Earnings Per Mile

728761

{"text":"I'm buying my own truck soon,  as a OO how much should I expect to average per mile in today's economy?","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

603772

{"replyTo":"","text":"what are you going to pull?  I rarely move for less than $2/mi. only time I do it's either just to get me somewhere there's better options or it's a partial and I can pick up one or two more partials to bring up the rate. I pull a step deck so it's pretty easy to double and triple dip sometimes and get the rate up closer to $4/mi. last couple years I pulled a reefer though. last year running mostly Minnesota to California I grossed $201k and I only worked about 50% of the year.","replyToPid":0}

718595

{"replyTo":"","text":"Nooooooooo please. DONT BE BUYING A TRUCK when you dont already know these questions! ! yall low ball the rates for people who know what they are doing. ","replyToPid":0}

760057

{"replyTo":"","text":"never work per mile as OO\n% IS WHAT U SHOULD BE GETTING\nusually it's 90% of what the freight payes plus fuel surcharge","replyToPid":0}

103619

{"replyTo":"","text":"from looking at your 4 posts. you're an absolute new driver... so dont bother trying to be an OP or lease..   get some experience first.. before jumping into the big pond","replyToPid":0}

603772

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728761 发表于 2019-07-31 20:41:16 I was considering a newer cascadia

","text":"if you do reefer loads break down your own loads at receivers and bill the broker whatever the lumper service would have charged you. when I was pulling a reefer yet I could make my truck payment every month just off of what I billed out for brake down and sometimes even put a dent into my insurance payment. it'll get you out of places quicker too and it's a great workout. as an o/o you want to take advantage of every little extra bit of money you can make. just a forewarning the first 6 months will more than likely be pretty rough.","replyToPid":163367}

723808

{"replyTo":"","text":"If you're going to be an owner op your biggest worries are not how much you will make but buying the right truck that will make you money.  There's where all your concentration should be because that's what it boils down too.","replyToPid":0}

452168

{"replyToPid":0,"replyTo":"","text":"First of all, stop thinking about running for a bunch of miles. Miles cost the Carrier money. Only use mileage as a number to help determine the cost associated with running that particular load. Also, every lane is different. If you think you're going to get $2/mile everywhere you'll be broke in no time. Your current \"pay\" is going down because whoever you're leased on to does not have direct customers and they're running the spot market. The spot market (loadboard freight) is in the toilet right now. Carriers are going out of business left and right at the moment. Basically...know your cost of operation, lane rates and get direct freight or you won't make it more than a year."}

603772

{"replyTo":"","text":"ah I gotcha was just curious. when I first bought a truck I ran from Sioux City Iowa to Houston every week. you might have even seen me, black 379 Pete pulling a stainless steel 48' spread axle reefer that the top and bottom rails and the unit were painted blue. sold  that trailer to a kid in Dallas that had a blue w900. \n\nI know when I ran that way I did pretty decent money wise usually around $2/mi another o/o that runs for the same guy I do runs that Texas round every week and lately every time I talk to him he's complaining about cheap loads coming back out of Texas. I think a lot of what he's bringing back is around that buck fifty mark you mentioned so might just be the trend down that way right now.","replyToPid":0}

603772

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751327 发表于 2019-07-30 08:14:29 Well, I'm leased with a company pulling dry van. for 1.5 years I was getting $2 per mile but 3 months ago they dropped the pay to 1.50. But seems like the rates are low for what others drivers told me.

","text":"where are you out of?\n\nrates are all over the place. I saw a van load out of Florida to Minnesota on the boards a couple months ago. full load of bottled water 80 cents a mile! and it got snatched up quick. how can anyone afford to hook to that? \n\nwhen I was still pulling reefer a couple months ago everything I'd get was right around 2.00-2.50. with flatbed/stepdeck I have zero problems getting loads at $2- but I've had pretty good luck finding loads closer to $3-","replyToPid":161385}

723808

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452168 发表于 2019-07-30 11:43:24 First of all, stop thinking about running for a bunch of miles. Miles cost the Carrier money. Only use mileage as a number to help determine the cost associated with running that particular load. Also, every lane is different. If you think you're going to get $2/mile everywhere you'll be broke in no time. Your current \"pay\" is going down because whoever you're leased on to does not have direct customers and they're running the spot market. The spot market (loadboard freight) is in the toilet right now. Carriers are going out of business left and right at the moment. Basically...know your cost of operation, lane rates and get direct freight or you won't make it more than a year.

","text":"You're right Jimmy, and I don't look for rates to change much especially being an election year coming up.  Unfortunately the radical left and MSM want to drive this country in the ground to establish a one world order.  But that's another topic for another day.","replyToPid":161467}

542330

{"replyTo":"","text":"Also depends what you are hauling. But you either need to get your own authority or work under a companies dot number. ","replyToPid":0}

723808

{"replyTo":"","text":"I'm averaging 400+ day after expenses but I'm sure that pretty weak compared to those whose been doing this a lot longer.  That's also in this market and after paying 20 percent to mc holder.  But the bottom line it boils down to your  tractor n keeping the wheels rolling.","replyToPid":0}

603772

{"replyTo":"","text":"just out of curiosity what's your plan? are you buying a truck through your current company and lease onto them or planning on buying on your own and finding someone new to run for?","replyToPid":0}

751327

{"replyTo":"","text":"Well, I'm leased with a company pulling dry van. for 1.5 years I was getting $2 per mile but 3 months ago they dropped the pay to 1.50. But seems like the rates are low for what others drivers told me.","replyToPid":0}

751327

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603772 发表于 2019-07-30 08:26:34 where are you out of?\n\nrates are all over the place. I saw a van load out of Florida to Minnesota on the boards a couple months ago. full load of bottled water 80 cents a mile! and it got snatched up quick. how can anyone afford to hook to that? \n\nwhen I was still pulling reefer a couple months ago everything I'd get was right around 2.00-2.50. with flatbed/stepdeck I have zero problems getting loads at $2- but I've had pretty good luck finding loads closer to $3-

","text":"I live in Texas, Dallas - Fort Worth area. most of the loads are close enough to come back home every day.","replyToPid":161389}