How many loads can I do off the load board?

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  1. JoeyJunk

    JoeyJunk Road Train Member

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    That was going to be my next guess.
     
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  3. LoneRanger

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    We need an emoji for a sugar kid.
     
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  4. Dennixx

    Dennixx Road Train Member

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    I just wonder how it is physically possible to book 50 trucks per week.
    Load board or broker freight you already do.
    Even 10 a day, with deadhead miles, appointment times on both ends, scheduled maintenance, licensing etc.
    You'd need a staff.
    Not to mention drivers who won't be around when they can't get reloaded in a timely manner.
     
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  5. LoneRanger

    LoneRanger Road Train Member

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    forget the physical possibility,

    your looking at 7m just to get it going not including close to 100k a week in operating costs until you start getting paid.

    anyone who has that money to invest Willy nilly and doesn’t have a financial advisor makes me question a lot of things.
     
  6. NorthEastTrucker

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    I just spoke to my wife about this. She is laughing saying, 'Its probably a a foreigner trying to wash $$ money $$ their by investing in a lot ot trucks'. She pays attention to the business and like me knows that its difficult right now. Anyone with money and business sense wont be on a forum asking these questions if they understood the current trucking market. People involved in illegal activities with tons of money usually want to put it in a business in order of washing it out. She made a good point by mentioning the amount of crooks I've been meeting since becoming an o/o speaking for it self. A zebra can never change its stripes.
     
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  7. TROOPER to TRUCKER

    TROOPER to TRUCKER Anything Is Possible

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    He already said he has bad credit.
     
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  8. TROOPER to TRUCKER

    TROOPER to TRUCKER Anything Is Possible

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    Reminds of the person that had a free 100k
     
  9. Newtrucker123579

    Newtrucker123579 Light Load Member

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    No thank you so much for this!!! I’m not looking at buying all them at once I would just keep reinvesting the profits to buy more hopefully within 10 years I can get to 50-100 trucks by just reinvesting, I definitely wouldn’t spend all that money and than start looking I would build it slowly. I just want to make sure that I can at least get loads all week for all the trucks every week while I look for direct contacts.
     
  10. Newtrucker123579

    Newtrucker123579 Light Load Member

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    i am not, I would start with one truck and grow it by reinvesting and go starving to keep reinvesting.
     
  11. JoeyJunk

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    You will fail with one truck because you know NOTHING about this industry.
     
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