I'm not looking to "get rich" some do, but most likely not haha. I am just trying to make a living anything is better than only making 1920 a month living on the edge as I am. even if the profit were only 2400-3000 extra a month that's still better than what I make.
How can a us my 3/4 ton to save up for a 1 or 2 ton?
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My comments were based on how flippant he states he'll just run what he has for a year and make money. As if you just hop in the truck and make money simple as that. In super competitive trucking. And why does a 1 truck show need to be an LLC?
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I don't recall any weak parts in a 24 valve.
If you have the money to paint the truck, then you should put that away, your tranny may puke out on you without notice.
Maybe if you are lucky.
This isn't shipping wars.
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op, im going thru same deal, 3/4 ton f250, i bought a used goosneck with a 34ft flat floor and 8ft neck, i built my own ramps to haul a car and some freight, my trailer only weighs 5600 tri axel, my truck weighs 7s but with little gvwr so im limited to what i can pull, but it will do till i can get a bigger truck and move up, but insurance is biggest hurdle for a new venture, all the rest is minor and cheap per say, lots of little expenses adds up tho, look on here for my post about insurance and youll see what i mean, i just give prog 3200 cash because they will not do payments to me as a new venture, if any tickets at all it woulda been 5400 for 6 mnths, thats 1mill/ 100k cargo then new tires for truck to be legal if they look, then chains binders,and a brake safety box so if trailer becomes disconected by accident it locks the brakes, then a new slider 5th wheel to help control the weights distrubution on the truck and have enough capacity to legaly carry that weight., right now im getting info on just how much legally a 3/4 ton can carry because you can move it around on trailers and take it off our truck but then the truck has a legal towing cap you just can not go over no matter what you do or try to add to your truck to justify like air bags or extra springs, all that will not change those sticker numbers inside your drivers door, thats whats inportant to the scale guys-troopers-attornys-ect.
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Okay, so we have established that I need a newer and bigger truck. I need to factor in all the little expenses plus the large hurdle of insurance, mc#, and dot#. Now when it comes to hauling, I was thinking about hot shotting for 5 or 6 different car dealerships, how would I go about building a reputation with these dealerships to get the jobs? is 5-6 enough to make any money? At a average $3.81/gal, $2.00/mile,13mpg loaded wih 3 large vehicles as stated other placed ive read for the dodge 3500, averaging 300 miles loaded 100 deadhead miles with 4 loads a week average, 48 weeks a year I could run my truck at $0.83 a mile profiting $0.67 a mile. is this realistic? $63,782 a year in expenses is what it would average while saving for the truck depreciation, trailer depreciation, liability insurance, cargo insurance, truck insurance, licensing, repairs, service, tires, meals, lodging, tolls, etc.?
Profit would come to 50ish thousand a year after all is said and done and also in those expenses is $22,510 a year in fuel.
I used this website : http://www.hotshotcarrier.com/profitcenter.phpLast edited by a moderator: Sep 8, 2014
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You all need to get a grip on the numbers
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