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^ Top   #1   03.05.2007

madjts Bobtail Member   Last Seen: 03.15.2007 10.50 PM Member Since: Mar 2007 Age: 37 Posts: 5 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked: 0 Times

MBM Food Service, Inc. - Rocky Mount, N.C.? Have been independent owner/op last three yrs. Everythings paid off and seems like a good time to get out of the owner op business and looking for good company. MBM has a location close by and they say the right stuff just looking for aditional info. 55-60k per yr 4-5 day work week . lots of hard work but not scared of that Any way thanx in advance for any help on them?

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^ Top   #2   03.07.2007

BearGator56 "The G stands for GOOD!"   Last Seen: 3 Weeks Ago 02.08 PM Member Since: Apr 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Trucker? 12 Years Age: 38 Posts: 260 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked: 13 Times

Look for a thread on SYGMA and foodservice. All of the foodservice operations are pretty much the same thing. It's a little more than just "hard work". I did it for several years. Make sure you know what you're getting yourself into!

^ Top   #3   03.07.2007

notarps4me Professor of Mischief   Last Seen: 56 Minutes Ago 01.22 PM Member Since: Jan 2007 Location: NASA HQ Trucker? No Answer Posts: 7,472 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 424 Thanked: 2,389 Times

Quote: Originally Posted by madjts Have been independent owner/op last three yrs. Everythings paid off and seems like a good time to get out of the owner op business and looking for good company. MBM has a location close by and they say the right stuff just looking for aditional info. 55-60k per yr 4-5 day work week . lots of hard work but not scared of that Any way thanx in advance for any help on them? I can't help you with this company, but maybe you can enlighten a lot of newbies here. I see a lot of new drivers wanting to go O/O right off the bat. I always suggest being a company driver for about 5 years, but there is always someone who wants to challenge that. I myself know why I would suggest waiting that long, but as an O/O can you shed some light on it? Thanks. I am not telling people not to do it, but I know a lot of seasoned O/O's going under. When it is all said and done I think that a company driver can do as well in the long run without all the headaches. __________________ A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

^ Top   #4   03.08.2007

madjts Bobtail Member   Last Seen: 03.15.2007 10.50 PM Member Since: Mar 2007 Age: 37 Posts: 5 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked: 0 Times

Thanx for the info I know there are plenty of these type companies. Just never really looked into them until lately. Heard all the Small parking lots, slip seating, hand truck unloading crap that these Super Trucker types wouldnt be caught dead doing. But I am a practical guy that needs three basic things in a job: Decent work enviroment,(no place is perfect Understood.) Pay me what the job is worth. (work more make more, work less make less) Good time off benefits. Simple. Not afraid of hard work, not afraid of some agravation as long as the pay is equal to or higher than said agravation. How's that for a resume

^ Top   #5   03.08.2007

madjts Bobtail Member   Last Seen: 03.15.2007 10.50 PM Member Since: Mar 2007 Age: 37 Posts: 5 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked: 0 Times

Sorry To All The Super Truckers Out Here That comment was in no way a backhanded comment. no sir, everything I know I learned from some....

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^ Top   #6   03.09.2007

madjts Bobtail Member   Last Seen: 03.15.2007 10.50 PM Member Since: Mar 2007 Age: 37 Posts: 5 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked: 0 Times

Quote: Originally Posted by notarps4me I can't help you with this company, but maybe you can enlighten a lot of newbies here. I see a lot of new drivers wanting to go O/O right off the bat. I always suggest being a company driver for about 5 years, but there is always someone who wants to challenge that. I myself know why I would suggest waiting that long, but as an O/O can you shed some light on it? Thanks. I am not telling people not to do it, but I know a lot of seasoned O/O's going under. When it is all said and done I think that a company driver can do as well in the long run without all the headaches. Sure I would be glad to offer my advice about some of my owner/operator good times and bad. I wish I had known more when I got in, but this is a cut throat business and information given to the wrong person can cost you lots and lots of money and contacts. But for the independant trucker to survive in the future it will take banding together. I personally believe that the "Good times are really over for good" for the owner/operator. Much like the American farmer we are slowly understanding that there is always someone waiting to do it cheaper. I myself have had enough. This is not to say there are'nt still "nitches" that a man can slip into given alot of hard work and luck. However they are harder and harder to find. I could be wrong, but that's just MY opinion.

^ Top   #7   03.09.2007

notarps4me Professor of Mischief   Last Seen: 56 Minutes Ago 01.22 PM Member Since: Jan 2007 Location: NASA HQ Trucker? No Answer Posts: 7,472 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 424 Thanked: 2,389 Times

Quote: Originally Posted by madjts Sure I would be glad to offer my advice about some of my owner/operator good times and bad. I wish I had known more when I got in, but this is a cut throat business and information given to the wrong person can cost you lots and lots of money and contacts. But for the independant trucker to survive in the future it will take banding together. I personally believe that the "Good times are really over for good" for the owner/operator. Much like the American farmer we are slowly understanding that there is always someone waiting to do it cheaper. I myself have had enough. This is not to say there are'nt still "nitches" that a man can slip into given alot of hard work and luck. However they are harder and harder to find. I could be wrong, but that's just MY opinion. Thanks for your input! A lot of new drivers need to hear that. Some are always in a big hurry to become an O/O. I always say be a company driver for 3-5 years first. __________________ A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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