Not as hard as it seems?

One thing I learned about business is if you have the money coming in, then everything else is easy. A lot of people hate to spend money to make money. They complain that they spent $800 to two their truck when they just made thousands of dollars prior. So I wonder as long as I pay my bills is it pretty simple to get good runs? I just look on a broker website and find good paying runs, contact broker, and do they usually reject you? Because one broker asked what year my truck was (I'm a company driver had a broker load) .... wondering if I had an older truck I wouldn't have gotten the run? How much profit on average does an O/O make per month?

Does it feel very relaxing knowing that you won't get fired on the spot for making a mistake? Or do other worries compensate for that? I would like to have a fancy truck like some of the ones I see out there with a ton of marker lights, HID headlights, extended sleeper, etc. When I was 21 I had a car stereo business that was successful but I got out as I saw that it was just a fad and later ran a computer programming business which has been successful for many years only because I research what it takes to succeed and try to keep my overhead low while working harder to gain more money. I am sure if I became an O/O I would be successful since when things seem to be going bad I make changes and try to improve. I wanted to get your opinion before I do more research. My main question is how quickly I can get a load and what price is considered good... $2 per mile or?

 

Oh yeah I don't plan on doing this now. I just did a search for dry van 53 foot trailors and was shocked at the prices... $8 - $15 thousand is that all? I could buy 10 right now. Though the reefers look more expensive. I am not a fan of the reefer though, even though I bet it pays more, for some reason in all this time I haven't gotten fully used to it. When my reefer cuts on in the middle of the night, the shaking and engine starting makes me think that I fell asleep while the truck is rolling down the interstate so I jump up out of bed and realize it is just the reefer that woke me up and I go back to bed.

 

The weird thing is that everything on the trucks and trailers have gone wrong that you can think of... but the reefer ALWAYS works I don't get it I know the trailers are not being maintenance that much either since I have seen the same trailer sit on a yard for months at a time before it moves and then later I wind up with it. Once night my alternator blew so I used reefer to provide me with enough electricity to keep my heater on in a freezing night in downtown Chicago.

 

I got that price range from this site:

http://www.commercialtrucktrader.co...category=Dry+Van+Trailer|2007600&type=trailer

Can anyone answer my questions please though? What is considered a good paying broker load? After a while can you make a deal directly with shipper at the warehouse you pickup from?