Big Truck Company jobs?
- Thread starter Jasmine
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There are several tl and ltl companies that have employee drivers, but not so much in expedite where most are owner/operators.
Most positions in Expedite are going to be on a 1099 basis if you dont own your own truck. I only know of 3 fleet owners who have drivers they pay as employees on a 1040 basis.
Even if you drive for a fleet owner, you're still likely to have the fuel expenses. Standard split is 60/40 with the 60 going to the driver and the driver paying fuel and tolls. Fleet owners well know that drivers will idle 24/7 and deadhead all over Hell's half acre of it's on someone else's dime.
You can try Expeditor Services. They are a 60/40 split team. You pay nothing. They pay all fuel and tolls.
If you drive a big rig and you think you sit too much, driving a straight truck will cause you to sit 2 to 3 times more.
Without a doubt, the biggest obstacle in expediting that truck drivers coming from general trucking face is the sitting. Many can't handle it and are gone within a month or two. They believe the notion that "if your wheels ain't turnin' you ain't earnin'" and to a large degree that's true in general trucking. But in expediting, it's not about the miles, it's about the revenue. In general trucking, a team might have to run 5000 or 6000 miles a week in order to make the same revenue that 3000 miles in a team straight truck will get you in expediting. Plus, most straight trucks are gonna get 10-12 MPG, which adds up to serious money on 150,000 miles a year.
One advantage to the sitting is you can get out and do stuff when not on a load. Instead of running yourself ragged, you can take in the sights, like visiting the Grand Canyon instead of just driving by it, or going to the
Sonora Desert in Arizona, or thecatfish ponds in Mississippi. Or, and this is a biggie, you can go on a dewy, mossyhike at Multnomah Falls! (I crack myself up)
Basically, you make a lot more per mile, so you make the same or more money on considerably less miles.
One advantage to the sitting is you can get out and do stuff when not on a load. Instead of running yourself ragged, you can take in the sights, like visiting the Grand Canyon instead of just driving by it, or going to the
Sonora Desert in Arizona, or thecatfish ponds in Mississippi. Or, and this is a biggie, you can go on a dewy, mossyhike at Multnomah Falls! (I crack myself up)Basically, you make a lot more per mile, so you make the same or more money on considerably less miles.
Well, that's in addition to the $0.75 per deadhead mile, and plus FSC. If you're driving for a fleet owner and are getting the 40%, that's $0.50 per mile, which is on the high end of general trucking. If you're getting the 60%, that's $0.75 per mile plus the FSC. FedEx may still have the sexy name, but their days of being the expedite carrier to driver for is over. There are many that pay better and treat their contractors like actual people.
Be that as it may, how much do you get paid currently?