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I have gotten over $700 for under a mile. With no Deadhead. ( Not common, but possible)On those days, I didn’t worry about the 600 mile limit. When I negotiated DEADHEAD, it was often over .70 cpm.

How can an op be “off topic”?

Why haul freight so cheap you have to drive over 11 hours per day ?

Walmart is hiring at a new rate that will put thier drivers around $89,000 per year. Most O/Os don’t do that well. And that’s about as good as it gets for company drivers. Weekend work used to be very common. Probably scarce since ELD. You have to log all HVAC work, so you may find a legit...

Start asking every HVAC related business/ supplier if you can use your knowledge. Counter sales, dispatch work, etc. This ain’t a job, it’s an adventure. Crap money for most, no benefits.( edit, I was talking about Expediting, not Trucking in general. I imagine most entry level drivers start out...

Edit. He’s done an edit to the opening post. He doesn’t like the latest advice. Says he’s listening, and will adjust. Give him a participation trophy and move on.

It’s a new era dude.

You probably laughed at your multi carrier friend before he came up with the motor home idea.

What he does/drive probably doesn’t affect a carriers ability to get loads. My guess is the bigger/better carriers probably can have about any loads they want. Smaller carriers, that don’t have as good track records may be denied access to loads.,Generally better loads. That said, I’ve pulled a...

Take the $70-$80 per year job. Bank $35-$40 per year for a year or two. Then do what you want. Or are you too lazy ? I just retired. I have money in the bank. A Teamster Pension. At 66 I’ll draw about $2200 per month SS. Why wait until 66 to draw my SS ? So I can make unlimited income. I...

Are you adverse to becoming an employee?

Why ??? His name gives a clue. He’s TOASTED man !!!!

Amazon could easily do this without these contractors. Seems like the idea is to pass the worker’s compensation and unemployment liabilities on to these smaller guys. Anyone see any other motive ?

Missed that you may be leasing the vans from/thru your shipper., If you can do so profitably, it may be in your best interest to continue doing so. If lots of people get other vans, the company may not tolerate thier vans sitting. So they may favor people with their vans. A big selling point...

You may find a Ryder or Penske type operation that will carry the note if they’re stuck with a quantity of vans coming in off a lease. Probably the smaller the company the more interest they’ll show in you. Or find dealers that buy large quantities of used vans. Can you hire your own...

It’s still quite profitable..... Do you know that, or hope that ? Do you have an accountant, not H&R Block, but an accountant that tells you you’ll be profitable figuring future tax liabilities, etc? Are your drivers employees ? I hope so. That’s more expensive than most people can imagine. If...

Have you talked to a reputable rental company about long term leases? Should be much cheaper than renting. The longer you commit, the cheaper per month . Do you have any kind of financial guarantee from the shipper ? And how do you find 20 drivers in 2 weeks?

Ever hear of Roadway Express ? Amazon probably won’t do this but..,, Roadway went around the country feeding/pushing small trucking companies. To keep the every expanding business they had to build a Roadway designed terminal. Then once heavily leveraged, Roadway would pull the rug out from...

I was very fortunate to usually have top-tier jobs. Union driver making $50,000 in the late 70’s. Union driver making $76,000 in the mid 90’s. Union O/O making big bucks for 10 years. Then TVAL/ AA&E team in a straight. There is good money in TT but harder to find. Tougher with reduced...

Not all van drivers work cheap or live like a homeless person. But many do.