Which job is better hauling multiple camper trailers or working for expediter company like landstar

I was considering switching career fields and could use your help. I am currently driving what is called a "tow n haul" truck hauling 2 campers from Indiana to whereever i choose. The pay is $2.20 a mile and reload pay from the drop off point typically is around .60 to .70 a mile. I own a fleet of these tow and haul trucks (one camper on top, one pulled behind) and I just recently bought a Landstar straighttruck i was considering converting into a tow/haul truck (costs $15,000 to convert the bed). Thats when i started thinking that maybe i leave the box on there and use the truck for what it was originally built for. I would like to hear your thoughts and comments regarding comparing the MULTIPLE camper hauling field to expedited trucking with a straight truck and 23' box. (remember my tow/haul truck is also a converted straight truck).

Am i currently in the best highest paying field possible? Does camper hauling offer more freedom and higher pay then Landstar or any of these other expediter companies? I want to learn as much as I can about why hauling expedited freight is either the best decision of my life, or if i should continue doing what i am.

Currently i have to deadhead 250 miles to pickup the campers from Elkhart Indiana, however we can load day or night. We have the freedom to choose any loads we want and run as little or as much as i choose. Reloads we go to a loadboard and try to find the highest paying single car heading back home... these typically range from .50 to .90, most of the time it involves deadhead miles to pickup and dropoff to home. We are paid 1/2 the load up front and the final half immediatly once we turn in the paperwork. I am typically 65-80 feet long when i have a trailer on top and one behind but weight is never more than 9000 lbs.

I would love to hear your experiences and opinions on this topic and happy to share my own regarding the rv hauling side.

 

ya a 53' shipshe trailer is the worst way to go in my opinion. who cares if they make more per mile if you have to drop off at three seperate locations at .40-.60 a car? I am very famliar with that setup and believe the tow/haul is a much more profitable setup once you consider time into the equation. Most of those guy hauling the triples wish they had a tow/haul. A few of my freinds have that setup and most of them get around $1.50 back hauls, ALOT of deadhead miles and arrive a day or two later than me to the yard to pickup new outbound units.

 

that makes sense, hauling multiple cars with that trailer just seems like a nightmare. Thanks for sharing. My best week (ever) is $8,000. gross.

 

why do you say that? Im looking at landstar loads paying $3-$4 both ways with no forced dispatch

 

Not necessarily. Him making $1.50 reload and me at .80 is one thing but keep in mind we make $2.20 outbound, so me getting to the yard a day earlier balances out. Difference is i work less for same amount of money