Running with JCT, Part Deux

Hmmmm...Lexington NE to Vernon CA...

70 is no of course.

80 to Salt lake and down, 1400 miles. Fuel pricing 2.25 in Cheyenne (2.24 if I go to PFJ and include the "Discount") , 2.33 Salt Lake City

Down the "Backway": 80-76 to Limon, down to the 25 to the 40. 1509 miles. Fuel Pricing 2.18 San Filipe, NM, 2.29 Lupton

Gotta be there Thursday from Mon-Tues.

I guess down to the 40 would be the best.

 

The $2.25 is the Valero across from the J. It's straight ULSD instead of the bio crap at the J. Just FYI.

 

Most would agree that leasing onto a carrier, it is best to be paid on a percentage of the load rather than a flat mileage rate. The Landstars and Mercers and Eagles are getting about 75% of the load to the IC. So a $2 buck load would pay $1.50. However the IC has to pay for everything related to the business of trucking-- trailer, ifta, tolls etc etc.

At JCT it could be argued that we are paid closer to 50% of each load more or less and a good portion of what we are not paid, is used to pay for all those business related things. I just wanted to say as a JCT IC we do indeed pay for all those little perks including the trailer, including the entire staff back at the yard, the mechanics, the washbay people, the buildings, the lights, the bonuses, the cash giveaways the cars, and motorcycles etc, everything is paid for by the IC.

I look at it a little different, every dollar I save on fuel I have to turn around and peel some of that off and give it to the IRS

 

Yeah I'll be filling there on the way TO Lexington. I'm in Cheyenne waiting to deliver tonight. Good to know its straight fuel...hell I may take the 80 route just because of that. I get so much better MPG on lower/no Bio.

Then again, I want to fill up as cheap as possible as close to California as possible. So I don't have to fuel there. Last week I filled in Lupton 2.29, and did Vegas, El Monte, Onterio, Riverside, Phoenix, Casa Grande, and Phoenix again before putting in fuel again at QuickTrip for 2.19.

 

Part of it is we are insulated from industry swings in pricing. The downside is, we are insulated from industry swings in pricing.

If anyone has noticed the sign for Heath in Amarillo, they pay their O/Os something that 1.54 + FSC a mile. But only if you have your own authority with them. (Which they don't say on the sign).

If you don't, and you lease on, (Like us), its actually 1.10/mile + FSC. So it costs them 43 cents a mile for the "Everything else" (Though its still 20 cents more a mile than we make here......*Grumble*)

That would make that 2 Buck load pay 1.07 a mile after "Behind the scenes" expenses.

I know its not a DIRECT comparison, but....Its in the ballpark I guess.

And 50% is pretty average I would say, though I've looked over the shoulder at screens and sometimes its much lower. Depends on customer, and I'm assuming Tyson and JBS pays the most as they are the ones we focus on with the 98% OTD.

 

Oh, absolutely it's more money on percentage. I have 2 friends that were highly successful at JCT for many years, but left last year for the opportunity fire more money. One went to Landstar, the other somewhere else. Landstar pays 65% of load + 100% FSC. With your own trailer, that goes up to 73%.

The other guy gets 74% of load and 100% of FSC with company trailer.

The advantage is you can choose your own loads based on rate and weight. There's a lot more work paper wise that way, but it's also more money.

I thought I took a ton of time off....These guys make me look like a workaholic.

 

Great post and I agree. I imagine though there are some markets and some certain times of the year JCT scores plenty of those $3 buck to $5 buck a mile loads to cover the leaner times. I get it, they are running a business for profit too and it is fair otherwise I wouldn't have leased on. The big attraction for me was the 2way truck pay deal, flat fixed small rate and a variable performance rate based on how hard I want to work it. I figure every 4th mile is another dollar going toward paying off the truck. The harder I work, the safer I work, there is a tangible mutually beneficial endgame to it.

I was over at Roadrunner for 2.5 years, mostly mileage rate around $1.5x a mile and 92% of broker negotiated freight rate. But they tied my hands on the broker frieght so much I couldn't get it and when I could I had to use in house brokers who controlled the rate cons trying to sell me 92% of $1.1x all day long which is bogus lies. I feel like it is a much fairer deal over at JCT.

 

Yeah the guy that got me in here left to work at SNI on the Choice boards, he's basically a regional driver home all the time making about the same as us but tons less miles. I thought about it, but I don't think I'm at the level yet of picking my own loads, plus I like the long loads where I don't have to worry about things, he's doing short hops planned out like 3-4 loads in advance.

 

Did you ever get your truck back?

 

@scottied67 , I asked this b4 but you didn't respond......
Why don't you upgrade?