Why you'll go Bankrupt hauling around $2 a mile loads

The company I run for also has flatbeds, conestogas, and some vans with ramps. The company trucks do a lot of that stuff, but at the same time I could too if I wanted to. But I’m not interested in hauling glass all the time or having to build decks in the trailer to haul pad wrap loads, and then taking the decks out and trying to store the plywood and all the blankets when you have to load back. The way I look at it is if the overall company is doing well then it allows them to grow and pick up more contracts and that’s better for all of us that are here.

 

How many miles and how many days of work?

 

3.5. 723 miles

 

I hope you're local and home every night for that. I spent 1.5 days in Shattuck Oklahoma this week waiting for it to be dry enough to load. 400 dollars to sit around and do nothing but eat and fart, about went out of my mind. I hate sitting in the truck doing nothing.

 

Almost. I don’t go far. Sometimes it’s only a 5 hour day.

 

Previous company I leased to I got 90% but had to pay for their cargo which I think was around $0.10 per mile ??
And a bunch of other fees
I now get 75% but the cargo etc is covered by the company. I just cover my own truck and trailer plus the comp thing etc

I’m not 100% sure but I think Mercer does the same

 

Last company I was leased to charged 15% if you had your own trailer. I paid fuel, quarterly ifta tax and that was it. Everything else was inclusive aside for a $1k deposit on the Omnitracs unit.

Was an awesome company and we were given all the tools to dispatch ourselves.
The company owner is also a TTR member.

 

I thought you was gonna go a whole different route with the wife coming out. Like you was gonna make her the welder. Ha ha