Suds43
Seasoned Expediter
I need a little advice on what to do about this.
I'm sure other's have found themselves in this situation. Curious on how they handled it.
I drove for an van owner for about 9-10 weeks. The original agreement was a 80/20 split. Van owner brought up the 80% to me + 100% FSC, I take care of all van expenses, fuel, oil changes. Owner paid any other maintenance on the vehicle, and other expenses, van payments, insurance, etc.
He stated he needed $1100 a month to cover his expenses, van payment, ins. etc.
$1100 a month?????? Just how much did he pay for this van?? I talked with other owners and the most I heard was another driver paying $400 a month. One guy told me it cost him $164/week, or $654/mth. which covered everything, van payment, insurance, q-c payment.
Well, after signing the contract things turned into $1100/mth. "van usage fee", and his 20% turned into .20 per mile to him for all loaded miles.
Luckily we did get 50% 'draw' on every load, not including FSC. We did get a very small amount that would 'trickle' down to us, but most Fridays we'd call and ask how much was deposited to our acct. for the weeks pay, which should have been the other 30% of the load pay. Most weeks it would be nothing.
Luckily we (my wife) kept very good records on every load....Deadhead miles, loaded miles, deadhead pay, loaded mile pay, FSC., the works on every load! We knew exactly what should be comming as our pay on every load. Everyone knows that the FSC isn't meant to pay for all the fuel, most loads we'd be taking money out of our own pockets to pay for fuel after the FSC. THEN, the company would charge us 15% on every advance we took and put on comdata!!!!! What a rip off!!! We'd use the comdata to pay for fuel, expenses, etc.
Played the 'no pay' game for about 9 weeks, finally had enough and quit......HOw long can anyone go with very little pay?! Ya'll know how expensive it is to live on the road, do that AND try to pay bills at home to.
We did get a small amt. from he owner after we quit, a little money that was owed to us from the last 2 loads we ran.
So my question, what would ya'll do in this situation? Persue what's still owed? Let it go and chalk it up to bad judgement?
considering changing my name on here from Suds43 to FlatBrokeInMo. Someone tell me, is there a big "S" tattoed on my forhead?? LOL S for SUCKER!!!
I'm sure other's have found themselves in this situation. Curious on how they handled it.
I drove for an van owner for about 9-10 weeks. The original agreement was a 80/20 split. Van owner brought up the 80% to me + 100% FSC, I take care of all van expenses, fuel, oil changes. Owner paid any other maintenance on the vehicle, and other expenses, van payments, insurance, etc.
He stated he needed $1100 a month to cover his expenses, van payment, ins. etc.
$1100 a month?????? Just how much did he pay for this van?? I talked with other owners and the most I heard was another driver paying $400 a month. One guy told me it cost him $164/week, or $654/mth. which covered everything, van payment, insurance, q-c payment.
Well, after signing the contract things turned into $1100/mth. "van usage fee", and his 20% turned into .20 per mile to him for all loaded miles.
Luckily we did get 50% 'draw' on every load, not including FSC. We did get a very small amount that would 'trickle' down to us, but most Fridays we'd call and ask how much was deposited to our acct. for the weeks pay, which should have been the other 30% of the load pay. Most weeks it would be nothing.
Luckily we (my wife) kept very good records on every load....Deadhead miles, loaded miles, deadhead pay, loaded mile pay, FSC., the works on every load! We knew exactly what should be comming as our pay on every load. Everyone knows that the FSC isn't meant to pay for all the fuel, most loads we'd be taking money out of our own pockets to pay for fuel after the FSC. THEN, the company would charge us 15% on every advance we took and put on comdata!!!!! What a rip off!!! We'd use the comdata to pay for fuel, expenses, etc.
Played the 'no pay' game for about 9 weeks, finally had enough and quit......HOw long can anyone go with very little pay?! Ya'll know how expensive it is to live on the road, do that AND try to pay bills at home to.
We did get a small amt. from he owner after we quit, a little money that was owed to us from the last 2 loads we ran.
So my question, what would ya'll do in this situation? Persue what's still owed? Let it go and chalk it up to bad judgement?
considering changing my name on here from Suds43 to FlatBrokeInMo. Someone tell me, is there a big "S" tattoed on my forhead?? LOL S for SUCKER!!!
