Finally got my own truck
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by BoyWander, Jan 1, 2017.
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Is there anybody out there? Just nod if you can hear me. @BoyWander
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We’re still out there.
Be Safe Out There
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Hello! Where is BoyWander?
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Over 1 year since we had an update. Hope you are doing well.
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This used to be a popular thread. It would have been 5 years for Boywonder and his new truck now.
I remember I started working the spot market at about the same time too. Boywonder always had those rates I could not attain myself, thinking how come I can't get that high rates - even though he more often complained about them than was content. The rates in January 2017 sucked big time. I remember going to Columbus from Chicago for $800 or Atlanta, GA $1300, or Denver TX $1700 thinking it was not that bad at all. I did not know any better. SMH
This thread proves that there is only so much you can do to overcome what the market has to offer. At the same time, if you are persistent and patient, you'll be given a carrot instead of a stick, every now and then.
Let's see, out of the 20 quarters, we've had: 1 in 2017, 3 in 2018, and the most recent 6 were good enough that only a few would complain. Pretty much half of that period was good, the other half was not too good.Bean Jr., Speed_Drums, dwells40 and 3 others Thank this. -
I loved this thread when it was started. I was in my final stages of figuring out what I wanted to do and changed my mind to go into dry van. Some of it was because of the info he provided. It also gave me a good starting point to neg. with brokers when I started.
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