What reports to run when hireing new driver

if a 2 day load delivers in one day, then we get another load. its not rocket science.

 

Yea, most of our reloads are any time during the day, so if unload 8 am, we can bounce to next shipper to turn and burn. If a single sdriver, he would loose that halfday to a day on every load.

 

Its more then a few extra a month. Its a few extra a week. When you consider reduced load and unload time with 2 drivers, it really adds up. I was company driver for years, bought my own truck and pulled vans...then went back as a O/o to tmc somewhat recently.

 

i worked for tmc for almost 2 years as a company driver. I know the rates, i know MY averages over that time. The break even point is 1.5 times the miles. That means, my co driver get a full share of driving and i drive half as much. I mostly get 2 day loads and other teams at tmc do at least 1.5 times the miles. So reallu worst case, I do half the driving i do now and make the same amount. Now if i get all 2 day loads (not unlikely), we could easily double our revenue and i would make 1.5 times as much as im making now. We do have a lot of 2 days freight, and i get a lot of it solo. Most weeks we could get mostly 2day freight and probably will average 1.75 times the revenue.

Loading is normally relatively quick. Depends on the shipper, but Either way, we could easily save an hour on a chained load that needs a full tarp.

A single driver wouldn't be able to do a 500 mile run with a 100 mile bounce to to additional load time, 14 running out. Also, i always find parking closer then an hour and most of our receivers have parking. If not, you make parking lol. Also, most of our freight delivers anytime after 7am. Getting their by 7 am gets you unloaded the fastest.

With a team mate i could do all that by Wednesday. We would deliver first thing monday. Pick up Mon morning (not afternoon). Deliver tues morning. deliver weds. Now i got time for 2 more 1000 mile runs. 70 hours clock is rarely a concern if you go home at all on the week-end or ever get a short load during the week.

Well first off, the guy im considering hiring is a friend. Also, that's part of the job. If they wont help, they wont work with me. You dont need coast to coast to make teaming work. Maybe in your industry you do, but if you plan it right, you can team with 2 day runs (delivering in 1 day)