RV Transport Drivers

Summer is typically the slowest part of the industry.

You might google RV transport companies.

Some that I know are:
Quality Driveaway
Horizon Transport
Hoosier Transport
Star Transport
Indiana Transport
Bennett Transport
Ladd Transport
Mapletree Tranportation


There are many others.

 

I know this post few months old,but i'm going post anyway.There no pay in RV transport,did that done that,no money.Not worth the try.

 

I was going to work for Horizon Transport. I had a good used truck (dually) ready to buy and was close to deciding on an insurance company.

I found out your are always on call and they want to to roll out quickly, even though they have the information for a long time before telling you about it. Your insurance needs can exceed that of a tractor-trailer.

 

It works good for those who have lot's of excess money and time laying around to pay their fuel and time BACK to Indiana from wherever because the rates seem to assume the driver will NOT need or want to return to the mfgr to get a subsequent load. (or somehow have free freight arrangements with a railroad or trucking company to get their truck back to Indiana for no cost) ... They also seem to assume there are a thousand drivers in Indiana stumbling over themselves to pull a new trailer from Indiana to Texas for the cost of one way fuel, maybe maintenance costs, and $10 hour for his/her time.

 

Recruiters for this type of driving , where you lease your pickup to a company that hauls RV'S , will offer you $1.05 per mile to furnish and drive your truck in the US . Heck, it takes 75 cents minimum per mile just to operate, when you actually sit down and figure it out.

If somebody thinks I'm going to furnish my vehicle and drive it for 30 cents per mile, they are nuts ! You can drive a company vehicle cross country for 35/40 cents per mile and have something to sleep in .

If you want to be broke the rest of your life, drive your vehicle for $1.05 per mile---and thats one way !---85 cents per mile to get back to your destination---.

BULLLONNNEYYY!

 

Several years ago there were backhauls available from TX , OR , CA , KY , PA , MD and other states . When the economy took dive most of those plants closed permanently . Real hard to even break now

 

Especially for some who have no idea on how to run a business.

Still at it since 2003.

 

It would be real interesting to know what you report to the IRS as net income but I know you won't disclose that . No sarcasm intended here . People see you claim success and feel they can also succeed . They probably have much different circumstances financially and need a higher income to survive .
I've seen many O/O's in different segments of the trucking industry say they "make" $80,000 -$100,000 a year . When I ask what income they report to the IRS they won't reply .

 

Well, you have hit the nail on the head.

I have no mortgage. Paid in full in 2001.
I have no kids.
My wife works.

My needs are lower than most.

I do know several guys who do this and are paying for houses and kids.

It is the same to a degree as trucking. You have to keep an eye on your expenses. I put 10 percent back on each load toward the maintenance fund.


Now, for this year, it will be alot less.

Freight went slow in early July. Higher maintenance costs this year.

Will 2011 be a profit? Hard to say. Still making money, but not as much.