Your Rates Decides Your Future
We must unite as Owner-Operators to fix the trucking industry.
Bad trucking companies are our worst enemy!
Together United Against Trucking Tyranny
- Real & average rates per mile
- Exposing the bad companies
- Keeping you updated weekly
OWNER-OPERATORS’ RATES MATTER!
What if WE expose the bad Trucking Companies?
Here are some of the advantages for Owner-Operators and Lease-Operators if, together, we expose the bad trucking companies.
IMMEDIATE RATE INCREASE
Owner-Operators will no longer work for companies with low Rates Per Mile.
Either they should raise their standards or shut their doors.
YOU WON'T BE WASTING YOUR TIME
You will no longer believe the lies and excuses about bad markets or brokers once you realize that you can earn much more with another company.
BETTER DISPATCH TEAM
Many trucking companies these days focus on quantity rather than quality.
However, those days are coming to an end.
TRUCKERS IN CONTROL
It's all about recruiting.
If the company hired 20 Owners and 10 of them leave, they will still have 10 remaining to generate profits. Recruitment will never be quite the same for bad companies.
Let's compare the difference
In the following 3 scenarios, we can see how much profit an Owner-Operator could make per year while getting different rates per mile for driving 100,000 miles annually.
Very Small Profit
Below Average Rates Per Mile
100,000 miles per year
$1.70
/mile
- $ 170,000 Gross
- $ 25,000 Fixed Expenses
- $ 30,000 Variable Expenses
- $ 25,000 Maintenance
- $ 70,000 Fuel Expense
Medium Profit
Average Rates Per Mile
100,000 miles per year
$2.10
/mile
- $ 210,000 Gross
- $ 25,000 Fixed Expenses
- $ 30,000 Variable Expenes
- $ 25,000 Maintenance
- $ 70,000 Fuel Expense
Large Profit
Above Average Rates Per Mile
100,000 miles per year
$2.50
/mile
- $ 250,000 Gross
- $ 25,000 Fixed Expenses
- $ 30,000 Variable Expenses
- $ 25,000 Maintenance
- $ 70,000 Fuel Expense
If you haul cheap freight, it implies that we are not entitled to better pay.
Why are good Rates Per Mile important:
You need to keep up with cost of living.
In 2012, an owner-operator made $2,500 weekly. Today, the checks remain similar, but house prices have doubled, and the cost of living has risen almost double since then.
If trucking fails, Owner-Operators will lose the most.
While trucking companies are in business purely to make profits these days, they hold enough money to start a new business overnight if trucking fails. For company drivers, trucking is just a well-paid job, so they can switch jobs easily. However, Owner-Operators and Lease-Opeators are risking losing marriages, houses, trucks, and cars and cannot switch jobs overnight.
Trucking companies are often stealing from Owner-Operators
The market may be tough, but it’s rare to see a trucking company that hires Owner-Operators go out of business. However, in many cases (especially in a bad market), these companies may steal from the Owner-Operators and Lease-Operators’ rates.
You need newer equipment.
DOT requires you to drive well-maintained equipment, assuming that Owner-Operators don’t buy newer trucks because they’re unwilling to spend. But the real question is: can Owner-Operators afford it?
Extremly high operational cost.
The maintenance cost has increased from 9 cents per mile to around 16 cents per mile in only a few years. On top of that, parts shortages, high fuel costs, towing, and tolls are just a few factors that can easily put you out of business.
Can you compete with the future.
We see how rapidly technology is changing. Electric trucks and autonomous driving may seem out of reach for most of us, but during the pandemic, all car manufacturers managed to come up with electric cars despite the excuse of parts shortage. However, a rule stating that trucks older than 3 years cannot be driven can potentially bankrupt you. Do you think it is feasible for you to pay thousands of dollars monthly to comply?