Trucking Company Growth Questions

The answer depends on way to many factors. Just a few factors are...fuel, parts, repairs, taxes, cost of equipment, feight availability (for outbound, but mostly return loads), wether there are experienced drivers available, insurance, and employee wages (not just drivers pay, but also all office workers and shop mechanics) just to name a few.

My opinion is that there should be no more trucks than what the company can keep rolling with profitable freight at all times. Many companies have failed cause they just flood their ranks with trucks in the hope of getting freight.

 

As long as you can keep all the trucks under your companies name rolling with profitable loads your doing good. If you have enough freight to support 2-3 more trucks, then I would add one more truck and see how that goes for a few months. The last thing you want to do is add 3 trucks to cover the extra freight then find out it was a temporary upturn in freight and have 2 trucks sitting.

 

How are you doing so well with loadboards that you are thinking of adding trucks? Just wondering, haven't heard much good about them. Do you typically buy older trucks paid off quick or what?

 

I think your full of it myself but you know what they say about opinions

 

You're Right Medicine Man, I can't see that happening!

Been there and done it. Had 5 trucks too, many years ago. And rates were alot better. so was the fuel.

There was no way we could run off of broker loads. We had enough customers to sustain us. And only used the brokers loads to get back on, to take care of the fuel. That was about all they were good for. Some customers paid well enough were we didn't need a back haul.

There is No way , you can operate a truck, and pay a driver decent, and keep somewhat of a profit, on a Broker Load.

 

seems like he just contradicked himself in his next post