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Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by joseph1853, Sep 5, 2021.

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  1. Sep 6, 2021 #81
    joseph1853

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    It's my truck I'm financing through a bank so unrelated to the company I'm leased onto.
     
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  3. Sep 6, 2021 #82
    Midwest Trucker

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    I would seriously PM @God prefers Diesels and get that mans phone number. He’s fairly new to the game but a rising star out of Texas Look, your playing with peanuts while he knows how to get hundreds. I know he has a lot less home time then you but follow his lead and if even half the home time your wife is going to be calling you all kinds of pet names you love.
     
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  4. Sep 6, 2021 #83
    Brettj3876

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    Listen to Dune. I only read the 1st reply. I know you don't have your own #s but you could be doing 1200$ day right now absolute bare min w/o much work. They're getting rich for you doing all the work
     
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  5. Sep 6, 2021 #84
    harold6091

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    boss let me be clear with you and hope you understand because i only want whats best for us truck drivers. MAYBE YOU ARE NOT GETTING FKED OVER BUT IF YOU ARE NOT MAKING MONEY RIGHT NOW THAT THE MARKET IS CRAZY HIGH.. YOU WILL NEVER MAKE MONEY. get this thru your head
     
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  7. Sep 6, 2021 #85
    joseph1853

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    10/4. Will do.
     
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  8. Sep 6, 2021 #86
    joseph1853

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    Yes sir.
     
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  9. Sep 6, 2021 #87
    joseph1853

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    I did the numbers and they're not really making as much as you'd think. I've only got enough time with them to get one month's worth of calculations but if my maths correct there making around $1300 off me at the end of this month. It would be a lot more if I didn't have such high insurance costs apart from running under there's. My insurance with bobtail would be about 3000 a month. I'm paying 400 with these guys. No, I don't think they're making a killing off me I think their rates are too low for the runs we're doing. I mean there charging 300 dollars for short runs that end up taking 5 hours to finish because of the slow loading. And then there's the deadhead miles going to and from said short runs. They're saying that there's too many south of the border drivers pulling for cheap if you know what I mean. Said Texas is flooded with them.
     
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  10. Sep 6, 2021 #88
    Midwest Trucker

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    Coming from someone who has assets, owner ops, as well as a brokerage.... the fact that they don’t feel the need to work with brokers seems very odd. I don’t tend to like talking crap of fellow companies but something doesn’t seem right at all.
     
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  11. Sep 7, 2021 #89
    Chieftains

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    Ofc they make more that.
    No company is in business for 1300 a month.
    They tell you what they want you to hear.
    Dry van is east 7k a week.
    Reefer 7-9k easily if not more.
    Aim higher
     
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  12. Sep 7, 2021 #90
    streetglider

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    Still didn’t answer the first question
     
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