First year has been Hell!

Going into business alone without help is extremely hard.

I already tried that.

I wanted to do trucking with my Dodge Ram cummins and made the one mistake I shouldn’t have done.

I decided to quit my day job building mufflers as it was hard on the body doing repetitive work.

Then I found out after that even though my truck was paid for and was building up work with the small triple axle flatbed trailer I have, the bank wouldn’t help me get a 35 foot fifth wheel trailer.

I should’ve stayed at that day job, got a little extra put away and apply for the loan and build up from there.

2 years into the trucking job, things went south.

My current boss came to my place almost 6 years ago and asked if I wanted a full time job at his trucking company.

I took it right away.

Been there ever since.

I developed a lot of experience there driving and wrenching on trucks.

So now I have a solid idea of what goes on in a trucking company.

Now if I were to do it all over again, I know what to look for in a class 8 truck and trailer, what they cost to fix, how much to operate them etc.

 

Buying used emissions Volvo's is the problem. I say go grab a B Model or E model Cat and start making some $$$$

 

Buying used full emissions ANY make or model is the problem. Not just Volvo.

There’s a huge disconnection now between the old “buy a used older truck”. The last reliable used older trucks were built in 2007, containing just EGR valves for emissions and having a great chance of running a million plus miles without a overhaul. All these built 2008 and up are complete toss ups and more then twice as expensive to rebuild and maintain.

 

It's clearly stated if you want used buy a pre DPF truck. Bottom line. Let this be a lesson for those looking to buy a truck. The next issue is carriers that won't let trucks in their fleet that are 10 yrs old or more.

 

yeah and fixing the truck at dealers will lead to bankruptcy...

 

i haven't on a big truck yet. i have done like dana 60's and ford 9" rears and stuff like that. on the big truck i just haven't needed to do one when i had the time. spend some time with the service manual i don't think it would be too bad.

 

It is hard to find compassion when you realize that some of us waited years in patience to pull the trigger at the right moment of maturity while some with FICO 575 and $8K in their account got to Arrow truck sales and get themselves ex Swift truck that in 45 days needs a new clutch or DPF baking.
No compassion whatsoever for those with payments of $3K-4K every month either, while they pay $1800 from Chicago to Baltimore, MD and $1000 to go back while a factoring company is leeching their blood on every ####ty invoice they sell to them.
Heck, as a matter of fact, all of it should even feel good, knowing that you able to stay afloat while others are sinking in this game called capitalism...makes you hope those poor losers will make us more room to breath and yet for this little brief moment when things improve, the word is out that the gold has been found and the vicious circle completes it turn. So in the end, for the one poor fellow who sinks there are 2 others willing to try their luck again.