OTR driver looking for a good long haul job with a SMALL company.

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Hey JH III LOGISTICS NEEDS DRIVERS IN SAN ANTONIO TX we are hauling sand and are a small company for the time being we are looking to expand but must crawl before we walk. 760-483-3133

 

No bull here, drivers been with this company a long time mostly, call Meghan with SAV out of Coon Rapids, MN. Good company. 651-925-6585

 

SAV sounds a lot like what your describing. Good solid company. Small. Meghan is the lady to talk to. They have like 100-125 trucks. I have met prob about 50 drivers so far being here about 6 months and they all like it here. That says alot. 651-925-6585

 

You missed the part where he doesn't care about the amount the company has to spend on fuel, he needs big power and high speeds.

 

Actually, I don't drive much anymore, I hire AND RETAIN drivers for the company (retention is more important than the hiring).

Here's some simple math from a former O/O: There's only so much in trucking, and it is allocated into 4 columns. A: Truck, because it always eats first. B: Driver, because without it, the truck can't move. C: Administration/Compliance. Without them, the truck can't legally roll and the bills aren't paid. D: Profit. This is actually the smallest column per truck.

Now, with those columns, anything added to one takes from the others. So, you want big power and high speeds? That's a bigger truck payment and double the fuel, adding a lot to column A. So where will it come from? Well, column C is pretty fixed and can't be reduced. Column D is already too slim, so that leaves column B, straight out of your pocket.

Yeah, supertruckers don't get it, but every additional gallon in fuel you use during the week reflects in your final earnings. O/Os and fleet owners understand, however, and that's why you had little response here to your posting over a 90 day period. I used to want to go fast and have big power, but suddenly when I was paying for the maintenance and fuel on big power with high speeds, I suddenly didn't utilize the big power and I slowed down to below 70, because I could go nearly twice as far on the fuel in the tank. When you cut out $200/day in fuel expense, that leaves more in your pocket in the end. When driving someone else's truck, it leaves them more money to better care for you and the truck. Nowadays, I am part of the management of a fleet that is averaging 8.5 mpg. The average fleet today only averages 6 mpg, so those 2.5 mpg across 100 trucks really adds up, and the owners toss it back to the drivers in the form of Christmas bonus deposits in their HSAs, covering all the fees in their 401(k)s, paying for satellite radio subscriptions for anyone who wants them, and hosting an annual awards banquet at no cost to the driver for either the meal or the hotel expenses (and they can bring their spouses, too). They have even held the health insurance premiums for the drivers at the same level the past two years and eaten the additional premium costs themselves. If we only got 6 mpg, however, they wouldn't be able to do any of that for the drivers, and it would be just another run of the mill operation. If they only got the 4.5 mpg that a hood truck with 600 hp does going 75+, they would have to cut pay and benefits across the board in order to remain somewhat profitable.

Oh, yeah. US Army, Retired. 1994-2014. Calm down, SGT SuperTrucker.