Stepping Out With My Own Numbers

I’m not a fan of Cummins. I haven’t seen enough good results that it outperforms the proprietary motors. I’ve owned two and have number three in the Freightliner. My Peterbilt I got rid of was ok. The only issue I had out of the Cummins was the cam coming apart, and that was a big one.

 

No. I’ll never buy Cummins again. There’s nothing to indicate it does any better than the proprietary motors. Cummins makes internal combustion products. If your one job is internal combustion products, I expect a product no one can beat. It hasn’t been proven to me that an X15 can do any better than the next product. I may as well get the product the OEM makes. I want to like Cummins, but they haven’t convinced me there’s anything groundbreaking about what they have to offer.

 

Finance them. The drivers are doing fine. Now that the one guy is pulling a flatbed he doesn’t complain about every little thing. I want to get rid of both the used trucks by the Spring of 2023. They’d both have around 550k on the miles.

 

I’m not looking to grow fast and I don’t want to be full time office. Probably 3 for now and maybe go to 5 eventually. No more than that. I might put everything under my authority eventually. I’m in no hurry to go beyond three. I wouldn’t seek any outside investment. I’d use my own profits to do it. I’m not that motivated by money enough to commit everything to growing a fleet. I do fine with what I have and the two drivers do well.
When I first started I thought a lot about growing a fleet. The longer I do this the more I don’t want to hire truck drivers. I see too much stupid stuff every hour I’m driving. And the response during COVID19 from these protest groups, OOIDA, and others, has really changed my views. I’ll stick to a manageable number and stay on the road.