ups and downs of % work

25% of gross is good if the company has a good set up. Like when I hauled produce I would haul carpet from N. GA to CA and the load would pay around $3500 but coming back with produce would pay $5000 many times. I did a restart on both ends which was about a 10 day cycle which payed around $2000 on average. I'd still be doing it if the owner didn't retire and they went all team. That was my best driving job.

If you get stuck bouncing around hauling low paying broker freight all the time than it might not be so good. You need a bread and butter $$$ load each week.

Some of these companies try to pull a fast one paying after fuel or lying to you what the load really pays. But normally 24-25% of gross is about right. I've heard some drivers say 30% but I never seen it.

 

Don't agree to it unless you get a copy of the rate confirmations too.

 

25% of what? Percentage can be good if you know what the truck makes.

Another factor is total compensation package. I make 20% or 22% (depending on which contract I'm working on) which might seem low, but our work is steady year round. I also have full bennies and low cost housing.

Small outfits around here are often depending on a single source of work. That source can dry up overnight with no warning. If you're going to drive for one of them, chances are you'll spend long stretches at a time with nothing to do. In that situation, you'll want as high a percentage as possible to level out the slow periods.

 

cpm. or % of gross either one if you ain't burnin' you ain't earnin'..... only way to get payed to sit is by the hour,good luck with that,LOL most of those worth having are already spoken for.

 

% is great if they are charging decent rates. I get 25% of $4.24 mile on average to haul frac sand. In last yr they have given shipper 2 extra hours loading/unloading. Went from 1 for each to two for each. Many others are hauling for under $3 a mile. Offering drivers 27% and going through them like Patton. They make 50-75 cents a mile. There is no back haul so you will always be dead heading empty for next load. Also parking them at truck stops or any where else they can for days between jobs. No layover pay. I don't play that game. If we finish a well in say 6 days I will sit the next day. Do laundry. Drink a few brewsters. But the 2nd day if I don't have load #s I'm heading home. Seen guys in S TX been there for months and only worked 50% of the time. Screw that. Just do the math and decide what you can work for.