Where can I gross $200k per year?

Landstar, if you're smart enough.

 

you can make 200,000 almost anywhere. i made mine at mercer. but again what you should be asking is where can i average the most per mile loaded and deadhead miles.

get that and 200,000 is easy.

you honestly are asking the wrong question.

200,000 aint worth a flip if ya got to run 150,000 or more to get it

 

the LS guys i see must not be making 200,000 , lol

 

by my estimates 7 times 12 is 84k but then again truck drivers are not getting paid to do math.

Regardless the pneumatics are making 125-175 an hour from what I understand but you have to buy a 50k+ trailer and a 10k blower. For the amount of time you need to put into the oil field pneumatic jobs as an O/O its not worth it to me anyways. I like a life that doesent revlove around a desolate place in ND and working 70-90 hour weeks. If I worked at my current company job that much I would gross over 7k a month as well and I would see more than flatlands. IMO the oildfield work is not as lucrative as everyone says.

 

I've met some pretty sad Landstar drivers as well as some downright pathetic Mercer drivers. Either system is easy to make 200k with today's fuel prices.

I figured the net vs gross was pretty played out already, but I'll just add if I only took 3 months off instead of 4 last year, I'd have hit $200k and netted far more than most that hit $200k, cuz eym smartt.

 

Because we lease drivers I talk to a lot of drivers that are leased on all over the place. Most are grossing 200k but few break 50k net on 130-140k miles a year.

So to your original question - where?

Go to a large truck stop, grab a rock, close your eyes and throw it. And the name on the side of the truck you hit you will likely be able to gross 200k.

 

Net is WAY more important than gross. I only worked 188 days last year and only ran 85k miles. I netted enough that I had a very good year.

I always thought the whole idea of being an owner operator was to work less and make more.

 

I dunno I am a lonely reefer driver with 48 foot junk and I am on track to gross 300 plus this year. Good luck to ya.

 

7x12 is 96? Are you sure about that? According to my calculations 7kx12months equals $84000. Just saying