Looking for established authority to buy or run under

I know people with their own authority that were doing real well a couple of years ago and are barely getting by now . Their customers are shipping less because their business dropped off . Some lost business to carriers that came in with lower rates . But now those customers are calling them back because the cutrate carriers went out of business .
Now is not the time to be getting your own authority .

 

Well with a little work you can still score great customers. Granted I lost a couple do to closures, but they forced me to expand out, which led me to find three better customers, which then multiplied from there. I don’t understand why everyone is so negative. The business is extremely hard but not impossible. Everyone will have great days and then be faced with crappy days. it’s the nature of the beast. I think people should know what they are up against. Just without all the YOU WILL FAIL comments.

 

I WAS A COMPANY DRIVER FOR YEARS, NOW I REALIZE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY ROAD TO RUN, BUT, OVER A LITTLE EFFORT ON MY PART, I'LL BE ABLE TO GET BACK OUT THERE AND GET LOADS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE LABELED A BAD IDEA, AND I CAN MAKE THE MONEY I NEED TO, STILL PAYING FOR MY LEASE, AND SAVING UP THE MONEY I NEED TO GET MY OWN AUTHORITY, EVERYBODY IS ALWAYS SAYING THAT'S A BAD IDEA, OR YOU WILL FAIL, THE REAL QUESTION I HAVE TO THESE PEOPLE IS THIS, HOW DO YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT FOR 22 YEARS AND I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT FREIGHT AND WHERE I CAN GET FREIGHT THAT PAYS PRETTY NICE, IT MAY NOT PAY WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE THINKS THEY'RE WORTH, BUT, THROUGH REPEATED LOADS I WILL BUILD UP A NICE PAYCHECK EVERY WEEK, AS I GO ABOUT DOING THINGS THE WAY I HAVE BEEN, SOME THINGS ON THE SIDE - EVEN IN A COMPANY TRUCK, I'VE MADE SOME PRETTY NICE SIZED PAY, REALLY IT'S NOT W H A T YOU KNOW, IT'S WHO YOU KNOW, I KNOW LOTS OF FREIGHT LOCATIONS, SOME THAT WOULDN'T GET PICKED UP, BECAUSE IT'S TOO LOW A PAY FOR THE "GO GET 'EM TRUCKERS", MONEY IS MONEY, DOESN'T MATTER TO ME, AS LONG AS I HAVE WHAT I NEED BY THE END OF THE WEEK, HERES ANOTHER LITTLE NOTE, ONCE I START BACK INTO MAKING SOME MORE, I'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD GETTING THE HAZMAT AGAIN, AND STILL BE HAULING THINGS MOST WON'T HAUL, PUTTING MORE GREEN IN MY POCKET, I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED JUST DRIVING, AND SOME WORK AT THE OTHER END, FROM WHAT I'VE READ AND HEARD, FROM TRUCKERS, IS THAT IT'S TOO HARD FOR THEM OR THEY ARE CONSTANTLY COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING TO DO THIS, HAVING TO DO THAT, CRIPE, I COME FROM A PLACE THAT REQUIRED WORK TO BE DONE WHETHER IT'S TIME TO QUIT AND LAY DOWN FOR A WHILE, DRIVING IS JUST THE ENTERTAINMENT PART OF THIS INDUSTRY TO ME, MAINTAINING THE EQUIPMENT IS JUST THE SAME AS DRIVING TO ME, I ENJOY BUSTIN' MY BUTT EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, I DON'T PUT PEOPLE DOWN FOR WANTING TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, I'M A VERY POSITIVE THINKING PERSON, YEAH I KNOW, SOMEONE OUT THERE IS GOING TO TELL ME I'M NUTS, IF SO, WHY ARE THOSE THAT THINK THAT WAY STILL SITTING BEHIND THE WHEEL, I ALWAYS HAVE A WAY TO MAKE SOME KIND OF MONEY, TRUCKING IS A PROFESSION I CHOOSE TO BE IN BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'VE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING, THE ONLY COMPLAINT ANYONE WILL EVER HEAR FROM ME IS, WHY DOES EVERYBODY I KNOW, OR HAVE LISTENED, COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS INDUSTRY AND STILL STAY IN IT, IF THEY CONTINUE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE WORK, THEY SHOULD MAYBE GO TO MICKEY D's, AND FLIP BURGERS FOR A WHILE OR FIND SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL BE HAPPIER DOIN', I USED TO REPAIR TVS FOR A LIVING, BUT THE NEW DIGITAL JUNK CAME OUT AND TOOK OVER, I DIDN'T COMPLAIN, I WENT AND LEARNED HOW TO DO THIS, AND AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M STILL OUT HERE TRYING MY BEST, ENJOYING MYSELF, KNOWING THAT I WON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS ONCE I'M BACK DOWN THE ROAD, MONEY'S GOOD, DRIVIN'S GOOD, DOIN' WHAT IS REQUIRED OF A PROFESSIONAL OF THIS BUSINESS IS GOOD, I'M RIGHT WHERE I WANT TO BE, EVEN WITH THE NEWBIES COMING OUT, IF THEY NEED A HELPING HAND AND I'M IN THE POSITION, I'LL PASS ALONG SOMETHING, FOUR WHEELERS DON'T BOTHER ME, IF IT WEREN'T FOR THEM, WE ALL WOULD BE WORKIN' SOMEWHERE ELSE...........GEE, GUESS THATS 'NUF TO SAY FOR NOW, LATER......

 

If you have to save up money for authority and can't afford hazmat how do you expect to have money to run ?

 

I like you gangsta girl