Western Express Flatbed Lease

Yeah I'm still here. And yes I did get a truck from quality and I have been hauling freight for western. We get to pick our own loads through 3rd party brokers if we choose to, which I really like. We're on percentage which I also like. It's not a bad gig to get started as an owner op. Are there better programs out there. I'm sure of it. Am I satisfied with how things are going, yes.

 

No problem. And I got a 2015 Kenworth T680. Freight is paying okay right now, the market is getting better by the week. I get 70% of the load so I try to book loads that pay around 2200-2600. That brings me around 1400-1900 a load. Three or four of the a week and I'm good. I stay out about 3-4 weeks at a time. And take 3 days off. It's been working out good so far. I live wayyyyyyy up north so I usually book freight going down to the southeast then out west and work my way back to the great white north.

 

Yeah, you just call quality and let them know your interested and then speak with one of the O/O recruiters and they send over an LOI and set up an account, and your all good to go.

 

Yeah you can go home when ever you want. I usually bring home around 2k a week after expenses. Sometimes it's less, just depends on how the delivery times and pick up times are; deliver on a Tuesday and it goes on next weeks check, deliver on Monday it hits this weeks. The week when I go home, my check will be less and when I come back off home time that check will be less as well. Furthermore, it depends on if I'm in an area with big cash freight moving around.

I live wayyyyyyy upstate in NY so I usually have to dead head 150 miles minimum to pick up freight when coming off hometime. Same goes for going home nine times outta ten I'll drop freight minimum 150 miles from home and have to dead head . I got lucky this week and found a load 9 miles from my house.