What reports to run when hireing new driver

It sounds good on paper. Everything needs maintained times 2. And team operations are usually an extremely thought out process. Everything is researched again and again. Only way I'm teaming is to train. And then again I don't even want to do that

 

Not really, if two are doing the work that one can, then you are losing money.

 

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

 

But if your reload isn't till the 3rd day then one driver could do it.... it's all about the loading/ unloading schedule.

 

I'm not trying to bring ya down. Just think. I run my own authority and run it hard. And there is no way I'd even consider teaming to maybe deliver a couple extra loads a month. How long have you been with TMC? Do you do any Oversize loads? Are you forced dispatch? Just weigh ALL the pros and cons

 

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.

 

Just recently? I think you're waaaay too optimistic. And I'm not saying don't do it. I'm just saying you're planning everything to the best case scenario. And you need to plan for the worst and hope for the best.

Also 2 drivers doesn't help a load get loaded any faster only secured quicker.

Now. Driver A delivers load at 8am. Goes off duty. Driver B drives to the next load 100 miles away (approx 2 hrs away) it's now 10am. Driver B gets loaded strapped tarped etc. That takes 2 hrs. It's now noon. Driver B now drives load 500 miles to destination approx 10 hrs at 50 mph average driver B gets 1 hr from shipper because they have no overnight parking. Driver A wakes up. To be sit until the 10 am appointment time.

Or look at it this way. You load a load Friday morning and take it home 1000 mile load like you claim. You leave Sunday morning deliver monday. Load Monday after noon to another 1000 mi load you unload Wednesday morning load another 1000 mi load deliver friday morning reload. Start 34 hr restart because you're roughly out of time.

Team=Coast to Coast. Drop and hook. What if your team mate doesn't want to help you strap or tarp? Just saying plan for the worst hope for the best. I think you have it backwards

 

You have just recently been in other threads scolding people that do not log legal. Explain how you plan on legally logging if your game plan is to speed up load and unload times with two people. If you're running these long runs there is a very limited amount of time that you will both be on duty.

 

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)