POLL: What type of O/O are you?

The company I am leased to furnishes liability but thats about it. I get 72% pulling theirs and 85 if I buy my own. 90 of fsc and 100 if pulling my own trailer.

 

why you you feel they deserve any of your fsc?

 

Unless your company is paying the fuel tab, they should't get ANY of the fsc. I don't get a FSC, as it is figured into the whole "load price" I negoiate.

 

They pay all reefer fuel. Granted 10% is a little much but is still working out to where I got .55 a mile last week

 

Guys I am new so pardon some ignorant questions.

If you lease on and sign a contract do they pay for fuel or do you?

Also, if you have your own authority, does the company offer a FSC?

Finally, does it make sense to lease on or have own authority.

King

 

To me if you are gonna lease I don't see the need for your own authority. Some companies offer 5% more in pay for your own authority but you still have to do all of your own filings, insurance, book keeping etc. To me it's not worth leasing so I have my own authority and work independantly of other companies. I am not dispatched on a pool of loads specific to any one company and if I want to go somewhere specific, I do.

 

I am with one of the carriers he mentioned and we refer to the o/o that runs for .95 as bottom feeders. My truck brought over $6000 to me last week, not the first time either. Not every week is that good but there is no sence in turnin the whels just to cover fuel cost....I HATED it when the dispathch at a former co. (smaller too) would say well at least the load pays your fuel.....we were their top money maker....we left.

Man I knew/know some of them guys, they pull through here. You need to be getting 100% Have no clue why they think they are special enough to keep 10%. That covers your cost.

 

I like the type of loads that I haul... Specialty loads like Antique auto's and Fire trucks and such...Leaves me with an open market where I live..

 

i like to pull air freight that requires teams...ive done loads as high as 4.00-6.00 a mile for only 2-3pallets then you fill the truck with some ltl and ur set...but lately theres been less and less LTL air freight of that kind.

 

I like Money!