a person can get more miles in in a week on the 5 doing what we do I would have to say that would be one tired driver who prays as he or she comes up to a scale house lol.

 

Yikes I'd diffently be in the wrong industry lol

 

You are totally right! After 6 years in college for IT you would think I would not do math tired. I made a big mistake! I average 8400.00 every 2 weeks take home and I only divided 1 week of mileage. Crap and I thought my average was good. Lesson learned do math while awake. Lol. High truck payment at 0.00 down and new bells and whistles california compliant tractor, yes. I pay a higher bobtail insurance for shorter term. Company insurance is for load etc.