Contracts?

Could be the seller has a lease purchase that they are trying to get someone else to take over, then the truck would have to stay where it is.

As far as loads, you can find your own direct customers if you have your own authority. Or you go through brokers that you know or have found. Finally load boards if you so choose to go that route.

I personally have direct customers.

 

One more thing. To be fair. It took me 6 years of figuring out the business to get where I am now. Trucking, like other jobs and businesses, takes time to build up and progress. You have to put in the time

 

Op, what the seller is saying in that ad is that the truck is currently working. It's basically him saying this truck must be in good mechanical shape cause is currently leased to a carrier. It's nothing but a sales line.

 

Think of yourself as a salesperson. Cold calls, door knocking, networking. Anything that would apply to sales, is basically how you get customers.

I for one have a business degree. I've worked in high pressure sales i.e. Car lots. I've been a district sales manager for a large agricultural company. I've worked customer service for a company that processes raw products into ingredients. All those things helped me to have an understanding of the transportation industry and too help fill a gap in customer needs. I look for customers in a specific niche area of transportation. I hail for customers that most "drivers" won't haul for bc of the nature of their business.

On top of all that, there are still O/O that probably do better than I do. I just happen to be very happy with what I have and where I am at. It's hard to get your foot in the door with customers, but once you get in with one, it opens doors to others.

It's like being single. When your single, it's hard to get a date or get.....well you know. Once in a relationship, girls seem to be a plenty. Go figure right.

 

A customer focused on lowest price is the customer you don't want. One you get away from general every day freight like toilet paper and canned food, you will find that many customers are more concerned with service than cost.