paid 50% of what the truck makes?

4000 miles a week is doable..... But you'll get burned out rather quickly.

 

This smells veeeery fishy. 50% or even 40% is way too much for a driver's cut...... unless the other driver's pay comes out of that too (25 and 25 eg). Plus fuel surcharge? ####, that don't leave much for the truck/owner to pay bills with.

Sorry, but this don't make any kind of sense to me.

 

It's probably 50% after expenses, that's what I'm seeing here in Florida lately anyway... then you get paid on a 1099 but can't deduct any of the truck expenses for yourself, just the standard driver deductions.... imho, RUN!!! It's worse then a lease/op deal, you pay everything for them and get a piece of what's left without any of the tax benefits.
Good luck either way!!!

 

I`ve offered to pay good drivers 50/50 after expenses.All were smart enough to take 25% of the gross.Don`t think I`d worry about a 1099 too much-by the time you get old enough to qualify there won`t be any social security left to draw.

 

if you are getting the fsc --i guess you must be paying the fuel out of your share then

 

I would tell them you want 25% of gross and they pay the fuel.

 

A company leased to Werner?

Doesn't that in itself raise a red flag for you?

So they are getting say $0.92 cents per mile...and you are getting 50% or 40% of that?

This isn't a checkered flag waving...it is a big red "don't go" RED FLAG!