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Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by PharmPhail, Jan 26, 2009.

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  1. Sep 12, 2009 #3341
    pilot8251w

    pilot8251w Light Load Member

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    i've seen a few trailers that are made like an enclosed but will open on the side to allow loading from the side. seems to me this would be a great answer. You could haul stuff that required a van or you could haul flatbed loads without the headache or tarping. can anyone give me the good,bad and ugly on this train of thought?
     
    pilot8251w, Sep 12, 2009
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  3. Sep 12, 2009 #3342
    RAG

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    Just as long as he don't buy a RGN
     
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  4. Sep 12, 2009 #3343
    pilot8251w

    pilot8251w Light Load Member

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    just found out the they are called curtain side trailers. Wouldn't this type of trailer give you more options as an O/O ?
     
    pilot8251w, Sep 12, 2009
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  5. Sep 12, 2009 #3344
    RAG

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    Yea it would until some asshatt forklift driver bumps the rail and you can't crank the curtin closed:biggrin_25510:
     
    RAG, Sep 12, 2009
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  7. Sep 12, 2009 #3345
    LBZ

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    Well some business analyst dude just predicted that unemployment numbers would be trending the other direction in the next 3 - 6 months. Maybe something other than food will be getting shipped?
    Regardless, just hope that analyst dude is right!
     
    LBZ, Sep 12, 2009
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  8. Sep 12, 2009 #3346
    PharmPhail

    PharmPhail Road Train Member

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    Here's the thing... it's all theory.

    What's good about trucking is that once you're set up, you're good to go compared to a lot of other business ventures. If you put $20k into a restaurant, what if no one shows up? If you buy lawn equipment and a trailer, who's going to tell you what lawn to mow next? You have to build up your customers. Same with a retail store and so on and so on.

    With trucking and an established broker, you can generate as much gross dollars the first week as you're basically ever going to with a single truck operation.

    You're not going to get your own contracts, so you're not going to wait 30-60-90 days to get paid; that's a myth.

    So assuming you end up in the same shoes as the rest of us, you're going to have some set up where a mother company of some sort has a way to pay you within a week or so and can provide basic expense advances here and there.

    So when someone asks "what do I need to have on me for startup money?", that question only applies to the first month out. EVENTUALLY, some repair or series of upsets will occur that you will be literally starting over 3 or 4 times that first year unless you have a lot of money to start with.

    I don't know any other O/O's that aren't going through something similar. We all end up eventually taking that truck out there with NOTHING but the promise of some receivables down the road. Heck even that would be a dream, heading out with nothing. Again I'm going out with nothing AND several thousand in bills due 2 weeks ago.

    Trucking inevitably leaves you living settlement to settlement. So how much do you need? More is better, but nothing is also possible. It's all up to your comfort level.

    The only other thing to say is that you will have disproportionate repair bills that first month if you buy a truck that has been sitting for a while, so you would do yourself a real disservice not having at least a couple thousand standing by.

    Other opinions may differ.
     
    PharmPhail, Sep 12, 2009
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  9. Sep 12, 2009 #3347
    dino6960

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    well my old company just got a 600million dollar contract in louisana,and its for the levys and road and bridge work,so the skate boards should be bringing in lots of supplys .wood,steel forms,scafolding,precast concret,gots to get the inside scoop on that when it starts
    but florida screwed themselves or should i say the #######===== govenor had 1.9 billion taken away in the use it or loose it deal for infrastructure,,so the people of fla can continue collecting unemployment:biggrin_25523:
     
    dino6960, Sep 12, 2009
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  10. Sep 12, 2009 #3348
    dino6960

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    pharm very well put ,,,,,,but like you said everyones ,situations differnt,and it also matters what your overhead is and how you handle your money
     
    dino6960, Sep 12, 2009
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  11. Sep 12, 2009 #3349
    RAG

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    An example for you
    I blew a low pressure turbo wednesday
    No choice but to fix it on the road (a cat without boost is like a crack ho without a fix = worthless)
    Had to pay to fly it in cause I had to at the sub base in Brunswick Ga friday.
    Shop wanted to be paid when work was finished. (1900 bucks)
    It's all part of the deal
    Just get ready to pony up:biggrin_25520:
     
    RAG, Sep 12, 2009
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  12. Sep 12, 2009 #3350
    MC3529

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    With trucking and an established broker, you can generate as much gross dollars the first week as you're basically ever going to with a single truck operation.

    Pharm,
    Were would you recommened a newbie to find that broker? And I am glad that you are almost ready to hit the road again.
     
    MC3529, Sep 12, 2009
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