down for the summer ...

this has not been the best time for anyone to get a good start in any business with the economy, dot up your butt... the works ... I never said it was going to be easy ...
do I have all the answers .......no

following the rules of the road and taking the time to keep you out of trouble is key ...

time management.. take a few minutes to double check... for everything
weight...tandem settings ... stuff you can fix ... why give dot your hard earned money ...
parking in the proper/legal places
have I made these mistakes...plenty of times ... ever got caught... yes ... never made the same mistake twice

keep making the mistakes that cost you money will get you out of this business real quick

I was an owner/operator for 3 years ... made a lot of money ... spent a lot of money ...
I will never do it again
every time I would walk into the O/O dept of my company there would be someone up there screaming they needed to get out of their lease because they've had a 0 paycheck for the last 3 weeks ... I blame the driver ... bottom line

IF YOU CAN'T MAKE MONEY AS A COMPANY DRIVER YOU SHOULD NOT SIGN FOR A TRUCK....END OF STORY

 

people... listen
I started in this business not knowing anything... with a ton of bills and the only one making the money ... I put myself on a very short learning curve... meaning I wasn't making any real money until I walked into the corp. office of my trucking company and pulled my first 3 bosses off their butts into a conference room and told them point blank ... miles or I walk right now .... I can do this job let me do it .... it was amazing ... averaged 3000 miles a week until I signed for my own truck a year later .... that was simple huh...
I believe every company has that one special payroll person and their only job is to find a way to take your money ...

you need to break down your payroll every week ... if you don't have time make time ...
document every load ... detention time ... everything ... you can't miss nothing ...

my wife called me and told me they paid me twice on a load and she asked me what I was going to do ... I said nothing ... if they want to pay me twice let them ...

I do not want to fight with anyone on these post ... I want to help
bring me a specific question and I will give you a specific answer...
as for bringing experience from another job ... doesn't matter what it is... the fundamental question is ... do you have what it takes to get the job done... are you one of those who expect someone else to do it for you or are you wiling to get your hands dirty ... make mistakes...get past all the judging and wow ... look out ... you might accomplish something ..

I could easily sit here and tell you how much money I have made doing this job but that won't accomplish anything
I could tell you that I driven for 4 different trucking companies in my short time and smelled BS at the first 3 and took my experience and moved on ...