Owner-Operator Jobs
75% of linehaul + 100% of fuel surcharge + 100% of accessorials, settled weekly. aifleet is an asset-based truckload carrier based in Austin, TX, leasing on 1099 owner-operators. You get company trailers, fuel discounts and an itemized weekly settlement.
Pay
- 75% of the linehaul on every load you haul
- 100% of the fuel surcharge, set weekly from the U.S. DOE/EIA national average diesel price and paid per loaded mile
- 100% of accessorials, including detention, layover and extra stops
Top owner-operators gross $450,000+ a year. Owner-operators average over 3,000 miles a week. These are gross figures, before the deductions below and your tractor costs.
What aifleet provides
- Company 53' dry van trailers, mostly late-model Wabash. Trailer maintenance, repairs and tires are a company cost
- A fuel card with our negotiated fuel discounts
- Freight planning and dispatch through our technology, with no load board hunting
Your tractor is your cost. We don't pay maintenance or repairs on an owner-operator's tractor.
Every settlement deduction
Each one is itemized on your weekly settlement.
| Deduction | How it works |
|---|---|
| Fuel | What you put on the company fuel card, at our discounted price, including parking |
| Tolls | Actual tolls for your truck |
| Scales | Actual CAT scale fees |
| Taxes and permits | $0.01 per mile driven, covering fuel tax/IFTA and permits |
| Occupational accident / workers' comp coverage | About 0.95% of gross pay |
| Plates / licensing | Only if you run on our apportioned plates: your plate cost, spread over the weeks until the annual 3/31 renewal. On your own plates, no plate deduction |
| Admin fee | $50 per week, covering things like cargo insurance, trailer maintenance, billing customers and collecting payment |
| Escrow | $100 per week until you reach a $1,000 balance, then it stops. The money is held in your name |
| Citations / fines | Yours as the driver, unless the citation is for our equipment, such as the trailer |
A recruiter can walk you through truck requirements, insurance and escrow refund terms.
Home time
You set your own schedule and choose when you're home, working with dispatch.
Freight
All freight is dry van and no-touch, about half drop-and-hook and half live load/unload.
We run all 48 states, mostly east of I-35. Our busiest freight moves between Texas (Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston) and Louisiana. We also run between Texas and Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, up to Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio, and east to the Carolinas and Georgia. The typical loaded haul is about 500–550 miles. We never send drivers into New York City.
Orientation
Orientation is usually every Tuesday, one day, in Hutto, TX.
Requirements
- Class A CDL and a valid DOT medical card
- At least 23 years old, with no maximum age
- Legally authorized to work in the U.S.
- At least 24 months of verifiable tractor-trailer experience in the past 36 months
- Driving within the past 6 months
- No preventable DOT-reportable accidents in the past 36 months
- No more than 3 moving violations in the past 36 months, in a CMV or personal vehicle
- No violations as defined in 49 CFR 383.51 in the past 36 months, in a CMV or personal vehicle
- No DUI/DWI, implied-consent or controlled-substance violation in the past 60 months
- Safe overall driving record and stable work history
Roadside inspection violations and felony or misdemeanor charges are reviewed case by case. We do not currently hire SAP drivers. A DOT drug screen, Clearinghouse query and MVR/PSP review apply. A recruiter makes the final call after reviewing your application.
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