New carrier here

I'd like to haul light too. My load searches are also set up for up to 39K lbs. But If in a desperate mode I could take up to 47K. Everybody needs to compromise once in a while.

 

You need to take into consideration the lane. If it's a flat run I don't mind the weight as much. But I try to run light too.

 

Light loads to save on what? gas?

 

Most of them bigger company's you can do the carrier packet online, and good luck with the light loads

 

Yeah I wouldn't be too religious about the heavy loads thing. Obviously take light loads over heavy loads all other things being equal... But don't give up hundreds of dollars of revenue to take the light load over the heavy one. It doesn't pencil out. Even with the extra maintenance it's far from a wash.

As a rule any 'rule' you have in trucking is going to be bad for you. You want maximum flexibility always. If the truck made good money at the end of the week you're doing a good job. Do not let people add extra metrics beyond that because that mandate is hard enough without making it harder.

 

Gas? You mean fuel?...

 

Some friends of mine were complaining about brokers not giving them VAN loads because their authority was too new or they only have one truck. This issue only comes up in bad areas where loads are competitive like TX and CO.

 

I have started my own authority almost two years ago, and had troubles for nearly six months.
Few times, I had to come home totally empty, average 800 miles especially from Florida.
There's companies who's required 30 days, some of them 3 months, some 6 months, one year and so on.
Some of them like CHR or TQL has particular loads, that you have to hauled with them at least 20 different loads, before they put you in on that load that you desired.
You have to humble yourself in many way, to survive.
Be wiser and don't go to those places where's no loads or a few.
My best advice to you is, find your own customers from your home town, at least you'll have stable loads and rates every week, and don't have to rely on brokers only.
That's how I was survived, Praise GOD!