Driver pay from a Florida owner carrier!! What do truck drivers bring home in a week?

[@stevend8656]

Good on you for stepping up and running the family business during these trying times 🍻🇺🇸

[@Girlswhotruck]

I’m doing the best I can

[@markgiles5426]

I’m an o/o. I would park my truck for those rates and miles covered. I realize that most of trucking is this way! In actuality those o/o are actually getting maybe 20% of load revenue before taxes. Nope!

[@JohnRichardson-h4i]

Don’t the insurance payments keep going even if you park the truck? Do you cancel your insurance when you decide to park it due to the transportation suits wanting to screw you out of a fair deal?

[@vicpetrishak7705]

Good MaxForce engine , MISSION IMPOSSIBLE ! Thank You for your honesty !

[@bennymartinez007]

Thank you for sharing, im about to find a company to train. I have my cdl permit.

[@darkbeer9928]

Wow im blown away..for real. Just wow.

[@jerrychristensen9219]

Good information thanks

[@OffroadCpl]

Lmao, i make more than that as a company driver

[@sarahramnarine27]

Thank you so much for sharing

[@Girlswhotruck]

Thank you for watching

[@supertruckertom]

Thank you for the information. W2 LTL driver here for a big carrier. Sold my truck in 2009. Less headaches plus health benefits. Looks like O/O that run hard can still make it with good paying loads if they have a paid off and reliable truck. Are your driver's W2 or 1099? $1400 for a W2 after tax withholding is pretty decent.

[@johnwilson721]

I think she also said he only had 3 loads that week for that money. Not bad.

[@kidbehindthewheel9025]

Hey nice! I’m a O/O who runs dedicated account from Nashville to Clearwater Florida and back. Do you own the reefer trailers?

[@Girlswhotruck]

Yes I own all of the assets

[@Dean-pc1ok]

Omg wow, thanks for your honesty

[@Girlswhotruck]

Yes of course! That’s what I want to do here is bring real transparency to a shady industry

[@Chiefgeargrinder]

IDK I drive 2500-4500 miles EVERY WEEK and that's the key EVERY WEEK no time off and I get 65 cents all miles. Company Driver.

[@Girlswhotruck]

Yes consistency is key to making a good income.

[@omahabigbill2789]

What company, UPS??

[@Chiefgeargrinder]

@@omahabigbill2789 Np. You need to find a small company or owner op that does the dispatching that's hungry. These bigger companies have payroll caps.

[@Bandwidth24]

If you get $4000, take home about $2,600 in the industry.

[@Girlswhotruck]

Yea that’s probably pretty accurate

[@DRIVERZLOUNGE]

Im assuming your company driver is 1099..so that $1400 after tax would be more like what would you say..$900 to $1000 maybe. Its rough out here I just flopped back over from reefer to specialized flatbed work after 6 years and it doesnt appear to be taking as hard as a hit as van work..good luck and great info!

[@Girlswhotruck]

It’s been a tough time for carriers and drivers. Just got to keep it moving

[@edwinodus]

You paid the company driver 25 percent and owner operator 70 percent? Is the after fuel purchase called DEF?

[@Girlswhotruck]

They get a percentage of the gross of the load. It is not after fuel. My drivers are not responsible for fuel purchases

[@CashisKingtrucking]

👍🏻

[@alanlangley7246]

freight coming out of florida is so low paying

[@hoytballard5504]

It’s always been that way and will never change. Florida is an import state and the only thing that comes out of there is agriculture varying times of the year. Bad part truck theft in Florida is the rates going in used to be pretty good but the fly by night carriers out of south Florida destroyed that market some years back and now they come out cheap and go in cheap. Along with the increased risks of truck theft doesn’t really make sense to haul into there often.

[@Girlswhotruck]

Yes it is!

[@jameswhite5116]

Trucker recession? Check the country of origin everytime you purchase a product. Then, take notice of how many containers are moved by rail. As long as Americans are willing to support foreign goods, there's no need for truckers.

[@Girlswhotruck]

It’s really been a rough time for the transportation industry

[@dansdiesel767]

All i know is she had a purple shirt on not sure of anything else sorry kept losing my focus on what she said

[@AbcXyz-rn2lz]

Here for numbers not Florida 4.. I make more w2; wish I was lying

[@Girlswhotruck]

I’m sure that company drivers are making more than owner operators in this market but the market will turn back around at some point

[@AbcXyz-rn2lz]

@Girlswhotruck not with desperate people buying in to o/o doing

[@reggieharris6039]

No good

[@truckinginwesttexasoilfiel3266]

I don't understand why an owner operator would work for that that's not good im a one man show I do 100% better than than how's a man gonna keep his truck up on that pay that's why they have to use your shop girl you need to do better for your owner better operator im not bashing you but I've been driving 27 years and owned trucks for 12 not good at all

[@Girlswhotruck]

How many trucks do you run? Do you look for all the freight yourself for your trucks? What zones are you working in? I do the best I can for my guys

[@johnwilson721]

Also she charges them no other fees. No IFTA, and they are running under her company's authority. Any other carrier would Nickle and Dime the driver to death in fees. Ask a Prime lease or owner operator what their fees are.

[@DavidPavlovich2]

Facts 😂

[@michaelsorrentino7409]

not very impressive numbers.

[@artychamp]

Man those rates seem terrible

[@Girlswhotruck]

What kinda lanes do you run?

[@artychamp]

@Girlswhotruck I can't relate. I'm owner op in NC home daily. Cold months I run propane and butane within 250 miles from home. And warmer months stepdeck pretty much some distance. I typically make 75% of my money with the tanker and cherry pick stepdeck loads near me as I choose. I just couldn't imagine those numbers you mentioned for those drivers, but obviously way different commodity and location I suppose.

[@Chiefgeargrinder]

​@@GirlswhotruckHighest Rates according to my Boss Washington Oregon Areas to West -Chester NY Reefer loads.

[@sodbuster518able]

Where are these drivers truck payment, maintenance account, quarterly estimated taxes, emergency repair account, health insurance?

[@Girlswhotruck]

@@sodbuster518able these are owner operators. Those types of expenses are for them to calculate and pay for

[@gearjammer5499]

I’m not trying to be that guy, but there is no eight day work week. Your company driver ran in an entire week plus one day for $1400. That is crazy bad there are local jobs that actually pay more than that again not trying to be that guy, but that is crazy.

[@Girlswhotruck]

I don’t think there are any local jobs in Florida that would bring you home more than that but I could be wrong 🤷🏻‍♀️ if there are some I’m sure they are far and few between

[@tommythompson3588]

A city driver at any LTL company in FL makes that at 45 hours a week. Linehaul would make way more than that depending on the run.

[@Girlswhotruck]

By LTL do you mean like a R&L carriers or ups or FedEx type of gig?

[@tommythompson3588]

@@Girlswhotruck yeah that’d be LTL. I live in GA and have been at it for 38 years all together. LTL pays good and I did that for about 14 years or so at two different times. Work place politics are something else in that business. Last one I worked for was Old Dominion and it was by far the worst for that but it paid good if you could tolerate it. Needless to say I’m back in my own truck again. It’s rough right now but I ain’t going back to LTL. Too old for that anymore anyway.

[@tommythompson3588]

@@Girlswhotruck I had relatives that grew up in Mulberry. They lived there in Willow Oak. Last name was Thompson. Mike,Donnie, Davie,Vickie,Kenny,Randy.