Help for a Brand New O/O!!

Misticlaru,

I have a friend who has a contract on freight from CA to WA and Portland if you pm me through a moderator I can get you in touch with him it is dedicated van freight.
Jerm

 

Everyone who would answer you here, is obviously computer savvy.

Your father doesn't have to pull off load boards at all. If he has his own authority, you can pull for most of the major companies. Use the motor carrier link on their sites (it's different than the O/O lease links)... Werner, Schneider, Landstar, etc. You just get in contact with them, fill out the motor carrier agreement, and you can call them direct and find a dedicated broker. You don't have to lease on to these companies to pull their loads. He can also consider leasing on somewhere and just having a dispatcher too.

 

Hey Pharm,

Do you know of anymore carriers off hand? If not i will just search.

I finally got my truck! its 97 Century, It has a cat 475 that they just did a partial in-frame on it. The only negative about it is that its a flat top, I am tall like you (6'5"). My 6 yo loves it, his favorite color is red! Brakes are good and may need some rear tires in a few months. The did not care about my bad credit, just wanted last 2 years of taxes and Huge Downpayment on the lease. If it was financed I would be paying about 20% interest, but the truck was only14,900 and beggers cant be choosers!The guy that owned it before me was doing bottom dumpers with it (its already setup). Isnt that what you are doing? Can you give me some info on it? thanks.

Here are some photos:

 

Awesome you got a truck!

It was doing hopper bottom or end dump? If it has a wetline then it was end dump, if it was hopper bottom then there is no particular setup.

If you want to do either of those I can give you a good contact. As far as the more general freight I don't know anymore companies in particular except that most of the biggies seem to offer carrier agreements. Landstar calls it BCO (business capacity owners) I think. I would probably have called them first.

 

Thanks. There is no wet kit. he was doing hopper bottom. Right now there is a switch on the dash and mini pig tail in the back. I drove double bottom dumps for about 12 years ago and the truck had the same setup. If you could email me any info on both contracts that you mentioned in your PM that would be great. I sent you and email a few days ago, so you should have it still, if not pm me and I will send you another email.

 

yes, please send again, I don't seem to have added it to my address book.

I'll PM the link for the company.

 

Dont listen what anyone else is telling ya brother, if you live in a good starting state, I live in Northern virginia and surrounded by good loads.

If you have a good state, and work hard you can live off of loadboards, but if the economy keeps going south even living in a good state doesnt mean crap. There wont be loads for us and the bigger companies.

As for what you are doing for your dad, I am exactly where you are 2 years ago, the first year I did ok, but 2008 or last year, I netted a gross of 197,000.00 for my dads trucking company of of loadboards. IDK about you but thats pretty decent. But you have to work hard. And you are right its better to have a dispatcher than a trucking doing it.