So you want to "own " your own company

You can get $ 1.49 mile with JB hunt

 

Can you provide a a link that states that? Maybe $1.49 and 900 miles a week but not $1.49 and 3,000 miles a week. Rates are very subjective depending on the miles.

 

OOIDA ran a good article recently about some law suits, and the difference between LLC and Incorporated. As a result of the suits, they said that your gona see many companies refusing to deal with you unless your incorporated. Has to do with Labor taxes, unemployment, and a O/O being considered a subcontractor versus an Employee. So I would suggest researching this before you go the LLC route. Call them, and ask them for a copy of the article, I used to be a LLC, and I am going to Incorporate, it is just better in the long run, despite the additional cost and paperwork.

 

So what is your BEP break even point.

it is good to know this number when considering putting yourself and truck to work.

 

here are my numbers based of a 100k mile yr.

base plates .014
maint acc .08
tires .024
pm/ oil changes .024
taxes .08
misc .024
trk payment .092
driver payment .38
bobtail ins. .01

These are my number so far...like i said before i am leaning toward the .75cpm, because he pays for all fuel and i think fuel will be going up.

Also, im single with no kids. I am in the NC National gaurds so i have health insurance through tri care. I think i could make this work, Part of it is money. But, more home time than money! i have drill once a month . i want to get home when i want to. The guy im thinking about leasing on to say i can go home whenever i like.

 

i have bad credit want to become owner operator what truck dealer will help me get started haveing trouble with finance

 

If you have bad credit you are not qualified to be a businessman.

 

I have researching absolutely everything I can think of. And some things I just can't find answers too, and some things I would like driver input on.

I am obviously going to be getting a truck. On the "paperwork" side of things I am wondering a few things.
I will be leasing on with Landstar when I get approved. (I won't be getting a truck until I know I am approved) And I know they pay for the plates, permits, and insurance upfront, with you paying them a certain amount each week starting on week 5.

1) The insurance, do they provide all the insurance I need? Or is there something I still need to get on my own?(or anything i need on my own outside of insurance) (including the time I have to drive the truck to the orientation, before I officially sign the lease)

Now for the actually truck.
I am getting concerned about wheelbase. I want a nice sleeper. My parents have a 96" sleeper, but it is on a straight truck, and that is not what I will be doing. But I do feel like 96" is the smallest I would want to go for me and my wife. So, the bigger the sleeper, the bigger the wheelbase. And I am trying to get an accurate idea of REALLY how much harder can a truck with a wheelbase around 280" be to drive and maneuver? I am going to toot my own horn and say I am good at backing and making tight moves if I must, so is this something I should be worried about?

Now about the sleeper itself. I REALLY want a sleeper that I can stand up in, and I am 6'3". Will Mid-roofs work? Or am I into the hi-rise already?
Also, I see there are all different sorts of sleeper "brands" I guess you could say. What I am truly looking for, and would take less than a 96" sleeper if it was in there, is a sleeper that includes a fold up bottom bunk where a table and bench seating would be, or no bottom bunk at all. And a built in refrigerator. That's the minimum.

Is there a certain brand or something I should be looking for?

As I come up with more questions, I will post them, unless I find them covered extensively elsewhere.

 

It sounds like this is what you want.











http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=2411924

 

Interesting thing I noticed with that listing is that the sleeper was 100" and they got it on a 260" wheelbase. I thought that would be up closer to the 300's. So now at least I know I can have a decent sleeper with a decent wheelbase....IF I can ever find one that is.
That listing just looked to....well....dirty....I guess....and was 30K for a 96'. I've seen way better deals than that one so far.
But I'm really glad you showed me that.
I have seen a few of these Double Eagle sleepers and they are all like that...so maybe Double Eagle is what I should be searching for.
I'm going to have to look up a definition of all sleeper types I think.....but for now the Double Eagle search is on!