Stuck Making no money

Try some of the larger paving/aggregate companies and work direct.

 

If your family really depends on it, why aren't you going straight to the quarry, county, highway dept, construction company, etc, looking for work?

You are in the market, you should know it better than 98% here.

 

Or if its not paying, rig up for something else.

 

I don't have any solution for you but it's the same situation no matter where you go. One guy with one truck, especially when he's being dispatched by someone with their own trucks, gets the shaft every time.
The only way for it to work is to have your own hauling...maybe string together a few small rock yards or retail outlets.
Good luck to you.

 

@DTandLogistics --

You don't specify what your income requirements are, what CDL endorsements you have (if any), or what else you might be willing to try/investigate -- but...with that said...here are some alternatives that might just get things moving again; they're all local, home-daily gigs...that offer similar work to what you've been doing (this also assumes none of the following are your present employer):

Martin Marietta -- Oxford, GA

Courier Express of Ga -- Atlanta, GA

Trucking LLC -- Atlanta, GA

This one requires a tanker endorsement -- but that's an easy one to get (if you don't already have it):

H3O/Benton-Ga -- Atlanta, GA

Maybe one of those might work....

-- L

 

I don't see a big issue with driving a hour to a job. I know people that are drive from nor cal to fresno or even so cal area for long term projects. Hell in some citys the nearest rock pit can be 30-60 mins out. Not all jobs will always pay for the travel to start thats just the way this game is. Everyone and their mama buying a dump truck and under cutting.

 

Yes, that's very true. I see it all the time.

 

NEVER have anyone control your business, That has the same business as you !
I learned the hard way from a UVL terminal manager with his own trucks.

 

If a terminal manager or dispatcher has trucks leased on, then run away fast. Even a driver with a few trucks leased on and secretly giving kickbacks to the dispatcher or terminal manager can ruin the honest hard working 0/0 with one truck.
A few dump truck 0/0's drove to Nevada and started hauling for the new interstate being built. Also the connector roads and other infrastructure required for an interstate highway.
Interstate 11 is a multi-year project running through Arizona to Canada and bypassing California.
Final route for the proposed I-11 selected - PinalCentral.com