need some advice on getting my truck rolling.

you may be able to try a local trash hauler, from one transfer station to another, or out of state.

 

Check local junkyards, etc for a used wetline setup. Make real sure the PTO unit fits your trans.... the box for a Spicer 13OD has different gearing than a Rockwell 10 Direct for example. You may have to fabricate hoses depending on where you mount the tank, etc. Heck, I once bought a complete setup for $500 at a Pawn Shop.

 

Well although JRC CLT is known for being shady, that doesn't mean money can't be made with them. If you got everything else all set up it shouldn't be hard to get on with them. You could see if brookfield auto wreckers in elmsford has a pto. They tear apart lots of trucks. What are you planning on using awet kit for? Lot of competition for construction sites down by you..

 

That's true. I haven't yet heard of anyone not getting paid, thought I don't talk to guys from there often enough that they'd be sharing that type of info with me. A wet kit would make your truck more versatile...however, if you aren't using it its just extra weight to drag around/something else to break or give you trouble. If you are hesitant to quit your day job, consider that you just threw a pile of money at your own truck. To half step is an unsuccessful plan. Get lined up with something and go at it full throttle. You can always go back to being an employee in my opinion. Do you have your own authority? If you are leased to clt it means they can't give you a bum rate from their charged rate, but whether you lease to them or just use them as a broker you do have to be on point to find what you can reload from any given area either through them or from another broker or your own clientele. They do have quite a bit of freight going into the city especially now that they are the only ones pulling out of firestone bristol. You could do that with a daycab, make money and be ome every nite/ in an area you'd likely be familiar with. Did you sign up with the thomaston office? According to a couple of the guys from there that I've spoken with, that's where they have the longest standing contracts and treat you well. Granted that's hearsay at this point. Just what's been saidto me.

 

Out of curiousity, what was the company that changed their mind on you? I don't know if you can private message yet, just interested and like to know who's hiring in the nearby area.

 

Palmer mass more than likely. Thomaston is the main office I guess, dispatchers are all over the place. Do you know what you need to average for all miles to be profitable?
Don't be afraid to take a leap. Gotta start somewhere, gotta start sometime. Might as well do it here and now. I never want to be the guy saying "If only I would have..." I have enough experience with that already in life.