New or Old, $150 or $1500 in 8hrs, it is all up to you

I don't know where you get your information, but that's not how it works at Prime. I'm leased on there, have friends that use the brokerage and have never seen them get more than me. Aside from all the crap you hear about em, they have some very good rates. That's why I stay here. If they sent a load out from NC-NY that paid the truck $500 it would probably never get moved.

 

My brother, who has years expereince, get 25% off the top. I just started with 18% AFTER 25%(fuel) is deducted. This is the worst money I have made is over a decade. What a guy won't do to get that 1 year of experience.

 

That is all relative to what guys will haul for. We haul specialized and oversize.

 

At 30 percent of the gross you can tell we don't pull cheap loads. Even the oversized and livestock end of this business is starting to feel the effects of wannabe's cutting the rates. The thing about livestock is let them get a dose of it, loose several or heaven forbid a load. Makes what we quote seem cheap then most know that. I can't say for the oversize, I stay with what I know oversize ain't it. I move equipment around the house with a 50 ton detach but that doesn't mean I know about pulling oversize freight.

 

Haha!!! That's some funny stuff right there!! The company doesn't get to put the 1100 in their pocket any more than an O/O, social security, driver taxes, truck taxes, shop expenses, maintainence expenses, driver wages, fuel, employees insurance, workman's comp all have to come out of that 1100. All an O/O puts in his pocket is the wage he pays himself. Everything else stays in the truck account.

Gunk

 

Well that is the magic question isn't it?

The thing is the company that is moving the freight is most likely paying nearly the same no matter who moves it. Who gets the cut of the pie is always the big question.

There are some losers in the game. The fleecers are the ones who comes to mind. You usually can tell when you hear them talk about how much they earn with out any clue how much their expenses are.

 

If you're a company driver, find a company that pays percentage. The only way to make money if you don't want to invest in your own truck.

 

Hate to tell you...but...somebody else is always making money off of your hard work.