Ready, Set,,,,Here I go.....

SCar72,,,I thought in your first post, you stated you read this whole thread? If you have than you know why I made the decision I did. You know why I did not stay a company hack, save up the money and buy a truck/trailer outright. So, if you already know these things, why did you post statements giving the indication that you didn't read the whole thread?

 

Well let's see,,,where did I leave off....hmmmm Okay, I took off from Dec 22nd to Jan 11th and as of last week am $750.00 in the RED, in my business monies. In my personal monies,,,I am about to start going backwards and I have worked my butt off to get my credit back in the good, but now it is not looking good.

I pull a 48' step deck as most know and the rates are crap! I mean a $1 PM seems to be the going rate in a lot of states. I am in LA now and that is what they are offering. Sure, I can find a short hop for close to $2 PM but short hops don't cut it all week and I have plans to go home this next weekend to be with my wife for her birthday. I won't make it at this rate.

I called about a shop job last week, God I hate thinking about doing that again. I really hate thinking about giving up, on all my hard work but, if you aint moving forward, it don't make sense to keep pushing.

 

Only way I can take the truck anywhere else is to pay it off. I would love to lease on to a company that has their own accounts, Lord knows this place don't but, I have to pay off the truck first. I have already made up my mind that if this don't work out, I am done trucking. That being said, if I could find an easy, home every night local run,,,I would give it some consideration but that is about it. My personal expenses are only $650.00 a month but, that is paying the minimum on 6 credit cards. If I paid $1065.33 every month, I would be rid of 3 of those credit cards in 8 mo's. Of that payment, $465.33 a month is for the 10 acre's I am buying, for our future home, and small farm. So as you can see, my personal expenses are not high at all and I could get a crap job working in a shop doing CNC work or driving a dang fork truck and make enough to pay my bill's, plus have beer and fishing money...lol

 

Michigan now that I have to move back there...