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It was the "We are Load One," that... you know... you, uh... got something on your nose. ;)

And you're entitled to your opinion, just like we are. But again, you're contesting mine, and not the numbers I produced.

Save the cheerleading, Tom, no one is challenging your devotion. You know what I said. I loved it there when I was part of a team. If you had read my first post on the subject, you would notice I gave Load One kudos on being, in my experience, the best outfit for a team. I also said it was not...

NM... thought that was Dynamite's post I was responding to.

I'm just here trying to open eyes to the numbers. You defended your actions, but not the numbers themselves. I believe you to be a noble owner, but my view stands, that the split here is less than the industry standard. You seem to agree. Now that wasn't so hard, was it? :o

What about the other 24,000 employees? LOL

Doubt I'll ever get to live in one, as my wife likes her job here. :p

Classy....

Whenever I was in the truck, the FSC was 30% of the tariff. They would remove Load One's 30%, and replace it with FSC. More times than not, it was a couple of bucks more than the 30% removed. Rarely was it less. Why are you comparing what the owner gets, to what the drivers make? Those are...

If your drivers are making .46-.48, then you're taking care of your drivers, and therefore, not one I'm calling out. Are you telling your drivers to take all of the runs? Because if your trucks are averaging 1.50, then you should be getting .45 surcharge avg. I'm guessing the 100 comes from dh...

Oh, Dynamite, one reason the drivers might not ask for a higher rate, is because they are going by the good ol' 40/60 split, and not know about the killer FSC when they sign on with the owner. Do you think not disclosing that little fact is or isn't lying by omission, and thus taking advantage?

Oh, I understand it perfectly. I also know math. So you're saying the 20% and FSC together pays for fuel, or just the FSC pays for it? If it's just the FSC, which I figured does completely pay for fuel, and if it hasn't changed from the format when I was there, there is a chunk of change extra...

Someone mentioned on another trucking site - not expedite - that their company gives you the choice of flat or percentage. Percentage, he says, benefits the truck in good economies, flat in bad. He switches accordingly. Everything I've seen, over the years, makes me agree with him.

40% of 1.20 is .48. Ahh... my mistake in my calculations above. Panther isn't .45, but .48. That means my other carrier I mentioned was .50. Makes that .42 look rather anemic. With the .60 I recommended they barter for, that leaves .45 for the owner. Not unfair, IMO. The miles will more than...

Don't ever count on the FSC staying the same. That's why a flat mileage, negotiated w the owner, is in the best interest in this case.

My experience, and I'm sure there are others too, is that the owners do not want to give up that big, fat fuel surcharge. It equals 30% of the truck's take, which is WAY above industry standards. How do they make up for that, you ask? Only one other place... linehaul. Now I'm not knocking Load...

This is the tax that never ends. It goes on and on, my friends.

It's doo-doo.

That's the reason I had to stop and think. With the trucking companies taking expedite freight, and more people seeing expedite as "easy money," I'm looking to follow the bux. Trucking rates maybe stable, or slightly up, but the company driver rates have gone up significantly from when I got my...

I know what you mean. But man, does it feel good when it finally happens! :D