Some numbers for new O/O

"Driving and booking freight are the insignificant parts of the business"Nooooo!!! it makes a huge difference. To me , driving under my own MC and booking my own loads equals to freedom. I fight for every dime, I pick and choose my loads, I choose my destination. I drive when I want to drive.

 

I used to get 4.5

made a good profit

it totally depends on your individual situation .

4.5 was not bad for making 8-10 or 14 stops a day .

compensation was a mixture of a daily fee , a per stop fee and milage fee .

 

Eh, yes and no, technically the truck is the boss and runs where it’s most profitable.
It’s always funny when the guys with a laundry list of “#### that I’m not doing it” cry about money,

 

Thats the question I ask potentials: what do you NOT do? usually they have a long list- or they say they’ll do anything….. and then “oh well I don’t xyz” later on in the convo

 

We do a fair amount of those as well.

10 speed manual.

Got right about 8.2 last month.

 

Holy cow! What kind of truck/drive train are you running and what are you pulling?

 

Cascadia / 53 van

 

And also under 80k gross. I went from 6.3 at legal weight with a 13’2” pneumatic to 5.2 with my hopper at 90k gross. And my hopper was the same height as my bunk. Comparing legal weight mpg’s to heavy and running local is pointless.

 

Yeah, I'd never see that kind of mileage with what I'm planning on doing. I would probably be better off to assume that I'll barely crack 4 and anything better than that is gravy.

 

That's fine but all of those thing are perks of the job. The perks rank well below the actual business of knocking on doors and shaking hands. That's the most important part of it. That's the part I never did. Relationships with brokers are fleeting, not a foundation for a solid trucking business.