Father and Son Company

good advice patrick

 

hey squerebox I e-mailed you. I tried to PM you but i only have 13 posts, you need 50 posts to send pm's. The e-mail you gave didnt work, i think you might of misspelled it. Is it cirblexpress@*****.*** or Circlexpress@****.***?

 

i sent it to both. just resend me the e-mail address and ill send you all the info

 

its okay, i just sent you a new email should be there soon.

 

I started out doing a lot of research on the internet. Read books. Called lots of people and talked to people that are already doing this for a living. I never took out credit to pay for starting my own trucking company. I spent about $2,000 of my own saved money for Permits, registration,EIN, LLC..etc.) I never took any compliance classes, I enrolled with Foley Services, they keep me in check, made sure everything is regulation. They enrolled my dad in a random drug testing program. Made sure I have everything set to pass my audit coming up pretty soon. They're very friendly, they answer any questions I have.

There is decent money on load boards, just gotta know how to negotiation and get the best deals out from the broker. I started my business yesterday, it was my first day of operation. My dad is driving to San Marcos, TX as we speak, $2500 load (1121 miles) I take %10 and I already found him a good paying back haul. But I do agree with you, load boards do have many crappy rates. So thats why I decided to get my brokers licence soon, and start getting my own loads straight from the shipper. Give it to my drivers for better pay, and of course post some on load boards to make my company even more money. Hopefully all the hard work will pay off. I just know that truck drivers aren't treated right, I've seen companies with ridiculous lease agreements, only 75% for a load and the driver still has to pay for fuel!! And if the driver is leasing a truck and trailer, they are getting raped. It's a crazy industry.

Thats cool that you're working in this industry. What company are you working with and what exactly do you do?