How much do trucking companies charge the people they’re delivering for?
Posted by Wonderful_Arrival478@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 11 comments
Tried to look this up but it only shows trucker pay.
WSLowmax@reddit
As much as possible. It all depends on what is required and what what the market will bear.
Deep_Resource3081@reddit
Spot rates are about $2.40 a mile on average for reefer and flatbed throughout the US. Little less for dry van. Rates go up and down and have seasonal fluctuations.Also dedicated routes go for less and are usually contracted out. Less than truck load can go for $100 to over $1000 a pallet delivered.
ndarmr@reddit
2.40 is seriously cheap....
Cleveland_Grackle@reddit
Not as much as the broker charges.
halfcow@reddit
This is why I'm blessed to work for a company that pays a percentage of what the truck earns. Every dispatch that I get shows what the truck earns, and I can do the math from there. When the company gets a raise, then I get a raise.
Embarrassed-Toe-904@reddit
Also, when there's a freight recession, you also get hit hard. Goes both ways.
I'm hourly and wouldn't work for anything else. Last year, my gross income was 83k, working an average of 52 hours a week home every night.
RoadStocks@reddit
I wish theyd figure out a way to do pure hourly on regional dedicated weekly runs. I hate that they made the effort to do it tor locals then just…stopped trying. Lol
Capn_T_Driver@reddit
If you’re booking your own freight, assume the posted rate is 20-35% BELOW what is being charged to the customer to move the freight so the broker can operate on the margin.
If you work for a company that has direct customers, you can estimate that your rate per mile (for this example 65cpm) is somewhere between 25-33% of what your company is charging to move the freight.
sputnikatto@reddit
I saw the broker sheet one time on a 150 mile run. Chep pallets from a Wal Mart, to distributor, $850. I work for a mega, I did not get $200 for it.
And I was there for 6 damn hours for the unload then wait for a damn load at a different dock.
xDoomKitty@reddit
Depends on a lot
Maleficent_Beyond_95@reddit
It's not that simple. Each pair of cities, and every commodity moving between those cities has its own rate. Also it matters what direction you are going. For example, headed TO Miami FL pays a LOT more than leaving Miami, FL. Same goes for Denver, and a few other cities. And usually, it's the shipper offering a load at a given rate. From there, there may be some back and forth until a rate is agreed upon.