What is your rate as a IC not a O/O leased on

Having your own authority is not necessarily the key to making an average above and beyond typical $1.75-$2.25 hub mile averages that some, not all, leased operators average. Nothing in this business is a given and driving a truck, picking delivering on time, are only a small part of the overall game. I'd hazard a guess here that many smaller independant operations under their own numbers, especially new inexperienced ones starting out, probably average much less than that. There are lots of owners out here with their own authority who would be much better off leased to someone, and likely would be better off in a mileage program where they get a flat rate $1 a mile plus 40 cents fuel surcharge. You ought to be able to pull averages at ($1.75-$2.25) or well above that with your own authority but can you do it is the only question? No-one can really answer that for you. The only way to know is to get out here, compete, and find out on your own.

 

What the guy said above is correct.
You have to get out here and do your best.

I haul for $2 and better for weeks but have to DH sometimes great distances to get those loads and that brings my average hub rate down to $1.8 or $1.7.
Sometimes I've been in the right place at the right time and got $2000 for a 480 mile haul.
You need to study the areas, get your feet wet, and hope you don't go broke before you figure it out.

 

It depends on who you can find...That is the ''object''..It's like trying to find the dope dealer who has the ''best'' stuff...

As we speak i am with an agent who has the ''good stuff'' from a ''good customer''...I am grossing around 3.00 a mile on all hub miles..6,200 a week for 1950 miles....

I will ride this horse till the horse breaks a leg,then its back to the drawing board..At 72% it is 2.16 a mile to me...L/S Trailer is 65 % so that is 1.95....

If i was an ''independent'' it would be 3.00 a mile to me runninmg ''direct'' for this customer....This is why many guys want there own AUTH.They can have a better chance of running ''direct'' and cut out the brokers and carriers..As long as i lease my truck to Landstar,i will never have this opportunity to find direct great paying loads...

 

For short hauls like 150-300 miles
My rule of thumb is $500 a day for the truck and $75cpm for fuel
I don't always get that and sometimes won't pull the load. Sometimes I agree to go a tad cheaper but I'm loosing money if I do.

Check out my Cost to Operate page at Blogger http://higb7.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_8.html

 

You need to toss what you think you know out the window and just get out here and learn it. The good news is you can afford to be patient. That should bode well if you play it smart. As far as being able to offer big customers ontime trucks and hiring good drivers, well, good luck with that one. There's lots of established companies out here doing that already and finding good drivers for a small startup company... ...let us know how that one turns out....

 

you see a lot of good paying loads. but i'm willing to bet you haven't called them to find out what they are.

most of them have out of the way extra stops. or are wide loads. making that great paying load not so great anymore.

i'm looking at a load right now. for where i'm going to be on friday. $2000 for a 500 mile trip. only thing listed on the load. is 5 zip codes. making that 1 day 500 mile trip actually 3 days and 1400 miles.

 

Good drivers want good equipment too.

I'd rather herd cats than depend on today's average driver for my business.