O/O Research Questions

Now that makes sense although I still didn't know Cali had a length law aside from tandems at the 40ft mark. And FYI for what you make in California you can probably pay cash for a nice house that's probably 2500sq.ft. basement included in Nebraska. Lol

 

A lot of states have length rules on secondary roads, more so out East!
California has the roads posted for any length rules etc. it's due to them having some very twisty roads where longer loads would take up the whole road, meaning the trailer would be in the oncoming traffic lanes!
It can be a pain out there, but not nearly as much as most Eastern States, especially when oversize.

Martin

 

Sorry for bringing you to tears. Your issue is carb. Can you afford a truck 2010 or newer? And can you afford to constantly keep replacing that to meet emissions requirements? Can you afford to fix it all the time when it breaks down? Those are the questions that you need to ask yourself. I refuse to run Cali because I for one know I can't afford to comply and I haven't seen decent rates coming out. Now yes you can be out long periods of time but conforming to all their emissions laws and everything is going to put a hurt on you. Remember your an o/o well independent (like myself) one truck one trailer both have to be fully carb compliant (I'd have 2 that would have to be compliant) that takes a lot of money. I don't have much emissions stuff on my 2000 and it still costs an arm a leg and my left nut and half my right nut to fix (yea I look pretty weird driving a truck)

 

I have done both. I prefer running under my own authority. I have friends who have given up their authority to lease to a carrier. There advantages and disadvantages to each. You can make good money leasing to the "right" carrier. You can make more or less running your authority as you would running under someone else authority. I have more flexibility running my authority and usually get better rates. There is a little more paperwork and additional costs, such as insurance and belonging to a drug consortium, but it works best for me. I am not limited to only running the freight offered by a single source. I can book freight through any broker that I wish or find my own shippers. When you lease to a carrier, you are limited by their freight base. That can be good in some situations. For instance, some carriers have freight contracts with shippers that have a guaranteed rate and fsc. I really don't worry about the fsc running my authority. I look at the total rate.

 

I don't know what to say because I'm still stuck on "almost got busted"

How does one almost get busted by being 4 feet over?

The max length is 75 feet, not 65.