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Oct 16, 2015

INDEPENDENT TRUCKER * USA: Better paid than employed ones

* California - Independent truckers may have it better than company-employed ones

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-- California truckers who own and operate their own vehicles have the flexibility to set their own hours and can earn more than company-employed drivers, according to a report released Wednesday... The Owner-Operator Driver Compensation 2015 report was compiled by Inland Empire economist John Husing with input from the American Transportation Research Institute... Some have claimed that independent owner-operators (IOO) are underpaid. But Husing said that’s not the case... The report shows that the median annual wage for IOOs in Los Angeles County during the first quarter of 2015 was $40,165 ($19.31 an hour)... The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the 2015 median annual pay for employed drivers working 2,000 hours is $40,411 in the combined Los Angeles and Inland Empire markets of Southern California... The report tallies up the various costs drivers must pay to operate their rigs... In 2013, the highest paid independent owner/operators in the top 25 percent of drivers grossed a median annual salary of $171,233 a year. But $40,363 of that went to fuel costs, $11,786 was used for repairs, $7,632 paid for insurance and $5,855 went toward other expenses... That reduced their earnings by $65,636, bringing their median annual net income to $93,290... Taking those same expenses into account, the second highest earning group of independents earned a median annual salary of $63,929. The next 25 percent of IOOs cleared $48,296 a year and the bottom rung earned just $31,239 a year... Those earnings are largely a reflection the number of miles driven... The top earning tier of independent drivers who netted $93,290 a year drove 160,989 miles to earn that income. By contrast, the lowest ranking earners drove 101,428 over the course of a year... 
San Gabriel, CAL, USA - The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, by Kevin Smith - 14 Oct 2015

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May 23, 2008

FAREWELL TO THE INDEPENDENT TRUCKER

Ah but who cares anyway !!... With the price of fuel completely out of control there is little to no profits to glean since the oil companies have it all

USA -NAMoments -22 May 2008: -- ... When we are all safe and cozy in our warm beds with our children asleep in the next room independent truckers were burning up the diesel on long and lonely highways struggling to make appointments at warehouses. Through the harsh winter months trucks kept on rolling so the rest of the population could wake up to a fresh bowl of fruit and a glass of milk. The paper on the news paper was delivered by these independents as well as the ink. Dare we mention the toiletries as well as the cloth on the bedroom slippers we wear?... Clearly 80% of all goods shipped via truck were delivered by independents. But this will soon come to an end as soaring fuels prices and the cost of operation eliminates this industry. There are other hidden costs to the American trucker many of you don’t know about. Whence these trucks get to the warehouse they are hit with fee’s to load and unload their freight... If they miss an appointment at warehouse they have to reschedule regardless of the circumstances such as weather or traffic... Regulators, local and state officials have made trucks a target for revenue as they impose more and more rules and regulations in an attempt to cash in on these struggling small businesses. Regulators on the federal level have imposed unreasonable time constraints on drivers almost making it impossible for them to make appointments. Some warehouses simply take their time unloading trucks causing untimely delays forcing drivers to miss other appointments. The rules and regs have cost drivers their family time since they had to keep moving in order to make a profit. Delays on both ends of a trip cost them dearly... Rail Road owned trucking firms simply wait for the moment to take over... They have taken over the lobbying efforts in Washington D.C. and have dealt a fatal blow to the independent trucker with unreasonable regulations... These railroad owned trucking firms have begun recruiting drivers from other countries... Of course they work for a fraction the American and Canadian drivers worked for... More and more trucks are burning up their brakes on mountain passes as this trend goes unchecked. But it’s all about the corporate bottom line and there is no doubt the quality of the driver on our interstates will diminish as inexperienced drivers take over the roads. As for the independents that’ve driven these roads with safety, well they will be nothing more than a statistic and a fond memory fore they will have been priced out of existence. It is a sad ending for the rugged individualist who helped forger a prosperous nation. Their sacrifice will have been for not. And another piece of Americana will die from corporate greed. Farewell Big Strapper...

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Mar 5, 2008

Independent Truckers * USA - Current Transportation Capacity Glut, is Forcing MI Truckers out of Business

Move will Eventually Help Clear the Market, Restore Carrier Pricing Power; what a Difference Two Years Makes

Springboro,OH,USA -Supply Chain Digest -March 3, 2008: -- While the large carriers have, as a result, managed to almost totally shift the fuel cost risk to shippers, independent operators have seen it go the other way, as rising, un-recouped fuel costs take away huge chunks of their cash flow and profit... The large carriers are weathering the storm, albeit at lower profitability, shile many smaller firms and independent truckers are in trouble, with many going bankrupt or leaving the industry... By most estimates, independents represent about 9% of the 3.4 million over-the-road drivers... In general, independent trucks, who generally either work as sub-contractors for larger firms or gain work through transportation brokers, lack the clout or sophistication to add hefty fuel surcharges to their mileage charges to recoup (or even profit from) rising fuel costs, as most larger freight companies do... We’ve been through this before. Between 2000 and 2002, a quarter million trucks – about 10 percent of the US total - were repossessed nationwide. That ultimately contributed to a shortage of capacity when the economy later rebounded, leading to a supply demand balance strongly in favor of carriers for a few years, from 2004 through early 2006...

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