1 Truck, 2 or 3 Drivers, What do you think?

Not always.

 

No.
An emphatic no.
You've never been screwed until you do business with family.
Did I say no ?

 

No offence, but are they morons? You dont buy anything sitting in a farmers field unless you can get it for scrap price, and you dont stick much money in it.

 

What?

 

again, you do not know jack squat. a good truck mechanic, can spot what is needed in a heart beat. but hey, you do what you think you KNOW WHAT you are doing.

i'll bet dollars to donuts you'll be back here in a few weeks to a few months, telling us of your problems, and wanting advice again, which you will NOT listen to.

i think that you'll do excellent, cuz "you know it all".....

 

comes a time when you just gotta cut that umbilical cord. he is in his 50's, and if he can't stand on his own 2 feet, then maybe he shouldn't even be driving. as it is now, do you run with him to keep an eye on him.??

i am guessing a solid...NO

so what does this tell me..??

HE CAN HANDLE HIMSELF....

i think in all seriousness, it is YOU THAT NEEDS THAT SUPPORT CRUTCH......


set him free, like a little bird, to spread his OWN WINGS with out you being a "helicopter brother"

meaning of helicopter parent, but substitute brother in place of parent


.A helicopter parent (also called a cosseting parent or simply a cosseter)[1] is a parent who pays extremely close attention to a child's or children's experiences and problems, particularly at educational institutions. Helicopter parents are so named because, like helicopters, they "hover overhead", overseeing every aspect of their child's life constantly.[/QUOTE]

 

Ya, trolls aren't gonna last long here. Good luck to you, Mr. Intelligent. You're gonna need it.

Who else sees this thread getting a lock on it?

 

All that intelligence and you still haven't figured out people have to sink or swim on their own. I'm guessing this more of a you issue, thinking nobody can run their life as well you could.

 

Well just a thought, you don't seem to get something, or maybe I am missing it ...

This industry lacks structure.

I know a little about boilers and power generation, so I know a little about the record keeping they use for maintaince.

This industry has no maintenance record keeping requirements or stadards which makes it more important for someone to evaluate a potential truck with their own tools and tests and use the maintenance records as a guide to locate other problems because 80% of the time they are incomplete - even factory records are incomplete or inaccurate.

Now one other thing is the people who are here posting some comments are those with experiences, they look at it differently but from the inside looking out and are very important to listen too. I know people like you don't seem to understand that, I earned more than one degree and worked for the past 50 plus years at different jobs so I say I know where you are coming from and dealt with the idiots too. But it behoves you to take some advice seriously because of two reasons

1-we are in a down turn that many of us hoped would happen. Many who have fleets and even one truck operations have seen boom and bust more than once and every time it has to do with capacity of the industry. Thanks to trump (not political), we have seen a very weird sustaining of an expansion of capacity because of the rate increases of 2017 onward and the depression of rates because of overcapacity which would have contracted by now. With this virus crap, we finally have capacity contracting and this is good for all, but very bad for new startups who think this is easy, especially those who are over depending on spot or brokered freight. The next thing many of us hope is brokers go under which will help everyone.

2- the fact that you are not a business centric person is a problem, it takes a while for people to learn this business. its not like other businesses and you have to be disciplined enough to forsake profit (pay check) to keep it going if needed at the same time change strategies to capture revenue. The number one reason for failure is lack of experience which always leads to mismanagement and the other is lack of capital or a willingness to tap capital. With an average 85% of new operations failing within 2 years, it is importatn that anyone who wants to enter this to be flexible, have 6 months operating capital banked (without payroll) and willing to wait for that first check, beside other things I mentioned.

So your idea, bad idea. It has been tried and failed no matter who thinks they can make it work.

Best of luck to you.