Starting a business

If you're going to employ O/O's, why do you need authority? Won't they have it? What is it you will offer? Freight? Discounts?

 

If all your freight is 2 and up, why wouldn't you make a killing posting to load boards without all that overhead and responsibility? What's in it for you?

 

I don't necessarily see adjustments. I'm just thinking you would do better without the overhead, or skipping the O/O's all together and getting your own trucks which you could support at those freight rates. Being a middle man using O/O's and shouldering more overhead just seems like a lot of unnecessary mess just for the personability aspect without any real room for increased profit unless you yourself own the equipment.

Unless it's sensitive freight, I just don't see how the personability or trust comes into play. You trust O/O's, well only O/O's can pull off boards. If they screw up, well they're insured. The shipper doesn't care because that's one extra load of product paid for and now their order doubles because the receiver still needs a truckload of the stuff.

So, what you want to do makes a lot of sense to me if you don't use the term O/O's for hire. I'm not sure if you're putting that out there to be kind and create a false sense of O/O when you're really looking to hire CDL holders to pay for a truck for you as a lease, which would be quite a different thing. But, this would become clear pretty quickly to anyone who would respond to your offer.

So, by getting a better idea of what's in it for you, really, then we can assess the plan. And there's NOTHING wrong with making as much as you can with your assets and contacts. But there are better ways to set it up to keep yourself relevant and needed, and therefore more profitable.

 

Any true O/O would and should be asking for the original freight bill from any load they accept . There are laws in place to protect the O/O for that reason , Call and ask them to fax you a copy . If your contract is for 75% and they have lied to you about your fair share , then take them to court, hand it straight to your attorney and let them deal with it from then on, Any real company or O/O should have a attorney on retainer for this reason among other reasons as well . The B/S brokers wont make it long running a shady business if you keep on them and get what is due to your company. If everyone just looks the other way and says "I just wont deal with them again" that's not holding the Broker accountable , and they will just screw the next guy in line.....

 

The opposite way to say this is that you are a broker taking 40 to 55% of the deal. You honestly would have to offer a lot to any O/O to agree to something like that. All the expense is in truck payments, insurances, fuel beyond surcharge, maintenance, replacement, road expenses, some sort of salary. I'm telling you most truckers think anything above 10 to 20% to the broker is tantamount to robbery. I'm sure there's alot more details to what you want to do, and we'll be watching with great interest!

Anyway, my primary interest in what you're doing is ideas as well. So far I've just been wondering how many trucks you have to own in your fleet before it's worthwhile to stay home and manage it. I don't know that I'd be comfortable dealing with O/O's on those kind of terms as they're likely to not like the deal after a short while. They are good businessmen as well and won't tolerate a bad deal for long. Employees will put up with less pay for longer, but with no real risk. You can't take half the money and give the O/O all the risk and responsibility.

 

I swear,truck drivers are the only breed i no that seems to want to be a ''business man'' but do it half a.z.z.e.d...lmao.Until you do that you are only a wanna be ''business man'' and an ''imposter'' like me..

Why do truckers always want the ''easier softer way''?If you wanna be a businessman then you are going to have to take the time and energy to ''do it all''...Not half a.z.z. it..

If your going to take the ''easy'' lazy way out just stay driving as a lease operator,wanna be businessman like me...lmao...IF NOT...



Get up off your duff and solicited your ''business''.I have friends that are in the business of plumbers,electricians,carpet installers,roofing,siding etc,etc,etc and they have to work extra hard at this DOOR TO DOOR and they have to get out there and make it happen..THEY DON'T HAVE MANY BROKERS....THEY HAVE TO WEAR 10 TITLES IN THERE BUSINESS...

Just because you own a ''truck'' don't make you a ''business man''..

NOW GET UP OFF YOUR LAZY BUTT AND AWAY FROM THAT #### COMPUTER AND GO DOOR TO DOOR TO THESE BUSINESSES IN YOUR AREA AND START TALKING WITH THEM..JUST LIKE ''BROKERS'' DO...

MORAL OF MY STORY::::CUT THE BROKER OUT!!!!!! AND STOP BEING LAZY LIKE ME!!!!!!LMFAO