What is a good pay rate for O/O leased to someone else?

I believe you are correct. Especially pulling dry van freight. Probably can make more as a lease o/o hauling different types of tankers, not sure, ever done that. But, you do need your on authority to make more but it can get tough starting out until you build relationships with good customers (locally where you live) and some brokerage.

 

Unless you go specialized Medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, house hold, blanket wrap trade shows (when they comeback) enclosed cars. Get a new ay from dry van.
But specifically the answer to your question as I no it. Go to work for a van line on the high value spec commodities side. Or go to work for a arts and entertainment company.
It's called glorified freight. Be prepared for lots of sitting around and goofing off. Followed by its gotta be there yesterday.
Less miles but MORE per mile.

 

Don't believe that stuff. You're been better off pulling a dry van, with your own authority, doing power only for another company, pulling there trailers until you gain enough experience and/or find your own customers. Which is hard too do being a one truck operation, but it can be done for sure. Many on here have done just that .. but they all started somewhere.

 

Get away from mileage pay. U need to be making a percentage of the linehaul. And 100% accesiorial pay. Fuel surcharge , detention, tarp pay, tonu, should all be 100% to the truck ..... 75% of the linehaul seems to be about the averge cut for most companies u can lease on to.....

 

Or do like Frontman said. Personally I wouldnt advise it. I see rates on the spot market go up and down, currently down. I'm convinced I could not NET more with my own authority that I do now leased on. But to each his own, good luck in whatever you decide.

 

I agree with 'mover man', in these times, if you don't have your own freight/customer and you try spot market mostly, you are gonna struggle.

 

U can still find good stuff on the spot market ... never know what kind of relationship u could build out of working with some brokers...

 

That is a very broad question. The longer the miles, the lower the rate per mile. Shorter miles pay more per mile. Spot market rates go up at the end of the day when they can't get the load covered. It also depends on what lane your running what part of the country your in. The northeast usually pays a higher rate per mile. Also what time of year it is. Camberley February is a very slow month. Produce season there tends to be a shortage of Van trailers. When produce season ends, some reefer guys look for dry van work