Week ending 5/28

Crestwood,IL----->Saulkville,WI (drop empty container,hook loaded container)
......Saukville,WI------>Chicago,IL (drop loaded container,p/u empty container)
......Chicago,IL------>Crestwood,IL (drop empty container,hook empty tank)
Crestwood,IL------>Wichita,KS (live load)
.......Wichita,KS----->Fair Lawn,NJ (drop load)
.......Fair Lawn,NJ---->Avenel,NJ (hook empty)
Avenel,NJ------>Carteret,NJ (live load)
Carteret,NJ---->Circleville,OH (customer unload)
......Circleville,OH-----Owosso,MI (home time)

Total miles: 3253
Deadhead Miles: 20, .007%
Gross Pay: $6,420.44 ($1.97@ mile)
YTD Miles: 52,726
YTD Gross: $83,885.41 ($1.59 @ mile)
Total loads: 69
Hazmat: 44

All my deadhead miles from Circleville,OH to Owosso,MI will be listed on the next trip,just the way it worked out for Memorial day pay schedule.

 

Mike...got my first check from Miller Transporters yesterday.

I made $5,041.59 on 2,264 HHG miles. My actual miles for that first week were 2,418 miles, for the 2 loads on the check. Line haul pay was $4,001.51 and fuel surcharge was $1,040.08, I spent $891.00 on fuel !!! My net check after deductions was $3,838.34

 

Excellent

 

Since you work as an o/o hauling bulkers / tankers, may I ask you what kind of truck you have for the purpose ? How suited is it for the work involved ? Does it suit all the work requirements ? What would you have different in your truck , if at all, to make it more work-friendly ? Also, what kind of products do you haul ?

When you signed up with Superior, did you have to instal the blower yourself, or did they do it for you ? How much did you have to pay for it ? What happens to the blower, should you decide to leave Superior ?

 

How much did you make after all expenses, and truck payments, if you don't mind my asking ? Do you pay yourself a salary, and does your nett take home take that into account ?

 

Thats kind of a loaded question.

Everyone has a different situation, Mike has a fairly new truck with payments, I have an older one with NO payments.

You might "need" more money then either one of us does.

How can ANYONE answer a question like that?

If you look at the picture in Mike's postings you can see his truck on the bottom.

The $$$ posted shows what CAN be earned only, there are NO gaurantees or promises.

Also remember what YOU make will be determined by how hard YOU work, not everyone has the same work ethics either.

 

I certainly understand what you're saying, but my question was based on the assumptions that one is running similar number of miles as Mike, with similar truck payments & truck-related expenses. For sure, my expenses would be different, primarily because of the fact that should I buy my own truck, I would buy an older one than the one that Mike has.

The idea is to get a somewhat ball park figure, to guage the difference between gross income and nett ( before taxes ), in order for me to determine how much more one can earn as an o/o, as against being a company driver running similar miles, and whether being an o/o is really worth the additional risks & hassles.

 

I drive a Pete 379 \/\/\/ ,one thing I wished was different on my truck would be a taller fifth wheel to help getting some weight off my drives,if I don't load the load myself I am almost always over weight on my drives,I can scale(axle) about 44,000 but most dropped loads are more than that.

We haul any type of chemical you can think of,I have hauled from dish soap to acetic acid.

I am signed onto Suttles Truck Leasing,a part of the www.danacompanies.com

I had to pay for the pump and compressor and also to have them put on my truck,some slackers(Maniac) get away with out the pump,but I had to put it on before I could sign the lease,cost of pump was $450 used and compresssor was $600 new and I had about $250 in fittings for the hoses.And I own all this stuff if I were to leave(doubtful :lol: ).

 

To give a ballpark figure,it cost me between $.80-.90 cpm to opeate my truck.

 

Owosso,MI------>Detroit,MI (drop clean tank,hook load)
Detroit,MI------->Cornith,MS(driver unload)
.......Cornith,MS----->W. Memphis,AR (drop dirty tank)
.......W. Memphis,AR------>Memphis,TN (relay load)
Memphis,TN------>Jenks,OK (driver assist)
......Jenks,OK----->Greenville,SC (drop dirty,hook load)


Total Miles: 2702
Deadhead Miles: 520, 19%
Gross Pay: $4,505.77 ($1.67@ mile)
YTD Miles: 55,428
YTD Gross: $88,391.18 ($1.59@ mile)
Total loads: 71
Hazmat: 45

Edited to correct pay