This is an opportunity well worth looking into very carefully. it doesn't sound too good, sounds good. An opportunity to step up. Become a real trucker, not a company driver counting miles. It's time consuming dealing with brokers, getting your own loads. You'll want to select a lane that has freight at both ends and stay as close to it as possible.
As brokers start to know you and where you run, they'll start to call you. And you can meet shippers on a different footing; many really do care who hauls their freight. Dealing with you, they have more control over that, rather than leave it up to a broker.
Where I parked my company truck I met a young trucker. Has his own Volvo and dedicated daily run to St. Louis. Guy he worked for wanted out from under the truck, offered to sell it to him. He resisted. His boss persisted. Finally asked, 'what's the worst that could happen?'
He figured worst was he failed and gave the truck back to his boss. 'So what?' his boss said. Okay, so what, he thought. Now this was 3 years later. The first 6 months had some bumps and his boss let him some slack on the payments. Why? Because the boss wanted out from under the truck.
Happy ending for both.
Really nice young kid, too. A credit to the profession.
Out of the blue job offer
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Impetus, Nov 1, 2014.
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