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Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Blackhorse77, Mar 18, 2020.

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  1. Mar 18, 2020 #1
    Blackhorse77

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    How was it for you at the beginning? Did you use load boards? Did you already know brokers? Many brokers won’t talk to you if you have a new authority, from 30 days to one year. How can someone survive without any loads?
    What did you do to survive this period?
     
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  3. Mar 18, 2020 #2
    DUNE-T

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    It was great. Brokers were calling me left and right begging to take their loads. My truck never broke down and I was saving lots and lots of cash.


    Then I woke up
     
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  4. Mar 18, 2020 #3
    062

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    F81F1708-1AF9-4B4A-9FD1-44F85DE5DBD4.png You shouldn’t have any problems getting loads right now. This is 100 mile radius for today and tomorrow.
     
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  5. Mar 18, 2020 #4
    LoneRanger

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    First 3 months you need to survive on the bottom of barrel. After that you start moving up to top of the barrel for the year. The year following your first year you move into mid range brokers who aren’t bad or aren’t the best. After that you start moving slowly into the top tier bracket and slowly working your way up to the $4 per mile dry van rates that no one seems to find but apparently are their but it’s in a hidden society.
     
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  7. Mar 18, 2020 #5
    Blackhorse77

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    Ones I talked to today wanted the MC be established from 30 days, 90 days, to ONE YEAR.
    But I don’t drive more than 300 miles at the moment.
     
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  8. Mar 18, 2020 #6
    Blackhorse77

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    No wonder so many drivers go down during first few months.
     
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  9. Mar 18, 2020 #7
    062

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    300 mile radius of where?
     
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  10. Mar 18, 2020 #8
    JonJon78

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    I wish you good luck. Lots of folks are going to be in survival mode very soon with more and more businesses closing and halting operations because of the virus.

    Gonna be lots of trucks sitting without loads.
     
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  11. Mar 18, 2020 #9
    Blackhorse77

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    Unless people will start live at the minimal, the transportation business will not go down. People need to eat.
     
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  12. Mar 18, 2020 #10
    JonJon78

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    The rates certainly will big time.
     
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