Booking 1st Load/Speaking to a Broker

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Get yourself a pdf editing program, will save a lot of unnecessary printing and scanning. Makes invoicing easy also.

 

PLEASE READ THIS ALL BEFORE GETTING MAD AT ME......

I am really not trying to be rude or disrespectful here but, have you ever driven a truck or hauled a load? I'm only asking bc this last post leads me to believe that you have no experience at all. Again no disrespect, just trying to figure out by some of your questions if you have any trucking experience at all. If you have purchased a truck already to run, especially booking your own freight, I'm a little nervous for you at this moment

 

So you're like a guy wanting to play in the baseball major leagues who's never even seen the game played before. Good luck.

 

Axle weights.

There will be a sticker on the door jamb which will show the axle rating. Most OTR trucks are going to be the same.

The legal axle weight capacity will be the lesser of this number, the tire capacity (as printed on the sidewall) or the legal amount in that jurisdiction. The nominal amount in the U.S. is 12,000 lbs (based on 12,000, and 34,000 for each tandem equaling 80,000 maximum), but in actual fact it is more than that in most jurisdictions. In Canada the nominal amount is 5500 kg.

The only way to be sure of the weight is to use a certified scale. A good, experienced driver will have a rough idea and will know how to load and orient pallets based on their individual weight and on-board scales reduce the guesswork even further.

 

Who doesn't love a good train wreck?

 

@haider99 Go for it bro.. don't be discouraged by a few sarcastic comments.

Working for a company and learning some skills would have helped but there's nothing in life which is not doable. Driving a truck is certainly not a rocket science nor an art which can't be learned. Most guys learn it by working for someone else and you will learn it by working for yourself. Good luck!