How to get contracts/shippers

there is a load board they use but some one else will have to tell u what it is,cant re call

 

A lot of shippers use realtime freight,but that board is full of extremely cheap shippers that are even worse than brokers. Not sure if that is the one you are referring to. The one I used the most was internet truckstop. It was a lot easier to use until they went to the new version. Most of the brokers that are looking for trucks use Internet truckstop. Some of them use getloaded.com.

 

what kind of trailer are planning on running?

 

well with that dry van is gonna be rough in that area you have all of the mega's over their between portland and seattle

i see you ambition but honestly reefer is better for the area yes you do have to go to Wenatchee or Yakima and all the little towns in between with the hugh farms but you will do better that way

as for not speaking english well then they should learn i know DOT does not enforce it but it is a requirement to drive a truck

 

harmin5288 ,
mustanglover
...I also started in this business w/ zero experience...as an O/O w/my own authority....
...it can be done..because I did it...not knowing hardly anything about the business.....

...Many had told me "your going to fail, don't say we didn't say so"....

...Well it has been over three years now...and I'm burnin' diesel..
with my own authority........AND FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION...
...It does take time, and many contacts to learn different lanes..depending what freight you decide to haul....

....if your persistent, a intelligent manager...it doesn't matter what business you manage..you will succeed...
Many O/O's are truck drivers first...managing a trucking business.....
instead of thinking like managing a trucking business, then being a truck driver...

crusin

 

You hang on in there and stay positive, remember Werner started out with one truck. This forum is for truckers to ask questions and not to be told negative crap. I'm right behind you (getting my truck soon) and you are asking the right questions. I hope someone will give you a positive answer.

 

Thank you! Newly Crusin!

 

Hello everybody!
I am leased to a company as an O/O. I am very new to this site, but I have been a driver for almost 8 years. I really want to become independent and have the wife and myself find loads for us.
I want to buy another truck soon, it will be a two truck operation, I have not bought a trailer yet, I am still debating on a flatbed reefer or dryvan and I don't know what will be most profitable for me
I am located in Northern CA, and want to do long haul. Any help/ advice will be much appretiated.

Thanks in advance.