What is a good rate to figure on with authority

Well, that makes a little more sense.

 

On all miles yeah that's a decent rate to avg. Probably could do better but just starting out if you can avg that you'll do ok

 

Whoa there OP.

You need to stop overthinking all of this and get your house in order.


The first thing to figure out is your actual operating cost, not thinking about how much the rates are now or next week or how much you will make.

Then you have to add into your funding of things like repairs - don’t use the idea of credit cards to cover the repairs.

Without it, you won’t get a grip on what you can actually make or what your strategy will be when you need to make on the road decisions.

Dead head costs you money, driving 200 miles to pick up a load without knowing what your costs are is a worthless venture,

Your selection of what freight to run is not important, get a reefer, run dry van freight too but it doesn’t matter right now.

Hazmat?

Don’t bother.

As for getting more trucks, don’t. If you are asking these questions, take a few years to figure out what’s what.